Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
Ethanol 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
.... farms 
55 
4 
2 
2 
2 
6 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
.... farms 
172 
51 
2 
- 
1 
22 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
.... farms 
45,638 
10,042 
776 
1,165 
1,514 
14,008 
38 
Part owners 
.... farms 
21,059 
8,405 
335 
68 
142 
1,511 
7 
Tenants 
.... farms 
3,057 
1,283 
207 
31 
98 
200 
12 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
.... farms 
66,823 
18,515 
1,118 
1,234 
1,656 
15,538 
45 
acres 
10,960,334 
3,693,748 
237,313 
233,412 
144,327 
1,993,114 
2,769 
Owned land in farms 
.... farms 
66,697 
18,447 
1,111 
1,233 
1 ,656 
15,519 
45 
acres 
9,932,266 
3,450,083 
209,572 
212,654 
126,918 
1,641,144 
(D) 
Land rented or leased from others 
.... farms 
24,281 
9,752 
542 
99 
241 
1,753 
19 
acres 
4,670,320 
2,363,794 
148,035 
3,876 
12,107 
180,117 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
.... farms 
24,116 
9,688 
542 
99 
240 
1,711 
19 
acres 
4,636,660 
2,351,333 
141,783 
3,876 
11,588 
175,654 
(D) 
Land rented or leased to others 
.... farms 
16,161 
3,952 
324 
345 
384 
5,276 
21 
acres 
1,061,728 
256,126 
33,993 
20,758 
17,928 
356,433 
1,346 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
. number 
111,080 
29,156 
2,249 
2,168 
2,788 
24,074 
91 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
35,848 
1 1 ,868 
594 
524 
909 
8,746 
29 
2 operators 
28,666 
6,752 
594 
604 
711 
6,126 
26 
3 operators 
3,973 
861 
88 
114 
102 
586 
- 
4 operators 
843 
174 
24 
17 
20 
160 
- 
5 or more operators 
424 
75 
18 
5 
12 
101 
2 
Total women operators 
. number 
34,060 
6,789 
794 
758 
967 
7,794 
30 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
30,471 
6,305 
668 
661 
861 
7,006 
30 
2 operators 
1,407 
204 
45 
43 
40 
282 
- 
3 operators 
149 
13 
8 
1 
4 
33 
- 
4 operators 
53 
8 
3 
2 
2 
17 
- 
5 or more operators 
21 
1 
- 
- 
1 
10 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
62,408 
18,854 
1,058 
1,116 
1,466 
13,630 
51 
Female 
7,346 
876 
260 
148 
288 
2,089 
6 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
34,760 
10,503 
796 
600 
772 
4,412 
19 
Other 
34,994 
9,227 
522 
664 
982 
11,307 
38 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
57,611 
16,017 
959 
930 
1,239 
11,544 
45 
Not on farm operated 
12,143 
3,713 
359 
334 
515 
4,175 
12 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
28,900 
7,718 
517 
488 
690 
5,511 
18 
Any 
40,854 
12,012 
801 
776 
1,064 
10,208 
39 
1 to 49 days 
5,118 
1,462 
135 
98 
182 
1,260 
3 
50 to 99 days 
2,374 
776 
87 
58 
81 
528 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
5,316 
1,622 
163 
118 
170 
1,226 
4 
200 days or more 
28,046 
8,152 
416 
502 
631 
7,194 
32 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,260 
768 
104 
37 
42 
384 
2 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
837 
121 
72 
45 
488 
6 
5 to 9 years 
8,107 
1,914 
216 
224 
193 
1,804 
11 
1 0 years or more 
56,559 
16,211 
877 
931 
1,474 
13,043 
38 
Average years on present farm 
23.6 
25.9 
19.3 
19.5 
22.3 
23.5 
19.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,576 
547 
71 
33 
32 
294 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,155 
659 
110 
65 
44 
401 
2 
5 to 9 years 
6,977 
1,644 
216 
196 
163 
1,599 
12 
1 0 years or more 
59,046 
16,880 
921 
970 
1,515 
13,425 
43 
Average years operating any farm 
25.7 
28.3 
21.5 
21.4 
23.9 
25.1 
22.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
346 
71 
23 
- 
4 
18 
- 
25 to 34 years 
3,739 
1,153 
120 
16 
39 
372 
9 
35 to 44 years 
7,751 
2,162 
149 
132 
112 
1,266 
9 
45 to 49 years 
7,701 
2,014 
134 
124 
169 
1,387 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
174 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
