Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,576 
119 
235 
37 
58 
74 
acres 
4,248,782 
400 
5,877 
2,134 
4,809 
8,675 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
21,564 
2,106 
5,034 
866 
956 
936 
acres 
26,621,716 
8,125 
123,930 
50,106 
78,326 
108,461 
Partnership 
farms 
2,320 
107 
237 
40 
60 
63 
acres 
9,795,062 
380 
6,428 
2,276 
4,871 
7,411 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,867 
92 
171 
33 
44 
50 
acres 
8,266,313 
337 
4,711 
1,892 
3,539 
5,825 
Corporation 
farms 
3,509 
113 
166 
35 
54 
57 
acres 
18,563,248 
334 
4,029 
2,054 
4,321 
6,621 
Family held 
farms 
3,279 
100 
144 
33 
49 
49 
acres 
17,153,871 
274 
3,522 
(D) 
3,902 
5,675 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
102 
2 
2 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,177 
98 
142 
33 
49 
47 
Other than family held 
farms 
230 
13 
22 
2 
5 
8 
acres 
1,409,377 
60 
507 
(D) 
419 
946 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
37 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
193 
13 
22 
2 
5 
8 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
615 
39 
81 
12 
13 
28 
acres 
4,778,891 
148 
1,961 
692 
1,086 
3,231 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,322 
338 
586 
140 
153 
168 
workers 
23,199 
1,322 
1,838 
367 
419 
379 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,192 
155 
170 
46 
37 
44 
workers 
9,644 
344 
341 
71 
82 
66 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,954 
243 
487 
111 
129 
142 
workers 
13,555 
978 
1,497 
296 
337 
313 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
222 
41 
23 
1 
1 
1 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
27 
18 
7 
1 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,652 
930 
2,533 
412 
465 
451 
workers 
26,245 
2,066 
5,290 
924 
986 
955 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,365 
2,365 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,518 
- 
5,518 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
953 
- 
- 
953 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
1,083 
- 
- 
- 
1,083 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,084 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,084 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,358 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
670 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
551 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
2,614 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,560 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,771 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
6,481 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,736 
6 
95 
34 
60 
58 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
203 
79 
73 
13 
1 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
275 
163 
91 
5 
9 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
325 
154 
111 
20 
9 
9 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,398 
138 
1,616 
327 
408 
402 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) . 
7,398 
138 
1,616 
327 
408 
402 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,703 
753 
1,134 
271 
332 
266 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
162 
11 
14 
2 
4 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
75 
12 
20 
3 
3 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
88 
19 
44 
4 
4 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
206 
50 
106 
4 
15 
9 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
576 
97 
197 
48 
31 
26 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,261 
883 
2,017 
222 
207 
299 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,845 
810 
1,398 
334 
410 
336 
number 
2,633,740 
38,586 
20,582 
10,769 
17,244 
12,253 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,049 
364 
864 
123 
135 
82 
1 0 to 49 
3,290 
294 
458 
186 
222 
181 
50 to 99 
1,663 
75 
54 
17 
42 
42 
100 to 199 
1,596 
40 
16 
4 
9 
27 
200 to 499 
1,896 
27 
5 
3 
1 
4 
500 or more 
1,351 
10 
1 
1 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
10,738 
677 
1,080 
294 
325 
301 
number 
1,453,600 
25,517 
12,412 
4,490 
5,668 
7,819 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
70 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
