Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
59,796 
34,237 
21,032 
4,527 
34,950 
24,846 
acres 
43,584,217 
9,774,570 
29,892,174 
3,917,473 
23,977,800 
19,606,417 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,177 
1,315 
681 
181 
950 
1,227 
acres 
2,598,879 
750,398 
1,565,600 
282,881 
1,016,309 
1,582,570 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
53,387 
30,895 
18,679 
3,813 
32,217 
21,170 
acres 
32,757,894 
7,435,628 
23,112,960 
2,209,306 
20,441,723 
12,316,171 
Partnership 
farms 
3,860 
2,021 
1,416 
423 
1,236 
2,624 
acres 
6,853,518 
1,423,254 
4,368,553 
1,061,711 
1,430,294 
5,423,224 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,677 
1,389 
980 
308 
861 
1,816 
acres 
5,399,253 
1,169,175 
3,408,351 
821,727 
1,067,006 
4,332,247 
Corporation 
farms 
2,835 
1,161 
1,215 
459 
1,408 
1,427 
acres 
5,422,059 
950,755 
3,433,583 
1,037,721 
2,337,042 
3,085,017 
Family held 
farms 
2,584 
1,001 
1,163 
420 
1,241 
1,343 
acres 
5,193,969 
873,310 
3,314,916 
1,005,743 
2,194,524 
2,999,445 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
45 
29 
15 
1 
18 
27 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,539 
972 
1,148 
419 
1,223 
1,316 
Other than family held 
farms 
251 
160 
52 
39 
167 
84 
acres 
228,090 
77,445 
118,667 
31,978 
142,518 
85,572 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
34 
28 
4 
2 
26 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
217 
132 
48 
37 
141 
76 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,691 
1,388 
254 
49 
1,003 
688 
acres 
1,103,824 
638,868 
429,652 
35,304 
597,342 
506,482 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
16,943 
6,289 
9,123 
1,531 
9,246 
7,697 
workers 
48,853 
20,337 
23,488 
5,028 
23,908 
24,945 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,698 
2,530 
4,385 
783 
3,784 
3,914 
workers 
18,972 
8,045 
8,802 
2,125 
8,364 
10,608 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,202 
4,436 
6,674 
1,092 
6,867 
5,335 
workers 
29,881 
12,292 
14,686 
2,903 
15,544 
14,337 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
58 
24 
25 
9 
22 
36 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
5 
8 
2 
14 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,555 
12,105 
7,911 
1,539 
10,076 
11,479 
workers 
46,808 
26,877 
16,745 
3,186 
19,512 
27,296 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,975 
1,840 
22 
113 
998 
977 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,776 
8,724 
643 
409 
5,210 
4,566 
50 to 69 acres 
2,865 
2,300 
383 
182 
1,531 
1,334 
70 to 99 acres 
5,844 
4,812 
678 
354 
3,295 
2,549 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,651 
2,629 
749 
273 
2,071 
1,580 
140 to 179 acres 
5,567 
4,323 
752 
492 
3,389 
2,178 
180 to 219 acres 
2,240 
1,339 
706 
195 
1,377 
863 
220 to 259 acres 
2,193 
1,368 
652 
173 
1,317 
876 
260 to 499 acres 
8,145 
4,115 
3,308 
722 
5,091 
3,054 
500 to 999 acres 
7,208 
2,213 
4,264 
731 
4,670 
2,538 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6,098 
1,020 
4,502 
576 
3,758 
2,340 
2,000 acres or more 
6,211 
782 
4,905 
524 
3,157 
3,054 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
23,272 
8,169 
12,418 
2,685 
14,645 
8,627 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
232 
167 
27 
38 
95 
137 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
265 
232 
18 
15 
113 
152 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
349 
305 
23 
21 
163 
186 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
15,611 
13,374 
1,846 
391 
9,517 
6,094 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
18 
13 
5 
- 
11 
7 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
15,593 
13,361 
1,841 
391 
9,506 
6,087 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
15,991 
8,670 
6,060 
1,261 
8,672 
7,319 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
492 
204 
245 
43 
246 
246 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
398 
154 
208 
36 
172 
226 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
348 
261 
74 
13 
163 
185 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
385 
347 
28 
10 
161 
224 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
946 
788 
87 
71 
386 
560 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,484 
2,794 
530 
160 
1,531 
1,953 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
27,568 
1 1 ,827 
13,574 
2,167 
15,052 
12,516 
number 
5,922,187 
2,709,909 
2,798,360 
413,918 
3,013,403 
2,908,784 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,385 
3,344 
751 
290 
2,185 
2,200 
10 to 49 
10,934 
5,754 
4,296 
884 
6,051 
4,883 
50 to 99 
4,511 
1,320 
2,784 
407 
2,600 
1,911 
100 to 199 
3,374 
609 
2,516 
249 
1,927 
1,447 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Kansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
