Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
60,617 
3,463 
2,586 
acres 
13,677,304 
10,225,659 
1,650,661 
1 ,385,433 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,700 
2,880 
1,738 
1,643 
acres 
1,807,826 
808,559 
965,914 
924,120 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
60,617 
60,617 
_ 
_ 
acres 
10,225,659 
10,225,659 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
4,667 
- 
4,667 
3,411 
acres 
2,188,013 
- 
2,188,013 
1,813,273 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,411 
- 
3,411 
3,411 
acres 
1,813,273 
- 
1,813,273 
1,813,273 
Corporation 
farms 
3,334 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,935,687 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
3,065 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1,825,330 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
35 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,030 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
269 
- 
_ 
_ 
acres 
110,357 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
255 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,136 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
219,567 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
18,931 
14,402 
2,078 
1,641 
workers 
79,590 
44,481 
12,517 
10,946 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
10,577 
7,230 
1,443 
1,218 
workers 
33,645 
16,128 
6,533 
5,997 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
13,049 
10,023 
1,395 
1,084 
workers 
45,945 
28,353 
5,984 
4,949 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
264 
129 
61 
57 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
13 
3 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
27,576 
24,271 
1,764 
1,286 
workers 
65,854 
57,779 
4,443 
3,170 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,603 
4,194 
166 
120 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,825 
16,328 
643 
441 
50 to 69 acres 
5,154 
4,684 
231 
168 
70 to 99 acres 
7,879 
7,119 
382 
245 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,208 
6,524 
342 
208 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,261 
4,760 
317 
201 
180 to 219 acres 
4,132 
3,650 
271 
185 
220 to 259 acres 
3,026 
2,681 
200 
143 
260 to 499 acres 
8,530 
6,999 
857 
622 
500 to 999 acres 
3,885 
2,605 
691 
589 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,580 
808 
389 
330 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
265 
178 
159 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
19,730 
17,324 
1,337 
939 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,318 
1,063 
87 
78 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,264 
955 
100 
83 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,754 
1,320 
129 
110 
Other crop farming (1119) 
15,719 
13,943 
897 
602 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
57 
57 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
15,662 
13,886 
897 
602 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,241 
9,465 
411 
283 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
892 
781 
54 
44 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10,401 
8,297 
1,276 
985 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
475 
415 
26 
23 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,591 
1,416 
73 
50 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,555 
1,455 
52 
45 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,814 
4,183 
225 
169 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
29,908 
25,815 
2,368 
1,744 
number 
3,494,084 
2,169,745 
708,621 
630,390 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,732 
5,417 
156 
90 
1 0 to 49 
10,111 
9,294 
463 
294 
50 to 99 
5,183 
4,672 
313 
186 
100 to 199 
4,844 
4,043 
504 
351 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
