Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
34,070 
115 
1,803 
4,354 
10,015 
10,690 
7,093 
acres 
3,333,916 
6,410 
130,474 
370,307 
931,307 
1,099,069 
796,349 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
1,931 
6 
120 
298 
631 
550 
326 
acres 
294,285 
300 
14,249 
35,060 
87,816 
97,699 
59,161 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
31,490 
105 
1,698 
4,128 
9,322 
9,848 
6,389 
acres 
2,883,597 
5,691 
119,481 
332,458 
823,919 
936,972 
665,076 
Partnership 
farms 
1,684 
3 
81 
182 
417 
538 
463 
acres 
307,441 
324 
12,567 
28,344 
75,770 
110,317 
80,119 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,158 
1 
55 
126 
302 
374 
300 
acres 
234,848 
(D) 
(D) 
20,109 
60,123 
87,220 
58,721 
Corporation 
farms 
1,094 
6 
36 
89 
328 
393 
242 
acres 
216,205 
(D) 
(D) 
18,287 
49,665 
81,218 
63,189 
Family held 
farms 
966 
6 
33 
77 
276 
358 
216 
acres 
191,089 
(D) 
(D) 
17,685 
43,097 
71 ,402 
55,529 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
13 
- 
4 
2 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
953 
6 
33 
77 
272 
356 
209 
Other than family held 
farms 
128 
_ 
3 
12 
52 
35 
26 
acres 
25,116 
- 
470 
602 
6,568 
9,816 
7,660 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
1 
1 
5 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
119 
- 
3 
11 
51 
30 
24 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
726 
4 
26 
60 
186 
209 
241 
acres 
97,928 
(D) 
(D) 
14,409 
28,465 
23,167 
29,568 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
5,019 
12 
211 
552 
1,508 
1,600 
1,136 
workers 
16,387 
92 
496 
1,970 
4,263 
5,747 
3,819 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
1,839 
6 
60 
204 
517 
604 
448 
workers 
4,337 
6 
117 
539 
983 
1,644 
1,048 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
3,830 
8 
160 
420 
1,168 
1,218 
856 
workers 
12,050 
86 
379 
1,431 
3,280 
4,103 
2,771 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
farms 
29 
- 
- 
4 
8 
11 
6 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
13,999 
46 
764 
1,962 
4,498 
4,254 
2,475 
workers 
33,446 
100 
1,893 
5,425 
11,401 
9,280 
5,347 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,106 
30 
293 
482 
975 
857 
469 
1 0 to 49 acres 
12,433 
37 
764 
1,821 
3,811 
3,700 
2,300 
50 to 69 acres 
3,404 
9 
151 
415 
1,002 
1,122 
705 
70 to 99 acres 
4,798 
21 
184 
507 
1,370 
1,627 
1,089 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,922 
8 
158 
492 
1,082 
1,256 
926 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,382 
7 
109 
225 
648 
781 
612 
180 to 219 acres 
1,475 
4 
65 
151 
413 
495 
347 
220 to 259 acres 
981 
2 
37 
89 
285 
312 
256 
260 to 499 acres 
1,907 
- 
64 
212 
508 
634 
489 
500 to 999 acres 
449 
- 
12 
51 
126 
155 
105 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
99 
- 
4 
9 
22 
38 
26 
2,000 acres or more 
38 
- 
- 
5 
11 
11 
11 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
9,227 
27 
699 
1,390 
2,811 
2,660 
1,640 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
522 
6 
48 
68 
153 
181 
66 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
664 
■ 
12 
79 
181 
244 
148 
production (1114) 
982 
- 
21 
62 
311 
358 
230 
Other crop farming (1119) 
11,307 
13 
291 
1,025 
2,849 
3,662 
3,467 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
38 
- 
6 
5 
17 
6 
4 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
■ 
■ 
“ 
“ 
■ 
“ 
■ 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
11,269 
13 
285 
1,020 
2,832 
3,656 
3,463 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
5,953 
31 
414 
934 
1,951 
1,861 
762 
Cattlefeedlots(112112) 
288 
8 
19 
40 
77 
94 
50 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
687 
7 
59 
90 
196 
213 
122 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
306 
13 
30 
68 
116 
56 
23 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
982 
3 
43 
158 
351 
272 
155 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
942 
8 
65 
166 
296 
281 
126 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,134 
2 
140 
379 
961 
1,106 
546 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
10,233 
62 
716 
1,673 
3,454 
3,037 
1,291 
number 
360,732 
5,455 
20,214 
54,458 
116,994 
114,586 
49,025 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,798 
16 
266 
633 
1,380 
1,081 
422 
1 0 to 49 
4,884 
34 
340 
797 
1,568 
1,505 
640 
50 to 99 
937 
4 
78 
162 
297 
275 
121 
100 to 199 
393 
3 
23 
54 
130 
117 
66 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wisconsin 205 
