Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Livingston 
McDonald 
Macon 
Madison 
Maries 
Marion 
Mercer 
Miller 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
356 
378 
514 
137 
294 
279 
221 
306 
2007 
327 
387 
483 
113 
305 
290 
211 
343 
Any 
2012 
491 
548 
777 
236 
542 
425 
346 
707 
2007 
586 
609 
968 
263 
593 
459 
342 
737 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
57 
64 
113 
15 
58 
69 
58 
73 
2007 
111 
58 
193 
37 
99 
79 
83 
104 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
54 
34 
54 
18 
27 
20 
18 
41 
2007 
64 
63 
56 
26 
58 
20 
15 
38 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
49 
72 
80 
36 
60 
40 
49 
152 
2007 
42 
90 
105 
18 
68 
37 
31 
120 
200 days or more 
2012 
331 
378 
530 
167 
397 
296 
221 
441 
2007 
369 
398 
614 
182 
368 
323 
213 
475 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
23 
27 
40 
10 
20 
20 
29 
47 
2007 
36 
49 
68 
22 
35 
17 
21 
60 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
51 
53 
61 
12 
45 
22 
31 
37 
2007 
52 
71 
86 
31 
50 
36 
36 
73 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
101 
146 
162 
57 
115 
97 
87 
128 
2007 
113 
145 
268 
55 
116 
105 
90 
137 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
672 
700 
1,028 
294 
656 
565 
420 
801 
2007 
712 
731 
1,029 
268 
697 
591 
406 
810 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
25.1 
22.4 
23.3 
23.7 
24.2 
23.5 
21.7 
22.8 
2007 
24.3 
21.1 
21.6 
20.0 
22.2 
22.9 
20.8 
22.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
14 
22 
31 
7 
15 
15 
24 
44 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
32 
44 
53 
12 
32 
15 
24 
25 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
89 
124 
138 
47 
93 
86 
65 
111 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
712 
736 
1,069 
307 
696 
588 
454 
833 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
28.1 
24.5 
25.6 
25.8 
25.8 
26.5 
25.6 
24.5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
3 
5 
3 
. 
2 
4 
8 
5 
2007 
4 
3 
7 
4 
6 
3 
1 
13 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
70 
41 
58 
14 
43 
41 
44 
73 
2007 
35 
41 
72 
14 
61 
45 
18 
61 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
94 
107 
160 
31 
130 
50 
34 
126 
2007 
142 
152 
220 
44 
156 
115 
54 
154 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
139 
218 
224 
95 
188 
189 
125 
269 
2007 
173 
223 
334 
86 
199 
177 
155 
275 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
108 
128 
196 
50 
91 
103 
92 
125 
2007 
127 
137 
208 
75 
110 
96 
91 
149 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
112 
115 
190 
47 
105 
85 
88 
136 
2007 
103 
132 
176 
43 
98 
97 
74 
116 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
87 
100 
132 
52 
108 
87 
47 
102 
2007 
94 
108 
150 
46 
109 
71 
56 
119 
70 years and over 
2012 
234 
212 
328 
84 
169 
145 
129 
177 
2007 
235 
200 
284 
64 
159 
145 
104 
193 
Average age 
2012 
58.9 
58.2 
59.0 
59.4 
57.3 
58.3 
58.3 
55.8 
2007 
58.7 
57.2 
56.8 
56.8 
55.7 
56.4 
58.2 
55.7 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
582 
642 
868 
248 
463 
427 
390 
627 
2007 
470 
500 
683 
173 
439 
360 
243 
526 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
38 
77 
116 
67 
42 
69 
42 
88 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
149 
436 
354 
47 
177 
176 
150 
212 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
70 
78 
102 
15 
18 
47 
77 
25 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
145 
17 
159 
2 
4 
10 
45 
4 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
102 
57 
110 
44 
65 
60 
87 
115 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
86 
43 
132 
87 
153 
83 
25 
211 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
9 
15 
11 
5 
15 
8 
31 
11 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
34 
2 
13 
3 
34 
9 
4 
8 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
829 
912 
1,255 
366 
822 
685 
535 
981 
acres, 2012 
280,276 
183,169 
375,899 
105,960 
235,486 
207,160 
213,208 
217,421 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
18 
35 
59 
16 
30 
23 
24 
52 
acres, 2012 
5,662 
9,891 
23,929 
13,005 
9,768 
8,653 
1 1 ,228 
23,426 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
752 
859 
1,166 
336 
780 
620 
501 
914 
2007 
811 
906 
1,281 
325 
806 
654 
467 
972 
acres, 2012 
211,279 
151,437 
331,488 
76,729 
224,513 
172,086 
159,067 
197,836 
2007 
244,688 
165,401 
333,708 
71,934 
210,137 
185,114 
137,787 
201,599 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
34 
28 
65 
17 
41 
41 
39 
59 
2007 
53 
54 
108 
27 
80 
68 
55 
79 
acres, 2012 
19,678 
8,686 
27,262 
13,420 
14,584 
16,191 
37,015 
20,435 
2007 
24,357 
10,133 
41,950 
15,986 
25,640 
24,766 
33,541 
24,123 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
33 
24 
18 
12 
10 
28 
9 
31 
2007 
33 
26 
19 
12 
8 
21 
11 
15 
acres, 2012 
43,060 
15,481 
13,548 
8,771 
1,298 
29,117 
18,642 
29,339 
2007 
36,872 
17,439 
12,361 
8,241 
2,162 
24,809 
12,823 
15,881 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
5 
3 
12 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
2007 
- 
3 
5 
3 
- 
- 
4 
7 
acres, 2012 
5,436 
(D) 
2,634 
- 
- 
- 
6,824 
- 
2007 
- 
(D) 
483 
(D) 
- 
- 
11,030 
2,067 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
23 
12 
30 
8 
5 
15 
14 
9 
2007 
16 
7 
38 
9 
4 
6 
16 
7 
acres, 2012 
4,105 
(D) 
11,073 
8,180 
962 
4,075 
5,238 
850 
2007 
3,107 
(D) 
5,870 
(D) 
2,437 
2,327 
6,236 
1,830 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Missouri 717 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
