Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
65,530 
3,290 
2,439 
acres 
24,752,497 
19,547,925 
2,868,067 
2,286,162 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,439 
1,482 
904 
864 
acres 
935,175 
457,596 
461,701 
435,571 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
65,530 
65,530 
- 
- 
acres 
19,547,925 
19,547,925 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
4,668 
- 
4,668 
3,402 
acres 
3,676,068 
- 
3,676,068 
2,929,504 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,402 
- 
3,402 
3,402 
acres 
2,929,504 
- 
2,929,504 
2,929,504 
Corporation 
farms 
3,215 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,478,574 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,948 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,387,735 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
39 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,909 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
267 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
90,839 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
35 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
232 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,129 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
333,271 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
22,595 
17,951 
2,097 
1,651 
workers 
81,666 
51,487 
1 1 ,324 
9,926 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
9,106 
6,142 
1,161 
980 
workers 
24,566 
11,703 
4,596 
4,210 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
18,067 
14,595 
1,615 
1,252 
workers 
57,100 
39,784 
6,728 
5,716 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
453 
275 
72 
55 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
16 
7 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
26,289 
23,452 
1,572 
1,153 
workers 
58,356 
51,693 
3,911 
2,956 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,488 
3,092 
131 
110 
1 0 to 49 acres 
15,292 
13,864 
612 
444 
50 to 69 acres 
4,341 
3,955 
201 
123 
70 to 99 acres 
7,394 
6,801 
318 
209 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,164 
5,602 
301 
204 
140 to 179 acres 
6,230 
5,640 
313 
202 
180 to 219 acres 
3,975 
3,619 
223 
137 
220 to 259 acres 
3,389 
3,092 
201 
142 
260 to 499 acres 
10,710 
9,528 
669 
476 
500 to 999 acres 
7,293 
6,132 
640 
497 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,081 
2,973 
504 
420 
2,000 acres or more 
2,185 
1,232 
555 
438 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
31,597 
28,014 
1,980 
1,410 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,001 
811 
50 
39 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
709 
570 
46 
36 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
901 
651 
58 
51 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
19,597 
17,172 
1,284 
904 
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 
17,172 
1,284 
904 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,083 
7,631 
290 
182 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1,048 
928 
67 
47 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3,746 
3,015 
501 
402 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,442 
1,072 
136 
125 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,085 
892 
57 
52 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,088 
1,047 
18 
9 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,245 
3,727 
181 
145 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,702 
21,366 
1,569 
1,146 
number 
2,412,684 
1,750,761 
417,058 
360,263 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,350 
4,157 
107 
72 
1 0 to 49 
9,090 
8,568 
363 
230 
50 to 99 
3,948 
3,653 
209 
127 
100 to 199 
3,395 
2,919 
354 
250 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
