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 
2,333 
2,394 
Land in farms acres 
1,795,145 
1 ,897,957 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
151 
132 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
910 
912 
1 0 to 49 acres 
555 
523 
50 to 1 79 acres 
768 
734 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
532 
607 
1 80 to 499 acres 
357 
442 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
9 
25 
500 acres or more 
502 
563 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
13 
10 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
12 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
41 
50 
Owned land in farms farms 
2,204 
2,218 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
70 
92 
acres 
1,158,681 
1,309,566 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
547 
586 
production (1125, 1129) 
458 
358 
acres 
636,464 
588,391 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,786 
1,808 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
545,117 
722,576 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
418 
410 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
1,137,470 
1,027,923 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
2,259 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
129 
176 
acres 
112,558 
147,458 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
60 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
2,034 
2,067 
Total farms 
2,333 
2,394 
Partnerships 
125 
173 
$1,000 
208,715 
142,930 
Corporations 
81 
91 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
93 
63 
sold farms 
2,333 
2,394 
$1,000 
197,106 
132,860 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,383 
1,540 
and greenhouse crops farms 
768 
689 
2 operators 
734 
674 
$1,000 
110,186 
63,447 
3 operators 
179 
136 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
26 
33 
their products farms 
1,022 
1,010 
5 or more operators 
11 
11 
$1,000 
86,920 
69,412 
Government payments farms 
1,348 
1,386 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1 1 ,609 
10,070 
1 operator 
2,096 
2,208 
2 operators 
215 
164 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
16 
21 
4 operators 
6 
1 
Less than $1 ,000 
403 
523 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
254 
336 
$2,500 to $4,999 
299 
269 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
327 
336 
Internet access 
1,582 
1,271 
$10,000 to $24,999 
398 
299 
Dial-up service 
129 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
164 
220 
DSL service 
608 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
488 
411 
Cable modem service 
344 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
194 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
256 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
207 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
3 
32 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
72 
(NA) 
$1,000 
183 
1,837 
Other Internet service 
46 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
47 
68 
Programs payments farms 
881 
925 
acres 
100,802 
129,773 
$1,000 
5,007 
5,537 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
940 
864 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
6,602 
4,533 
1 household 
1,902 
1,942 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
324 
304 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
73 
101 
4 households 
22 
25 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
274 
277 
5 or more households 
12 
22 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
8 
19 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
5 
9 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
12 
23 
Less than 25 percent 
1,463 
1,522 
25 to 49 percent 
203 
268 
Other crop farming (1119) 
910 
912 
50 to 74 percent 
328 
285 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
220 
246 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
119 
73 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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