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 
8,460 
8,550 
Land in farms acres 
570,120 
585,218 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
1,401 
1,199 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,365 
2,718 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,640 
3,692 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,776 
3,032 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
785 
730 
1 80 to 499 acres 
570 
556 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
29 
102 
500 acres or more 
73 
71 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
217 
287 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
77 
120 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
348 
423 
Owned land in farms farms 
8,015 
8,174 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
600 
541 
acres 
486,442 
517,383 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,343 
1,130 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,480 
2,370 
acres 
83,678 
67,835 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
7,117 
7,420 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
421,363 
449,786 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
898 
754 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
127,383 
113,414 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
8,211 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
445 
376 
acres 
21,374 
22,018 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
442 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
7,320 
7,788 
Total farms 
8,460 
8,550 
Partnerships 
467 
344 
$1,000 
325,927 
217,147 
Corporations 
489 
333 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
184 
85 
sold farms 
8,460 
8,550 
$1,000 
320,195 
212,493 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,955 
5,013 
and greenhouse crops farms 
3,466 
2,812 
2 operators 
3,784 
2,912 
$1,000 
167,481 
78,355 
3 operators 
584 
487 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
92 
98 
their products farms 
3,474 
3,421 
5 or more operators 
45 
40 
$1,000 
152,714 
134,137 
Government payments farms 
1,528 
1,538 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
5,732 
4,655 
1 operator 
7,415 
7,784 
2 operators 
953 
687 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
74 
66 
4 operators 
17 
11 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,978 
3,792 
5 or more operators 
1 
2 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,100 
1,247 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,084 
933 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,029 
800 
Internet access 
6,363 
5,003 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,108 
759 
Dial-up service 
550 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
492 
420 
DSL service 
2,913 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
669 
599 
Cable modem service 
1,775 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
417 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
847 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
431 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
6 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
147 
(NA) 
$1,000 
27 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
64 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
208 
167 
Programs payments farms 
906 
943 
acres 
19,994 
21,409 
$1,000 
2,725 
2,759 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
925 
873 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
3,007 
1,896 
1 household 
7,486 
7,638 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
769 
732 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
119 
103 
4 households 
62 
56 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
529 
308 
5 or more households 
24 
21 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
263 
215 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
251 
238 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
506 
489 
Less than 25 percent 
6,865 
7,129 
25 to 49 percent 
474 
423 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,375 
2,727 
50 to 74 percent 
482 
432 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
10 
9 
75 to 99 percent 
266 
237 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
373 
329 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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