Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
65,530 
3,155 
4,130 
5,593 
7,455 
7,507 
acres 
19,547,925 
5,381,492 
3,584,802 
2,965,627 
2,316,868 
1,473,412 
Partnership 
farms 
4,668 
1,009 
492 
474 
436 
359 
acres 
3,676,068 
2,389,942 
509,512 
263,810 
165,551 
73,024 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,402 
853 
404 
354 
285 
219 
acres 
2,929,504 
1,983,787 
401,619 
204,730 
109,754 
39,999 
Corporation 
farms 
3,215 
1,060 
442 
319 
234 
182 
acres 
2,478,574 
1,682,878 
405,784 
169,362 
74,984 
31,228 
Family held 
farms 
2,948 
1,012 
429 
302 
220 
169 
acres 
2,387,735 
1,634,230 
395,208 
166,525 
72,730 
29,247 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
39 
7 
2 
- 
3 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,909 
1,005 
427 
302 
217 
163 
Other than family held 
farms 
267 
48 
13 
17 
14 
13 
acres 
90,839 
48,648 
10,576 
2,837 
2,254 
1,981 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
35 
12 
2 
7 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
232 
36 
11 
10 
13 
12 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,129 
35 
36 
61 
60 
64 
acres 
333,271 
76,471 
42,950 
44,679 
23,232 
12,641 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
22,595 
4,376 
3,316 
3,278 
3,097 
2,172 
workers 
81,666 
31,268 
10,853 
9,744 
8,476 
6,044 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
9,106 
3,055 
1,662 
1,343 
1,046 
542 
workers 
24,566 
13,501 
3,353 
2,767 
1,752 
885 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
18,067 
3,324 
2,533 
2,554 
2,438 
1,828 
workers 
57,100 
17,767 
7,500 
6,977 
6,724 
5,159 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
453 
253 
68 
43 
29 
17 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
4 
3 
4 
1 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
26,289 
1,516 
1,677 
2,225 
2,723 
2,763 
workers 
58,356 
3,075 
3,347 
4,712 
5,967 
6,168 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,488 
95 
58 
81 
131 
148 
1 0 to 49 acres 
15,292 
257 
112 
117 
163 
343 
50 to 69 acres 
4,341 
35 
17 
16 
52 
267 
70 to 99 acres 
7,394 
46 
21 
21 
126 
1,226 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,164 
42 
22 
33 
411 
1,370 
140 to 179 acres 
6,230 
43 
55 
127 
1,030 
1,523 
180 to 219 acres 
3,975 
36 
43 
148 
937 
932 
220 to 259 acres 
3,389 
42 
51 
248 
1,096 
669 
260 to 499 acres 
10,710 
262 
619 
2,764 
3,228 
1,229 
500 to 999 acres 
7,293 
673 
2,428 
2,378 
832 
350 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,081 
1,856 
1,438 
484 
160 
51 
2,000 acres or more 
2,185 
1,872 
236 
30 
19 
4 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
31,597 
3,181 
3,750 
4,684 
5,933 
5,940 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,001 
60 
34 
38 
52 
69 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
709 
1 
3 
3 
18 
48 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
901 
33 
22 
66 
87 
114 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
19,597 
224 
96 
108 
187 
344 
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) 
19,597 
224 
96 
108 
187 
344 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,083 
87 
160 
221 
429 
653 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1,048 
128 
152 
148 
145 
211 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
3,746 
380 
478 
998 
1,166 
539 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
1,442 
822 
247 
114 
84 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,085 
256 
113 
23 
18 
18 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,088 
2 
4 
6 
6 
38 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,245 
85 
41 
38 
60 
125 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,702 
1,360 
1,859 
2,846 
3,598 
3,266 
number 
2,412,684 
785,295 
458,923 
409,114 
335,947 
180,177 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,350 
32 
54 
83 
158 
307 
10 to 49 
9,090 
166 
222 
450 
865 
1,458 
50 to 99 
3,948 
93 
195 
509 
1,192 
1,053 
100 to 199 
3,395 
160 
365 
1,142 
1,136 
387 
200 to 499 
2,190 
391 
861 
626 
241 
61 
500 or more 
729 
518 
162 
36 
6 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
17,655 
893 
1,192 
1,993 
2,726 
2,562 
number 
821,138 
267,370 
110,353 
127,730 
125,376 
76,475 
Beef cows 
farms 
13,547 
428 
642 
931 
1,558 
2,003 
number 
357,826 
44,246 
39,771 
42,026 
61,262 
60,141 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,744 
40 
90 
174 
253 
361 
1 0 to 49 
7,017 
162 
278 
489 
874 
1,283 
50 to 99 
1,188 
89 
146 
153 
288 
302 
100 to 199 
451 
72 
88 
94 
128 
53 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
