Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
30,935 
132 
2,120 
3,623 
7,680 
8,798 
8,582 
acres 
8,332,973 
18,908 
492,919 
846,452 
1,933,201 
2,504,460 
2,537,033 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,111 
- 
62 
111 
270 
328 
340 
acres 
645,770 
" 
35,324 
57,260 
166,941 
159,922 
226,323 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
28,298 
125 
2,028 
3,424 
7,155 
7,994 
7,572 
acres 
6,901,850 
17,888 
435,742 
732,129 
1,666,874 
2,018,264 
2,030,953 
Partnership 
farms 
1,687 
3 
93 
156 
375 
538 
522 
acres 
953,900 
(D) 
(D) 
89,823 
239,026 
306,055 
268,034 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,154 
3 
61 
103 
275 
376 
336 
acres 
769,736 
(D) 
(D) 
76,323 
203,590 
251,026 
199,044 
Corporation 
farms 
854 
4 
39 
83 
174 
277 
277 
acres 
545,753 
(D) 
(D) 
49,447 
103,556 
177,300 
186,422 
Family held 
farms 
725 
4 
35 
69 
142 
233 
242 
acres 
497,642 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
88,992 
164,804 
175,998 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
18 
4 
4 
8 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
707 
4 
35 
65 
138 
225 
240 
Other than family held 
farms 
129 
- 
4 
14 
32 
44 
35 
acres 
48,111 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
14,564 
12,496 
10,424 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
- 
1 
1 
8 
6 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
109 
- 
3 
13 
24 
38 
31 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,077 
1 
13 
67 
176 
280 
540 
acres 
366,118 
(D) 
(D) 
40,759 
45,073 
93,221 
166,610 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,375 
14 
275 
599 
1,323 
1,617 
1,547 
workers 
13,554 
33 
547 
1,522 
3,784 
4,157 
3,511 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,761 
2 
89 
203 
402 
536 
529 
workers 
3,399 
(D) 
(D) 
463 
808 
1,170 
798 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,059 
12 
202 
448 
1,044 
1,213 
1,140 
workers 
10,155 
(D) 
(D) 
1,059 
2,976 
2,987 
2,713 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
22 
- 
4 
5 
10 
3 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
" 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,520 
42 
817 
1,619 
3,235 
3,202 
2,605 
workers 
26,002 
110 
1,796 
4,268 
7,742 
6,720 
5,366 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,396 
28 
175 
206 
371 
336 
280 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7,225 
20 
397 
932 
2,086 
2,121 
1,669 
50 to 69 acres 
2,036 
1 
136 
272 
415 
627 
585 
70 to 99 acres 
4,165 
16 
307 
508 
1,011 
1,170 
1,153 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,532 
13 
185 
288 
592 
718 
736 
140 to 1 79 acres 
3,667 
31 
225 
403 
830 
976 
1,202 
180 to 219 acres 
1,335 
5 
90 
135 
331 
423 
351 
220 to 259 acres 
1,361 
- 
108 
123 
302 
383 
445 
260 to 499 acres 
4,185 
14 
313 
421 
981 
1,125 
1,331 
500 to 999 acres 
2,421 
3 
140 
278 
568 
723 
709 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,076 
1 
71 
114 
259 
332 
299 
2,000 acres or more 
517 
1 
26 
50 
134 
155 
151 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,535 
42 
742 
985 
1,831 
2,161 
1,774 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
121 
- 
4 
15 
39 
38 
25 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
188 
“ 
9 
16 
44 
74 
45 
production (1 1 14) 
181 
- 
10 
24 
43 
64 
40 
Other crop farming (1119) 
11,430 
17 
289 
888 
2,365 
3,210 
4,661 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
10 
“ 
“ 
” 
1 
5 
4 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
11,420 
17 
289 
888 
2,364 
3,205 
4,657 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,703 
65 
936 
1,273 
2,412 
2,422 
1,595 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
130 
2 
10 
18 
36 
43 
21 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
61 
- 
8 
14 
18 
12 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
189 
- 
16 
46 
71 
36 
20 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
249 
- 
6 
48 
83 
71 
41 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
662 
5 
54 
132 
198 
184 
89 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,467 
2 
89 
271 
740 
774 
591 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,803 
70 
1,225 
1,807 
3,327 
3,296 
2,078 
number 
905,080 
1,759 
62,944 
195,152 
171,950 
346,555 
126,720 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,047 
30 
304 
545 
936 
762 
470 
10 to 49 
5,852 
38 
605 
858 
1,617 
1,670 
1,064 
50 to 99 
1,605 
- 
182 
238 
434 
439 
312 
1 00 to 1 99 
753 
- 
81 
99 
212 
223 
138 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 205 
