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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
37 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
10 
_ 
10 or less stockholders farms 
193 
29 
2 
- 
14 
41 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
615 
46 
4 
8 
6 
230 
- 
acres 
4,778,891 
86,605 
24 
(D) 
405 
787,941 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
7,322 
2,103 
61 
90 
125 
1,319 
_ 
workers 
23,199 
5,659 
712 
636 
1,006 
3,418 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
4,192 
1,337 
33 
11 
70 
625 
- 
workers 
9,644 
2,620 
132 
20 
292 
1,221 
- 
Less than 150 days farms 
4,954 
1,352 
58 
83 
111 
937 
- 
workers 
13,555 
3,039 
580 
616 
714 
2,197 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
222 
28 
8 
56 
3 
22 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
27 
1 
- 
25 
- 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
11,652 
1,588 
98 
149 
105 
2,801 
- 
workers 
26,245 
3,399 
316 
385 
243 
5,582 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,365 
6 
79 
163 
154 
138 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,518 
95 
73 
91 
111 
1,616 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
953 
34 
13 
5 
20 
327 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
1,083 
60 
1 
9 
9 
408 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,084 
58 
6 
2 
9 
402 
- 
140 to 179 acres 
1,358 
108 
1 
1 
3 
589 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
670 
52 
1 
2 
5 
239 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
551 
61 
1 
- 
4 
225 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
2,614 
370 
7 
2 
8 
1,040 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,560 
567 
9 
- 
2 
923 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,771 
855 
7 
- 
- 
733 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
6,481 
2,470 
5 
" 
- 
758 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,736 
4,736 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
203 
- 
203 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
275 
- 
- 
275 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
325 
- 
- 
- 
325 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
7,398 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,398 
- 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,398 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,703 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
162 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
75 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
88 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
206 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
576 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,261 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
11,845 
1,444 
11 
5 
10 
1,144 
_ 
number 
2,633,740 
264,351 
253 
81 
56 
187,184 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,049 
110 
6 
2 
9 
266 
- 
1 0 to 49 
3,290 
360 
2 
3 
1 
376 
- 
50 to 99 
1,663 
286 
3 
- 
- 
136 
- 
100 to 199 
1,596 
294 
- 
- 
- 
135 
- 
200 to 499 
1,896 
286 
- 
- 
- 
131 
- 
500 or more 
1,351 
108 
- 
- 
- 
100 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
10,738 
1,326 
10 
5 
8 
1,015 
_ 
number 
1,453,600 
152,356 
142 
50 
38 
103,953 
- 
Beef cows farms 
10,598 
1,325 
8 
5 
5 
1,003 
_ 
number 
1,439,653 
151,529 
138 
50 
33 
102,840 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,995 
109 
5 
3 
4 
272 
- 
1 0 to 49 
3,109 
407 
2 
2 
1 
345 
- 
50 to 99 
1,690 
304 
1 
- 
- 
114 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,553 
271 
- 
- 
- 
123 
- 
200 to 499 
1,640 
194 
- 
- 
- 
101 
- 
500 or more 
611 
40 
- 
- 
- 
48 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
