Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Petroleum 
Phillips 
Pondera 
Powder River 
Powell 
Prairie 
Ravalli 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1 . 
2012 
62 
237 
216 
151 
102 
107 
536 
2007 
62 
265 
218 
145 
120 
95 
494 
Any 
2012 
38 
270 
289 
177 
161 
79 
902 
2007 
41 
291 
324 
174 
153 
78 
1,038 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
15 
36 
44 
30 
31 
19 
134 
2007 
12 
57 
71 
36 
31 
23 
214 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
7 
28 
25 
21 
6 
4 
64 
2007 
4 
38 
23 
8 
24 
4 
99 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
5 
23 
59 
45 
21 
5 
105 
2007 
5 
42 
58 
34 
22 
8 
144 
200 days or more 
2012 
11 
183 
161 
81 
103 
51 
599 
2007 
20 
154 
172 
96 
76 
43 
581 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
6 
23 
10 
17 
8 
11 
44 
2007 
3 
11 
15 
5 
13 
1 
57 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
6 
28 
29 
17 
7 
2 
37 
2007 
5 
23 
15 
30 
21 
8 
118 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
9 
37 
59 
50 
40 
32 
234 
2007 
4 
90 
59 
51 
41 
23 
319 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
79 
419 
407 
244 
208 
141 
1,123 
2007 
91 
432 
453 
233 
198 
141 
1,038 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.1 
24.0 
25.8 
23.5 
23.6 
25.1 
20.3 
2007 
24.8 
24.5 
25.6 
24.3 
22.0 
27.2 
17.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
18 
8 
13 
2 
6 
35 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
6 
17 
19 
17 
3 
2 
26 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
7 
29 
50 
31 
21 
25 
179 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
83 
443 
428 
267 
237 
153 
1,198 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.9 
26.7 
27.8 
27.9 
27.4 
28.1 
23.6 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
3 
5 
1 
_ 
. 
2 
2007 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
5 
40 
28 
3 
5 
10 
21 
2007 
8 
23 
32 
15 
14 
5 
38 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
14 
49 
51 
39 
28 
17 
111 
2007 
6 
56 
54 
32 
23 
14 
149 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
22 
124 
113 
83 
60 
37 
243 
2007 
27 
186 
143 
93 
68 
48 
425 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
16 
93 
87 
54 
44 
44 
243 
2007 
14 
63 
101 
37 
48 
22 
213 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
9 
54 
81 
47 
43 
22 
266 
2007 
11 
65 
91 
52 
38 
41 
243 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
9 
42 
58 
38 
30 
28 
204 
2007 
17 
40 
37 
20 
26 
21 
172 
70 years and over 
2012 
25 
102 
82 
63 
53 
28 
348 
2007 
20 
121 
83 
70 
56 
20 
290 
Average age 
2012 
57.8 
57.0 
56.8 
59.1 
59.1 
58.0 
61.1 
2007 
58.5 
57.1 
56.2 
57.9 
57.9 
57.2 
58.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
81 
362 
384 
267 
190 
125 
1,077 
2007 
60 
319 
335 
226 
170 
123 
1,056 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
9 
40 
41 
9 
16 
24 
93 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
43 
146 
137 
187 
92 
61 
320 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
3 
16 
15 
6 
15 
4 
67 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
23 
64 
72 
27 
14 
6 
17 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
2 
21 
71 
13 
23 
5 
283 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
14 
121 
116 
47 
49 
42 
323 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
- 
1 
1 
3 
1 
3 
28 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
- 
6 
7 
4 
6 
1 
58 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
97 
485 
473 
309 
249 
171 
1,402 
acres, 2012 
655,395 
1,736,023 
847,033 
1,307,642 
469,359 
717,004 
207,121 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
3 
21 
17 
21 
21 
5 
95 
acres, 2012 
20,660 
192,550 
35,543 
160,791 
73,372 
(D) 
41,818 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
68 
366 
340 
230 
204 
129 
1,251 
2007 
67 
397 
362 
206 
204 
119 
1,320 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,037,271 
439,095 
649,610 
300,886 
404,178 
133,520 
2007 
(D) 
946,728 
396,913 
(D) 
209,430 
(D) 
126,743 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
21 
62 
45 
35 
32 
19 
83 
2007 
20 
77 
44 
42 
44 
18 
100 
acres, 2012 
284,144 
289,139 
126,445 
319,682 
97,894 
141,492 
26,290 
2007 
178,497 
350,280 
140,982 
290,264 
242,197 
143,771 
37,964 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
10 
61 
109 
52 
17 
34 
72 
2007 
12 
70 
125 
64 
19 
35 
88 
acres, 2012 
114,985 
467,278 
325,571 
565,710 
106,327 
215,546 
42,634 
2007 
146,634 
582,663 
356,732 
636,350 
131,254 
208,235 
77,510 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
1 
5 
2 
2 
2 
2 
13 
2007 
- 
3 
1 
3 
2 
- 
7 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
29,525 
2007 
- 
61 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
7,818 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
13 
9 
9 
8 
2 
19 
2007 
4 
9 
10 
4 
4 
1 
17 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,813 
2007 
(D) 
126,336 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
12,837 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Montana 471 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
