Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
- 
_ 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
262 
138 
- 
- 
- 
36 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
24,898 
5,717 
Ill 
173 
300 
7,307 
_ 
Part owners farms 
18,836 
11,859 
34 
5 
25 
1,586 
- 
Tenants farms 
6,235 
3,262 
46 
11 
57 
641 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
44,095 
17,784 
146 
178 
325 
8,947 
_ 
acres 
29,288,230 
10,905,547 
9,774 
16,561 
19,185 
4,675,904 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
43,734 
17,576 
145 
178 
325 
8,893 
- 
acres 
25,457,753 
9,815,067 
7,510 
11,113 
10,180 
3,207,736 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
25,221 
15,161 
80 
16 
82 
2,277 
_ 
acres 
20,096,249 
11,591,956 
27,430 
115 
4,003 
1,434,072 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
25,071 
15,121 
80 
16 
82 
2,227 
- 
acres 
19,874,030 
11,523,285 
21,448 
115 
3,968 
1,391,255 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
10,912 
3,605 
24 
62 
43 
3,447 
- 
acres 
4,052,696 
1,159,151 
8,246 
5,448 
9,040 
1,510,985 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
75,855 
30,552 
371 
318 
658 
13,942 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
28,505 
12,929 
71 
70 
184 
5,753 
- 
2 operators 
18,111 
6,473 
93 
112 
161 
3,288 
- 
3 operators 
2,712 
1,165 
14 
4 
30 
412 
- 
4 operators 
449 
209 
7 
3 
3 
49 
- 
5 or more operators 
192 
62 
6 
- 
4 
32 
- 
Total women operators number 
20,231 
6,013 
125 
125 
261 
4,333 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
18,495 
5,602 
99 
123 
212 
3,895 
- 
2 operators 
750 
168 
13 
1 
18 
189 
- 
3 operators 
61 
17 
- 
- 
2 
17 
- 
4 operators 
9 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
" 
" 
1 
1 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
45,878 
20,185 
153 
166 
295 
8,126 
- 
Female 
4,091 
653 
38 
23 
87 
1,408 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,819 
16,228 
101 
46 
161 
3,767 
- 
Other 
20,150 
4,610 
90 
143 
221 
5,767 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
36,652 
15,344 
150 
137 
235 
6,159 
- 
Not on farm operated 
13,317 
5,494 
41 
52 
147 
3,375 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,662 
11,521 
63 
36 
144 
3,347 
- 
Any 
28,307 
9,317 
128 
153 
238 
6,187 
- 
1 to 49 days 
4,440 
1,933 
26 
17 
45 
939 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,586 
653 
5 
7 
23 
308 
- 
100 to 199 days 
3,353 
1,140 
14 
15 
23 
788 
- 
200 days or more 
18,928 
5,591 
83 
114 
147 
4,152 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,710 
525 
38 
10 
11 
316 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,289 
814 
32 
11 
22 
450 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,977 
1,787 
27 
38 
80 
1,318 
- 
1 0 years or more 
39,993 
17,712 
94 
130 
269 
7,450 
- 
Average years on present farm 
25.2 
28.3 
13.8 
15.4 
17.9 
24.4 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,125 
366 
24 
9 
11 
231 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,745 
598 
27 
8 
22 
373 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,160 
1,523 
23 
32 
76 
1,150 
- 
10 years or more 
41,939 
18,351 
117 
140 
273 
7,780 
- 
Average years operating any farm 
27.3 
30.1 
18.3 
17.6 
19.1 
26.7 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
456 
209 
6 
- 
2 
50 
- 
25 to 34 years 
4,291 
2,075 
31 
1 
29 
422 
- 
35 to 44 years 
6,199 
2,505 
20 
17 
50 
887 
- 
45 to 49 years 
4,536 
1,799 
22 
15 
39 
748 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
