Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
5 
5 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
22 
11 
- 
- 
1 
4 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
875 
557 
4 
1 
- 
137 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
44,400 
11,447 
519 
628 
763 
17,422 
_ 
Part owners farms 
24,620 
16,299 
167 
36 
71 
1,816 
- 
Tenants farms 
5,522 
3,851 
315 
45 
67 
359 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
69,369 
28,000 
694 
664 
834 
19,281 
_ 
acres 
17,078,128 
9,650,809 
137,499 
45,397 
69,062 
3,979,290 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
69,020 
27,746 
686 
664 
834 
19,238 
- 
acres 
14,457,275 
8,749,631 
105,629 
36,723 
58,340 
2,713,635 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
30,314 
20,225 
483 
81 
138 
2,244 
_ 
acres 
11,648,028 
9,576,461 
74,466 
1,105 
7,467 
580,955 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
30,142 
20,150 
482 
81 
138 
2,175 
- 
acres 
11,578,563 
9,540,949 
67,335 
1,100 
7,300 
560,887 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
17,211 
5,421 
199 
187 
179 
7,188 
_ 
acres 
2,690,318 
936,690 
39,001 
8,679 
10,889 
1,285,723 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
111,311 
45,050 
1,575 
1,165 
1,522 
28,278 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
44,502 
20,713 
534 
312 
427 
12,443 
- 
2 operators 
25,273 
9,012 
396 
353 
380 
6,114 
- 
3 operators 
3,605 
1,450 
51 
35 
68 
764 
- 
4 operators 
803 
295 
14 
7 
16 
185 
- 
5 or more operators 
359 
127 
6 
2 
10 
91 
- 
Total women operators number 
28,540 
8,221 
592 
437 
532 
8,143 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
25,795 
7,648 
506 
398 
443 
7,352 
- 
2 operators 
1,036 
203 
33 
17 
31 
304 
- 
3 operators 
138 
27 
- 
- 
5 
38 
- 
4 operators 
28 
4 
3 
- 
3 
12 
- 
5 or more operators 
18 
8 
1 
1 
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3 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,172 
30,642 
749 
604 
750 
16,982 
- 
Female 
6,370 
955 
252 
105 
151 
2,615 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
39,423 
21,537 
616 
288 
460 
5,269 
- 
Other 
35,119 
10,060 
385 
421 
441 
14,328 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
58,768 
25,293 
782 
562 
659 
12,882 
- 
Not on farm operated 
15,774 
6,304 
219 
147 
242 
6,715 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
30,907 
14,663 
298 
176 
373 
6,978 
- 
Any 
43,635 
16,934 
703 
533 
528 
12,619 
- 
1 to 49 days 
5,901 
2,504 
84 
98 
85 
1,888 
- 
50 to 99 days 
3,069 
1,473 
53 
48 
48 
710 
- 
100 to 199 days 
5,976 
2,729 
121 
85 
104 
1,270 
- 
200 days or more 
28,689 
10,228 
445 
302 
291 
8,751 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,882 
860 
80 
32 
13 
399 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,721 
1,182 
95 
58 
33 
577 
- 
5 to 9 years 
7,707 
2,748 
124 
128 
97 
2,210 
- 
10 years or more 
62,232 
26,807 
702 
491 
758 
16,411 
- 
Average years on present farm 
25.7 
27.9 
20.3 
18.7 
23.7 
25.3 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,315 
605 
68 
26 
9 
280 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,193 
939 
86 
51 
27 
497 
- 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
2,327 
108 
119 
78 
1,989 
- 
10 years or more 
64,405 
27,726 
739 
513 
787 
16,831 
" 
Average years operating any farm 
27.6 
29.8 
21.9 
20.5 
25.6 
26.9 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
419 
225 
2 
3 
- 
31 
- 
25 to 34 years 
4,485 
2,439 
66 
25 
24 
492 
- 
35 to 44 years 
8,647 
3,837 
161 
47 
64 
1,594 
- 
45 to 49 years 
7,537 
3,205 
107 
74 
74 
1,487 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
