Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sweet Grass 
Teton 
Toole 
Treasure 
Valley 
Wheatland 
Wibaux 
Yellowstone 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
141 
327 
222 
63 
328 
85 
90 
528 
2007 
135 
355 
206 
36 
342 
67 
95 
465 
Any 
2012 
191 
415 
201 
46 
326 
69 
82 
802 
2007 
220 
415 
222 
65 
428 
70 
113 
942 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
38 
112 
56 
10 
86 
13 
28 
71 
2007 
49 
91 
51 
14 
83 
11 
31 
152 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
7 
24 
16 
3 
25 
4 
8 
51 
2007 
19 
33 
20 
4 
40 
7 
5 
58 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
24 
48 
19 
7 
59 
2 
12 
150 
2007 
30 
58 
22 
8 
57 
11 
25 
127 
200 days or more 
2012 
122 
231 
110 
26 
156 
50 
34 
530 
2007 
122 
233 
129 
39 
248 
41 
52 
605 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
6 
19 
21 
7 
26 
3 
4 
39 
2007 
23 
26 
10 
4 
24 
8 
9 
70 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
8 
42 
20 
- 
32 
8 
6 
57 
2007 
27 
53 
18 
4 
34 
9 
10 
92 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
42 
130 
30 
15 
71 
27 
18 
229 
2007 
66 
122 
47 
27 
89 
22 
14 
252 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
276 
551 
352 
87 
525 
116 
144 
1,005 
2007 
239 
569 
353 
66 
623 
98 
175 
993 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.0 
22.5 
24.8 
25.4 
25.9 
23.5 
27.1 
21.7 
2007 
19.5 
22.3 
24.6 
19.1 
26.3 
21.2 
25.0 
19.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
6 
18 
19 
6 
20 
2 
2 
29 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
1 
34 
16 
- 
25 
- 
5 
42 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
33 
103 
22 
7 
66 
22 
10 
185 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
292 
587 
366 
96 
543 
130 
155 
1,074 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.9 
24.6 
28.2 
29.5 
27.6 
26.8 
29.9 
24.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
3 
5 
. 
12 
. 
1 
1 
2007 
- 
5 
1 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
15 
57 
16 
10 
49 
8 
8 
85 
2007 
13 
36 
15 
4 
37 
2 
16 
69 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
23 
66 
28 
8 
63 
13 
13 
141 
2007 
39 
88 
46 
11 
74 
15 
21 
168 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
71 
180 
124 
16 
132 
27 
41 
289 
2007 
84 
221 
132 
31 
173 
30 
51 
430 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
42 
96 
64 
21 
70 
24 
17 
217 
2007 
64 
119 
54 
12 
129 
19 
23 
220 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
57 
144 
76 
17 
110 
20 
28 
200 
2007 
49 
99 
41 
14 
90 
30 
21 
164 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
55 
76 
24 
8 
64 
32 
12 
170 
2007 
47 
51 
30 
9 
65 
7 
25 
128 
70 years and over 
2012 
69 
120 
86 
29 
154 
30 
52 
227 
2007 
59 
151 
109 
20 
198 
31 
51 
227 
Average age 
2012 
59.9 
56.9 
58.2 
59.3 
58.1 
60.8 
60.4 
57.5 
2007 
57.8 
56.8 
58.4 
57.8 
59.0 
58.6 
57.8 
56.4 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
255 
578 
336 
75 
424 
113 
124 
920 
2007 
226 
496 
269 
64 
424 
81 
102 
891 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
29 
58 
20 
3 
31 
10 
27 
60 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
173 
290 
231 
51 
198 
84 
52 
248 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
8 
36 
22 
1 
41 
6 
20 
111 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
9 
117 
57 
9 
75 
9 
8 
13 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
24 
47 
25 
2 
46 
9 
7 
183 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
25 
79 
38 
10 
66 
6 
29 
328 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
6 
3 
4 
2 
5 
- 
1 
22 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
2 
6 
- 
3 
8 
- 
- 
27 
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 
302 
700 
399 
98 
613 
141 
170 
1,280 
acres, 2012 
732,023 
817,748 
1,058,713 
459,419 
1,332,375 
654,001 
520,673 
1,383,781 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
40 
39 
5 
4 
17 
6 
3 
59 
acres, 2012 
112,557 
74,311 
8,855 
1 1 ,420 
40,500 
33,257 
(D) 
139,953 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
243 
587 
238 
70 
503 
108 
135 
1,090 
2007 
259 
546 
244 
67 
587 
100 
173 
1,158 
acres, 2012 
421,030 
542,614 
431,195 
184,167 
739,940 
260,745 
270,752 
699,429 
2007 
336,190 
536,650 
391,237 
207,786 
1,148,981 
(D) 
306,250 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
50 
61 
40 
15 
67 
15 
9 
88 
2007 
45 
98 
53 
12 
90 
21 
14 
121 
acres, 2012 
238,293 
129,288 
242,054 
79,085 
273,504 
183,314 
53,725 
395,856 
2007 
254,327 
162,894 
225,432 
33,590 
348,012 
245,659 
53,201 
335,262 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
23 
77 
124 
19 
63 
20 
24 
120 
2007 
35 
110 
119 
16 
60 
15 
14 
113 
acres, 2012 
142,873 
238,554 
425,607 
158,222 
422,841 
374,100 
206,348 
320,986 
2007 
182,246 
421,555 
484,637 
98,524 
328,722 
294,603 
120,971 
242,193 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
9 
3 
6 
2 
1 
1 
- 
10 
2007 
4 
4 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
acres, 2012 
38,168 
(D) 
17,023 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
21,458 
2007 
(D) 
2,661 
4,600 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
7 
14 
15 
3 
20 
10 
4 
22 
2007 
12 
12 
8 
5 
31 
1 
7 
12 
acres, 2012 
15,345 
(D) 
12,644 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
14,608 
230,617 
2007 
(D) 
28,931 
9,113 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
12,132 
(D) 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Montana 473 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
