Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Grant 
Greeley 
Hall 
Hamilton 
Harlan 
Hayes 
Hitchcock 
Holt 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
50 
170 
300 
264 
166 
112 
128 
567 
2007 
40 
130 
263 
241 
174 
129 
94 
505 
Any 
2012 
30 
219 
293 
308 
194 
123 
171 
712 
2007 
44 
204 
345 
309 
210 
146 
178 
666 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
14 
26 
56 
60 
27 
17 
24 
85 
2007 
10 
40 
43 
61 
31 
28 
45 
132 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
- 
23 
14 
24 
9 
7 
14 
58 
2007 
2 
12 
22 
32 
9 
10 
9 
60 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
1 
21 
29 
67 
42 
30 
13 
79 
2007 
4 
21 
25 
31 
19 
17 
30 
76 
200 days or more 
2012 
15 
149 
194 
157 
116 
69 
120 
490 
2007 
28 
131 
255 
185 
151 
91 
94 
398 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
2 
7 
14 
23 
2 
6 
11 
50 
2007 
8 
16 
19 
10 
8 
6 
6 
14 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
2 
34 
16 
11 
20 
14 
16 
72 
2007 
- 
12 
25 
29 
13 
12 
18 
44 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
15 
46 
72 
85 
50 
36 
31 
136 
2007 
6 
35 
60 
65 
50 
44 
42 
112 
10 years or more 
2012 
61 
302 
491 
453 
288 
179 
241 
1,021 
2007 
70 
271 
504 
446 
313 
213 
206 
1,001 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
23.5 
24.8 
25.2 
23.5 
25.5 
25.5 
25.3 
25.4 
2007 
22.7 
24.2 
25.4 
24.4 
26.9 
26.6 
26.8 
26.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
4 
12 
16 
2 
3 
6 
35 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
- 
29 
14 
11 
16 
10 
13 
64 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
4 
43 
56 
76 
52 
32 
26 
122 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
76 
313 
511 
469 
290 
190 
254 
1,058 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
28.5 
26.2 
27.0 
25.5 
26.2 
27.5 
27.2 
27.4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
11 
8 
4 
5 
2 
1 
7 
2007 
- 
1 
5 
7 
6 
2 
- 
3 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
- 
36 
52 
63 
28 
21 
39 
123 
2007 
9 
35 
37 
30 
28 
21 
33 
66 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
10 
70 
87 
83 
51 
30 
33 
133 
2007 
12 
41 
96 
85 
49 
22 
30 
147 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
24 
80 
138 
149 
89 
34 
39 
337 
2007 
18 
88 
163 
173 
87 
77 
50 
372 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
12 
52 
93 
105 
60 
38 
46 
187 
2007 
16 
48 
85 
92 
61 
45 
37 
154 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
17 
36 
58 
75 
54 
43 
51 
151 
2007 
5 
28 
67 
60 
55 
32 
24 
125 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
1 
36 
61 
38 
22 
19 
27 
145 
2007 
6 
26 
69 
41 
31 
23 
24 
94 
70 years and over 
2012 
16 
68 
96 
55 
51 
48 
63 
196 
2007 
18 
67 
86 
62 
67 
53 
74 
210 
Average age 
2012 
57.8 
53.5 
54.7 
52.5 
54.3 
57.5 
56.8 
55.2 
2007 
55.8 
55.2 
54.7 
53.6 
55.6 
56.2 
57.0 
55.7 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
61 
263 
428 
504 
305 
182 
196 
946 
2007 
56 
153 
402 
454 
241 
179 
185 
705 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
5 
24 
24 
17 
18 
7 
6 
58 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
34 
112 
130 
406 
140 
55 
63 
443 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
- 
32 
55 
30 
24 
7 
15 
72 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
1 
5 
10 
12 
6 
15 
7 
76 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
62 
130 
62 
73 
22 
48 
165 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
35 
49 
110 
50 
67 
65 
42 
163 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
- 
4 
9 
4 
11 
2 
3 
12 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
- 
2 
11 
4 
7 
16 
24 
16 
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 
78 
375 
578 
551 
349 
217 
290 
1,236 
acres, 2012 
427,893 
324,862 
310,973 
290,388 
292,685 
373,015 
382,968 
1,344,555 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
3 
12 
22 
10 
9 
14 
20 
46 
acres, 2012 
30,867 
14,516 
25,012 
4,113 
11,879 
8,438 
26,533 
39,766 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
63 
348 
465 
442 
312 
179 
269 
1,115 
2007 
62 
291 
489 
447 
303 
231 
228 
991 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
271,758 
207,804 
192,482 
235,393 
275,728 
350,601 
1,131,108 
2007 
193,330 
(D) 
193,489 
(D) 
211,621 
366,164 
266,652 
1,153,430 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
7 
17 
33 
35 
12 
26 
12 
96 
2007 
9 
21 
38 
27 
35 
24 
23 
100 
acres, 2012 
128,099 
14,725 
43,974 
29,315 
27,784 
56,443 
13,576 
132,864 
2007 
92,704 
18,425 
53,937 
25,819 
51,043 
(D) 
35,518 
228,115 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
9 
20 
80 
86 
28 
22 
13 
59 
2007 
13 
20 
70 
72 
42 
18 
16 
67 
acres, 2012 
104,123 
48,820 
68,075 
81,004 
48,307 
50,218 
33,221 
134,008 
2007 
209,459 
49,092 
74,222 
75,678 
85,552 
29,048 
44,350 
134,353 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
1 
1 
12 
1 
1 
- 
1 
3 
2007 
- 
- 
3 
1 
1 
1 
- 
3 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
9,785 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
11,568 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
3 
3 
8 
7 
8 
4 
6 
2007 
- 
2 
8 
3 
3 
1 
5 
10 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
2,779 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
115 
(D) 
(D) 
1,404 
5,163 
-continued 
586 Nebraska 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
