Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
Registered 
individual 
Total 
under 
state law 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
17,278 
14,575 
1,250 
1,060 
acres 
5,986,407 
3,291,934 
1,322,990 
1,183,664 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,078 
1,134 
826 
795 
acres 
5,632,488 
758,120 
946,820 
932,923 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
14,575 
14,575 
- 
- 
acres 
3,291,934 
3,291,934 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
1,588 
- 
1,588 
1,345 
acres 
1,604,907 
- 
1,604,907 
1,450,320 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,345 
- 
1,345 
1,345 
acres 
1,450,320 
- 
1,450,320 
1,450,320 
Corporation 
farms 
1,147 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,415,962 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
1,003 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,328,222 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
34 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
969 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
144 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
87,740 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
133 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
717 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,661,593 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,309 
2,828 
621 
535 
workers 
17,927 
8,135 
3,263 
2,926 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,527 
670 
340 
302 
workers 
6,241 
1,711 
1,371 
1,256 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
3,528 
2,449 
460 
394 
workers 
11,686 
6,424 
1,892 
1,670 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
150 
72 
37 
34 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
13 
7 
3 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
9,241 
7,509 
819 
692 
workers 
25,348 
19,850 
2,664 
2,122 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,205 
4,662 
244 
209 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,239 
4,541 
319 
266 
50 to 69 acres 
941 
747 
72 
61 
70 to 99 acres 
973 
770 
87 
74 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
867 
694 
71 
60 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
718 
563 
74 
60 
180 to 219 acres 
461 
349 
61 
49 
220 to 259 acres 
328 
233 
46 
37 
260 to 499 acres 
1,075 
762 
152 
122 
500 to 999 acres 
892 
578 
140 
118 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
623 
356 
148 
130 
2,000 acres or more 
705 
320 
174 
159 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
513 
365 
77 
67 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
463 
382 
32 
29 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
427 
336 
45 
44 
production (1 1 14) 
210 
96 
31 
29 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
5,873 
4,713 
545 
460 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
5,873 
4,713 
545 
460 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,231 
4,323 
427 
340 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
126 
82 
30 
28 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
248 
109 
70 
61 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
199 
172 
17 
9 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
214 
172 
16 
14 
Sheep and goat farming (1 124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
763 
682 
42 
35 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,760 
3,143 
256 
229 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
8,625 
6,866 
865 
710 
number 
776,833 
352,367 
207,747 
187,114 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,412 
3,047 
161 
123 
1 0 to 49 
2,952 
2,390 
266 
220 
50 to 99 
864 
654 
107 
95 
100 to 199 
600 
399 
130 
99 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
148 Utah 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
