Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
17,347 
7,239 
2,058 
13,405 
13,239 
acres 
50,227,611 
15,978,147 
29,921,373 
4,328,091 
20,533,171 
29,694,440 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,576 
1,038 
391 
147 
676 
900 
acres 
4,248,782 
1,855,526 
1,876,618 
516,638 
1,229,320 
3,019,462 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
21,564 
14,760 
5,158 
1,646 
11,508 
10,056 
acres 
26,621,716 
8,574,470 
15,350,484 
2,696,762 
13,135,907 
13,485,809 
Partnership 
farms 
2,320 
1,327 
773 
220 
663 
1,657 
acres 
9,795,062 
3,260,437 
5,749,334 
785,291 
2,249,384 
7,545,678 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,867 
1,052 
633 
182 
540 
1,327 
acres 
8,266,313 
2,626,186 
4,942,483 
697,644 
1,949,469 
6,316,844 
Corporation 
farms 
3,509 
1,590 
1,629 
290 
1,478 
2,031 
acres 
18,563,248 
5,233,726 
12,119,596 
1,209,926 
7,004,454 
11,558,794 
Family held 
farms 
3,279 
1,471 
1,549 
259 
1,337 
1,942 
acres 
17,153,871 
4,917,906 
11,082,722 
1,153,243 
6,085,276 
11,068,595 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
102 
48 
53 
1 
36 
66 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,177 
1,423 
1,496 
258 
1,301 
1,876 
Other than family held 
farms 
230 
119 
80 
31 
141 
89 
acres 
1,409,377 
315,820 
1,036,874 
56,683 
919,178 
490,199 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
37 
13 
20 
4 
16 
21 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
193 
106 
60 
27 
125 
68 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
615 
466 
104 
45 
380 
235 
acres 
4,778,891 
3,660,518 
787,038 
331,335 
3,947,904 
830,987 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
7,322 
3,420 
3,259 
643 
3,141 
4,181 
workers 
23,199 
10,035 
11,105 
2,059 
8,638 
14,561 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
4,192 
1,714 
2,094 
384 
1,584 
2,608 
workers 
9,644 
3,711 
5,152 
781 
3,246 
6,398 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
4,954 
2,354 
2,158 
442 
2,191 
2,763 
workers 
13,555 
6,324 
5,953 
1,278 
5,392 
8,163 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
222 
112 
95 
15 
93 
129 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
27 
23 
3 
1 
10 
17 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
11,652 
7,449 
3,359 
844 
4,738 
6,914 
workers 
26,245 
15,867 
8,448 
1,930 
9,503 
16,742 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,365 
2,198 
34 
133 
1,271 
1,094 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,518 
4,972 
356 
190 
2,588 
2,930 
50 to 69 acres 
953 
750 
158 
45 
462 
491 
70 to 99 acres 
1,083 
873 
140 
70 
549 
534 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,084 
791 
179 
114 
578 
506 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,358 
1,074 
166 
118 
770 
588 
180 to 219 acres 
670 
520 
114 
36 
314 
356 
220 to 259 acres 
551 
413 
99 
39 
299 
252 
260 to 499 acres 
2,614 
1,824 
531 
259 
1,460 
1,154 
500 to 999 acres 
2,560 
1,464 
831 
265 
1,479 
1,081 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,771 
1,340 
1,129 
302 
1,541 
1,230 
2,000 acres or more 
6,481 
1,924 
3,927 
630 
2,718 
3,763 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,736 
1,444 
2,575 
717 
2,483 
2,253 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
203 
143 
31 
29 
88 
115 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
275 
265 
6 
4 
123 
152 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
325 
279 
17 
29 
163 
162 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,398 
5,820 
1,212 
366 
4,386 
3,012 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
7,398 
5,820 
1,212 
366 
4,386 
3,012 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,703 
5,001 
3,014 
688 
3,821 
4,882 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
162 
83 
62 
17 
75 
87 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
75 
43 
30 
2 
31 
44 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
88 
72 
13 
3 
26 
62 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
206 
188 
12 
6 
63 
143 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
576 
423 
105 
48 
248 
328 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,261 
4,382 
587 
292 
2,522 
2,739 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,845 
6,262 
4,627 
956 
5,203 
6,642 
number 
2,633,740 
952,818 
1,499,516 
181,406 
1,006,841 
1,626,899 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
2,049 
1,606 
307 
136 
942 
1,107 
10 to 49 
3,290 
2,119 
887 
284 
1,568 
1,722 
50 to 99 
1,663 
805 
693 
165 
787 
876 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,596 
638 
817 
141 
722 
874 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
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