Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
21,564 
1,748 
1,442 
acres 
50,227,611 
26,621,716 
7,739,489 
6,614,541 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,576 
814 
728 
687 
acres 
4,248,782 
1,537,827 
2,595,426 
2,396,836 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
21,564 
21,564 
- 
- 
acres 
26,621,716 
26,621,716 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,320 
- 
2,320 
1,867 
acres 
9,795,062 
- 
9,795,062 
8,266,313 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,867 
- 
1,867 
1,867 
acres 
8,266,313 
8,266,313 
8,266,313 
Corporation 
farms 
3,509 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
18,563,248 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
3,279 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
17,153,871 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
102 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,177 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
230 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,409,377 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
37 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
193 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
615 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,778,891 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,322 
3,974 
936 
799 
workers 
23,199 
9,932 
3,555 
3,036 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,192 
1,691 
627 
546 
workers 
9,644 
2,939 
1,638 
1,396 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,954 
2,923 
630 
531 
workers 
13,555 
6,993 
1,917 
1,640 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
222 
126 
36 
33 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
27 
19 
3 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,652 
9,155 
984 
796 
workers 
26,245 
19,787 
2,400 
1,963 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,365 
2,106 
107 
92 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,518 
5,034 
237 
171 
50 to 69 acres 
953 
866 
40 
33 
70 to 99 acres 
1,083 
956 
60 
44 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,084 
936 
63 
50 
140 to 179 acres 
1,358 
1,151 
89 
71 
180 to 219 acres 
670 
565 
53 
47 
220 to 259 acres 
551 
468 
27 
19 
260 to 499 acres 
2,614 
2,128 
218 
167 
500 to 999 acres 
2,560 
1,997 
214 
177 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,771 
1,954 
273 
217 
2,000 acres or more 
6,481 
3,403 
939 
779 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,736 
2,917 
499 
403 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
203 
153 
24 
19 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
275 
223 
22 
21 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
325 
215 
34 
29 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,398 
5,931 
596 
499 
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 
5,931 
596 
499 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,703 
6,706 
760 
608 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
162 
127 
17 
7 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
75 
57 
7 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1 1 22) 
88 
75 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
206 
190 
6 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
576 
526 
39 
29 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,261 
4,444 
316 
239 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,845 
8,932 
1,085 
869 
number 
2,633,740 
1,321,188 
421,552 
351,155 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,049 
1,840 
94 
68 
1 0 to 49 
3,290 
2,836 
205 
166 
50 to 99 
1,663 
1,311 
147 
110 
100 to 199 
1,596 
1,200 
139 
110 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
148 Montana 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
