Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
1,358 
1,237 
Land in farms acres 
78,678 
70,609 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
440 
341 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
167 
195 
1 0 to 49 acres 
514 
509 
50 to 1 79 acres 
331 
307 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
55 
56 
1 80 to 499 acres 
60 
72 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
13 
8 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
16 
31 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
16 
7 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
82 
94 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,280 
1,166 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
156 
146 
acres 
72,597 
63,947 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
180 
194 
production (1125, 1129) 
570 
463 
acres 
6,081 
6,662 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,178 
1,043 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
(D) 
58,254 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
102 
123 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
10,893 
9,474 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
1,309 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
78 
71 
acres 
(D) 
2,881 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
206 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,125 
1,042 
Total farms 
1,358 
1,237 
Partnerships 
112 
97 
$1,000 
21,658 
16,206 
Corporations 
75 
77 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
46 
21 
sold farms 
1,358 
1,237 
$1,000 
21,126 
15,891 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
568 
542 
and greenhouse crops farms 
512 
454 
2 operators 
691 
617 
$1,000 
9,997 
7,751 
3 operators 
80 
60 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
10 
8 
their products farms 
646 
618 
5 or more operators 
9 
10 
$1,000 
11,129 
8,140 
Government payments farms 
85 
83 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
532 
316 
1 operator 
1,201 
1,118 
2 operators 
138 
103 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
18 
11 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
606 
546 
5 or more operators 
1 
5 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
175 
169 
$2,500 to $4,999 
180 
130 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
155 
133 
Internet access 
1,200 
962 
$10,000 to $24,999 
115 
133 
Dial-up service 
80 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
60 
57 
DSL service 
395 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
67 
69 
Cable modem service 
543 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
62 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
127 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
110 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
44 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
2 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
44 
22 
Programs payments farms 
- 
5 
acres 
1 1 ,089 
4,910 
$1,000 
- 
5 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
85 
80 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
532 
311 
1 household 
1,259 
1,143 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
85 
68 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
10 
8 
4 households 
4 
10 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
- 
8 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
119 
75 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
49 
64 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
128 
106 
Less than 25 percent 
1,127 
1,033 
25 to 49 percent 
32 
51 
Other crop farming (1119) 
167 
195 
50 to 74 percent 
69 
68 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
53 
47 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
77 
38 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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