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 
2,018 
1,797 
Land in farms acres 
327,752 
347,301 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
850 
732 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
507 
484 
1 0 to 49 acres 
589 
523 
50 to 1 79 acres 
308 
281 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
447 
378 
180 to 499 acres 
121 
144 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
7 
21 
500 acres or more 
150 
117 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
15 
27 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
14 
22 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
23 
51 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,912 
1,732 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
155 
211 
acres 
288,442 
299,186 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
345 
251 
production (1125, 1129) 
647 
427 
acres 
39,310 
48,115 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,487 
1,546 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
178,402 
249,361 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
243 
186 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
76,283 
87,593 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
1,938 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
288 
65 
acres 
73,067 
10,347 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
197 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,655 
1,461 
Total farms 
2,018 
1,797 
Partnerships 
157 
151 
$1,000 
35,002 
45,516 
Corporations 
111 
99 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
95 
86 
sold farms 
2,018 
1,797 
$1,000 
33,932 
43,780 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
1,012 
828 
and greenhouse crops farms 
626 
537 
2 operators 
760 
757 
$1,000 
11,824 
10,966 
3 operators 
205 
162 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
21 
29 
their products farms 
958 
906 
5 or more operators 
20 
21 
$1,000 
22,108 
32,813 
Government payments farms 
200 
271 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
1,070 
1,736 
1 operator 
1,814 
1,612 
2 operators 
156 
144 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
43 
34 
4 operators 
3 
3 
Less than $1 ,000 
861 
755 
5 or more operators 
2 
4 
$1,000 to $2,499 
247 
286 
$2,500 to $4,999 
246 
180 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
258 
208 
Internet access 
1,353 
888 
$10,000 to $24,999 
183 
163 
Dial-up service 
107 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
112 
103 
DSL service 
552 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
111 
102 
Cable modem service 
238 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
54 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
215 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
254 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
64 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
33 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
41 
36 
Programs payments farms 
78 
102 
acres 
13,325 
7,631 
$1,000 
618 
877 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
151 
203 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
451 
859 
1 household 
1,651 
1,482 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
239 
212 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
50 
62 
4 households 
54 
25 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
24 
20 
5 or more households 
24 
16 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
95 
45 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
50 
79 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
34 
32 
Less than 25 percent 
1,748 
1,575 
25 to 49 percent 
106 
61 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
507 
484 
50 to 74 percent 
81 
75 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
26 
50 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
100 percent 
57 
36 
42 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
