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 
6,370 
7,361 
Land in farms acres 
916,200 
1,075,238 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
633 
624 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
2,615 
3,444 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,111 
2,416 
50 to 1 79 acres 
2,399 
2,752 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
595 
731 
180 to 499 acres 
918 
1,216 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
34 
84 
500 acres or more 
309 
353 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
133 
154 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
38 
73 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
153 
256 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,004 
7,094 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
247 
244 
acres 
711,859 
880,790 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,072 
1,034 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,092 
1,145 
acres 
204,341 
194,448 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
5,298 
6,327 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
560,703 
744,300 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
706 
767 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
309,821 
276,424 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,141 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
366 
267 
acres 
45,676 
54,514 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
298 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
5,505 
6,310 
Total farms 
6,370 
7,361 
Partnerships 
355 
479 
$1,000 
417,174 
329,731 
Corporations 
260 
192 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
250 
380 
sold farms 
6,370 
7,361 
$1,000 
397,701 
308,481 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,530 
4,531 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,460 
2,161 
2 operators 
2,341 
2,387 
$1,000 
235,726 
143,860 
3 operators 
366 
315 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
86 
65 
their products farms 
2,036 
2,211 
5 or more operators 
47 
63 
$1,000 
161,976 
164,621 
Government payments farms 
3,516 
4,240 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
19,472 
21,250 
1 operator 
5,753 
6,786 
2 operators 
518 
480 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
73 
77 
4 operators 
12 
9 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,138 
1,967 
5 or more operators 
14 
9 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,092 
1,354 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,052 
1,169 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
976 
938 
Internet access 
4,432 
4,055 
$10,000 to $24,999 
750 
791 
Dial-up service 
492 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
397 
392 
DSL service 
1,938 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
965 
750 
Cable modem service 
559 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
330 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
803 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
674 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
20 
122 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
111 
(NA) 
$1,000 
12,802 
6,682 
Other Internet service 
74 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
134 
129 
Programs payments farms 
2,506 
3,181 
acres 
37,026 
24,917 
$1,000 
10,902 
14,259 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,997 
1,910 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
8,571 
6,992 
1 household 
5,384 
6,183 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
679 
817 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
166 
212 
4 households 
63 
63 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
955 
823 
5 or more households 
78 
86 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
252 
190 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
105 
101 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
151 
116 
Less than 25 percent 
4,404 
5,339 
25 to 49 percent 
654 
688 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
2,615 
3,444 
50 to 74 percent 
606 
665 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
436 
394 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
270 
275 
44 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
