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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
13 
3 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
191 
76 
1 
2 
18 
26 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
668 
183 
3 
5 
7 
304 
- 
acres 
635,113 
170,063 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
157,983 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
17,338 
9,359 
64 
63 
189 
2,149 
_ 
workers 
50,495 
23,771 
1,701 
417 
1,418 
5,323 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
8,431 
4,892 
40 
14 
80 
699 
- 
workers 
19,663 
9,006 
330 
36 
503 
1,262 
- 
Less than 150 days farms 
12,436 
6,537 
56 
57 
170 
1,693 
- 
workers 
30,832 
14,765 
1,371 
381 
915 
4,061 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
131 
71 
15 
1 
3 
8 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
22 
14 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
17,535 
6,192 
78 
117 
159 
3,331 
- 
workers 
37,809 
12,311 
264 
391 
385 
6,859 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,520 
88 
93 
58 
170 
214 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,125 
710 
61 
103 
145 
2,480 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
1,667 
258 
5 
2 
24 
617 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
2,691 
705 
7 
8 
11 
972 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,097 
669 
5 
7 
10 
674 
- 
140 to 179 acres 
3,287 
1,315 
1 
5 
2 
978 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,569 
700 
1 
2 
5 
374 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,521 
759 
- 
- 
4 
342 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
6,645 
3,729 
1 
1 
6 
1,097 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
7,717 
5,148 
8 
1 
5 
796 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,844 
4,069 
5 
- 
- 
460 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
5,286 
2,688 
4 
2 
- 
530 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20,838 
20,838 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
191 
- 
191 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
189 
- 
- 
189 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
382 
- 
- 
- 
382 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
9,534 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9,534 
- 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9,534 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,788 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1,083 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
247 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
644 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
282 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
837 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,954 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
23,280 
7,493 
33 
16 
22 
2,144 
_ 
number 
6,385,675 
1,115,822 
213 
83 
495 
214,242 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,222 
485 
24 
15 
12 
394 
- 
1 0 to 49 
7,844 
2,585 
9 
1 
5 
860 
- 
50 to 99 
3,688 
1,577 
- 
- 
5 
343 
- 
100 to 199 
3,203 
1,317 
- 
- 
- 
276 
- 
200 to 499 
2,937 
1,064 
- 
- 
- 
184 
- 
500 or more 
2,386 
465 
- 
- 
- 
87 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
19,600 
6,658 
12 
11 
15 
1,922 
_ 
number 
1,784,740 
508,413 
34 
55 
322 
121,210 
- 
Beef cows farms 
19,313 
6,622 
10 
11 
15 
1,898 
_ 
number 
1,730,112 
505,783 
(D) 
55 
322 
120,062 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,121 
563 
9 
11 
5 
357 
- 
1 0 to 49 
8,090 
3,107 
1 
- 
8 
885 
- 
50 to 99 
3,344 
1,392 
- 
- 
2 
279 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
2,515 
960 
- 
- 
- 
225 
- 
200 to 499 
1,709 
520 
- 
- 
- 
138 
- 
500 or more 
534 
80 
- 
- 
- 
14 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
