Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
22 
- 
1 
_ 
- 
9 
- 
Ethanol farms 
11 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
31 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
101 
31 
- 
- 
- 
23 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
18,143 
1,444 
143 
265 
279 
5,820 
- 
Part owners farms 
7,664 
2,575 
31 
6 
17 
1,212 
- 
Tenants farms 
2,201 
717 
29 
4 
29 
366 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
25,934 
4,060 
174 
271 
296 
7,069 
_ 
acres 
45,917,168 
9,201,292 
21,244 
6,534 
12,787 
7,726,628 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
25,807 
4,019 
174 
271 
296 
7,032 
- 
acres 
41,202,521 
8,523,501 
19,643 
5,097 
10,597 
6,313,071 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
9,944 
3,316 
60 
10 
46 
1,607 
_ 
acres 
18,751,461 
6,148,095 
17,971 
69 
1,894 
1,819,076 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
9,865 
3,292 
60 
10 
46 
1,578 
- 
acres 
18,556,396 
6,110,556 
17,430 
69 
1,889 
1,771,664 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
3,660 
771 
18 
18 
15 
1,382 
_ 
acres 
4,909,712 
715,330 
2,142 
1,437 
2,195 
1,460,969 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
45,246 
7,595 
367 
451 
522 
11,117 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
14,029 
2,483 
88 
123 
163 
4,386 
- 
2 operators 
11,717 
1,789 
96 
133 
143 
2,558 
- 
3 operators 
1,699 
368 
9 
15 
11 
323 
- 
4 operators 
383 
81 
4 
3 
5 
85 
- 
5 or more operators 
180 
15 
6 
1 
3 
46 
- 
Total women operators number 
15,478 
1,951 
165 
173 
219 
3,753 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
13,587 
1,746 
125 
153 
182 
3,268 
- 
2 operators 
727 
86 
14 
8 
11 
179 
- 
3 operators 
97 
4 
1 
- 
1 
31 
- 
4 operators 
21 
1 
- 
1 
3 
6 
- 
5 or more operators 
9 
1 
1 
- 
" 
2 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
23,765 
4,452 
135 
216 
216 
6,077 
- 
Female 
4,243 
284 
68 
59 
109 
1,321 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
15,434 
3,988 
117 
111 
165 
3,007 
- 
Other 
12,574 
748 
86 
164 
160 
4,391 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
22,057 
3,635 
174 
236 
247 
4,961 
- 
Not on farm operated 
5,951 
1,101 
29 
39 
78 
2,437 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
12,116 
2,739 
85 
80 
142 
3,063 
- 
Any 
15,892 
1,997 
118 
195 
183 
4,335 
- 
1 to 49 days 
2,688 
505 
22 
45 
31 
767 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,232 
194 
8 
25 
30 
307 
- 
100 to 199 days 
2,383 
337 
24 
30 
36 
578 
- 
200 days or more 
9,589 
961 
64 
95 
86 
2,683 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
962 
182 
18 
8 
13 
201 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,195 
214 
28 
16 
14 
318 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,851 
458 
37 
52 
57 
1,022 
- 
1 0 years or more 
22,000 
3,882 
120 
199 
241 
5,857 
- 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
26.6 
16.6 
19.7 
19.3 
24.3 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
690 
143 
12 
6 
13 
156 
- 
3 or 4 years 
882 
135 
25 
12 
12 
243 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,141 
387 
30 
43 
52 
852 
- 
10 years or more 
23,295 
4,071 
136 
214 
248 
6,147 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
26.1 
29.1 
19.4 
21.6 
21.5 
27.1 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
123 
40 
2 
- 
1 
7 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,264 
369 
13 
2 
9 
168 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2,690 
497 
26 
18 
33 
451 
- 
45 to 49 years 
2,226 
372 
12 
19 
24 
452 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
