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 
1,832 
2,261 
Land in farms acres 
64,643 
66,586 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
535 
776 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
251 
278 
1 0 to 49 acres 
982 
1,172 
50 to 1 79 acres 
277 
275 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
120 
116 
180 to 499 acres 
30 
31 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
10 
500 acres or more 
8 
7 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
9 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
8 
23 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
128 
130 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,757 
2,155 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
193 
229 
acres 
57,953 
55,231 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
201 
256 
production (1125, 1129) 
623 
873 
acres 
6,690 
11,355 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,631 
2,005 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
52,266 
48,743 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
126 
150 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
10,129 
14,576 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
1,780 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
75 
106 
acres 
2,248 
3,267 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
260 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,484 
1,930 
Total farms 
1,832 
2,261 
Partnerships 
141 
136 
$1,000 
30,101 
50,692 
Corporations 
169 
172 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
38 
23 
sold farms 
1,832 
2,261 
$1,000 
29,743 
50,127 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
878 
1,141 
and greenhouse crops farms 
787 
922 
2 operators 
799 
938 
$1,000 
21,368 
39,369 
3 operators 
122 
156 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
26 
18 
their products farms 
915 
1,074 
5 or more operators 
7 
8 
$1,000 
8,375 
10,759 
Government payments farms 
100 
81 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
358 
565 
1 operator 
1,631 
2,023 
2 operators 
178 
211 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
17 
20 
4 operators 
2 
5 
Less than $1 ,000 
647 
997 
5 or more operators 
4 
2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
337 
408 
$2,500 to $4,999 
231 
209 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
226 
229 
Internet access 
1,489 
1,567 
$10,000 to $24,999 
165 
196 
Dial-up service 
68 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
101 
104 
DSL service 
414 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
125 
118 
Cable modem service 
688 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
182 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
216 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
96 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
32 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
8 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
56 
70 
Programs payments farms 
20 
22 
acres 
3,551 
3,861 
$1,000 
(D) 
72 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
88 
70 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
(D) 
493 
1 household 
1,686 
2,004 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
120 
199 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
12 
31 
4 households 
9 
17 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
85 
43 
5 or more households 
5 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
131 
129 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
80 
108 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
204 
313 
Less than 25 percent 
1,552 
1,892 
25 to 49 percent 
60 
102 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
251 
278 
50 to 74 percent 
93 
110 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
48 
69 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
100 percent 
79 
88 
42 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
