Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
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 
48,375 
4,110 
4,300 
5,556 
7,102 
4,946 
acres 
42,380,081 
13,956,193 
8,610,837 
7,598,197 
5,903,993 
2,386,443 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,915 
300 
203 
182 
223 
216 
acres 
2,741,120 
1,305,801 
479,665 
382,146 
229,525 
107,108 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
42,543 
2,474 
3,346 
4,942 
6,439 
4,568 
acres 
30,652,748 
7,367,511 
6,151,503 
6,406,339 
5,120,825 
2,156,178 
Partnership 
farms 
2,974 
724 
356 
272 
312 
251 
acres 
5,541,870 
3,171,416 
1,049,579 
555,288 
363,459 
122,280 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,045 
575 
269 
206 
207 
154 
acres 
4,272,584 
2,570,839 
753,990 
435,657 
273,367 
73,197 
Corporation 
farms 
3,784 
1,227 
719 
480 
413 
205 
acres 
8,502,052 
5,058,812 
1,766,022 
813,209 
469,450 
163,625 
Family held 
farms 
3,580 
1,168 
697 
466 
388 
193 
acres 
7,458,653 
4,086,308 
1,743,234 
804,613 
445,046 
156,746 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
64 
18 
11 
2 
13 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,516 
1,150 
686 
464 
375 
186 
Other than family held 
farms 
204 
59 
22 
14 
25 
12 
acres 
1,043,399 
972,504 
22,788 
8,596 
24,404 
6,879 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
13 
9 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
191 
50 
21 
14 
25 
11 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
668 
37 
28 
42 
72 
61 
acres 
635,113 
129,789 
79,377 
103,442 
65,969 
54,709 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
17,338 
3,799 
2,843 
2,834 
2,560 
1,373 
workers 
50,495 
18,694 
7,083 
6,265 
6,293 
3,060 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
8,431 
3,048 
1,663 
1,308 
916 
459 
workers 
19,663 
10,882 
3,036 
2,060 
1,418 
689 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,436 
2,387 
1,879 
2,010 
1,956 
1,056 
workers 
30,832 
7,812 
4,047 
4,205 
4,875 
2,371 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
131 
55 
22 
10 
17 
12 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
22 
- 
2 
7 
4 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,535 
1,256 
1,525 
1,941 
2,502 
1,759 
workers 
37,809 
2,425 
2,976 
4,042 
5,492 
3,822 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,520 
35 
26 
32 
87 
129 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,125 
66 
17 
41 
110 
189 
50 to 69 acres 
1,667 
13 
4 
6 
25 
96 
70 to 99 acres 
2,691 
21 
9 
16 
119 
286 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,097 
23 
10 
13 
170 
322 
140 to 179 acres 
3,287 
33 
21 
33 
526 
573 
180 to 219 acres 
1,569 
20 
16 
33 
306 
376 
220 to 259 acres 
1,521 
21 
17 
64 
393 
382 
260 to 499 acres 
6,645 
114 
168 
1,041 
2,151 
1,354 
500 to 999 acres 
7,717 
377 
1,472 
2,305 
1,859 
878 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,844 
1,473 
1,668 
1,244 
833 
331 
2,000 acres or more 
5,286 
2,266 
1,021 
908 
657 
169 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20,838 
3,040 
3,388 
4,210 
4,757 
2,483 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
191 
18 
1 
3 
8 
11 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
189 
- 
1 
- 
- 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
382 
7 
9 
9 
32 
77 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
9,534 
59 
147 
315 
601 
662 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
9,534 
59 
147 
315 
601 
662 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,788 
475 
621 
911 
1,486 
1,576 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
1,083 
572 
134 
107 
120 
70 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
247 
42 
32 
44 
54 
41 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
644 
196 
96 
83 
76 
38 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
282 
21 
3 
4 
1 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
837 
1 
- 
- 
6 
21 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,954 
31 
17 
50 
95 
97 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,280 
2,262 
2,239 
2,932 
3,808 
3,050 
number 
6,385,675 
3,879,173 
825,481 
632,078 
525,083 
230,290 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,222 
28 
49 
67 
100 
152 
10 to 49 
7,844 
126 
236 
490 
953 
1,164 
50 to 99 
3,688 
107 
287 
510 
919 
977 
100 to 199 
3,203 
214 
427 
648 
1,023 
635 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
