Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
72,195 
5,022 
5,081 
6,295 
8,193 
7,848 
acres 
24,752,497 
8,993,713 
4,409,598 
3,258,112 
2,534,571 
1,530,153 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,439 
323 
189 
229 
199 
139 
acres 
935,175 
448,161 
155,649 
100,937 
59,077 
25,287 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
65,530 
3,270 
4,252 
5,640 
7,635 
7,429 
acres 
19,547,925 
5,539,289 
3,612,667 
2,907,772 
2,334,517 
1,441,443 
Partnership 
farms 
4,668 
1,034 
496 
464 
437 
367 
acres 
3,676,068 
2,434,871 
489,511 
245,711 
173,245 
79,218 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,402 
878 
402 
346 
277 
228 
acres 
2,929,504 
2,028,716 
377,160 
189,891 
115,629 
45,281 
Corporation 
farms 
3,215 
1,073 
465 
298 
222 
193 
acres 
2,478,574 
1,700,153 
412,981 
153,397 
67,879 
36,503 
Family held 
farms 
2,948 
1,023 
448 
287 
208 
179 
acres 
2,387,735 
1,648,808 
405,042 
150,620 
65,625 
33,882 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
39 
7 
2 
- 
3 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,909 
1,016 
446 
287 
205 
173 
Other than family held 
farms 
267 
50 
17 
11 
14 
14 
acres 
90,839 
51,345 
7,939 
2,777 
2,254 
2,621 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
35 
13 
7 
1 
1 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
232 
37 
10 
10 
13 
13 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,129 
35 
36 
62 
63 
63 
acres 
333,271 
76,471 
42,950 
45,177 
26,514 
12,988 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
22,595 
4,498 
3,360 
3,258 
3,098 
2,135 
workers 
81,666 
31,670 
10,864 
9,716 
8,520 
5,829 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
9,106 
3,113 
1,683 
1,309 
1,033 
538 
workers 
24,566 
13,614 
3,396 
2,682 
1,715 
887 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
18,067 
3,428 
2,554 
2,559 
2,431 
1,796 
workers 
57,100 
18,056 
7,468 
7,034 
6,805 
4,942 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
453 
255 
66 
43 
30 
16 
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 
1,568 
1,719 
2,233 
2,769 
2,772 
workers 
58,356 
3,161 
3,438 
4,725 
6,040 
6,230 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,488 
95 
58 
82 
137 
142 
1 0 to 49 acres 
15,292 
257 
118 
111 
163 
353 
50 to 69 acres 
4,341 
35 
17 
17 
55 
280 
70 to 99 acres 
7,394 
46 
21 
21 
139 
1,289 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,164 
42 
22 
37 
465 
1,353 
140 to 179 acres 
6,230 
43 
58 
128 
1,139 
1,472 
180 to 219 acres 
3,975 
36 
43 
153 
996 
914 
220 to 259 acres 
3,389 
42 
54 
275 
1,095 
666 
260 to 499 acres 
10,710 
267 
662 
2,926 
3,161 
1,163 
500 to 999 acres 
7,293 
704 
2,576 
2,248 
822 
361 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,081 
1,940 
1,409 
441 
161 
56 
2,000 acres or more 
2,185 
1,905 
211 
25 
24 
3 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
31,597 
3,314 
3,862 
4,696 
6,074 
5,823 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,001 
60 
34 
39 
51 
75 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
709 
1 
3 
4 
17 
48 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
901 
33 
22 
66 
87 
114 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
19,597 
224 
98 
114 
194 
395 
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 
98 
114 
194 
395 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,083 
93 
162 
217 
461 
658 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
1,048 
128 
152 
150 
144 
222 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
3,746 
389 
508 
1,002 
1,161 
515 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,442 
825 
252 
106 
85 
13 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,085 
257 
112 
26 
15 
19 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,088 
2 
4 
6 
6 
41 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,245 
86 
40 
38 
62 
129 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,702 
1,403 
1,939 
2,844 
3,646 
3,227 
number 
2,412,684 
793,916 
465,824 
406,834 
333,743 
175,875 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,350 
34 
57 
88 
163 
309 
10 to 49 
9,090 
175 
230 
455 
908 
1,452 
50 to 99 
3,948 
97 
225 
506 
1,213 
1,032 
100 to 199 
3,395 
163 
403 
1,148 
1,125 
373 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
