Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
43,004 
23,993 
5,198 
43,474 
28,721 
acres 
24,752,497 
6,520,342 
16,398,475 
1,833,680 
13,481,889 
11,270,608 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,439 
1,505 
724 
210 
1,193 
1,246 
acres 
935,175 
208,618 
624,371 
102,186 
328,073 
607,102 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
65,530 
39,739 
21,351 
4,440 
41,001 
24,529 
acres 
19,547,925 
5,623,900 
12,863,952 
1,060,073 
12,183,300 
7,364,625 
Partnership 
farms 
4,668 
2,360 
1,843 
465 
1,371 
3,297 
acres 
3,676,068 
653,370 
2,560,245 
462,453 
500,643 
3,175,425 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,402 
1,640 
1,402 
360 
1,012 
2,390 
acres 
2,929,504 
496,898 
2,041,330 
391,276 
401,800 
2,527,704 
Corporation 
farms 
3,215 
1,341 
1,312 
562 
1,428 
1,787 
acres 
2,478,574 
354,916 
1,659,886 
463,772 
925,519 
1,553,055 
Family held 
farms 
2,948 
1,136 
1,277 
535 
1,264 
1,684 
acres 
2,387,735 
312,019 
1,620,293 
455,423 
877,425 
1,510,310 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
39 
31 
6 
2 
22 
17 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,909 
1,105 
1,271 
533 
1,242 
1,667 
Other than family held 
farms 
267 
205 
35 
27 
164 
103 
acres 
90,839 
42,897 
39,593 
8,349 
48,094 
42,745 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
35 
30 
4 
1 
15 
20 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
232 
175 
31 
26 
149 
83 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,129 
960 
114 
55 
702 
427 
acres 
333,271 
196,198 
104,419 
32,654 
160,179 
173,092 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
22,595 
8,989 
11,638 
1,968 
12,160 
10,435 
workers 
81,666 
30,217 
43,796 
7,653 
37,730 
43,936 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
9,106 
3,087 
5,154 
865 
4,127 
4,979 
workers 
24,566 
8,873 
13,100 
2,593 
8,911 
15,655 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
18,067 
7,217 
9,279 
1,571 
9,992 
8,075 
workers 
57,100 
21,344 
30,696 
5,060 
28,819 
28,281 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
453 
116 
291 
46 
221 
232 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
23 
8 
11 
4 
9 
14 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
26,289 
15,817 
8,781 
1,691 
12,728 
13,561 
workers 
58,356 
35,669 
19,057 
3,630 
25,215 
33,141 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,488 
2,901 
121 
466 
1,960 
1,528 
1 0 to 49 acres 
15,292 
13,200 
1,266 
826 
8,720 
6,572 
50 to 69 acres 
4,341 
3,462 
572 
307 
2,646 
1,695 
70 to 99 acres 
7,394 
5,829 
1,004 
561 
4,564 
2,830 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,164 
4,435 
1,258 
471 
3,844 
2,320 
140 to 179 acres 
6,230 
4,274 
1,425 
531 
4,026 
2,204 
180 to 219 acres 
3,975 
2,358 
1,322 
295 
2,550 
1,425 
220 to 259 acres 
3,389 
1,802 
1,363 
224 
2,109 
1,280 
260 to 499 acres 
10,710 
4,194 
5,743 
773 
6,685 
4,025 
500 to 999 acres 
7,293 
1,313 
5,444 
536 
4,348 
2,945 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4,081 
397 
3,326 
358 
2,145 
1,936 
2,000 acres or more 
2,185 
235 
1,776 
174 
905 
1,280 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
31,597 
1 1 ,447 
16,299 
3,851 
20,713 
10,884 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
1,001 
519 
167 
315 
534 
467 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
709 
628 
36 
45 
312 
397 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
901 
763 
71 
67 
427 
474 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
19,597 
17,422 
1,816 
359 
12,443 
7,154 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 194,1 1199) 
19,597 
17,422 
1,816 
359 
12,443 
7,154 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,083 
5,571 
2,194 
318 
4,384 
3,699 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
1,048 
537 
434 
77 
607 
441 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
3,746 
1,363 
2,165 
218 
1,696 
2,050 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
1,442 
689 
655 
98 
733 
709 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,085 
915 
142 
28 
439 
646 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,088 
943 
110 
35 
488 
600 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,245 
3,603 
531 
111 
1,726 
2,519 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,702 
1 1 ,698 
10,724 
1,280 
12,727 
10,975 
number 
2,412,684 
657,659 
1,610,586 
144,439 
1,075,228 
1,337,456 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,350 
3,334 
845 
171 
2,310 
2,040 
10 to 49 
9,090 
5,126 
3,481 
483 
5,142 
3,948 
50 to 99 
3,948 
1,636 
2,080 
232 
2,272 
1,676 
100 to 199 
3,395 
1,006 
2,147 
242 
1,789 
1,606 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Minnesota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
