Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
2,803 
2,644 
2,622 
159 
153 
808 
acres 
1,655,845 
1,590,320 
1,564,097 
65,525 
56,368 
145,139 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
82 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
33,353 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corporation 
farms 
3,334 
3,065 
3,030 
269 
255 
- 
acres 
1,935,687 
1,825,330 
1 ,787,443 
110,357 
87,665 
- 
Family held 
farms 
3,065 
3,065 
3,030 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
1 ,825,330 
1 ,825,330 
1 ,787,443 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
35 
35 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,030 
3,030 
3,030 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
269 
_ 
_ 
269 
255 
_ 
acres 
110,357 
- 
- 
110,357 
87,665 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
14 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
255 
- 
- 
255 
255 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,136 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
219,567 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
2,156 
1,986 
1,959 
170 
161 
295 
workers 
20,484 
18,280 
17,691 
2,204 
1,979 
2,108 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,720 
1,596 
1,571 
124 
116 
184 
workers 
10,107 
9,090 
8,670 
1,017 
(D) 
877 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
1,431 
1,323 
1,307 
108 
105 
200 
workers 
10,377 
9,190 
9,021 
1,187 
(D) 
1,231 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
70 
64 
63 
6 
4 
4 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,113 
1,020 
1,016 
93 
91 
428 
workers 
2,559 
2,316 
2,302 
243 
(D) 
1,073 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
178 
154 
154 
24 
24 
65 
1 0 to 49 acres 
575 
506 
503 
69 
68 
279 
50 to 69 acres 
139 
120 
120 
19 
19 
100 
70 to 99 acres 
205 
180 
180 
25 
21 
173 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
199 
186 
185 
13 
13 
143 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
118 
103 
102 
15 
14 
66 
180 to 219 acres 
151 
139 
136 
12 
12 
60 
220 to 259 acres 
114 
101 
96 
13 
13 
31 
260 to 499 acres 
537 
510 
506 
27 
26 
137 
500 to 999 acres 
542 
521 
517 
21 
21 
47 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
359 
341 
333 
18 
16 
24 
2,000 acres or more 
217 
204 
198 
13 
8 
11 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
830 
786 
778 
44 
41 
239 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
140 
123 
122 
17 
14 
28 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
183 
165 
162 
18 
18 
26 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
283 
240 
239 
43 
42 
22 
Other crop farming (1119) 
402 
345 
337 
57 
51 
477 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
402 
345 
337 
57 
51 
477 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
266 
256 
256 
10 
10 
99 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
55 
55 
55 
- 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
765 
730 
716 
35 
35 
63 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
19 
14 
14 
5 
5 
15 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
80 
74 
74 
6 
6 
22 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
32 
31 
31 
1 
1 
16 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
279 
246 
246 
33 
32 
127 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,483 
1,419 
1,401 
64 
64 
242 
number 
577,367 
544,595 
513,087 
32,772 
32,772 
38,351 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
110 
107 
107 
3 
3 
49 
1 0 to 49 
261 
249 
249 
12 
12 
93 
50 to 99 
168 
156 
151 
12 
12 
30 
100 to 199 
268 
257 
256 
11 
11 
29 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Wisconsin 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
