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 
7,519 
8,090 
Land in farms acres 
776,047 
881,612 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
2,952 
2,915 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,312 
1,223 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,783 
3,199 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,091 
1,108 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,342 
1,176 
180 to 499 acres 
397 
500 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
22 
72 
500 acres or more 
296 
368 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
37 
57 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
147 
120 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
375 
424 
Owned land in farms farms 
7,151 
7,657 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
579 
720 
acres 
600,979 
691,044 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
1,021 
1,147 
production (1125, 1129) 
2,059 
2,970 
acres 
175,068 
190,568 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
6,498 
6,943 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
489,166 
550,075 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
653 
714 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
215,255 
267,098 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
7,311 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
368 
433 
acres 
71,626 
64,439 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
555 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6,411 
7,014 
Total farms 
7,519 
8,090 
Partnerships 
472 
503 
$1,000 
258,398 
196,429 
Corporations 
440 
449 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
196 
124 
sold farms 
7,519 
8,090 
$1,000 
244,433 
184,307 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,620 
4,061 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,476 
2,119 
2 operators 
3,339 
3,463 
$1,000 
172,282 
120,393 
3 operators 
415 
434 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
96 
86 
their products farms 
3,284 
3,910 
5 or more operators 
49 
46 
$1,000 
72,151 
63,914 
Government payments farms 
959 
857 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
13,965 
12,121 
1 operator 
6,777 
7,303 
2 operators 
644 
695 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
74 
62 
4 operators 
15 
17 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,719 
3,423 
5 or more operators 
9 
13 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,141 
1,118 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,074 
856 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
866 
957 
Internet access 
6,116 
5,877 
$10,000 to $24,999 
808 
775 
Dial-up service 
491 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
409 
445 
DSL service 
2,335 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
502 
516 
Cable modem service 
1,314 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
190 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
980 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,202 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
2 
3 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
232 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
203 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
183 
133 
Programs payments farms 
677 
579 
acres 
62,595 
44,672 
$1,000 
9,370 
8,515 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
667 
520 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
4,595 
3,606 
1 household 
6,582 
7,084 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
673 
754 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
154 
146 
4 households 
59 
71 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
117 
121 
5 or more households 
51 
35 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
474 
220 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
578 
563 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
477 
424 
Less than 25 percent 
6,374 
6,742 
25 to 49 percent 
361 
414 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,312 
1,223 
50 to 74 percent 
361 
453 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
187 
231 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
" 
1 00 percent 
236 
250 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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