Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
96,351 
1,758 
1,963 
2,833 
5,774 
7,484 
acres 
26,899,934 
3,707,184 
3,054,819 
3,084,781 
3,838,623 
2,988,866 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,149 
236 
207 
239 
320 
401 
acres 
2,058,719 
476,510 
357,255 
294,351 
246,386 
166,381 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
88,713 
1,119 
1,468 
2,322 
5,065 
6,785 
acres 
22,127,188 
2,062,605 
2,238,496 
2,474,849 
3,310,338 
2,691,348 
Partnership 
farms 
5,421 
375 
290 
316 
489 
516 
acres 
3,169,685 
1,064,084 
501,088 
382,492 
369,133 
224,925 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,367 
327 
224 
215 
287 
300 
acres 
2,383,286 
950,173 
400,374 
283,804 
221,851 
135,480 
Corporation 
farms 
3,099 
388 
277 
292 
337 
295 
acres 
2,410,376 
876,116 
440,276 
351,455 
272,501 
127,506 
Family held 
farms 
2,810 
357 
265 
275 
324 
269 
acres 
2,271,927 
836,037 
429,743 
338,650 
260,686 
118,197 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
80 
15 
4 
8 
3 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,730 
342 
261 
267 
321 
256 
Other than family held 
farms 
289 
31 
12 
17 
13 
26 
acres 
138,449 
40,079 
10,533 
12,805 
11,815 
9,309 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
39 
17 
1 
1 
4 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
250 
14 
11 
16 
9 
23 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,938 
22 
19 
35 
115 
130 
acres 
558,888 
40,147 
36,345 
36,382 
97,102 
50,889 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,702 
1,610 
1,468 
1,632 
2,368 
2,266 
workers 
56,543 
12,138 
4,563 
4,363 
5,827 
5,445 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,725 
1,353 
1,084 
950 
1,034 
692 
workers 
18,101 
7,029 
2,167 
1,764 
1,696 
1,102 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
15,932 
991 
862 
1,028 
1,750 
1,800 
workers 
38,442 
5,109 
2,396 
2,599 
4,131 
4,343 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
198 
44 
28 
14 
8 
23 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
39,253 
585 
676 
1,082 
2,423 
3,087 
workers 
89,614 
1,221 
1,385 
2,197 
5,695 
7,382 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,544 
17 
7 
25 
30 
41 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21,706 
133 
50 
21 
78 
153 
50 to 69 acres 
7,104 
48 
13 
14 
28 
92 
70 to 99 acres 
11,101 
74 
22 
20 
88 
228 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
10,743 
62 
32 
27 
128 
451 
140 to 179 acres 
8,065 
54 
14 
23 
170 
571 
180 to 219 acres 
5,738 
28 
18 
20 
187 
566 
220 to 259 acres 
4,523 
34 
18 
37 
199 
644 
260 to 499 acres 
13,040 
113 
101 
266 
1,581 
2,868 
500 to 999 acres 
7,819 
122 
338 
1,102 
2,445 
1,811 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,757 
346 
845 
1,091 
922 
268 
2,000 acres or more 
2,031 
873 
596 
319 
150 
33 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
18,408 
894 
1,296 
1,898 
3,126 
3,085 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
648 
8 
5 
5 
29 
37 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
868 
3 
1 
4 
18 
34 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
758 
17 
18 
28 
59 
98 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,197 
90 
78 
76 
282 
550 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
196 
80 
62 
21 
17 
5 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
23,990 
10 
16 
54 
263 
545 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
40,724 
121 
312 
604 
1,813 
3,503 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
730 
27 
41 
47 
101 
116 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,153 
25 
71 
193 
435 
146 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
689 
172 
81 
38 
18 
26 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,645 
536 
137 
49 
74 
22 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,086 
- 
- 
1 
5 
23 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,265 
11 
14 
22 
46 
86 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
53,401 
842 
1,171 
1,852 
4,002 
5,225 
number 
3,703,120 
375,366 
393,163 
455,120 
663,817 
527,170 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
9,880 
26 
12 
20 
67 
132 
10 to 49 
25,292 
184 
167 
213 
636 
1,221 
50 to 99 
9,181 
114 
142 
265 
931 
1,690 
100 to 199 
5,217 
130 
187 
471 
1,208 
1,706 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Missouri 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
