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 
3,893 
3,041 
603 
249 
1,768 
2,125 
acres 
4,045,739 
3,043,457 
834,433 
167,849 
2,015,378 
2,030,361 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
371 
277 
77 
17 
146 
225 
acres 
1,035,232 
764,897 
(D) 
(D) 
547,223 
488,009 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
3,217 
2,535 
465 
217 
1,499 
1,718 
acres 
1,420,644 
805,651 
462,545 
152,448 
631,246 
789,398 
Partnership 
farms 
330 
266 
57 
7 
111 
219 
acres 
658,429 
427,325 
(D) 
(D) 
382,215 
276,214 
Registered under state law 
farms 
269 
209 
55 
5 
86 
183 
acres 
623,543 
393,866 
(D) 
(D) 
355,685 
267,858 
Corporation 
farms 
343 
226 
77 
40 
147 
196 
acres 
2,286,790 
1,694,566 
(D) 
(D) 
968,095 
1,318,695 
Family held 
farms 
315 
210 
69 
36 
134 
181 
acres 
1,888,918 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
24 
6 
14 
4 
6 
18 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
291 
204 
55 
32 
128 
163 
Other than family held 
farms 
28 
16 
8 
4 
13 
15 
acres 
397,872 
(D) 
(D) 
33 
(D) 
(D) 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
7 
4 
1 
2 
3 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
21 
12 
7 
2 
10 
11 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
247 
200 
32 
15 
120 
127 
acres 
1,547,898 
1,535,437 
11,960 
501 
861,915 
685,983 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,420 
979 
339 
102 
643 
777 
workers 
6,984 
3,875 
2,370 
739 
2,828 
4,156 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
897 
618 
218 
61 
367 
530 
workers 
3,368 
1,881 
1,060 
427 
1,206 
2,162 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
910 
601 
232 
77 
402 
508 
workers 
3,616 
1,994 
1,310 
312 
1,622 
1,994 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
55 
27 
24 
4 
14 
41 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
8 
- 
- 
1 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,085 
1,639 
314 
132 
837 
1,248 
workers 
4,758 
3,633 
807 
318 
1,762 
2,996 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,003 
929 
34 
40 
420 
583 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,197 
1,053 
77 
67 
561 
636 
50 to 69 acres 
196 
143 
44 
9 
111 
85 
70 to 99 acres 
229 
157 
45 
27 
92 
137 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
198 
131 
42 
25 
102 
96 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
122 
92 
20 
10 
51 
71 
180 to 219 acres 
75 
32 
18 
25 
39 
36 
220 to 259 acres 
65 
28 
24 
13 
25 
40 
260 to 499 acres 
269 
174 
85 
10 
144 
125 
500 to 999 acres 
294 
187 
85 
22 
134 
160 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
207 
112 
81 
14 
73 
134 
2,000 acres or more 
282 
189 
76 
17 
125 
157 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20 
16 
3 
1 
13 
7 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
82 
50 
10 
22 
16 
66 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
79 
76 
1 
2 
29 
50 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
71 
49 
13 
9 
26 
45 
Other crop farming (1119) 
994 
698 
227 
69 
449 
545 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
994 
698 
227 
69 
449 
545 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,242 
887 
242 
113 
593 
649 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
12 
6 
6 
- 
7 
5 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
26 
10 
12 
4 
9 
17 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
22 
19 
3 
- 
10 
12 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
72 
66 
6 
- 
25 
47 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
340 
312 
25 
3 
150 
190 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,177 
1,038 
83 
56 
550 
627 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,822 
1,278 
424 
120 
827 
995 
number 
420,322 
235,185 
167,791 
17,346 
181,114 
239,208 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
576 
480 
66 
30 
250 
326 
1 0 to 49 
619 
420 
154 
45 
272 
347 
50 to 99 
141 
81 
49 
11 
80 
61 
100 to 199 
111 
73 
26 
12 
55 
56 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
208 Nevada 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
