Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
67,691 
2,053 
2,494 
4,784 
7,255 
6,300 
acres 
13,677,304 
3,113,611 
1,768,475 
2,000,503 
1,933,081 
1,160,464 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,700 
608 
403 
445 
435 
379 
acres 
1 ,807,826 
893,436 
283,091 
201,670 
115,831 
75,630 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
60,617 
979 
1,727 
3,973 
6,449 
5,712 
acres 
10,225,659 
1 ,333,454 
1,198,539 
1,606,134 
1,684,112 
1 ,043,745 
Partnership 
farms 
4,667 
615 
481 
559 
589 
420 
acres 
2,188,013 
1,041,775 
358,603 
273,342 
186,752 
87,360 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,411 
555 
392 
447 
396 
270 
acres 
1,813,273 
938,282 
293,622 
219,852 
129,838 
59,421 
Corporation 
farms 
3,334 
664 
427 
381 
372 
263 
acres 
1,935,687 
1,124,407 
315,963 
191,888 
1 1 1 ,907 
44,892 
Family held 
farms 
3,065 
622 
403 
368 
346 
243 
acres 
1 ,825,330 
1,065,269 
302,332 
185,648 
106,180 
42,561 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
35 
16 
4 
1 
1 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,030 
606 
399 
367 
345 
238 
Other than family held 
farms 
269 
42 
24 
13 
26 
20 
acres 
110,357 
59,138 
13,631 
6,240 
5,727 
2,331 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
14 
5 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
255 
37 
24 
12 
25 
20 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,136 
32 
30 
44 
61 
58 
acres 
219,567 
46,068 
17,600 
20,706 
18,703 
15,441 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
18,931 
2,164 
2,111 
3,275 
3,426 
1,805 
workers 
79,590 
27,289 
9,540 
10,549 
9,907 
5,773 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
10,577 
2,005 
1,736 
2,325 
1,881 
707 
workers 
33,645 
16,099 
4,858 
4,752 
3,309 
1,167 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
13,049 
1,442 
1,266 
1,965 
2,250 
1,355 
workers 
45,945 
11,190 
4,682 
5,797 
6,598 
4,606 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
264 
132 
35 
37 
22 
16 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
- 
1 
2 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
27,576 
542 
948 
2,034 
3,121 
2,574 
workers 
65,854 
1,074 
1,994 
4,906 
7,637 
6,571 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,603 
20 
45 
62 
115 
157 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,825 
77 
57 
119 
256 
402 
50 to 69 acres 
5,154 
13 
12 
24 
86 
224 
70 to 99 acres 
7,879 
22 
33 
54 
259 
662 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,208 
23 
23 
98 
576 
1,184 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,261 
16 
40 
191 
946 
1,086 
180 to 219 acres 
4,132 
12 
34 
315 
1,073 
907 
220 to 259 acres 
3,026 
13 
60 
422 
909 
579 
260 to 499 acres 
8,530 
156 
640 
2,237 
2,681 
1,072 
500 to 999 acres 
3,885 
583 
1,119 
1,254 
526 
164 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,580 
759 
565 
166 
38 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
596 
37 
15 
6 
3 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
19,730 
581 
820 
1,302 
2,747 
3,718 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,318 
92 
38 
53 
84 
123 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,264 
66 
39 
47 
70 
108 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
1,754 
39 
43 
58 
158 
192 
Other crop farming (1119) 
15,719 
26 
55 
94 
193 
288 
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 1 1 99) 
15,662 
26 
55 
94 
190 
288 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,241 
86 
223 
244 
373 
595 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
892 
60 
69 
105 
149 
192 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10,401 
1,182 
1,233 
2,974 
3,514 
1,017 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
475 
23 
21 
17 
15 
16 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,591 
99 
96 
16 
39 
34 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,555 
1 
3 
4 
48 
78 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,814 
35 
25 
43 
81 
92 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
29,908 
1,673 
1,983 
4,018 
5,366 
3,136 
number 
3,494,084 
1,384,191 
553,568 
626,104 
479,116 
168,130 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,732 
9 
20 
31 
123 
221 
1 0 to 49 
10,111 
53 
83 
197 
983 
1,500 
50 to 99 
5,183 
41 
100 
590 
2,459 
1,071 
100 to 199 
4,844 
90 
406 
2,335 
1,576 
297 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
124 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
