Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
24,012 
18,377 
5,986 
27,851 
20,524 
acres 
42,380,081 
10,714,778 
27,422,929 
4,242,374 
21,256,402 
21,123,679 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,915 
981 
688 
246 
927 
988 
acres 
2,741,120 
802,437 
1,561,206 
377,477 
894,211 
1,846,909 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
42,543 
21,492 
15,893 
5,158 
25,462 
17,081 
acres 
30,652,748 
7,731,958 
19,988,827 
2,931,963 
17,623,006 
13,029,742 
Partnership 
farms 
2,974 
1,431 
1,108 
435 
966 
2,008 
acres 
5,541,870 
1,280,467 
3,515,016 
746,387 
1,026,201 
4,515,669 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,045 
988 
776 
281 
649 
1,396 
acres 
4,272,584 
952,937 
2,692,356 
627,291 
814,669 
3,457,915 
Corporation 
farms 
3,784 
1,452 
1,744 
588 
1,714 
2,070 
acres 
8,502,052 
2,413,152 
4,980,582 
1,108,318 
3,447,184 
5,054,868 
Family held 
farms 
3,580 
1,338 
1,704 
538 
1,593 
1,987 
acres 
7,458,653 
1,945,829 
4,707,431 
805,393 
2,933,334 
4,525,319 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
64 
26 
25 
13 
28 
36 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,516 
1,312 
1,679 
525 
1,565 
1,951 
Other than family held 
farms 
204 
114 
40 
50 
121 
83 
acres 
1,043,399 
467,323 
273,151 
302,925 
513,850 
529,549 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
13 
10 
3 
- 
8 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
191 
104 
37 
50 
113 
78 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
668 
523 
91 
54 
363 
305 
acres 
635,113 
433,716 
175,190 
26,207 
316,651 
318,462 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
17,338 
6,053 
9,300 
1,985 
9,172 
8,166 
workers 
50,495 
18,757 
26,049 
5,689 
23,719 
26,776 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
8,431 
2,509 
4,936 
986 
3,872 
4,559 
workers 
19,663 
6,957 
10,476 
2,230 
7,846 
11,817 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,436 
4,435 
6,571 
1,430 
6,821 
5,615 
workers 
30,832 
11,800 
15,573 
3,459 
15,873 
14,959 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
131 
39 
60 
32 
70 
61 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
22 
7 
10 
5 
16 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,535 
8,756 
6,739 
2,040 
8,003 
9,532 
workers 
37,809 
19,283 
14,129 
4,397 
15,865 
21,944 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,520 
3,176 
56 
288 
1,808 
1,712 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,125 
6,802 
649 
674 
4,163 
3,962 
50 to 69 acres 
1,667 
1,161 
249 
257 
975 
692 
70 to 99 acres 
2,691 
1,970 
325 
396 
1,663 
1,028 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,097 
1,340 
404 
353 
1,306 
791 
140 to 179 acres 
3,287 
2,239 
511 
537 
2,062 
1,225 
180 to 219 acres 
1,569 
825 
481 
263 
961 
608 
220 to 259 acres 
1,521 
789 
468 
264 
977 
544 
260 to 499 acres 
6,645 
2,713 
2,847 
1,085 
4,206 
2,439 
500 to 999 acres 
7,717 
1,857 
4,839 
1,021 
4,791 
2,926 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,844 
973 
4,266 
605 
3,261 
2,583 
2,000 acres or more 
5,286 
1,053 
3,741 
492 
2,332 
2,954 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20,838 
5,717 
11,859 
3,262 
12,929 
7,909 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
191 
111 
34 
46 
71 
120 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
189 
173 
5 
11 
70 
119 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
382 
300 
25 
57 
184 
198 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
9,534 
7,307 
1,586 
641 
5,753 
3,781 
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 
7,307 
1,586 
641 
5,753 
3,781 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,788 
6,270 
3,883 
1,635 
6,433 
5,355 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
1,083 
398 
566 
119 
556 
527 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
247 
148 
86 
13 
103 
144 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
644 
366 
217 
61 
317 
327 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
282 
237 
30 
15 
108 
174 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
837 
685 
86 
66 
353 
484 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,954 
3,186 
459 
309 
1,628 
2,326 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,280 
9,630 
10,656 
2,994 
12,860 
10,420 
number 
6,385,675 
2,499,153 
3,312,375 
574,147 
2,973,953 
3,411,722 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,222 
2,318 
519 
385 
1,677 
1,545 
10 to 49 
7,844 
3,904 
2,722 
1,218 
4,751 
3,093 
50 to 99 
3,688 
1,241 
1,924 
523 
2,130 
1,558 
100 to 199 
3,203 
912 
1,954 
337 
1,768 
1,435 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
