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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
11,081 
17,134 
12,949 
10,467 
9,396 
15,512 
acres 
2,911,761 
2,952,878 
1,525,833 
952,429 
638,780 
1,243,980 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
481 
654 
397 
376 
281 
557 
acres 
150,778 
130,143 
61,098 
51,716 
29,509 
94,592 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
10,207 
16,019 
12,196 
9,873 
8,931 
14,728 
acres 
2,635,656 
2,701,366 
1,407,554 
877,966 
584,250 
1,142,760 
Partnership 
farms 
658 
842 
594 
442 
349 
550 
acres 
194,574 
174,193 
91,454 
50,077 
43,779 
73,886 
Registered under state law 
farms 
414 
471 
326 
270 
192 
341 
acres 
124,980 
100,660 
49,263 
29,813 
30,211 
56,677 
Corporation 
farms 
316 
362 
229 
170 
140 
293 
acres 
123,752 
88,054 
39,574 
29,093 
18,226 
43,823 
Family held 
farms 
287 
317 
198 
142 
123 
253 
acres 
106,665 
70,668 
34,227 
24,757 
13,073 
39,224 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
8 
6 
1 
3 
13 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
281 
309 
192 
141 
120 
240 
Other than family held 
farms 
29 
45 
31 
28 
17 
40 
acres 
17,087 
17,386 
5,347 
4,336 
5,153 
4,599 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
3 
6 
1 
- 
1 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
26 
39 
30 
28 
16 
38 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
237 
365 
255 
254 
221 
285 
acres 
79,044 
92,757 
38,674 
29,949 
23,695 
33,904 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,553 
2,906 
1,810 
1,287 
1,016 
1,786 
workers 
5,610 
6,110 
3,980 
2,589 
2,021 
3,897 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
572 
559 
436 
305 
236 
504 
workers 
906 
800 
692 
586 
345 
1,014 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,178 
2,532 
1,499 
1,044 
833 
1,415 
workers 
4,704 
5,310 
3,288 
2,003 
1,676 
2,883 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
23 
24 
9 
6 
13 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
2 
2 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
4,494 
7,037 
5,233 
4,163 
3,722 
6,751 
workers 
10,763 
16,276 
12,026 
9,348 
8,433 
14,888 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
121 
263 
401 
465 
830 
1,344 
1 0 to 49 acres 
518 
1,973 
2,879 
3,835 
4,553 
7,513 
50 to 69 acres 
376 
1,143 
1,469 
1,352 
1,097 
1,472 
70 to 99 acres 
811 
2,596 
2,415 
1,883 
1,233 
1,731 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,285 
2,958 
2,265 
1,360 
826 
1,349 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,394 
2,414 
1,475 
698 
423 
829 
180 to 219 acres 
1,259 
1,783 
816 
350 
210 
501 
220 to 259 acres 
1,184 
1,272 
480 
237 
136 
282 
260 to 499 acres 
3,286 
2,602 
882 
465 
265 
611 
500 to 999 acres 
1,044 
492 
173 
62 
58 
172 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
120 
77 
15 
28 
8 
37 
2,000 acres or more 
20 
15 
4 
4 
2 
15 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,799 
2,653 
1,299 
772 
409 
177 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
80 
182 
146 
75 
66 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
70 
216 
133 
105 
87 
197 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
120 
175 
89 
60 
60 
34 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,366 
3,279 
4,163 
4,615 
4,749 
4,949 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
1 
2 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
7 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,358 
3,274 
4,159 
4,613 
4,749 
4,949 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
6,316 
10,107 
6,538 
4,108 
2,533 
4,769 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
193 
163 
35 
4 
3 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
122 
51 
12 
6 
6 
86 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
29 
23 
32 
49 
132 
89 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
7 
35 
30 
71 
166 
518 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
77 
203 
255 
270 
485 
767 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
239 
501 
542 
604 
945 
4,255 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
7,962 
11,575 
7,333 
4,557 
3,075 
5,807 
number 
505,059 
424,586 
154,733 
68,652 
32,963 
102,491 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
342 
917 
1,449 
1,807 
1,898 
3,210 
10 to 49 
3,200 
8,106 
5,567 
2,627 
1,124 
2,247 
50 to 99 
3,163 
2,229 
278 
88 
37 
244 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,130 
268 
32 
22 
14 
49 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Missouri 125 
