Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Box Butte 
Boyd 
Brown 
Buffalo 
Burt 
Butler 
Cass 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
466 
266 
328 
1,046 
560 
840 
731 
2007 
466 
259 
292 
949 
549 
809 
682 
acres, 2012 
675,405 
290,987 
725,395 
580,579 
309,934 
370,086 
344,869 
2007 
670,815 
251,747 
661,606 
612,171 
275,041 
356,151 
280,920 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
284 
198 
186 
760 
435 
620 
555 
2007 
317 
202 
193 
711 
390 
610 
511 
acres, 2012 
239,471 
80,563 
93,860 
325,556 
263,506 
287,992 
289,510 
TENURE 
2007 
264,038 
80,943 
97,922 
340,514 
225,990 
273,922 
236,624 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
236 
134 
156 
564 
250 
409 
391 
2007 
220 
116 
131 
452 
267 
415 
390 
acres, 2012 
191,668 
66,858 
222,525 
132,116 
67,488 
61,646 
87,107 
2007 
145,440 
58,287 
212,499 
113,543 
46,633 
84,080 
60,436 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
92 
86 
57 
357 
157 
211 
229 
2007 
111 
72 
68 
285 
129 
233 
229 
acres, 2012 
60,405 
19,921 
15,940 
54,769 
48,244 
33,300 
58,825 
2007 
45,329 
15,951 
21,966 
45,013 
21,995 
44,843 
43,922 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
183 
118 
109 
323 
238 
338 
245 
2007 
185 
115 
106 
349 
216 
295 
224 
acres, 2012 
422,042 
220,153 
401,976 
370,087 
214,873 
268,248 
199,200 
2007 
463,365 
174,331 
387,838 
405,719 
198,085 
235,401 
194,617 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
205,922 
115,450 
232,554 
150,380 
68,124 
90,403 
70,190 
2007 
223,504 
77,302 
176,374 
149,493 
59,944 
87,078 
66,784 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
216,120 
104,703 
169,422 
219,707 
146,749 
177,845 
129,010 
2007 
239,861 
97,029 
211,464 
256,226 
138,141 
148,323 
127,833 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
158 
106 
98 
301 
221 
330 
238 
2007 
158 
109 
88 
317 
205 
289 
218 
acres, 2012 
156,001 
60,048 
59,253 
225,664 
193,531 
218,537 
175,744 
2007 
182,881 
58,057 
57,831 
235,881 
176,178 
197,106 
169,686 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
47 
14 
63 
159 
72 
93 
95 
2007 
61 
28 
55 
148 
66 
99 
68 
acres, 2012 
61,695 
3,976 
100,894 
78,376 
27,573 
40,192 
58,562 
2007 
62,010 
19,129 
61,269 
92,909 
30,323 
36,670 
25,867 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
34 
6 
31 
102 
57 
79 
88 
2007 
48 
21 
37 
109 
56 
88 
64 
acres, 2012 
23,065 
594 
18,667 
45,123 
21,731 
36,155 
54,941 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
35,828 
6,935 
18,125 
59,620 
27,817 
31,973 
23,016 
Total operators 
number 
766 
370 
543 
1,564 
797 
1,198 
1,092 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
241 
172 
140 
631 
358 
543 
422 
2 operators 
178 
85 
165 
336 
172 
251 
265 
3 operators 
31 
8 
20 
64 
27 
40 
37 
4 operators 
14 
1 
2 
7 
1 
3 
6 
5 or more operators 
2 
" 
1 
8 
2 
3 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
231 
75 
165 
421 
160 
272 
295 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
201 
69 
157 
372 
150 
236 
281 
2 operators 
11 
3 
4 
20 
5 
13 
7 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
763 
384 
450 
1,440 
793 
1,191 
960 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
248 
158 
165 
534 
349 
506 
451 
2 operators 
169 
82 
103 
359 
171 
245 
197 
3 operators 
39 
15 
19 
42 
23 
46 
25 
4 operators 
6 
3 
4 
8 
3 
8 
6 
5 or more operators 
4 
1 
1 
6 
3 
4 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
216 
97 
127 
393 
181 
291 
221 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
188 
95 
113 
362 
163 
262 
201 
2 operators 
8 
1 
5 
14 
9 
11 
7 
3 operators 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
431 
255 
309 
935 
533 
775 
663 
2007 
415 
231 
267 
862 
507 
722 
635 
acres, 2012 
665,865 
286,240 
701,660 
554,889 
304,333 
357,177 
338,255 
2007 
644,277 
239,291 
609,845 
589,473 
270,306 
340,823 
275,690 
Female 
farms, 2012 
35 
11 
19 
111 
27 
65 
68 
2007 
51 
28 
25 
87 
42 
87 
47 
acres, 2012 
9,540 
4,747 
23,735 
25,690 
5,601 
12,909 
6,614 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
26,538 
12,456 
51,761 
22,698 
4,735 
15,328 
5,230 
Farming 
2012 
279 
158 
224 
556 
353 
489 
396 
2007 
287 
173 
161 
586 
323 
493 
347 
Other 
2012 
187 
108 
104 
490 
207 
351 
335 
Place of residence: 
2007 
179 
86 
131 
363 
226 
316 
335 
On farm operated 
2012 
345 
190 
250 
749 
419 
620 
593 
2007 
354 
182 
205 
729 
394 
545 
518 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
121 
76 
78 
297 
141 
220 
138 
2007 
112 
77 
87 
220 
155 
264 
164 
-continued 
570 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
