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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Tomatoes in the open - Con. 
Harvested for processing farms 
10 
4 
5 
1 
3 
7 
acres 
5 
(D) 
4 
(D) 
1 
3 
Land in orchards farms 
324 
311 
8 
5 
145 
179 
acres 
1,168 
1,115 
41 
12 
414 
754 
Irrigated farms 
219 
210 
6 
3 
96 
123 
acres 
818 
775 
36 
6 
259 
559 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
262 
253 
5 
4 
123 
139 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
60 
56 
3 
1 
22 
38 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
160 
153 
4 
3 
69 
91 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
347 
332 
12 
3 
174 
173 
Grapes farms 
35 
33 
2 
- 
12 
23 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
43 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
17 
27 
Peaches, all farms 
30 
29 
1 
- 
13 
17 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3 
8 
Walnuts, English farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
81 
71 
3 
7 
31 
50 
acres 
42 
38 
1 
3 
24 
18 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Montana 223 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
