Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Soybeans for beans - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
373 
296 
1 
10 
29 
82 
89 
85 
acres 
40,489 
36,960 
(D) 
(D) 
4,870 
8,238 
14,389 
7,833 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,891 
2,641 
8 
191 
286 
564 
737 
855 
25 to 99 acres 
8,146 
5,622 
21 
269 
495 
1,334 
1,680 
1,823 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,877 
2,415 
1 
98 
225 
663 
788 
640 
250 to 499 acres 
933 
859 
- 
34 
94 
244 
310 
177 
500 acres or more 
544 
523 
2 
14 
59 
170 
179 
99 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
57 
40 
_ 
1 
6 
11 
17 
5 
acres 
2,404 
2,001 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
271 
1,241 
304 
pounds 
2,440,816 
1,964,052 
- 
(D) 
164,800 
173,772 
1,328,500 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
31 
18 
1 
2 
6 
7 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
21 
18 
- 
- 
4 
5 
7 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
181 
110 
9 
10 
17 
29 
31 
14 
acres 
810 
555 
35 
56 
104 
142 
149 
68 
pounds 
1 ,800,756 
1,301,166 
88,728 
139,080 
270,986 
248,105 
357,610 
196,657 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
17 
7 
1 
1 
2 
3 
. 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
39 
17 
- 
3 
2 
3 
4 
5 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
38 
19 
- 
- 
1 
7 
8 
3 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
33 
25 
6 
- 
6 
9 
2 
2 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
35 
24 
3 
4 
4 
2 
11 
- 
1 0.0 to 24.9 acres 
17 
17 
- 
2 
3 
6 
2 
4 
25.0 acres or more 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
5,211 
4,005 
6 
140 
389 
1,092 
1,302 
1,076 
acres 
261,519 
226,168 
163 
6,463 
25,402 
66,389 
76,027 
51,724 
bushels 
18,368,973 
16,056,465 
11,281 
456,195 
1 ,855,989 
4,793,865 
5,357,011 
3,582,124 
Irrigated 
farms 
57 
49 
- 
- 
7 
20 
17 
5 
acres 
(D) 
2,721 
- 
- 
763 
375 
1,406 
177 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2,296 
1,587 
4 
76 
136 
406 
476 
489 
25 to 99 acres 
2,276 
1,827 
1 
45 
174 
507 
629 
471 
1 00 to 249 acres 
507 
463 
1 
16 
62 
140 
154 
90 
250 to 499 acres 
106 
103 
- 
2 
13 
32 
35 
21 
500 acres or more 
26 
25 
- 
1 
4 
7 
8 
5 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
37,020 
22,551 
121 
1,231 
2,231 
5,864 
6,849 
6,255 
acres 
2,396,640 
1,977,605 
6,508 
88,545 
223,159 
618,382 
641,851 
399,160 
tons, dry 
7,218,964 
6,355,830 
23,656 
272,665 
777,504 
2,075,706 
2,047,436 
1,158,863 
Irrigated 
farms 
374 
315 
- 
16 
37 
98 
102 
62 
acres 
27,526 
26,224 
- 
721 
3,220 
11,197 
7,770 
3,316 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
15,197 
6,049 
32 
351 
554 
1,176 
1,640 
2,296 
25 to 99 acres 
14,754 
10,065 
78 
583 
920 
2,595 
3,058 
2,831 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5,672 
5,117 
10 
255 
594 
1,649 
1,706 
903 
250 to 499 acres 
1,030 
967 
1 
33 
115 
316 
330 
172 
500 acres or more 
367 
353 
- 
9 
48 
128 
115 
53 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
25,880 
16,375 
80 
835 
1,539 
4,228 
5,054 
4,639 
acres 
1,122,770 
888,243 
2,226 
37,927 
89,859 
261,806 
284,470 
211,955 
tons, dry 
2,981,565 
2,463,334 
5,736 
96,247 
267,659 
760,842 
770,019 
562,831 
Irrigated 
farms 
223 
181 
- 
9 
23 
47 
56 
46 
acres 
7,149 
6,473 
- 
222 
1,114 
1,839 
2,056 
1,242 
Other tame hay 
farms 
6,877 
3,413 
18 
177 
302 
742 
1,058 
1,116 
acres 
250,751 
154,408 
598 
6,278 
13,941 
31,701 
54,100 
47,790 
tons, dry 
444,026 
298,974 
840 
10,232 
28,953 
64,319 
113,776 
80,854 
Irrigated 
farms 
35 
22 
- 
2 
- 
9 
8 
3 
acres 
1,165 
731 
- 
(D) 
- 
142 
223 
(D) 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
11 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
acres 
(D) 
360 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,873 
2,003 
24 
131 
247 
536 
588 
477 
acres 
284,074 
257,681 
77 
4,364 
39,882 
85,739 
81,934 
45,684 
Irrigated 
farms 
822 
630 
14 
68 
96 
182 
155 
115 
acres 
164,177 
151,172 
18 
2,964 
23,724 
49,779 
50,088 
24,599 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
1,352 
763 
23 
75 
119 
187 
193 
166 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
506 
381 
- 
40 
40 
104 
107 
90 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
589 
469 
1 
7 
32 
117 
173 
139 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
232 
209 
- 
4 
31 
71 
60 
43 
250.0 acres or more 
194 
181 
- 
5 
25 
57 
55 
39 
Beans, snap 
farms 
1,031 
779 
10 
50 
102 
227 
212 
178 
acres 
71,396 
65,502 
(D) 
(D) 
8,410 
22,096 
22,205 
1 1 ,228 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
454 
390 
1 
8 
41 
120 
117 
103 
acres 
70,726 
64,896 
(D) 
(D) 
8,375 
21,950 
21,878 
11,162 
Peas, green 
farms 
540 
434 
1 
11 
66 
112 
137 
107 
acres 
37,162 
32,522 
(D) 
(D) 
4,780 
13,096 
7,651 
6,698 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
210 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
