Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Cedar 
Chase 
Cherry 
Cheyenne 
Clay 
Colfax 
Cuming 
Custer 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
370 
157 
255 
268 
237 
221 
370 
543 
2007 
407 
181 
265 
260 
227 
209 
353 
536 
Any 
2012 
569 
185 
311 
287 
220 
333 
548 
809 
2007 
517 
166 
295 
343 
227 
310 
510 
651 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
61 
18 
135 
49 
42 
84 
73 
113 
2007 
89 
30 
78 
79 
48 
61 
79 
95 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
28 
7 
20 
24 
8 
24 
26 
40 
2007 
45 
13 
19 
25 
21 
17 
30 
53 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
57 
22 
24 
66 
17 
34 
42 
99 
2007 
50 
17 
30 
47 
30 
42 
59 
88 
200 days or more 
2012 
423 
138 
132 
148 
153 
191 
407 
557 
2007 
333 
106 
168 
192 
128 
190 
342 
415 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
35 
5 
27 
9 
18 
12 
28 
55 
2007 
27 
13 
15 
14 
12 
15 
18 
40 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
28 
13 
41 
23 
28 
34 
49 
75 
2007 
25 
15 
22 
24 
18 
16 
25 
67 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
87 
60 
58 
62 
47 
56 
89 
113 
2007 
111 
34 
53 
71 
60 
77 
96 
143 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
789 
264 
440 
461 
364 
452 
752 
1,109 
2007 
761 
285 
470 
494 
364 
411 
724 
937 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
26.1 
25.7 
25.2 
29.6 
25.1 
27.7 
26.4 
25.5 
2007 
25.3 
25.5 
25.4 
28.3 
25.3 
25.8 
27.7 
25.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
21 
2 
14 
7 
10 
9 
19 
32 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
21 
6 
17 
19 
27 
21 
33 
53 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
74 
45 
33 
58 
38 
52 
84 
119 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
823 
289 
502 
471 
382 
472 
782 
1,148 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
28.1 
28.4 
28.6 
31.7 
27.2 
29.6 
28.2 
27.5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
8 
2 
. 
2 
1 
5 
13 
13 
2007 
5 
3 
2 
- 
7 
7 
8 
14 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
88 
38 
38 
23 
47 
77 
75 
136 
2007 
81 
21 
19 
18 
44 
49 
61 
105 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
115 
50 
62 
37 
44 
62 
125 
195 
2007 
147 
37 
74 
51 
50 
75 
127 
169 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
268 
56 
94 
119 
129 
141 
274 
300 
2007 
305 
101 
137 
141 
159 
157 
238 
340 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
138 
68 
95 
79 
76 
70 
97 
192 
2007 
114 
46 
88 
90 
63 
47 
103 
163 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
136 
39 
82 
66 
58 
57 
128 
177 
2007 
85 
33 
56 
70 
42 
44 
85 
105 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
77 
21 
45 
50 
34 
45 
65 
117 
2007 
54 
42 
63 
66 
29 
43 
72 
85 
70 years and over 
2012 
109 
68 
150 
179 
68 
97 
141 
222 
2007 
133 
64 
121 
167 
60 
97 
169 
206 
Average age 
2012 
54.2 
55.9 
59.4 
62.0 
54.8 
54.6 
54.6 
54.8 
2007 
53.2 
56.5 
57.9 
60.6 
53.0 
53.9 
55.3 
54.2 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
640 
279 
447 
387 
379 
382 
663 
1,015 
2007 
597 
228 
339 
368 
351 
306 
530 
813 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
58 
5 
6 
28 
11 
41 
34 
115 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
311 
103 
206 
174 
201 
119 
160 
444 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
49 
47 
55 
53 
31 
31 
104 
70 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
106 
27 
57 
11 
10 
10 
50 
41 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
109 
67 
28 
52 
85 
68 
88 
242 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
94 
58 
133 
99 
87 
122 
288 
171 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
6 
7 
3 
5 
7 
12 
17 
4 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
- 
20 
10 
29 
12 
15 
13 
12 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
915 
322 
544 
518 
450 
544 
878 
1,315 
acres, 2012 
446,153 
519,261 
3,352,513 
625,317 
294,287 
246,370 
338,437 
1,439,908 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
22 
15 
46 
35 
12 
17 
29 
56 
acres, 2012 
16,705 
20,347 
239,784 
46,462 
4,202 
17,671 
14,375 
146,577 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
830 
270 
424 
436 
378 
478 
787 
1,196 
2007 
814 
263 
418 
484 
352 
439 
736 
998 
acres, 2012 
352,634 
289,031 
1,891,090 
477,364 
217,980 
(D) 
266,645 
1,132,499 
2007 
391,502 
319,605 
2,068,864 
483,147 
(D) 
(D) 
265,252 
1,161,190 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
66 
33 
54 
41 
24 
40 
51 
73 
2007 
80 
33 
67 
37 
39 
36 
62 
97 
acres, 2012 
77,734 
102,480 
677,508 
58,841 
25,226 
34,429 
43,659 
173,392 
2007 
(D) 
72,040 
733,547 
78,992 
33,456 
17,363 
38,710 
210,744 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
36 
31 
73 
55 
48 
29 
69 
62 
2007 
26 
44 
65 
60 
54 
40 
53 
67 
acres, 2012 
35,104 
144,486 
840,981 
141,413 
47,073 
37,985 
50,268 
177,309 
2007 
17,064 
159,710 
786,489 
166,946 
50,101 
37,594 
51,111 
181,871 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
2 
6 
1 
6 
11 
6 
2007 
- 
2 
2 
3 
1 
1 
6 
1 
acres, 2012 
- 
- 
(D) 
6,978 
(D) 
5,245 
2,354 
442 
2007 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,522 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
7 
8 
13 
17 
6 
1 
15 
2007 
4 
5 
8 
19 
8 
3 
6 
24 
acres, 2012 
1,001 
5,253 
(D) 
18,374 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
19,952 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
155 
3,457 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 583 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
