Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
894 
601 
Land in farms acres 
314,174 
165,205 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
340 
202 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
118 
114 
1 0 to 49 acres 
275 
204 
50 to 1 79 acres 
171 
103 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
175 
153 
1 80 to 499 acres 
48 
44 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
2 
500 acres or more 
60 
48 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3 
5 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
3 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
30 
22 
Owned land in farms farms 
845 
574 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
109 
67 
acres 
273,318 
(D) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
130 
73 
production (1125, 1129) 
403 
216 
acres 
40,856 
(D) 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
764 
528 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
249,219 
90,569 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
81 
46 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
40,919 
65,115 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
855 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
49 
27 
acres 
24,036 
9,521 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
102 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
742 
534 
Total farms 
894 
601 
Partnerships 
48 
30 
$1,000 
85,007 
18,279 
Corporations 
52 
25 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
52 
12 
sold farms 
894 
601 
$1,000 
84,729 
17,801 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
479 
306 
and greenhouse crops farms 
160 
117 
2 operators 
351 
242 
$1,000 
14,029 
6,004 
3 operators 
51 
43 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
6 
8 
their products farms 
533 
353 
5 or more operators 
7 
2 
$1,000 
70,701 
1 1 ,797 
Government payments farms 
40 
39 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
278 
478 
1 operator 
798 
540 
2 operators 
89 
59 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
- 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
338 
222 
5 or more operators 
7 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
79 
77 
$2,500 to $4,999 
111 
64 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
138 
66 
Internet access 
672 
440 
$10,000 to $24,999 
100 
79 
Dial-up service 
69 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
55 
35 
DSL service 
209 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
73 
58 
Cable modem service 
98 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
41 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
145 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
150 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
27 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
34 
12 
Programs payments farms 
- 
- 
acres 
16,875 
24,087 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
40 
39 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
278 
478 
1 household 
806 
506 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
76 
74 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
8 
13 
4 households 
2 
5 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
20 
9 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
16 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
16 
8 
Less than 25 percent 
770 
471 
25 to 49 percent 
36 
45 
Other crop farming (1119) 
118 
114 
50 to 74 percent 
35 
38 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
17 
23 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
36 
24 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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