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 
1,642 
1,466 
Land in farms acres 
144,947 
144,874 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
243 
243 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
340 
357 
1 0 to 49 acres 
532 
50 to 1 79 acres 
486 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
123 
102 
180 to 499 acres 
177 
168 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
10 
500 acres or more 
35 
37 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
82 
97 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
11 
3 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
62 
84 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,522 
1,380 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
181 
178 
acres 
125,784 
123,739 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
389 
353 
production (1125, 1129) 
502 
394 
acres 
19,163 
21,135 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,253 
1,113 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
94,225 
99,969 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
269 
267 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
43,884 
41,455 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
1,575 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
120 
86 
acres 
6,838 
3,450 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
193 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,328 
1,229 
Total farms 
1,642 
1,466 
Partnerships 
141 
110 
$1,000 
47,770 
35,505 
Corporations 
134 
80 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
39 
47 
sold farms 
1,642 
1,466 
$1,000 
46,760 
35,075 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
774 
736 
and greenhouse crops farms 
768 
599 
2 operators 
752 
639 
$1,000 
15,436 
8,473 
3 operators 
84 
62 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
20 
23 
their products farms 
805 
714 
5 or more operators 
12 
6 
$1,000 
31,323 
26,602 
Government payments farms 
171 
126 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,010 
431 
1 operator 
1,459 
1,320 
2 operators 
156 
120 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
21 
16 
4 operators 
6 
10 
Less than $1 ,000 
582 
580 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
218 
189 
$2,500 to $4,999 
216 
152 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
198 
183 
Internet access 
1,374 
1,094 
$10,000 to $24,999 
187 
166 
Dial-up service 
90 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
98 
85 
DSL service 
769 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
143 
111 
Cable modem service 
242 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
48 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
157 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
176 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
63 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
22 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
63 
45 
Programs payments farms 
37 
22 
acres 
16,059 
11,517 
$1,000 
25 
87 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
163 
119 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
986 
343 
1 household 
1,471 
1,314 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
131 
125 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
27 
17 
4 households 
8 
1 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
8 
5 
5 or more households 
5 
9 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
129 
59 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
62 
50 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
142 
127 
Less than 25 percent 
1,294 
1,164 
25 to 49 percent 
97 
93 
Other crop farming (1119) 
340 
357 
50 to 74 percent 
86 
76 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
71 
77 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
" 
1 00 percent 
94 
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2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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