Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,700 
361 
1,008 
245 
421 
297 
acres 
1,807,826 
1,640 
27,677 
14,362 
35,128 
34,895 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
60,617 
4,194 
16,328 
4,684 
7,119 
6,524 
acres 
10,225,659 
20,225 
458,300 
273,753 
585,042 
764,167 
Partnership 
farms 
4,667 
166 
643 
231 
382 
342 
acres 
2,188,013 
751 
18,888 
13,646 
31,441 
39,959 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,411 
120 
441 
168 
245 
208 
acres 
1,813,273 
599 
12,794 
9,920 
20,113 
24,145 
Corporation 
farms 
3,334 
178 
575 
139 
205 
199 
acres 
1,935,687 
730 
14,802 
8,172 
16,715 
23,386 
Family held 
farms 
3,065 
154 
506 
120 
180 
186 
acres 
1,825,330 
646 
13,033 
7,056 
14,673 
21,850 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
35 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,030 
154 
503 
120 
180 
185 
Other than family held 
farms 
269 
24 
69 
19 
25 
13 
acres 
110,357 
84 
1,769 
1,116 
2,042 
1,536 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
14 
- 
1 
- 
4 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
255 
24 
68 
19 
21 
13 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,136 
65 
279 
100 
173 
143 
acres 
219,567 
288 
7,983 
5,874 
14,352 
16,699 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
18,931 
814 
2,576 
711 
1,187 
1,351 
workers 
79,590 
2,930 
9,922 
2,617 
3,777 
4,027 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
10,577 
389 
1,029 
241 
397 
527 
workers 
33,645 
906 
2,643 
671 
878 
1,110 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
13,049 
590 
1,922 
568 
931 
1,000 
workers 
45,945 
2,024 
7,279 
1,946 
2,899 
2,917 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
264 
6 
17 
7 
1 
10 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
- 
8 
- 
- 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
27,576 
1,914 
7,274 
2,085 
3,112 
2,778 
workers 
65,854 
4,547 
17,561 
4,967 
7,577 
6,847 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,603 
4,603 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,825 
- 
17,825 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
5,154 
- 
- 
5,154 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
7,879 
- 
- 
- 
7,879 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,208 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,208 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,261 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
4,132 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
3,026 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
8,530 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3,885 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,580 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
19,730 
366 
3,256 
1,340 
2,292 
2,449 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,318 
333 
468 
76 
95 
53 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,264 
207 
511 
86 
114 
97 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,754 
465 
620 
116 
199 
125 
Other crop farming (1119) 
15,719 
358 
5,179 
1,758 
2,688 
1,934 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
57 
26 
14 
6 
10 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
15,662 
332 
5,165 
1,752 
2,678 
1,933 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,241 
965 
3,362 
899 
1,268 
1,145 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
892 
52 
98 
36 
94 
105 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10,401 
126 
302 
150 
444 
861 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
475 
147 
192 
37 
25 
19 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,591 
368 
633 
129 
162 
75 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,555 
364 
702 
134 
136 
99 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,814 
852 
2,502 
393 
362 
246 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
29,908 
1,223 
4,747 
1,585 
2,631 
3,050 
number 
3,494,084 
53,187 
140,238 
44,872 
88,253 
136,546 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,732 
700 
2,581 
543 
663 
520 
1 0 to 49 
10,111 
332 
1,757 
870 
1,580 
1,672 
50 to 99 
5,183 
84 
188 
114 
291 
641 
100 to 199 
4,844 
27 
120 
34 
71 
173 
200 to 499 
2,776 
48 
65 
14 
20 
39 
500 or more 
1,262 
32 
36 
10 
6 
5 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
23,442 
669 
3,038 
1,179 
2,038 
2,440 
number 
1,518,396 
10,942 
41,724 
17,048 
39,816 
64,110 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
72 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
