Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Brown 
Butler 
Chase 
Chautauqua 
Cherokee 
Cheyenne 
Clark 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1 . 
2012 
255 
401 
87 
140 
310 
186 
132 
2007 
237 
462 
88 
136 
334 
164 
136 
Any 
2012 
255 
952 
165 
172 
419 
207 
151 
2007 
400 
965 
162 
223 
475 
258 
142 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
27 
134 
44 
34 
24 
29 
22 
2007 
72 
149 
36 
37 
49 
45 
34 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
11 
52 
4 
8 
14 
15 
23 
2007 
42 
60 
7 
23 
34 
14 
13 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
15 
86 
36 
22 
50 
32 
10 
2007 
25 
114 
12 
18 
63 
39 
19 
200 days or more 
2012 
202 
680 
81 
108 
331 
131 
96 
2007 
261 
642 
107 
145 
329 
160 
76 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
13 
34 
5 
9 
10 
6 
14 
2007 
13 
67 
7 
9 
15 
26 
5 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
23 
68 
3 
9 
28 
19 
8 
2007 
38 
80 
6 
12 
38 
24 
15 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
69 
186 
38 
40 
70 
75 
34 
2007 
80 
248 
44 
49 
90 
80 
44 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
405 
1,065 
206 
254 
621 
293 
227 
2007 
506 
1,032 
193 
289 
666 
292 
214 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
24.9 
21.9 
24.4 
25.6 
25.8 
24.1 
25.5 
2007 
25.2 
20.9 
24.8 
23.1 
26.0 
22.0 
24.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
8 
20 
5 
7 
5 
6 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
20 
53 
1 
6 
21 
15 
8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
47 
172 
25 
33 
56 
53 
40 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
435 
1,108 
221 
266 
647 
319 
231 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
28.3 
23.9 
27.4 
28.9 
28.0 
27.4 
26.8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
5 
5 
. 
2 
_ 
. 
6 
2007 
11 
8 
1 
- 
4 
9 
1 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
51 
69 
35 
13 
56 
26 
25 
2007 
50 
71 
9 
15 
39 
40 
8 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
57 
155 
23 
22 
75 
37 
19 
2007 
105 
151 
26 
29 
94 
44 
27 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
97 
379 
46 
48 
172 
92 
39 
2007 
154 
424 
62 
81 
185 
100 
55 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
62 
201 
32 
43 
90 
67 
30 
2007 
85 
197 
47 
50 
112 
56 
32 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
66 
153 
36 
52 
103 
46 
26 
2007 
70 
183 
25 
46 
120 
52 
27 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
79 
138 
25 
41 
94 
37 
24 
2007 
52 
118 
27 
56 
104 
32 
30 
70 years and over 
2012 
93 
253 
55 
91 
139 
88 
114 
2007 
110 
275 
53 
82 
151 
89 
98 
Average age 
2012 
56.5 
56.7 
56.7 
61.6 
57.3 
58.0 
62.1 
2007 
54.7 
56.9 
57.7 
59.7 
57.4 
56.0 
62.6 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
381 
1,048 
166 
185 
500 
272 
210 
2007 
422 
904 
147 
190 
493 
247 
148 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
31 
73 
16 
14 
70 
8 
8 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
153 
242 
42 
59 
216 
102 
109 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
36 
78 
8 
31 
33 
33 
33 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
51 
8 
7 
5 
75 
12 
8 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
63 
314 
34 
29 
64 
62 
38 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
67 
329 
66 
63 
74 
94 
29 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
9 
20 
1 
6 
6 
3 
- 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
23 
83 
3 
4 
4 
- 
6 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
487 
1,318 
244 
309 
719 
379 
275 
acres, 2012 
261,957 
727,401 
386,287 
289,554 
302,104 
527,231 
467,752 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
12 
50 
29 
4 
9 
18 
16 
acres, 2012 
9,617 
37,007 
104,440 
581 
15,025 
31,543 
54,163 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
420 
1,183 
205 
283 
662 
328 
221 
2007 
531 
1,254 
206 
318 
713 
354 
213 
acres, 2012 
173,318 
509,771 
(D) 
225,132 
242,850 
405,651 
234,323 
2007 
219,604 
484,318 
(D) 
244,404 
234,156 
401,289 
216,927 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
32 
51 
35 
10 
39 
28 
25 
2007 
41 
95 
26 
22 
60 
36 
31 
acres, 2012 
32,600 
105,906 
112,403 
26,670 
36,720 
78,925 
75,357 
2007 
28,029 
118,318 
61,212 
31,912 
52,622 
92,395 
153,029 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
43 
93 
10 
13 
15 
18 
23 
2007 
47 
57 
12 
16 
22 
16 
24 
acres, 2012 
76,278 
113,703 
23,476 
54,251 
21,232 
48,295 
155,257 
2007 
86,069 
142,353 
31,283 
31,449 
35,064 
71,473 
1 1 1 ,522 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
1 
8 
- 
- 
4 
2 
1 
2007 
6 
8 
2 
- 
1 
3 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
4,487 
- 
- 
3,307 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
2,634 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
2,153 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
14 
18 
2 
6 
9 
17 
13 
2007 
12 
13 
4 
3 
13 
13 
8 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
34,282 
(D) 
4,257 
4,124 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
10,422 
(D) 
1,306 
467 
(D) 
9,521 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kansas 637 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
