Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
2,705 
3,219 
Land in farms acres 
336,900 
378,591 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
256 
242 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
793 
860 
1 0 to 49 acres 
774 
965 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,175 
1,446 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
878 
1,025 
180 to 499 acres 
410 
491 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
4 
26 
500 acres or more 
90 
75 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
17 
15 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
17 
29 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
129 
219 
Owned land in farms farms 
2,656 
3,149 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
198 
256 
acres 
293,277 
324,243 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
378 
473 
production (1125, 1129) 
428 
615 
acres 
43,623 
54,348 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
2,327 
2,746 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
251,250 
279,011 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
329 
403 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
80,395 
93,862 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
2,656 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
49 
70 
acres 
5,255 
5,718 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
122 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
2,498 
3,047 
Total farms 
2,705 
3,219 
Partnerships 
117 
121 
$1,000 
62,974 
46,743 
Corporations 
58 
42 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
32 
9 
sold farms 
2,705 
3,219 
$1,000 
62,462 
46,563 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,304 
1,789 
and greenhouse crops farms 
1,344 
1,068 
2 operators 
1,159 
1,184 
$1,000 
15,023 
9,079 
3 operators 
190 
210 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
42 
19 
their products farms 
1,505 
1,806 
5 or more operators 
10 
17 
$1,000 
47,440 
37,484 
Government payments farms 
240 
214 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
512 
180 
1 operator 
2,468 
2,972 
2 operators 
212 
223 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
23 
22 
4 operators 
1 
2 
Less than $1 ,000 
783 
1,324 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
533 
704 
$2,500 to $4,999 
454 
464 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
454 
329 
Internet access 
1,790 
1,652 
$10,000 to $24,999 
300 
227 
Dial-up service 
205 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
95 
100 
DSL service 
865 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
86 
71 
Cable modem service 
257 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
62 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
189 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
334 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
37 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
26 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
50 
24 
Programs payments farms 
37 
26 
acres 
12,415 
3,565 
$1,000 
60 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
219 
209 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
451 
(D) 
1 household 
2,344 
2,709 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
284 
407 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
54 
65 
4 households 
9 
28 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
24 
13 
5 or more households 
14 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
69 
35 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
63 
42 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
83 
83 
Less than 25 percent 
2,332 
2,884 
25 to 49 percent 
155 
130 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
795 
861 
50 to 74 percent 
111 
118 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
2 
1 
75 to 99 percent 
50 
43 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
100 percent 
57 
44 
42 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
