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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
35 
2 
1 
_ 
1 
10 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
232 
41 
2 
15 
19 
86 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
1,129 
251 
6 
6 
7 
654 
- 
acres 
333,271 
166,267 
1,330 
2,196 
388 
111,345 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
22,595 
11,615 
498 
265 
472 
2,909 
_ 
workers 
81,666 
35,584 
4,033 
2,432 
5,055 
8,350 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
9,106 
4,356 
144 
81 
238 
771 
- 
workers 
24,566 
8,274 
772 
213 
1,935 
1,289 
- 
Less than 150 days farms 
18,067 
9,491 
459 
250 
422 
2,473 
- 
workers 
57,100 
27,310 
3,261 
2,219 
3,120 
7,061 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
453 
226 
31 
14 
12 
69 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
23 
15 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
26,289 
9,646 
407 
364 
345 
6,461 
- 
workers 
58,356 
19,774 
1,021 
1,073 
737 
13,977 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,488 
263 
339 
143 
201 
259 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
15,292 
2,461 
267 
350 
360 
5,645 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
4,341 
1,102 
71 
52 
71 
1,869 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
7,394 
2,638 
51 
60 
82 
2,919 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,164 
2,326 
59 
43 
64 
2,303 
- 
140 to 179 acres 
6,230 
2,863 
42 
24 
36 
1,966 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
3,975 
1,913 
18 
16 
24 
1,069 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
3,389 
1,677 
23 
6 
20 
784 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
10,710 
6,040 
47 
10 
30 
1,772 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
7,293 
5,105 
42 
4 
9 
647 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,081 
3,312 
27 
1 
3 
226 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
2,185 
1,897 
15 
- 
1 
138 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
31,597 
31,597 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,001 
- 
1,001 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
709 
- 
- 
709 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
901 
- 
- 
- 
901 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
19,597 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19,597 
- 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
19,597 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,083 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1,048 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3,746 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
1,442 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,085 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,088 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,245 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
23,702 
7,965 
68 
15 
26 
1,920 
_ 
number 
2,412,684 
610,113 
1,738 
330 
334 
75,199 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,350 
1,117 
34 
5 
18 
602 
- 
1 0 to 49 
9,090 
3,416 
26 
7 
7 
975 
- 
50 to 99 
3,948 
1,619 
4 
3 
1 
191 
- 
100 to 199 
3,395 
1,105 
3 
- 
- 
92 
- 
200 to 499 
2,190 
597 
1 
- 
- 
47 
- 
500 or more 
729 
111 
- 
- 
- 
13 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
17,655 
5,262 
44 
12 
17 
1,619 
_ 
number 
821,138 
172,358 
685 
95 
112 
34,828 
- 
Beef cows farms 
13,547 
4,841 
39 
12 
17 
1,501 
_ 
number 
357,826 
144,449 
(D) 
(D) 
112 
27,717 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,744 
1,204 
22 
9 
12 
668 
- 
1 0 to 49 
7,017 
2,881 
16 
3 
5 
732 
- 
50 to 99 
1,188 
526 
- 
- 
- 
69 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
451 
172 
1 
- 
- 
25 
- 
200 to 499 
128 
51 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
500 or more 
19 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
