Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Forest 
Grant 
Green 
Green Lake 
Iowa 
Iron 
Jackson 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
127 
2,436 
1,545 
608 
1,588 
61 
864 
2007 
173 
2,866 
1,534 
723 
1,813 
54 
945 
acres, 2012 
30,258 
587,587 
302,295 
154,595 
350,813 
10,207 
239,936 
2007 
33,805 
610,914 
306,859 
142,757 
364,970 
10,110 
238,978 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
94 
1,666 
1,077 
472 
1,006 
37 
611 
2007 
125 
1,739 
979 
489 
921 
43 
587 
acres, 2012 
9,550 
325,420 
218,759 
110,602 
166,663 
3,958 
127,536 
TENURE 
2007 
9,469 
301,359 
211,543 
93,509 
151,919 
3,372 
109,564 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
86 
1,694 
1,084 
377 
1,103 
44 
580 
2007 
126 
2,111 
1,085 
502 
1,403 
27 
692 
acres, 2012 
20,350 
242,152 
99,018 
43,026 
147,209 
4,980 
101,332 
2007 
21,580 
288,835 
112,812 
54,218 
186,526 
5,250 
121,849 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
55 
989 
646 
241 
562 
23 
338 
2007 
83 
1,061 
564 
277 
542 
18 
345 
acres, 2012 
4,752 
94,205 
45,083 
19,116 
34,653 
919 
22,565 
2007 
(D) 
93,079 
51,683 
20,846 
41,050 
753 
25,988 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
41 
614 
382 
192 
411 
12 
258 
2007 
42 
607 
381 
191 
356 
21 
234 
acres, 2012 
9,908 
315,411 
190,900 
105,063 
188,669 
4,952 
120,236 
2007 
1 1 ,505 
279,082 
175,946 
85,723 
164,418 
4,682 
113,504 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
6,480 
185,116 
88,781 
62,214 
110,168 
3,640 
73,105 
2007 
7,233 
170,252 
87,773 
48,489 
100,289 
2,602 
71,361 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
3,428 
130,295 
102,119 
42,849 
78,501 
1,312 
47,131 
2007 
4,272 
108,830 
88,173 
37,234 
64,129 
2,080 
42,143 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
39 
581 
366 
192 
391 
10 
252 
2007 
40 
570 
366 
190 
342 
21 
229 
acres, 2012 
4,798 
212,500 
163,760 
85,599 
120,991 
2,854 
88,441 
2007 
5,353 
176,844 
145,835 
70,511 
101,027 
2,545 
81,265 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
_ 
128 
79 
39 
74 
5 
26 
2007 
5 
148 
68 
30 
54 
6 
19 
acres, 2012 
- 
30,024 
12,377 
6,506 
14,935 
275 
18,368 
2007 
720 
42,997 
18,101 
2,816 
14,026 
178 
3,625 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
- 
96 
65 
39 
53 
4 
21 
2007 
2 
108 
49 
22 
37 
4 
13 
acres, 2012 
- 
18,715 
9,916 
5,887 
11,019 
185 
16,530 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
(D) 
31,436 
14,025 
2,152 
9,842 
74 
2,311 
Total operators 
number 
174 
3,937 
2,504 
915 
2,555 
79 
1,371 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
82 
1,229 
754 
357 
778 
45 
446 
2 operators 
43 
1,012 
694 
211 
687 
14 
343 
3 operators 
2 
127 
68 
30 
100 
2 
65 
4 operators 
- 
54 
23 
8 
13 
- 
7 
5 or more operators 
- 
14 
6 
2 
10 
- 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
52 
1,136 
842 
242 
798 
19 
402 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
52 
1,024 
757 
213 
702 
19 
357 
2 operators 
- 
45 
36 
12 
36 
- 
21 
3 operators 
- 
3 
3 
- 
8 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
232 
4,540 
2,420 
1,082 
2,832 
75 
1,541 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
114 
1,497 
784 
410 
941 
33 
482 
2 operators 
59 
1,154 
644 
274 
752 
21 
365 
3 operators 
- 
161 
82 
34 
101 
- 
68 
4 operators 
- 
37 
20 
3 
11 
- 
27 
5 or more operators 
- 
17 
4 
2 
8 
- 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
75 
1,315 
789 
301 
873 
22 
482 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
69 
1,201 
734 
271 
814 
22 
407 
2 operators 
3 
51 
20 
15 
25 
- 
36 
3 operators 
- 
1 
2 
- 
3 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
107 
2,226 
1,320 
561 
1,405 
49 
773 
2007 
144 
2,602 
1,339 
662 
1,569 
47 
850 
acres, 2012 
24,001 
563,521 
289,646 
149,101 
329,021 
9,830 
219,691 
2007 
26,473 
579,387 
291,204 
137,539 
333,442 
9,654 
227,429 
Female 
farms, 2012 
20 
210 
225 
47 
183 
12 
91 
2007 
29 
264 
195 
61 
244 
7 
95 
acres, 2012 
6,257 
24,066 
12,649 
5,494 
21,792 
377 
20,245 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
7,332 
31,527 
15,655 
5,218 
31,528 
456 
1 1 ,549 
Farming 
2012 
69 
1,311 
707 
294 
749 
20 
427 
2007 
64 
1,412 
749 
337 
753 
23 
462 
Other 
2012 
58 
1,125 
838 
314 
839 
41 
437 
Place of residence: 
2007 
109 
1,454 
785 
386 
1,060 
31 
483 
On farm operated 
2012 
104 
1,932 
1,282 
499 
1,209 
54 
661 
2007 
145 
2,240 
1,296 
586 
1,394 
45 
734 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
23 
504 
263 
109 
379 
7 
203 
2007 
28 
626 
238 
137 
419 
9 
211 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Wisconsin 555 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
