Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
60,617 
942 
1,666 
3,846 
6,460 
5,651 
acres 
10,225,659 
1,296,229 
1,184,595 
1,576,509 
1,710,737 
1,041,484 
Partnership 
farms 
4,667 
597 
483 
552 
601 
411 
acres 
2,188,013 
1,025,519 
365,050 
271,797 
193,537 
85,009 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,411 
538 
397 
442 
404 
264 
acres 
1,813,273 
922,595 
302,067 
219,266 
134,019 
57,023 
Corporation 
farms 
3,334 
649 
431 
387 
368 
260 
acres 
1,935,687 
1,107,800 
325,081 
196,763 
112,661 
44,866 
Family held 
farms 
3,065 
607 
407 
374 
342 
243 
acres 
1,825,330 
1,048,662 
311,450 
190,523 
106,934 
42,765 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
35 
16 
4 
1 
1 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,030 
591 
403 
373 
341 
238 
Other than family held 
farms 
269 
42 
24 
13 
26 
17 
acres 
110,357 
59,138 
13,631 
6,240 
5,727 
2,101 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
14 
5 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
255 
37 
24 
12 
25 
17 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,136 
32 
30 
44 
58 
57 
acres 
219,567 
46,068 
17,600 
20,706 
17,912 
15,585 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
18,931 
2,097 
2,071 
3,216 
3,522 
1,792 
workers 
79,590 
26,948 
9,588 
10,410 
10,196 
5,747 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
10,577 
1,944 
1,717 
2,305 
1,946 
710 
workers 
33,645 
15,896 
4,891 
4,755 
3,429 
1,171 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
13,049 
1,397 
1,259 
1,909 
2,313 
1,336 
workers 
45,945 
11,052 
4,697 
5,655 
6,767 
4,576 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
264 
130 
36 
38 
22 
13 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
- 
1 
2 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
27,576 
521 
912 
1,982 
3,146 
2,541 
workers 
65,854 
1,036 
1,899 
4,808 
7,704 
6,470 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,603 
20 
44 
62 
112 
158 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,825 
77 
57 
116 
258 
394 
50 to 69 acres 
5,154 
13 
12 
24 
82 
217 
70 to 99 acres 
7,879 
22 
33 
54 
251 
639 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,208 
23 
22 
94 
565 
1,134 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,261 
16 
39 
177 
918 
1,078 
180 to 219 acres 
4,132 
12 
31 
296 
1,060 
891 
220 to 259 acres 
3,026 
12 
58 
396 
909 
590 
260 to 499 acres 
8,530 
149 
594 
2,154 
2,732 
1,096 
500 to 999 acres 
3,885 
550 
1,097 
1,274 
549 
170 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,580 
733 
583 
167 
45 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
593 
40 
15 
6 
2 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
19,730 
557 
810 
1,270 
2,663 
3,682 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,318 
92 
38 
53 
84 
117 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
1,264 
66 
39 
47 
68 
101 
production (11 14) 
1,754 
39 
43 
58 
158 
190 
Other crop farming (1119) 
15,719 
23 
56 
89 
191 
261 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
57 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
■ 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) 
15,662 
23 
56 
89 
188 
261 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,241 
86 
220 
243 
368 
560 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
892 
60 
67 
105 
139 
200 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10,401 
1,139 
1,197 
2,879 
3,638 
1,048 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
475 
23 
21 
17 
13 
18 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,591 
99 
95 
17 
39 
30 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,555 
1 
1 
6 
47 
78 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,814 
35 
23 
45 
79 
94 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
29,908 
1,617 
1,937 
3,910 
5,454 
3,128 
number 
3,494,084 
1,363,593 
552,954 
622,610 
496,515 
169,697 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,732 
9 
18 
33 
121 
213 
10 to 49 
10,111 
52 
82 
185 
950 
1,472 
50 to 99 
5,183 
41 
97 
537 
2,462 
1,088 
100 to 199 
4,844 
85 
371 
2,250 
1,681 
308 
200 to 499 
2,776 
451 
1,179 
842 
220 
45 
500 or more 
1,262 
979 
190 
63 
20 
2 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
23,442 
1,406 
1,561 
3,375 
4,641 
2,375 
number 
1,518,396 
665,444 
197,779 
253,684 
212,120 
66,623 
Beef cows 
farms 
13,020 
230 
327 
604 
1,189 
1,344 
number 
248,305 
18,788 
18,196 
24,365 
36,093 
36,816 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,956 
39 
59 
177 
321 
317 
1 0 to 49 
6,070 
88 
142 
265 
643 
801 
50 to 99 
724 
56 
66 
93 
167 
203 
100 to 199 
215 
29 
51 
54 
49 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
98 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
