Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
4,009 
4,085 
Land in farms acres 
414,624 
463,621 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
535 
503 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,229 
1,463 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,719 
1,690 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,207 
1,272 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
491 
571 
180 to 499 acres 
432 
497 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
17 
500 acres or more 
116 
123 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
10 
9 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
29 
36 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
185 
169 
Owned land in farms farms 
3,893 
3,933 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
208 
148 
acres 
373,066 
417,229 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
459 
505 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,302 
1,126 
acres 
41,558 
46,392 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
3,550 
3,580 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
345,848 
385,777 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
343 
353 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
57,331 
65,090 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
3,887 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
116 
152 
acres 
1 1 ,445 
12,754 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
289 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
3,522 
3,625 
Total farms 
4,009 
4,085 
Partnerships 
223 
253 
$1,000 
153,321 
130,629 
Corporations 
183 
158 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
81 
49 
sold farms 
4,009 
4,085 
$1,000 
150,063 
125,228 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
2,095 
2,389 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,002 
823 
2 operators 
1,586 
1,384 
$1,000 
32,355 
23,248 
3 operators 
275 
258 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
35 
35 
their products farms 
1,253 
1,266 
5 or more operators 
18 
19 
$1,000 
117,707 
101,980 
Government payments farms 
1,000 
1,237 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
3,259 
5,401 
1 operator 
3,687 
3,764 
2 operators 
263 
264 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
47 
50 
4 operators 
2 
4 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,839 
1,853 
5 or more operators 
10 
3 
$1,000 to $2,499 
628 
780 
$2,500 to $4,999 
511 
445 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
422 
423 
Internet access 
2,818 
2,010 
$10,000 to $24,999 
308 
272 
Dial-up service 
259 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
107 
125 
DSL service 
1,355 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
194 
187 
Cable modem service 
500 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
118 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
677 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
268 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
10 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
55 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
485 
Other Internet service 
32 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
72 
71 
Programs payments farms 
625 
866 
acres 
18,481 
21,810 
$1,000 
1,317 
1,838 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
686 
742 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,941 
3,563 
1 household 
3,546 
3,424 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
298 
509 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
126 
89 
4 households 
21 
42 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
97 
102 
5 or more households 
18 
21 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
131 
131 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
162 
138 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
151 
159 
Less than 25 percent 
3,597 
3,584 
25 to 49 percent 
137 
192 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,243 
1,479 
50 to 74 percent 
112 
151 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
7 
75 to 99 percent 
71 
80 
Cotton farming (11192) 
14 
9 
1 00 percent 
92 
78 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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