Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Saunders 
Scotts Bluff 
Seward 
Sheridan 
Sherman 
Sioux 
Stanton 
Thayer 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
444 
452 
337 
302 
194 
187 
297 
216 
2007 
440 
271 
308 
273 
170 
171 
239 
205 
Any 
2012 
760 
514 
655 
234 
220 
167 
322 
216 
2007 
691 
459 
585 
301 
241 
195 
397 
278 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
169 
36 
149 
39 
21 
37 
51 
42 
2007 
130 
85 
108 
65 
48 
40 
80 
81 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
41 
35 
43 
20 
16 
18 
13 
10 
2007 
64 
40 
45 
22 
13 
21 
40 
11 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
68 
72 
43 
22 
32 
30 
41 
41 
2007 
69 
75 
44 
43 
23 
34 
42 
28 
200 days or more 
2012 
482 
371 
420 
153 
151 
82 
217 
123 
2007 
428 
259 
388 
171 
157 
100 
235 
158 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
30 
49 
25 
18 
12 
21 
25 
7 
2007 
32 
25 
22 
24 
12 
9 
13 
12 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
58 
60 
59 
21 
14 
28 
26 
22 
2007 
42 
60 
55 
40 
23 
12 
18 
15 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
156 
183 
154 
76 
48 
52 
51 
43 
2007 
126 
131 
114 
74 
41 
44 
95 
50 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
960 
674 
754 
421 
340 
253 
517 
360 
2007 
931 
514 
702 
436 
335 
301 
510 
406 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.8 
20.2 
23.0 
26.1 
27.0 
23.5 
26.8 
26.0 
2007 
26.9 
19.9 
24.7 
24.9 
26.2 
24.9 
27.1 
28.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
15 
32 
19 
6 
10 
5 
7 
7 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
42 
45 
39 
21 
12 
16 
24 
14 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
153 
161 
134 
58 
39 
48 
58 
45 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
994 
728 
800 
451 
353 
285 
530 
366 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.7 
23.1 
25.3 
28.9 
28.9 
27.3 
28.1 
29.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
9 
10 
8 
1 
8 
8 
1 
2 
2007 
6 
- 
3 
2 
4 
1 
3 
7 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
90 
70 
120 
23 
34 
22 
68 
43 
2007 
54 
42 
71 
47 
25 
19 
30 
33 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
123 
124 
124 
57 
64 
25 
85 
51 
2007 
165 
109 
134 
53 
69 
26 
102 
46 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
327 
246 
200 
121 
86 
86 
143 
107 
2007 
277 
203 
217 
129 
111 
110 
165 
154 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
158 
110 
141 
76 
74 
51 
66 
70 
2007 
155 
112 
125 
95 
44 
53 
79 
77 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
169 
108 
118 
84 
37 
55 
96 
54 
2007 
133 
89 
103 
59 
49 
37 
65 
36 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
123 
98 
72 
40 
47 
40 
53 
34 
2007 
107 
57 
80 
31 
46 
20 
75 
41 
70 years and over 
2012 
205 
200 
209 
134 
64 
67 
107 
71 
2007 
234 
118 
160 
158 
63 
100 
117 
89 
Average age 
2012 
56.2 
56.5 
55.3 
60.0 
54.5 
57.6 
55.3 
54.9 
2007 
56.7 
55.5 
55.4 
58.5 
54.9 
58.2 
56.6 
55.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
882 
717 
775 
324 
281 
275 
445 
352 
2007 
680 
500 
568 
364 
207 
223 
303 
335 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
68 
95 
37 
25 
21 
32 
19 
18 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
402 
173 
380 
104 
157 
76 
110 
169 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
97 
85 
74 
26 
33 
18 
36 
62 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
farms, 2012 
70 
18 
46 
3 
4 
12 
85 
3 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
126 
154 
125 
43 
52 
34 
55 
50 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
195 
233 
151 
143 
30 
124 
172 
92 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
11 
10 
9 
3 
3 
1 
3 
7 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
22 
39 
33 
5 
7 
8 
- 
5 
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 
1,143 
935 
962 
520 
397 
344 
609 
427 
acres, 2012 
434,342 
404,465 
340,973 
1,353,626 
266,737 
1,148,824 
250,151 
321,824 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
45 
68 
42 
23 
12 
23 
20 
18 
acres, 2012 
33,030 
48,839 
7,468 
140,385 
14,311 
37,989 
8,332 
21,636 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
1,049 
788 
888 
429 
357 
264 
562 
367 
2007 
984 
554 
790 
459 
363 
280 
558 
391 
acres, 2012 
351,963 
280,397 
305,833 
948,391 
229,907 
684,042 
218,284 
(D) 
2007 
345,185 
209,843 
269,509 
975,516 
211,373 
781,762 
(D) 
255,794 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
77 
46 
40 
42 
40 
27 
18 
22 
2007 
86 
60 
49 
58 
34 
27 
41 
40 
acres, 2012 
56,492 
30,932 
15,686 
222,213 
30,855 
148,580 
8,540 
36,296 
2007 
42,884 
32,991 
30,508 
232,187 
42,030 
145,015 
20,449 
35,089 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
53 
111 
45 
54 
14 
53 
25 
39 
2007 
35 
92 
38 
46 
11 
46 
24 
43 
acres, 2012 
37,053 
111,753 
29,209 
213,956 
19,904 
386,447 
25,458 
61,704 
2007 
21,253 
93,109 
27,874 
309,886 
15,904 
333,643 
28,877 
59,563 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
2 
8 
4 
3 
- 
1 
1 
3 
2007 
1 
9 
2 
2 
- 
6 
1 
1 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,405 
(D) 
133,999 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
318 
2007 
(D) 
7,360 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
18,420 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
23 
13 
15 
8 
3 
9 
13 
1 
2007 
25 
15 
14 
9 
3 
7 
12 
8 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
20,730 
(D) 
15,762 
510 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
16,983 
(D) 
(D) 
765 
13,213 
1,623 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Nebraska 591 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
