Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
306 
297 
Land in farms acres 
(D) 
10,245 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
114 
104 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
37 
24 
1 0 to 49 acres 
123 
125 
50 to 1 79 acres 
56 
61 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
31 
16 
1 80 to 499 acres 
11 
6 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
2 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1 
2 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
28 
10 
Owned land in farms farms 
273 
264 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
7 
23 
acres 
(D) 
8,342 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
79 
65 
production (1125, 1129) 
103 
107 
acres 
2,587 
1,903 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
227 
232 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
(D) 
7,285 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
46 
32 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
2,710 
1,687 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
293 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
33 
33 
acres 
1,206 
1,273 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
25 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
219 
215 
Total farms 
306 
297 
Partnerships 
41 
26 
$1,000 
7,263 
9,126 
Corporations 
42 
53 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
4 
3 
sold farms 
306 
297 
$1,000 
6,192 
9,100 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
119 
138 
and greenhouse crops farms 
132 
132 
2 operators 
139 
129 
$1,000 
5,003 
7,985 
3 operators 
35 
27 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
11 
3 
their products farms 
160 
105 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
$1,000 
1,189 
1,116 
Government payments farms 
81 
13 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,070 
26 
1 operator 
265 
258 
2 operators 
33 
39 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
6 
- 
4 operators 
2 
- 
Less than $1 ,000 
65 
126 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
27 
27 
$2,500 to $4,999 
52 
26 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
47 
30 
Internet access 
278 
224 
$10,000 to $24,999 
43 
33 
Dial-up service 
6 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
37 
28 
DSL service 
36 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
35 
27 
Cable modem service 
138 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
75 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
38 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
17 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
5 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
6 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
20 
33 
Programs payments farms 
4 
- 
acres 
960 
658 
$1,000 
15 
- 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
77 
13 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,055 
26 
1 household 
255 
240 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
39 
38 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
9 
15 
4 households 
1 
1 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
5 or more households 
2 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
39 
38 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7 
15 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1114) 
52 
59 
Less than 25 percent 
192 
209 
25 to 49 percent 
43 
24 
Other crop farming (1119) 
37 
24 
50 to 74 percent 
9 
34 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
19 
19 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
43 
11 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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