Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
88,713 
3,687 
2,377 
acres 
26,899,934 
22,127,188 
2,348,787 
1,793,820 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,149 
2,574 
1,446 
1,314 
acres 
2,058,719 
1,150,076 
848,905 
778,778 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
88,713 
88,713 
- 
- 
acres 
22,127,188 
22,127,188 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
5,421 
- 
5,421 
3,367 
acres 
3,169,685 
- 
3,169,685 
2,383,286 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,367 
- 
3,367 
3,367 
acres 
2,383,286 
- 
2,383,286 
2,383,286 
Corporation 
farms 
3,099 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,410,376 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,810 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
2,271,927 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
80 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,730 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
289 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
138,449 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
39 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
250 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,938 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
558,888 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
20,702 
16,875 
1,763 
1,225 
workers 
56,543 
38,770 
6,345 
4,918 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
7,725 
5,428 
959 
745 
workers 
18,101 
9,342 
2,656 
2,270 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
15,932 
13,347 
1,228 
820 
workers 
38,442 
29,428 
3,689 
2,648 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
198 
131 
31 
16 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
19 
16 
2 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
39,253 
35,198 
2,175 
1,362 
workers 
89,614 
79,801 
5,540 
3,452 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,544 
3,258 
129 
86 
1 0 to 49 acres 
21,706 
20,323 
681 
396 
50 to 69 acres 
7,104 
6,602 
267 
161 
70 to 99 acres 
11,101 
10,280 
449 
260 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
10,743 
9,844 
481 
285 
140 to 179 acres 
8,065 
7,252 
416 
228 
180 to 219 acres 
5,738 
5,159 
291 
166 
220 to 259 acres 
4,523 
4,006 
286 
173 
260 to 499 acres 
13,040 
1 1 ,424 
882 
521 
500 to 999 acres 
7,819 
6,514 
672 
405 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,757 
2,784 
465 
343 
2,000 acres or more 
2,031 
1,267 
402 
343 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
18,408 
15,373 
1,525 
1,028 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
648 
578 
33 
28 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
868 
709 
65 
46 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
758 
585 
51 
38 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
24,197 
21,312 
1,397 
838 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
11 
10 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
196 
140 
43 
37 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
23,990 
21,162 
1,354 
801 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
40,724 
37,928 
1,704 
926 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
730 
631 
66 
47 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,153 
984 
105 
60 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
689 
561 
50 
34 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,645 
1,414 
98 
77 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,086 
1,970 
57 
40 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
7,265 
6,668 
270 
205 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
53,401 
48,897 
2,624 
1,495 
number 
3,703,120 
3,010,020 
395,848 
267,204 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
9,880 
9,407 
288 
141 
1 0 to 49 
25,292 
23,654 
951 
502 
50 to 99 
9,181 
8,351 
491 
275 
100 to 199 
5,217 
4,563 
369 
213 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
152 Missouri 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
