Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
69,754 
78,463 
63 
100 
177 
168 
42 
44 
Land in farms 
acres 
14,568,926 
15,190,804 
19,209 
31,990 
(D) 
7,953 
(D) 
2,745 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,603 
4,861 
7 
18 
122 
103 
7 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,825 
19,895 
23 
35 
40 
45 
15 
21 
50 to 1 79 acres 
25,502 
29,765 
19 
29 
8 
16 
15 
15 
1 80 to 499 acres 
15,688 
17,837 
9 
10 
4 
1 
5 
3 
500 acres or more 
6,136 
6,105 
5 
8 
3 
3 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
66,697 
75,284 
60 
91 
89 
84 
41 
41 
acres 
9,932,266 
10,690,896 
1 1 ,253 
29,273 
5,466 
5,437 
(D) 
2,449 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
24,116 
24,680 
15 
23 
99 
101 
7 
12 
acres 
4,636,660 
4,499,908 
7,956 
2,717 
(D) 
2,516 
(D) 
296 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
45,638 
53,783 
48 
77 
78 
67 
35 
32 
acres 
4,965,158 
5,825,339 
(D) 
25,188 
(D) 
2,103 
(D) 
2,022 
Part owners 
farms 
21,059 
21,501 
12 
14 
11 
17 
6 
9 
acres 
9,039,944 
8,756,260 
(D) 
6,567 
4,180 
5,499 
736 
663 
Tenants 
farms 
3,057 
3,179 
3 
9 
88 
84 
1 
3 
acres 
563,824 
609,205 
(D) 
235 
330 
351 
(D) 
60 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
69,754 
78,463 
63 
100 
177 
168 
42 
44 
$1,000 
11,981,780 
9,163,145 
5,849 
7,608 
10,416 
7,332 
1,488 
1,354 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
69,754 
78,463 
63 
100 
177 
168 
42 
44 
$1,000 
11,744,476 
8,967,358 
5,590 
7,462 
10,241 
7,198 
(D) 
1,334 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
44,977 
43,189 
37 
43 
146 
146 
22 
32 
$1,000 
4,601,488 
2,669,326 
3,336 
2,669 
4,253 
3,134 
1,288 
1,269 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
33,135 
39,619 
27 
48 
20 
21 
9 
12 
$1,000 
7,142,988 
6,298,032 
2,254 
4,793 
5,988 
4,064 
(D) 
64 
Government payments 
farms 
38,945 
47,477 
26 
32 
27 
17 
16 
10 
$1,000 
237,304 
195,787 
258 
146 
175 
134 
(D) 
20 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
1 1 ,324 
13,643 
16 
20 
18 
8 
14 
8 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
7,665 
11,166 
12 
13 
17 
29 
8 
4 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,579 
8,996 
3 
23 
40 
43 
4 
16 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,826 
8,175 
8 
6 
27 
26 
4 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,779 
8,314 
4 
12 
46 
32 
6 
8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,745 
5,827 
4 
6 
8 
12 
3 
6 
$50,000 or more 
23,836 
22,342 
16 
20 
21 
18 
3 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
477 
2,116 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
$1,000 
36,970 
98,105 
- 
(Z) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
11,555 
18,105 
12 
12 
7 
6 
10 
5 
$1,000 
27,917 
44,356 
56 
87 
17 
11 
(D) 
18 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
33,538 
36,940 
24 
21 
23 
13 
10 
5 
$1,000 
209,387 
151,431 
203 
59 
158 
123 
(D) 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
19,730 
13,508 
9 
7 
_ 
2 
7 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,318 
1,645 
- 
3 
124 
123 
3 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,264 
1,320 
3 
9 
6 
8 
6 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,754 
2,147 
4 
4 
8 
8 
3 
7 
Other crop farming (1119) 
15,719 
22,081 
22 
21 
22 
6 
10 
22 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
57 
72 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
15,662 
22,009 
22 
21 
22 
6 
10 
22 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,241 
1 1 ,593 
7 
11 
6 
9 
7 
4 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
892 
2,485 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10,401 
13,081 
4 
7 
3 
3 
1 
- 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
475 
989 
- 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,591 
2,297 
2 
7 
2 
5 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,555 
1,501 
- 
3 
5 
1 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,814 
5,816 
12 
25 
- 
1 
5 
3 
--continued 
48 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
