Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 1 0 stockholders farms 
_ 
6 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
- 
51 
10 
- 
35 
5 
6 
1 
32 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
- 
477 
99 
2 
63 
15 
22 
16 
127 
acres 
- 
61,524 
12,392 
(D) 
41,807 
801 
723 
(D) 
18,472 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
_ 
2,013 
1,828 
305 
6,687 
79 
307 
255 
892 
workers 
- 
5,391 
4,628 
872 
30,556 
320 
1,609 
501 
3,217 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
- 
670 
801 
173 
5,109 
50 
152 
96 
453 
workers 
- 
(D) 
1,651 
369 
18,520 
183 
642 
141 
1,368 
Less than 1 50 days farms 
- 
1,538 
1,299 
198 
3,922 
59 
224 
177 
606 
workers 
- 
(D) 
2,977 
503 
12,036 
137 
967 
360 
1,849 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
- 
7 
5 
- 
133 
- 
1 
2 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
_ 
5,726 
4,479 
384 
4,442 
210 
694 
852 
2,303 
workers 
- 
13,008 
11,114 
852 
11,540 
581 
1,998 
2,330 
5,485 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
_ 
332 
965 
52 
126 
147 
368 
364 
852 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
5,165 
3,362 
98 
302 
192 
633 
702 
2,502 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
1,752 
899 
36 
150 
37 
129 
134 
393 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
2,678 
1,268 
94 
444 
25 
162 
136 
362 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
1,933 
1,145 
105 
861 
19 
75 
99 
246 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
- 
1,241 
723 
67 
944 
10 
46 
54 
143 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
724 
516 
77 
1,054 
4 
29 
35 
97 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
489 
286 
56 
943 
8 
30 
12 
54 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
1,007 
729 
190 
3,267 
15 
74 
18 
97 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
259 
267 
93 
1,594 
14 
32 
- 
45 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
64 
62 
16 
537 
1 
10 
1 
16 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
18 
19 
8 
179 
3 
3 
- 
7 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
- 
15,662 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
- 
15,662 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
10,241 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
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 
_ 
1,796 
9,640 
871 
10,382 
131 
382 
212 
427 
number 
- 
(D) 
553,643 
161,035 
2,309,929 
3,809 
10,306 
1,794 
18,738 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
652 
3,191 
21 
55 
80 
213 
148 
212 
1 0 to 49 
- 
796 
4,545 
263 
1,205 
33 
123 
63 
136 
50 to 99 
- 
204 
933 
190 
2,795 
8 
20 
1 
39 
100 to 199 
- 
92 
400 
162 
3,538 
3 
17 
- 
28 
200 to 499 
- 
47 
359 
144 
1,904 
7 
7 
- 
8 
500 or more 
- 
5 
212 
91 
885 
- 
2 
- 
4 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
_ 
1,381 
6,648 
342 
10,324 
93 
282 
125 
279 
number 
- 
(D) 
114,824 
13,778 
1,244,695 
1,432 
4,251 
583 
5,716 
Beef cows farms 
_ 
1,203 
6,420 
333 
895 
86 
237 
96 
232 
number 
- 
(D) 
107,913 
12,669 
22,989 
1,396 
3,053 
503 
4,580 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
- 
630 
3,174 
51 
412 
55 
163 
81 
146 
10 to 49 
- 
528 
2,878 
201 
369 
22 
60 
15 
66 
50 to 99 
- 
36 
263 
59 
78 
6 
11 
- 
12 
100 to 199 
- 
9 
82 
17 
26 
3 
3 
- 
4 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
20 
5 
6 
- 
- 
- 
4 
500 or more 
- 
- 
3 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wisconsin 179 
