Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification 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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
14 
3 
3 
_ 
1 
6 
_ 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
255 
41 
14 
18 
42 
51 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
1,136 
239 
28 
26 
22 
477 
- 
acres 
219,567 
71,966 
5,188 
2,744 
2,624 
61,524 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
18,931 
4,702 
538 
516 
787 
2,035 
22 
workers 
79,590 
14,707 
5,829 
5,000 
6,802 
5,549 
158 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
10,577 
2,135 
272 
240 
424 
672 
2 
workers 
33,645 
4,503 
1,842 
926 
2,226 
1,274 
(D) 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
13,049 
3,383 
468 
488 
667 
1,558 
20 
workers 
45,945 
10,204 
3,987 
4,074 
4,576 
4,275 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
264 
32 
35 
17 
21 
13 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
16 
4 
- 
2 
3 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
27,576 
6,589 
570 
580 
727 
5,746 
20 
workers 
65,854 
14,344 
1,466 
1,465 
1,615 
13,064 
56 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,603 
366 
333 
207 
465 
358 
26 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,825 
3,256 
468 
511 
620 
5,179 
14 
50 to 69 acres 
5,154 
1,340 
76 
86 
116 
1,758 
6 
70 to 99 acres 
7,879 
2,292 
95 
114 
199 
2,688 
10 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,208 
2,449 
53 
97 
125 
1,934 
1 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,261 
1,866 
51 
47 
69 
1,241 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
4,132 
1,482 
33 
41 
40 
724 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
3,026 
1,099 
12 
12 
25 
489 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
8,530 
2,954 
54 
60 
65 
1,007 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
3,885 
1,473 
57 
32 
19 
259 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,580 
787 
43 
35 
8 
64 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
366 
43 
22 
3 
18 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
19,730 
19,730 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,318 
- 
1,318 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,264 
- 
- 
1,264 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,754 
- 
- 
- 
1,754 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
15,719 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15,719 
57 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
57 
- 
- 
- 
- 
57 
57 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
15,662 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15,662 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,241 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
892 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10,401 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
475 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,591 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,555 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,814 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
29,908 
5,853 
142 
26 
44 
1,798 
2 
number 
3,494,084 
365,650 
4,463 
416 
649 
63,652 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,732 
1,049 
67 
19 
25 
652 
- 
1 0 to 49 
10,111 
2,864 
57 
5 
19 
798 
2 
50 to 99 
5,183 
985 
8 
- 
- 
204 
- 
100 to 199 
4,844 
599 
3 
2 
- 
92 
- 
200 to 499 
2,776 
294 
6 
- 
- 
47 
- 
500 or more 
1,262 
62 
1 
- 
- 
5 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
23,442 
3,814 
97 
17 
38 
1,383 
2 
number 
1,518,396 
104,388 
1,552 
142 
267 
26,768 
(D) 
Beef cows farms 
13,020 
3,409 
66 
17 
24 
1,205 
2 
number 
248,305 
77,120 
1,184 
142 
174 
16,582 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,956 
1,164 
49 
14 
17 
630 
- 
1 0 to 49 
6,070 
1,908 
12 
2 
7 
530 
2 
50 to 99 
724 
255 
3 
1 
- 
36 
- 
100 to 199 
215 
70 
1 
- 
- 
9 
- 
200 to 499 
46 
10 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
9 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
178 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
