Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Nemaha 
Neosho 
Ness 
Norton 
Osage 
Osborne 
Ottawa 
Pawnee 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
336 
217 
205 
173 
376 
178 
168 
153 
2007 
390 
234 
240 
162 
383 
169 
214 
178 
Any 
2012 
567 
485 
352 
194 
638 
165 
357 
248 
2007 
664 
541 
281 
226 
709 
209 
332 
260 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
108 
57 
70 
12 
89 
24 
26 
40 
2007 
106 
92 
76 
39 
106 
38 
53 
59 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
25 
42 
26 
20 
55 
4 
20 
13 
2007 
23 
28 
20 
12 
39 
19 
18 
16 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
61 
40 
20 
19 
69 
25 
57 
31 
2007 
86 
70 
41 
35 
67 
26 
34 
40 
200 days or more 
2012 
373 
346 
236 
143 
425 
112 
254 
164 
2007 
449 
351 
144 
140 
497 
126 
227 
145 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
22 
20 
17 
10 
19 
27 
23 
10 
2007 
28 
31 
16 
7 
28 
9 
13 
8 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
82 
30 
13 
19 
29 
6 
35 
22 
2007 
41 
41 
19 
14 
66 
21 
25 
35 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
107 
85 
49 
37 
124 
33 
54 
83 
2007 
105 
91 
56 
48 
174 
30 
70 
64 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
692 
567 
478 
301 
842 
277 
413 
286 
2007 
880 
612 
430 
319 
824 
318 
438 
331 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.9 
22.7 
26.9 
24.6 
25.2 
26.5 
24.2 
24.3 
2007 
26.5 
23.5 
25.6 
26.3 
23.3 
29.3 
25.2 
24.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
15 
19 
13 
6 
16 
27 
16 
10 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
64 
23 
10 
16 
23 
5 
33 
15 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
102 
49 
39 
25 
94 
26 
49 
78 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
722 
611 
495 
320 
881 
285 
427 
298 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.4 
25.0 
29.7 
26.9 
27.6 
29.1 
25.9 
25.4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
10 
3 
. 
1 
4 
2 
. 
4 
2007 
3 
7 
4 
5 
- 
6 
3 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
113 
42 
30 
21 
21 
17 
53 
24 
2007 
109 
33 
23 
35 
27 
29 
38 
22 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
100 
61 
35 
43 
85 
45 
79 
32 
2007 
125 
111 
43 
40 
107 
40 
54 
41 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
250 
179 
111 
64 
246 
67 
90 
71 
2007 
309 
212 
126 
89 
315 
95 
152 
130 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
117 
98 
89 
63 
154 
50 
88 
105 
2007 
137 
111 
66 
38 
148 
41 
82 
68 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
109 
105 
75 
39 
113 
50 
72 
57 
2007 
97 
85 
53 
44 
139 
34 
45 
39 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
62 
68 
79 
39 
120 
20 
46 
20 
2007 
78 
79 
50 
49 
101 
26 
58 
47 
70 years and over 
2012 
142 
146 
138 
97 
271 
92 
97 
88 
2007 
196 
137 
156 
88 
255 
107 
114 
89 
Average age 
2012 
54.0 
57.5 
60.4 
58.5 
60.6 
59.1 
56.2 
58.0 
2007 
54.8 
56.3 
60.2 
57.2 
59.0 
58.1 
57.1 
57.7 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
651 
495 
394 
273 
710 
227 
419 
308 
2007 
657 
426 
271 
234 
619 
210 
318 
256 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
46 
55 
7 
32 
69 
7 
16 
9 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
205 
191 
185 
88 
239 
59 
137 
121 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
112 
56 
60 
27 
99 
34 
56 
111 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
54 
18 
161 
76 
16 
131 
69 
32 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
94 
35 
86 
32 
115 
18 
62 
55 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
164 
113 
28 
45 
212 
8 
91 
34 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
18 
5 
3 
7 
9 
1 
5 
3 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
25 
41 
- 
5 
14 
2 
12 
10 
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 
881 
687 
536 
351 
995 
337 
517 
385 
acres, 2012 
361,184 
298,425 
648,733 
488,582 
439,855 
436,389 
413,574 
433,238 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
28 
22 
21 
22 
29 
8 
8 
17 
acres, 2012 
13,601 
19,601 
38,918 
42,026 
31,239 
22,679 
5,277 
29,201 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
769 
637 
478 
280 
921 
310 
454 
337 
2007 
925 
684 
440 
292 
986 
346 
455 
335 
acres, 2012 
282,947 
233,438 
537,371 
298,502 
363,626 
369,645 
309,434 
318,682 
2007 
348,934 
230,389 
500,257 
300,334 
289,605 
365,480 
307,406 
304,719 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
55 
33 
37 
39 
46 
16 
39 
31 
2007 
68 
64 
55 
45 
65 
22 
51 
48 
acres, 2012 
47,588 
45,672 
67,492 
70,137 
40,834 
38,305 
47,350 
93,936 
2007 
54,946 
70,844 
78,301 
66,891 
49,562 
45,481 
41,836 
90,253 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
40 
13 
18 
30 
30 
5 
19 
18 
2007 
38 
14 
15 
43 
21 
5 
30 
35 
acres, 2012 
46,111 
16,299 
55,667 
125,933 
35,104 
13,945 
58,019 
63,597 
2007 
41,953 
12,846 
36,506 
161,395 
35,909 
7,161 
86,848 
83,567 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
3 
2 
4 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
2007 
3 
2 
- 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
674 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
1,400 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
36 
17 
20 
18 
17 
11 
12 
14 
2007 
20 
11 
11 
7 
18 
4 
9 
19 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
16,945 
7,623 
2,715 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
3,275 
(D) 
4,884 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Kansas 645 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
