Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
LAND USE - Con. 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
32,089 
28,448 
acres 
1,034,738 
841,331 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc 
farms 
53,998 
47,056 
acres 
1 ,096,443 
762,064 
Irrigated land 
farms 
3,240 
2,208 
acres 
421,721 
120,130 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
3,176 
2,155 
acres 
419,439 
118,805 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
118 
90 
acres 
2,282 
1,325 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 
acres 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
farms 
acres 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
11,555 
351,457 
14,652 
4,945,810 
9,769 
286,176 
11,616 
3,009,473 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
..farms 
$1,000 
1,180 
121,527 
1,013 
86,338 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 
$1,000 
Average per farm dollars 
Average per acre dollars 
69,754 
57,166,991 
819,551 
3,924 
60,617 
38,881,885 
641,435 
3,802 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
$50,000 to $99,999 ... 
$100,000 to $199,999 
$200,000 to $499,999 
$500,000 to $999,999 
4,359 
4,984 
12,713 
23,294 
11,571 
3,935 
4,548 
11,748 
21,134 
10,056 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
$10,000,000 or more 
6,886 
4,209 
1,188 
550 
5,648 
2,735 
592 
221 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
..farms 
$1,000 
69,754 
9,037,376 
60,617 
6,187,265 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
$5,000 to $9,999 
$10,000 to $19,999 ... 
$20,000 to $49,999 ... 
$50,000 to $99,999 ... 
$100,000 to $199,999 
$200,000 to $499,999 
$500,000 or more 
5,552 
5,623 
9,645 
16,875 
11,617 
8,735 
7,676 
4,031 
5,002 
5,154 
8,842 
15,143 
10,460 
7,628 
6,073 
2,315 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
...farms 
number 
50,738 
90,731 
43,836 
70,557 
Tractors, all farms 
number 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) farms 
number 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) farms 
number 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more farms 
number 
57,199 
192,751 
28,611 
45,993 
44,133 
87,031 
26,609 
59,727 
49,496 
158,102 
24,941 
39,614 
38,133 
73,947 
21,842 
44,541 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
number 
12,669 
14,225 
10,078 
11,241 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
Hay balers 
...farms 
number 
...farms 
number 
...farms 
number 
5,132 
5,800 
29,024 
37,338 
4,035 
4,574 
25,383 
32,566 
Partnership 
1,943 
110,919 
3,442 
128,134 
364 
84,832 
357 
84,677 
10 
155 
871 
30,092 
1,655 
1,019,179 
84 
15,229 
4,667 
9,152,849 
1,961,185 
4,183 
227 
190 
470 
1,075 
823 
655 
782 
286 
159 
4,667 
1,383,712 
256 
217 
414 
834 
609 
613 
870 
854 
3,555 
9,369 
3,980 
18,306 
1,844 
3,076 
3,174 
6,948 
2,624 
8,282 
1,459 
1,676 
675 
749 
2,094 
2,781 
Registered 
under 
state law 
1,393 
85,777 
2,497 
104,744 
302 
72,621 
300 
72,590 
4 
31 
616 
21,477 
1,304 
871,525 
61 
12,224 
3,411 
7,790,068 
2,283,808 
4,296 
137 
125 
305 
709 
580 
513 
647 
249 
146 
3,411 
1,161,523 
167 
138 
267 
577 
409 
442 
677 
734 
2,653 
7,442 
2,943 
14,082 
1,312 
2,207 
2,346 
5,192 
2,025 
6,683 
1,114 
1,278 
540 
597 
1,486 
1,971 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
144 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
