Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
5,141 
6,584 
5,433 
4,562 
4,451 
15,881 
acres 
678,484 
675,922 
414,510 
289,053 
241,608 
1,116,528 
Partnership 
farms 
310 
312 
244 
156 
130 
871 
acres 
49,523 
39,421 
23,056 
16,372 
9,080 
109,649 
Registered under state law 
farms 
221 
211 
167 
90 
71 
606 
acres 
36,144 
27,834 
15,865 
10,685 
5,775 
82,000 
Corporation 
farms 
189 
240 
142 
81 
104 
483 
acres 
38,306 
24,287 
11,122 
10,998 
9,865 
53,938 
Family held 
farms 
173 
211 
122 
75 
88 
423 
acres 
36,246 
22,028 
8,949 
10,773 
7,640 
39,360 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
171 
211 
122 
75 
88 
417 
Other than family held 
farms 
16 
29 
20 
6 
16 
60 
acres 
2,060 
2,259 
2,173 
225 
2,225 
14,578 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
16 
28 
20 
6 
16 
54 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
65 
110 
69 
60 
60 
551 
acres 
8,544 
21,593 
5,211 
4,265 
5,695 
56,388 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,200 
1,212 
797 
558 
518 
1,948 
workers 
3,363 
3,671 
2,198 
1,474 
1,167 
4,828 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
363 
326 
211 
163 
165 
727 
workers 
685 
639 
316 
253 
260 
1,350 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
975 
1,004 
651 
450 
392 
1,363 
workers 
2,678 
3,032 
1,882 
1,221 
907 
3,478 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
8 
. 
. 
. 
11 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
5 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
2,201 
2,947 
2,446 
2,028 
2,039 
6,813 
workers 
5,575 
7,207 
5,789 
4,835 
4,851 
15,680 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
193 
388 
473 
586 
760 
1,807 
1 0 to 49 acres 
689 
2,024 
2,361 
2,153 
2,201 
7,495 
50 to 69 acres 
511 
759 
682 
500 
486 
1,868 
70 to 99 acres 
1,073 
1,227 
840 
653 
543 
2,544 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,173 
1,064 
674 
454 
360 
1,645 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
709 
641 
377 
217 
158 
931 
180 to 219 acres 
500 
442 
202 
96 
104 
498 
220 to 259 acres 
293 
229 
100 
75 
46 
318 
260 to 499 acres 
509 
410 
158 
101 
74 
553 
500 to 999 acres 
46 
53 
13 
20 
11 
102 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5 
7 
6 
3 
1 
20 
2,000 acres or more 
4 
2 
2 
1 
1 
5 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3,133 
3,067 
2,083 
1,295 
798 
372 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
148 
275 
229 
168 
77 
37 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
95 
155 
138 
102 
91 
362 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
190 
266 
167 
136 
168 
339 
Other crop farming (1119) 
435 
938 
997 
1,180 
1,681 
9,868 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
19 
22 
9 
4 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
435 
919 
975 
1,171 
1,677 
9,868 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
863 
1,835 
1,690 
1,370 
900 
2,106 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
204 
103 
12 
- 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
355 
74 
10 
3 
- 
58 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
20 
41 
50 
60 
108 
104 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
23 
30 
55 
80 
248 
875 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
79 
169 
148 
215 
297 
514 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
160 
293 
309 
250 
375 
3,151 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
2,586 
3,244 
2,364 
1,785 
1,179 
2,704 
number 
97,171 
79,208 
42,502 
20,312 
11,144 
38,378 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
279 
660 
873 
1,008 
772 
1,746 
10 to 49 
1,670 
2,289 
1,427 
751 
394 
839 
50 to 99 
538 
259 
57 
17 
13 
74 
100 to 199 
87 
36 
2 
9 
- 
15 
200 to 499 
12 
- 
3 
- 
- 
24 
500 or more 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
6 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,994 
2,462 
1,723 
1,300 
857 
1,748 
number 
41,267 
36,661 
18,302 
9,314 
5,122 
12,080 
Beef cows 
farms 
1,602 
2,344 
1,651 
1,254 
831 
1,644 
number 
34,602 
35,534 
18,073 
9,078 
5,041 
11,719 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
391 
837 
893 
956 
675 
1,291 
10 to 49 
1,113 
1,475 
751 
295 
156 
341 
50 to 99 
89 
31 
5 
3 
- 
11 
100 to 199 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wisconsin 99 
