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 
11,127 
12,754 
Land in farms acres 
1,731,966 
1,953,637 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
661 
723 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
3,585 
4,288 
1 0 to 49 acres 
3,339 
3,928 
50 to 1 79 acres 
4,352 
5,083 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
3,655 
4,026 
180 to 499 acres 
2,140 
2,375 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
49 
112 
500 acres or more 
635 
645 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
87 
144 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
51 
61 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
225 
342 
Owned land in farms farms 
10,746 
12,326 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
467 
332 
acres 
1,498,914 
1,674,775 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,482 
1,712 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,611 
2,069 
acres 
233,052 
278,862 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
9,645 
11,042 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
1,300,927 
1,443,116 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
1,101 
1,284 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
379,869 
460,405 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
10,797 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
381 
428 
acres 
51,170 
50,116 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
546 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
9,848 
11,027 
Total farms 
11,127 
12,754 
Partnerships 
543 
972 
$1,000 
363,893 
349,445 
Corporations 
315 
346 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
421 
409 
sold farms 
11,127 
12,754 
$1,000 
338,797 
323,877 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
6,136 
7,826 
and greenhouse crops farms 
3,834 
3,819 
2 operators 
4,048 
3,958 
$1,000 
114,216 
109,605 
3 operators 
716 
783 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
180 
119 
their products farms 
5,252 
5,678 
5 or more operators 
47 
68 
$1,000 
224,582 
214,272 
Government payments farms 
4,167 
4,874 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
25,096 
25,568 
1 operator 
10,139 
11,796 
2 operators 
851 
852 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
120 
92 
4 operators 
14 
4 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,592 
3,551 
5 or more operators 
3 
10 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,458 
1,721 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,516 
1,742 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,713 
2,019 
Internet access 
7,011 
5,947 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,942 
1,922 
Dial-up service 
955 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
981 
925 
DSL service 
2,913 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
925 
874 
Cable modem service 
656 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
224 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,384 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,331 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
7 
92 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
187 
(NA) 
$1,000 
114 
5,706 
Other Internet service 
240 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
170 
177 
Programs payments farms 
2,409 
3,073 
acres 
59,127 
31,323 
$1,000 
15,029 
16,245 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
3,409 
3,504 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
10,068 
9,324 
1 household 
9,271 
10,231 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
1,390 
1,851 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
325 
348 
4 households 
87 
234 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,002 
1,052 
5 or more households 
54 
90 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
116 
89 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
118 
78 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
154 
148 
Less than 25 percent 
8,523 
9,966 
25 to 49 percent 
1,013 
1,120 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
3,592 
4,301 
50 to 74 percent 
954 
947 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
386 
475 
Cotton farming (11192) 
7 
10 
1 00 percent 
251 
246 
44 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
