Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
42,543 
2,189 
1,555 
acres 
42,380,081 
30,652,748 
4,510,637 
3,604,890 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,915 
1,161 
704 
653 
acres 
2,741,120 
1,280,338 
1,423,994 
1,278,539 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
42,543 
42,543 
- 
- 
acres 
30,652,748 
30,652,748 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,974 
- 
2,974 
2,045 
acres 
5,541,870 
- 
5,541,870 
4,272,584 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,045 
- 
2,045 
2,045 
acres 
4,272,584 
- 
4,272,584 
4,272,584 
Corporation 
farms 
3,784 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
8,502,052 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
3,580 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
7,458,653 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
64 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,516 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
204 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,043,399 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
191 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
668 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
635,113 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
17,338 
12,936 
1,458 
1,092 
workers 
50,495 
30,634 
6,380 
5,348 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
8,431 
5,257 
955 
751 
workers 
19,663 
9,008 
3,333 
2,842 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,436 
9,702 
951 
707 
workers 
30,832 
21,626 
3,047 
2,506 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
131 
76 
24 
21 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
22 
19 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,535 
15,204 
1,006 
701 
workers 
37,809 
32,652 
2,444 
1,749 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,520 
3,190 
141 
92 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,125 
7,478 
284 
175 
50 to 69 acres 
1,667 
1,479 
94 
63 
70 to 99 acres 
2,691 
2,426 
122 
78 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,097 
1,858 
110 
55 
140 to 179 acres 
3,287 
2,879 
199 
125 
180 to 219 acres 
1,569 
1,367 
100 
60 
220 to 259 acres 
1,521 
1,341 
89 
66 
260 to 499 acres 
6,645 
5,860 
313 
208 
500 to 999 acres 
7,717 
6,621 
369 
260 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,844 
4,531 
417 
309 
2,000 acres or more 
5,286 
3,513 
736 
554 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20,838 
17,294 
1,295 
897 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
191 
148 
19 
17 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
189 
158 
13 
12 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
382 
257 
24 
20 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
9,534 
8,130 
594 
395 
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) 
9,534 
8,130 
594 
395 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,788 
10,491 
619 
404 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1,083 
722 
123 
103 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
247 
178 
32 
30 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
644 
470 
80 
69 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
282 
246 
14 
11 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
837 
801 
19 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,954 
3,648 
142 
83 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,280 
20,208 
1,354 
917 
number 
6,385,675 
3,444,441 
977,948 
820,226 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,222 
3,038 
113 
70 
1 0 to 49 
7,844 
7,214 
295 
161 
50 to 99 
3,688 
3,335 
169 
123 
100 to 199 
3,203 
2,795 
182 
107 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
