Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
227 
96 
3 
3 
7 
28 
- 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
225 
128 
- 
2 
2 
30 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
76 
10 
9 
4 
2 
4 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
233 
101 
3 
1 
1 
56 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
70,447 
8,667 
515 
805 
642 
21,372 
9 
Part owners 
.... farms 
24,041 
8,051 
81 
51 
65 
2,341 
2 
Tenants 
.... farms 
4,683 
1,690 
52 
12 
51 
484 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
94,700 
16,787 
597 
856 
707 
23,764 
11 
acres 
20,640,373 
6,405,892 
38,774 
85,626 
53,006 
4,556,841 
1,067 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
94,488 
16,718 
596 
856 
707 
23,713 
11 
acres 
18,506,370 
5,956,327 
34,028 
72,670 
47,585 
3,628,569 
(D) 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
28,838 
9,781 
134 
68 
116 
2,852 
2 
acres 
9,802,370 
5,909,128 
17,801 
7,556 
6,414 
796,613 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
28,724 
9,741 
133 
63 
116 
2,825 
2 
acres 
9,759,767 
5,897,762 
17,461 
7,366 
6,414 
780,462 
(D) 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
14,447 
3,311 
87 
142 
102 
5,605 
2 
acres 
2,176,606 
460,931 
5,086 
13,146 
5,421 
944,423 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
152,817 
27,071 
1,083 
1,484 
1,253 
36,347 
17 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
54,055 
11,521 
289 
343 
352 
14,099 
5 
2 operators 
38,889 
5,536 
307 
460 
345 
8,622 
6 
3 operators 
4,811 
1,081 
42 
46 
43 
1,097 
- 
4 operators 
1,010 
200 
4 
13 
13 
276 
- 
5 or more operators 
406 
70 
6 
6 
5 
103 
- 
Total women operators 
. number 
46,874 
5,251 
419 
551 
466 
11,709 
6 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
42,254 
4,751 
358 
489 
398 
10,414 
6 
2 operators 
1,858 
194 
22 
26 
29 
519 
- 
3 operators 
225 
24 
3 
2 
2 
61 
- 
4 operators 
38 
4 
2 
1 
1 
12 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
4 
" 
“ 
5 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
88,044 
17,406 
532 
750 
604 
20,605 
11 
Female 
11,127 
1,002 
116 
118 
154 
3,592 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
43,788 
11,208 
347 
318 
392 
6,936 
5 
Other 
55,383 
7,200 
301 
550 
366 
17,261 
6 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
77,331 
13,058 
528 
642 
580 
15,781 
11 
Not on farm operated 
21,840 
5,350 
120 
226 
178 
8,416 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
37,495 
8,634 
221 
255 
279 
8,845 
1 
Any 
61,676 
9,774 
427 
613 
479 
15,352 
10 
1 to 49 days 
7,239 
1,426 
77 
71 
93 
2,196 
1 
50 to 99 days 
4,037 
739 
61 
71 
52 
984 
2 
100 to 199 days 
7,938 
1,303 
78 
102 
87 
1,660 
2 
200 days or more 
42,462 
6,306 
211 
369 
247 
10,512 
5 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3,397 
643 
77 
26 
37 
791 
- 
3 or 4 years 
4,588 
849 
94 
45 
56 
1,020 
- 
5 to 9 years 
13,560 
1,945 
130 
213 
158 
3,334 
1 
10 years or more 
77,626 
14,971 
347 
584 
507 
19,052 
10 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
26.7 
14.7 
17.3 
18.5 
22.9 
21.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2,297 
433 
60 
16 
30 
583 
- 
3 or 4 years 
3,585 
652 
69 
38 
40 
849 
- 
5 to 9 years 
11,251 
1,616 
122 
184 
134 
2,852 
- 
10 years or more 
82,038 
15,707 
397 
630 
554 
19,913 
11 
Average years operating any farm 
25.8 
29.2 
17.7 
19.5 
20.9 
25.0 
27.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
636 
206 
10 
3 
5 
62 
- 
25 to 34 years 
5,594 
1,349 
62 
20 
78 
780 
- 
35 to 44 years 
10,182 
1,817 
127 
65 
74 
1,940 
2 
45 to 49 years 
9,070 
1,656 
65 
65 
61 
1,834 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
