Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
26,644 
677 
1,348 
2,229 
2,732 
2,215 
acres 
50,227,611 
10,453,163 
10,205,591 
11,146,983 
7,689,456 
3,808,593 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,576 
57 
83 
142 
176 
171 
acres 
4,248,782 
1,123,303 
706,048 
769,157 
641,468 
310,195 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
21,564 
250 
629 
1,283 
2,062 
1,784 
acres 
26,621,716 
3,509,254 
4,309,057 
5,838,892 
5,192,624 
2,717,998 
Partnership 
farms 
2,320 
196 
230 
304 
276 
211 
acres 
9,795,062 
3,487,768 
2,032,070 
1,795,514 
1,061,279 
406,251 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,867 
171 
205 
239 
215 
167 
acres 
8,266,313 
2,974,601 
1,846,641 
1,440,807 
803,373 
338,206 
Corporation 
farms 
3,509 
327 
605 
778 
497 
285 
acres 
18,563,248 
5,252,872 
4,934,245 
4,382,445 
1,823,174 
857,353 
Family held 
farms 
3,279 
291 
589 
752 
475 
265 
acres 
17,153,871 
4,483,120 
4,849,067 
4,175,236 
1,761,917 
826,058 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
102 
47 
19 
14 
5 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,177 
244 
570 
738 
470 
264 
Other than family held 
farms 
230 
36 
16 
26 
22 
20 
acres 
1,409,377 
769,752 
85,178 
207,209 
61,257 
31,295 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
37 
15 
- 
6 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
193 
21 
16 
20 
22 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
615 
14 
15 
21 
47 
53 
acres 
4,778,891 
429,218 
150,994 
175,805 
1,257,044 
162,363 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,322 
688 
1,105 
1,397 
1,075 
605 
workers 
23,199 
4,795 
4,296 
4,045 
2,770 
1,470 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,192 
606 
849 
950 
589 
282 
workers 
9,644 
2,649 
2,113 
1,921 
1,041 
435 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,954 
464 
689 
864 
692 
422 
workers 
13,555 
2,146 
2,183 
2,124 
1,729 
1,035 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
222 
50 
34 
35 
23 
21 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,652 
221 
562 
965 
1,255 
1,033 
workers 
26,245 
1,034 
1,339 
2,349 
3,018 
2,287 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,365 
5 
14 
23 
57 
77 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,518 
2 
3 
15 
37 
72 
50 to 69 acres 
953 
2 
- 
4 
13 
18 
70 to 99 acres 
1,083 
2 
3 
3 
8 
36 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,084 
- 
1 
10 
19 
72 
140 to 179 acres 
1,358 
2 
- 
7 
35 
69 
180 to 219 acres 
670 
- 
- 
4 
22 
57 
220 to 259 acres 
551 
1 
1 
5 
27 
78 
260 to 499 acres 
2,614 
13 
10 
63 
204 
302 
500 to 999 acres 
2,560 
24 
65 
122 
421 
439 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,771 
37 
82 
343 
698 
503 
2,000 acres or more 
6,481 
699 
1,300 
1,787 
1,341 
610 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,736 
373 
818 
1,132 
1,028 
622 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
203 
14 
9 
4 
8 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
275 
- 
- 
- 
8 
7 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
325 
3 
11 
18 
26 
28 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,398 
66 
113 
157 
270 
410 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,398 
66 
113 
157 
270 
410 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,703 
268 
504 
1,005 
1,429 
1,103 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
162 
11 
10 
18 
21 
30 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
75 
12 
3 
10 
10 
5 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
88 
7 
- 
1 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
206 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
576 
4 
- 
9 
22 
27 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,261 
29 
11 
33 
58 
92 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1 1 ,845 
518 
895 
1,537 
1,908 
1,443 
number 
2,633,740 
785,230 
543,843 
594,817 
393,156 
152,021 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,049 
6 
10 
14 
26 
35 
10 to 49 
3,290 
11 
39 
101 
162 
312 
50 to 99 
1,663 
16 
52 
106 
284 
539 
100 to 199 
1,596 
25 
100 
213 
663 
414 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Montana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
