Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
2,588 
2,430 
2,401 
158 
141 
787 
acres 
2,112,671 
2,054,426 
2,038,008 
58,245 
51,290 
223,834 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
53 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15,878 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
3,215 
2,948 
2,909 
267 
232 
- 
acres 
2,478,574 
2,387,735 
2,370,317 
90,839 
80,877 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,948 
2,948 
2,909 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,387,735 
2,387,735 
2,370,317 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
39 
39 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,909 
2,909 
2,909 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
267 
- 
- 
267 
232 
- 
acres 
90,839 
- 
- 
90,839 
80,877 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
35 
- 
- 
35 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
232 
- 
" 
232 
232 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,129 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
333,271 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,254 
2,120 
2,102 
134 
Ill 
293 
workers 
17,469 
16,361 
16,066 
1,108 
751 
1,386 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,663 
1,569 
1,557 
94 
73 
140 
workers 
7,800 
7,256 
7,041 
544 
317 
467 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,642 
1,559 
1,547 
83 
72 
215 
workers 
9,669 
9,105 
9,025 
564 
434 
919 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
102 
99 
99 
3 
3 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
910 
836 
822 
74 
70 
355 
workers 
1,946 
1,749 
1,723 
197 
187 
806 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
213 
197 
195 
16 
14 
52 
1 0 to 49 acres 
522 
430 
425 
92 
75 
294 
50 to 69 acres 
109 
89 
87 
20 
18 
76 
70 to 99 acres 
126 
107 
105 
19 
18 
149 
100 to 139 acres 
152 
135 
127 
17 
16 
109 
140 to 1 79 acres 
167 
149 
146 
18 
16 
110 
180 to 219 acres 
83 
64 
61 
19 
18 
50 
220 to 259 acres 
69 
66 
64 
3 
3 
27 
260 to 499 acres 
382 
357 
351 
25 
22 
131 
500 to 999 acres 
452 
438 
436 
14 
12 
69 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
568 
552 
550 
16 
12 
36 
2,000 acres or more 
372 
364 
362 
8 
8 
26 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,352 
1,309 
1,300 
43 
41 
251 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
134 
131 
130 
3 
2 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
87 
72 
72 
15 
15 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
185 
165 
164 
20 
19 
7 
Other crop farming (1119) 
487 
391 
373 
96 
86 
654 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
487 
391 
373 
96 
86 
654 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
112 
102 
102 
10 
10 
50 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
41 
41 
40 
- 
- 
12 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
207 
203 
199 
4 
4 
23 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
230 
207 
207 
23 
12 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
126 
112 
109 
14 
7 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
16 
13 
11 
3 
1 
7 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
238 
202 
202 
36 
35 
99 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
631 
613 
606 
18 
18 
136 
number 
224,445 
218,726 
(D) 
5,719 
5,719 
20,420 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
53 
49 
49 
4 
4 
33 
10 to 49 
115 
108 
102 
7 
7 
44 
50 to 99 
69 
69 
69 
- 
- 
17 
1 00 to 1 99 
110 
108 
108 
2 
2 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Minnesota 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
