Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
34,356 
29,679 
2,450 
2,058 
acres 
6,723,460 
4,746,072 
1,232,128 
1,111,781 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,333 
1,294 
1,002 
959 
acres 
1,074,180 
372,312 
683,845 
660,831 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
29,679 
29,679 
- 
- 
acres 
4,746,072 
4,746,072 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,096 
- 
3,096 
2,560 
acres 
1,509,437 
- 
1,509,437 
1,341,892 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,560 
- 
2,560 
2,560 
acres 
1,341,892 
- 
1,341,892 
1,341,892 
Corporation 
farms 
2,355 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
815,550 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,055 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
765,992 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
37 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,018 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
300 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
49,558 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
286 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
407 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
112,517 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
10,345 
7,008 
1,576 
1,362 
workers 
60,944 
27,714 
13,074 
12,164 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,990 
3,389 
1,202 
1,070 
workers 
27,148 
9,379 
7,057 
6,673 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
7,304 
5,107 
1,038 
891 
workers 
33,796 
18,335 
6,017 
5,491 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
807 
366 
186 
175 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
48 
38 
7 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,026 
14,538 
1,398 
1,136 
workers 
40,979 
35,069 
3,520 
2,858 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,901 
2,385 
184 
169 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,668 
7,589 
382 
327 
50 to 69 acres 
3,195 
2,773 
240 
188 
70 to 99 acres 
3,686 
3,223 
211 
174 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,004 
3,546 
227 
181 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,659 
2,303 
198 
145 
180 to 219 acres 
2,031 
1,766 
148 
113 
220 to 259 acres 
1,515 
1,285 
152 
116 
260 to 499 acres 
3,900 
3,140 
509 
390 
500 to 999 acres 
1,872 
1,208 
447 
389 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
762 
348 
257 
234 
2,000 acres or more 
344 
113 
141 
134 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,686 
2,205 
320 
260 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2,031 
1,646 
159 
142 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,278 
1,717 
224 
194 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
2,322 
1,696 
185 
174 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
9,335 
8,417 
545 
418 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
9,335 
8,417 
545 
418 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,453 
4,051 
234 
162 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
143 
107 
21 
15 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
4,694 
3,595 
873 
728 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
422 
378 
32 
25 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
882 
754 
48 
45 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,120 
1,009 
70 
57 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,171 
4,104 
385 
340 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,559 
11,476 
1,459 
1,162 
number 
1,419,365 
714,926 
497,524 
460,163 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,322 
3,067 
135 
99 
1 0 to 49 
5,073 
4,562 
326 
228 
50 to 99 
2,179 
1,919 
201 
150 
100 to 199 
1,732 
1,351 
316 
251 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 New York 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
