Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Jefferson 
Kings 
Lewis 
Livingston 
Madison 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Nassau 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
411 
4 
296 
308 
411 
235 
337 
25 
2007 
384 
- 
274 
310 
321 
237 
270 
14 
Any 
2012 
465 
6 
338 
353 
427 
240 
322 
30 
2007 
501 
1 
342 
482 
423 
348 
334 
45 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
60 
3 
69 
46 
46 
30 
70 
4 
2007 
62 
- 
60 
68 
58 
54 
84 
6 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
24 
1 
20 
23 
22 
17 
28 
- 
2007 
27 
- 
26 
42 
20 
34 
24 
7 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
75 
- 
38 
43 
91 
27 
52 
6 
2007 
101 
- 
42 
60 
89 
62 
48 
1 
200 days or more 
2012 
306 
2 
211 
241 
268 
166 
172 
20 
2007 
311 
1 
214 
312 
256 
198 
178 
31 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
23 
5 
16 
15 
38 
21 
17 
4 
2007 
32 
- 
8 
17 
23 
16 
13 
4 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
35 
2 
16 
37 
36 
22 
66 
3 
2007 
46 
- 
41 
42 
42 
37 
59 
5 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
150 
1 
97 
68 
147 
44 
94 
8 
2007 
103 
- 
93 
145 
136 
71 
94 
10 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
668 
2 
505 
541 
617 
388 
482 
40 
2007 
704 
1 
474 
588 
543 
461 
438 
40 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
23.7 
(D) 
22.5 
24.4 
21.9 
25.4 
22.4 
21.8 
2007 
23.1 
14.0 
22.2 
23.0 
21.9 
24.7 
23.0 
19.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
18 
5 
14 
9 
24 
17 
14 
4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
24 
2 
10 
31 
29 
18 
46 
- 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
130 
1 
72 
51 
114 
37 
76 
9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
704 
2 
538 
570 
671 
403 
523 
42 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
26.1 
(D) 
24.5 
26.7 
25.0 
27.1 
25.3 
22.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
. 
2 
. 
5 
5 
7 
. 
2007 
5 
- 
7 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
37 
7 
55 
20 
57 
17 
58 
1 
2007 
37 
- 
55 
30 
44 
14 
27 
1 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
102 
- 
106 
55 
110 
44 
81 
5 
2007 
131 
1 
100 
98 
87 
61 
91 
5 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
227 
2 
159 
165 
209 
122 
154 
17 
2007 
232 
- 
187 
206 
211 
188 
128 
27 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
103 
1 
105 
99 
129 
77 
72 
10 
2007 
153 
- 
91 
117 
135 
76 
86 
10 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
146 
- 
81 
113 
122 
67 
78 
5 
2007 
122 
- 
68 
102 
95 
78 
84 
4 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
111 
- 
54 
83 
83 
50 
83 
8 
2007 
87 
- 
55 
86 
76 
67 
71 
5 
70 years and over 
2012 
150 
- 
72 
126 
123 
93 
126 
9 
2007 
118 
- 
53 
152 
96 
99 
117 
7 
Average age 
2012 
57.5 
37.4 
53.6 
58.7 
55.5 
57.9 
56.2 
57.7 
2007 
55.3 
40.0 
52.5 
57.2 
55.7 
57.6 
57.2 
55.1 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
595 
10 
467 
529 
600 
385 
393 
42 
2007 
528 
1 
375 
541 
474 
414 
332 
41 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
54 
- 
38 
43 
40 
28 
29 
2 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
217 
2 
174 
249 
262 
111 
239 
1 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
128 
1 
125 
181 
164 
216 
62 
28 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
6 
2 
14 
8 
23 
4 
13 
9 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
157 
2 
38 
69 
117 
70 
44 
6 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
68 
3 
93 
33 
33 
10 
46 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
11 
- 
3 
8 
24 
17 
7 
- 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
13 
" 
9 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
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 
850 
3 
620 
632 
794 
467 
639 
48 
acres, 2012 
269,049 
3 
176,820 
171,241 
172,971 
88,422 
120,737 
2,648 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
38 
4 
13 
34 
68 
33 
42 
9 
acres, 2012 
50,790 
6 
6,435 
20,462 
36,461 
14,920 
13,025 
(D) 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
745 
3 
569 
549 
692 
372 
574 
26 
2007 
775 
1 
555 
630 
629 
446 
516 
23 
acres, 2012 
187,821 
(D) 
135,957 
106,250 
117,148 
42,749 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
189,387 
(D) 
129,531 
110,140 
123,117 
58,768 
(D) 
(D) 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
83 
4 
46 
59 
99 
35 
53 
5 
2007 
83 
- 
45 
87 
82 
60 
66 
8 
acres, 2012 
67,973 
6 
27,421 
53,482 
51,126 
29,226 
17,067 
9 
2007 
49,799 
- 
26,194 
63,150 
43,949 
37,582 
21,733 
124 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
26 
15 
39 
31 
59 
27 
20 
2007 
19 
- 
16 
63 
22 
66 
21 
24 
acres, 2012 
27,473 
- 
18,053 
30,980 
12,226 
26,357 
14,711 
(D) 
2007 
21,849 
- 
11,524 
46,143 
16,970 
35,478 
10,863 
438 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
11 
3 
- 
4 
5 
9 
- 
2 
2007 
2 
- 
- 
6 
1 
9 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
2,385 
3 
- 
(D) 
884 
344 
- 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
909 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
11 
4 
10 
11 
5 
2 
2007 
6 
- 
- 
6 
10 
4 
- 
4 
acres, 2012 
5,159 
- 
310 
(D) 
6,112 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
304 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data New York 513 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
