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 
34,356 
23,106 
9,886 
1,364 
17,714 
16,642 
acres 
6,723,460 
2,558,557 
3,944,789 
220,114 
3,080,643 
3,642,817 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,333 
1,299 
895 
139 
896 
1,437 
acres 
1,074,180 
202,422 
840,730 
31,028 
272,584 
801,596 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
29,679 
20,433 
8,137 
1,109 
16,288 
13,391 
acres 
4,746,072 
2,105,919 
2,495,676 
144,477 
2,701,460 
2,044,612 
Partnership 
farms 
3,096 
1,519 
1,415 
162 
632 
2,464 
acres 
1,509,437 
297,767 
1,170,134 
41,536 
194,549 
1,314,888 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,560 
1,235 
1,176 
149 
489 
2,071 
acres 
1,341,892 
240,457 
1,061,521 
39,914 
160,673 
1,181,219 
Corporation 
farms 
2,355 
1,540 
636 
179 
992 
1,363 
acres 
815,550 
215,277 
553,505 
46,768 
242,380 
573,170 
Family held 
farms 
2,055 
1,318 
598 
139 
827 
1,228 
acres 
765,992 
192,766 
532,375 
40,851 
219,304 
546,688 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
37 
27 
7 
3 
16 
21 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,018 
1,291 
591 
136 
811 
1,207 
Other than family held 
farms 
300 
222 
38 
40 
165 
135 
acres 
49,558 
22,511 
21,130 
5,917 
23,076 
26,482 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
14 
4 
3 
7 
7 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
286 
218 
35 
33 
158 
128 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
407 
303 
75 
29 
165 
242 
acres 
112,517 
67,014 
43,193 
2,310 
39,989 
72,528 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
10,345 
5,468 
4,374 
503 
4,696 
5,649 
workers 
60,944 
26,710 
30,933 
3,301 
21,895 
39,049 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,990 
2,763 
2,932 
295 
2,410 
3,580 
workers 
27,148 
10,237 
15,441 
1,470 
8,385 
18,763 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
7,304 
3,966 
2,971 
367 
3,397 
3,907 
workers 
33,796 
16,473 
15,492 
1,831 
13,510 
20,286 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
807 
359 
413 
35 
330 
477 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
48 
33 
15 
- 
19 
29 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,026 
11,418 
4,968 
640 
7,266 
9,760 
workers 
40,979 
26,665 
12,877 
1,437 
15,718 
25,261 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,901 
2,453 
159 
289 
1,449 
1,452 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,668 
7,310 
1,002 
356 
4,269 
4,399 
50 to 69 acres 
3,195 
2,562 
512 
121 
1,678 
1,517 
70 to 99 acres 
3,686 
2,873 
719 
94 
1,869 
1,817 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,004 
2,819 
1,039 
146 
2,160 
1,844 
140 to 179 acres 
2,659 
1,725 
864 
70 
1,470 
1,189 
180 to 219 acres 
2,031 
1,103 
809 
119 
1,170 
861 
220 to 259 acres 
1,515 
792 
673 
50 
769 
746 
260 to 499 acres 
3,900 
1,559 
2,189 
152 
2,051 
1,849 
500 to 999 acres 
1,872 
426 
1,395 
51 
803 
1,069 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
762 
141 
598 
23 
301 
461 
2,000 acres or more 
344 
32 
304 
8 
88 
256 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,686 
1,079 
1,432 
175 
1,685 
1,001 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
2,031 
1,368 
477 
186 
929 
1,102 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,278 
1,827 
379 
72 
1,199 
1,079 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
2,322 
2,001 
211 
110 
1,264 
1,058 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
9,335 
6,768 
2,320 
247 
5,346 
3,989 
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 
6,768 
2,320 
247 
5,346 
3,989 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
4,453 
2,982 
1,347 
124 
2,385 
2,068 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
143 
67 
74 
2 
75 
68 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
4,694 
1,323 
3,081 
290 
2,022 
2,672 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
422 
344 
69 
9 
188 
234 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
882 
742 
105 
35 
346 
536 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,120 
921 
149 
50 
474 
646 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
5,171 
4,373 
619 
179 
2,164 
3,007 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,559 
6,631 
6,389 
539 
6,591 
6,968 
number 
1,419,365 
259,924 
1,116,902 
42,539 
453,821 
965,544 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,322 
2,546 
696 
80 
1,617 
1,705 
10 to 49 
5,073 
2,741 
2,147 
185 
2,696 
2,377 
50 to 99 
2,179 
776 
1,253 
150 
1,173 
1,006 
100 to 199 
1,732 
395 
1,242 
95 
747 
985 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 New York 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
