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 
4,091 
4,025 
Land in farms acres 
1,970,004 
2,231,833 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
570 
354 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,408 
1,522 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,090 
872 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,125 
1,275 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
917 
832 
180 to 499 acres 
665 
825 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
23 
46 
500 acres or more 
641 
699 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
14 
12 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
18 
41 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
47 
76 
Owned land in farms farms 
3,807 
3,731 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
173 
107 
acres 
1,466,096 
1,693,458 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
779 
806 
production (1125, 1129) 
690 
455 
acres 
503,908 
538,375 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
3,312 
3,219 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
942,329 
965,322 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
495 
512 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
894,271 
1,133,022 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
3,974 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
284 
294 
acres 
133,404 
133,489 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
173 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3,490 
3,373 
Total farms 
4,091 
4,025 
Partnerships 
254 
273 
$1,000 
449,815 
277,588 
Corporations 
217 
232 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
130 
147 
sold farms 
4,091 
4,025 
$1,000 
431,857 
259,388 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,270 
2,593 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,625 
1,468 
2 operators 
1,473 
1,122 
$1,000 
198,480 
124,700 
3 operators 
284 
259 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
41 
25 
their products farms 
1,615 
1,473 
5 or more operators 
23 
26 
$1,000 
233,377 
134,688 
Government payments farms 
2,313 
2,514 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
17,958 
18,201 
1 operator 
3,729 
3,728 
2 operators 
321 
260 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
35 
31 
4 operators 
5 
3 
Less than $1 ,000 
826 
654 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
$1,000 to $2,499 
478 
477 
$2,500 to $4,999 
461 
489 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
469 
588 
Internet access 
2,850 
2,089 
$10,000 to $24,999 
612 
645 
Dial-up service 
253 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
340 
349 
DSL service 
1,166 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
905 
823 
Cable modem service 
416 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
132 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
474 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
617 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
9 
72 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
58 
(NA) 
$1,000 
1,203 
4,122 
Other Internet service 
84 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
131 
154 
Programs payments farms 
1,270 
1,586 
acres 
159,876 
131,345 
$1,000 
6,931 
10,018 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
1,918 
1,818 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
11,027 
8,183 
1 household 
3,327 
3,163 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
552 
593 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
121 
178 
4 households 
46 
53 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
653 
791 
5 or more households 
45 
38 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
38 
38 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
23 
26 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
87 
79 
Less than 25 percent 
2,728 
2,543 
25 to 49 percent 
423 
458 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,408 
1,522 
50 to 74 percent 
444 
546 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
340 
316 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
156 
162 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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