Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
2,968 
2,853 
2,787 
115 
101 
364 
acres 
15,151,211 
14,766,128 
14,038,260 
385,083 
278,878 
715,195 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
34 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
115,529 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
3,509 
3,279 
3,177 
230 
193 
- 
acres 
18,563,248 
17,153,871 
15,934,758 
1,409,377 
1,044,948 
- 
Family held 
farms 
3,279 
3,279 
3,177 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
17,153,871 
17,153,871 
15,934,758 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
102 
102 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,177 
3,177 
3,177 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
230 
- 
- 
230 
193 
- 
acres 
1,409,377 
- 
- 
1,409,377 
1,044,948 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
37 
- 
- 
37 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
193 
- 
" 
193 
193 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
615 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
4,778,891 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,217 
2,102 
2,033 
115 
101 
195 
workers 
8,929 
8,330 
7,723 
599 
501 
783 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,748 
1,663 
1,602 
85 
74 
126 
workers 
4,637 
4,280 
3,868 
357 
270 
430 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,279 
1,212 
1,165 
67 
62 
122 
workers 
4,292 
4,050 
3,855 
242 
231 
353 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
57 
54 
53 
3 
3 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,296 
1,237 
1,215 
59 
47 
217 
workers 
3,383 
3,018 
2,737 
365 
120 
675 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
113 
100 
98 
13 
13 
39 
1 0 to 49 acres 
166 
144 
142 
22 
22 
81 
50 to 69 acres 
35 
33 
33 
2 
2 
12 
70 to 99 acres 
54 
49 
49 
5 
5 
13 
100 to 139 acres 
57 
49 
47 
8 
8 
28 
140 to 1 79 acres 
77 
68 
66 
9 
8 
41 
180 to 219 acres 
39 
37 
37 
2 
2 
13 
220 to 259 acres 
38 
35 
33 
3 
1 
18 
260 to 499 acres 
204 
185 
183 
19 
13 
64 
500 to 999 acres 
273 
237 
235 
36 
29 
76 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
469 
444 
431 
25 
25 
75 
2,000 acres or more 
1,984 
1,898 
1,823 
86 
65 
155 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,274 
1,243 
1,219 
31 
29 
46 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
22 
20 
20 
2 
2 
4 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
22 
22 
22 
- 
- 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
70 
56 
56 
14 
14 
6 
Other crop farming (1119) 
641 
590 
573 
51 
41 
230 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
641 
590 
573 
51 
41 
230 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,093 
1,035 
995 
58 
57 
144 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
16 
14 
14 
2 
1 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
8 
6 
5 
2 
- 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
11 
8 
5 
3 
1 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
9 
7 
7 
2 
2 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
9 
9 
9 
- 
2 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
334 
269 
252 
65 
46 
167 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,651 
1,554 
1,480 
97 
77 
177 
number 
845,399 
761,884 
688,250 
83,515 
59,805 
45,601 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
92 
85 
84 
7 
6 
23 
10 to 49 
190 
170 
168 
20 
20 
59 
50 to 99 
178 
171 
171 
7 
7 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 
237 
224 
216 
13 
13 
20 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Montana 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
