Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
67,691 
44,403 
20,377 
2,911 
35,153 
32,538 
acres 
13,677,304 
4,695,655 
8,484,979 
496,670 
6,198,374 
7,478,930 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
4,700 
2,651 
1,744 
305 
1,831 
2,869 
acres 
1 ,807,826 
405,651 
1,297,194 
104,981 
532,323 
1,275,503 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
60,617 
40,637 
17,405 
2,575 
32,874 
27,743 
acres 
10,225,659 
3,922,698 
5,979,569 
323,392 
5,459,676 
4,765,983 
Partnership 
farms 
4,667 
2,402 
2,013 
252 
1,176 
3,491 
acres 
2,188,013 
482,005 
1 ,578,896 
127,112 
334,468 
1,853,545 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,411 
1,648 
1,563 
200 
828 
2,583 
acres 
1,813,273 
372,537 
1 ,327,999 
112,737 
261,973 
1,551,300 
Corporation 
farms 
3,334 
1,671 
1,471 
192 
1,200 
2,134 
acres 
1,935,687 
429,942 
1 ,403,548 
102,197 
486,854 
1 ,448,833 
Family held 
farms 
3,065 
1,482 
1,411 
172 
1,090 
1,975 
acres 
1 ,825,330 
385,554 
1 ,344,636 
95,140 
444,436 
1,380,894 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
35 
20 
15 
- 
12 
23 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
3,030 
1,462 
1,396 
172 
1,078 
1,952 
Other than family held 
farms 
269 
189 
60 
20 
110 
159 
acres 
110,357 
44,388 
58,912 
7,057 
42,418 
67,939 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
14 
10 
3 
1 
8 
6 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
255 
179 
57 
19 
102 
153 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,136 
928 
170 
38 
598 
538 
acres 
219,567 
130,513 
77,931 
11,123 
100,459 
119,108 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
18,931 
8,181 
9,849 
901 
8,298 
10,633 
workers 
79,590 
29,738 
45,204 
4,648 
28,399 
51,191 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
10,577 
3,667 
6,434 
476 
4,085 
6,492 
workers 
33,645 
9,361 
22,535 
1,749 
10,088 
23,557 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
13,049 
5,925 
6,459 
665 
5,889 
7,160 
workers 
45,945 
20,377 
22,669 
2,899 
18,311 
27,634 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
264 
69 
186 
9 
104 
160 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
16 
9 
7 
- 
8 
8 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
27,576 
17,870 
8,573 
1,133 
11,562 
16,014 
workers 
65,854 
42,476 
20,667 
2,711 
24,467 
41,387 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,603 
3,991 
148 
464 
2,290 
2,313 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,825 
1 5,430 
1,621 
774 
9,105 
8,720 
50 to 69 acres 
5,154 
4,028 
880 
246 
2,771 
2,383 
70 to 99 acres 
7,879 
6,283 
1,309 
287 
4,433 
3,446 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,208 
5,126 
1,770 
312 
3,970 
3,238 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,261 
3,350 
1,688 
223 
2,879 
2,382 
180 to 219 acres 
4,132 
2,246 
1,725 
161 
2,269 
1,863 
220 to 259 acres 
3,026 
1,451 
1,464 
111 
1,611 
1,415 
260 to 499 acres 
8,530 
2,897 
5,367 
266 
4,194 
4,336 
500 to 999 acres 
3,885 
582 
3,183 
120 
1,569 
2,316 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,580 
174 
1,346 
60 
570 
1,010 
2,000 acres or more 
671 
80 
558 
33 
187 
484 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
19,730 
10,042 
8,405 
1,283 
11,868 
7,862 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,318 
776 
335 
207 
594 
724 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,264 
1,165 
68 
31 
524 
740 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,754 
1,514 
142 
98 
909 
845 
Other crop farming (1119) 
15,719 
14,008 
1,511 
200 
8,746 
6,973 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
57 
38 
7 
12 
29 
28 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
15,662 
13,970 
1,504 
188 
8,717 
6,945 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
10,241 
7,433 
2,453 
355 
5,062 
5,179 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
892 
424 
416 
52 
472 
420 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
10,401 
2,980 
6,889 
532 
4,119 
6,282 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
475 
370 
80 
25 
213 
262 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,591 
1,370 
177 
44 
672 
919 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,555 
1,305 
163 
87 
611 
944 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,814 
4,251 
420 
143 
2,058 
2,756 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
29,908 
14,565 
14,104 
1,239 
13,852 
16,056 
number 
3,494,084 
747,800 
2,601,615 
144,669 
1,201,892 
2,292,192 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,732 
4,656 
911 
165 
2,769 
2,963 
1 0 to 49 
10,111 
6,095 
3,642 
374 
5,286 
4,825 
50 to 99 
5,183 
2,065 
2,822 
296 
2,521 
2,662 
100 to 199 
4,844 
1,193 
3,398 
253 
2,029 
2,815 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
222 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
