Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sauk 
Sawyer 
Shawano 
Sheboygan 
Taylor 
Trempealeau 
Vernon 
Vilas 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
1,665 
172 
1,278 
986 
967 
1,436 
2,228 
47 
2007 
1,923 
231 
1,450 
1,059 
1,208 
1,721 
2,492 
71 
acres, 2012 
332,649 
43,554 
261,141 
190,155 
217,012 
323,157 
345,892 
6,881 
2007 
358,919 
47,093 
271,718 
191,719 
242,932 
341,370 
357,090 
9,942 
Flarvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
1,216 
129 
1,016 
783 
776 
964 
1,687 
26 
2007 
1,286 
166 
1,157 
822 
988 
910 
1,815 
41 
acres, 2012 
190,513 
20,173 
175,653 
148,374 
112,541 
175,392 
164,621 
(D) 
TENURE 
2007 
184,191 
19,011 
173,324 
146,436 
112,953 
149,821 
158,973 
(D) 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
1,094 
106 
749 
554 
614 
1,004 
1,512 
40 
2007 
1,364 
159 
882 
615 
815 
1,318 
1,844 
59 
acres, 2012 
119,277 
16,975 
76,373 
37,865 
73,545 
130,682 
145,864 
3,248 
2007 
150,360 
16,382 
87,034 
41,978 
94,429 
170,614 
175,596 
6,263 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
685 
71 
510 
371 
436 
557 
1,027 
19 
2007 
765 
100 
614 
398 
615 
536 
1,187 
32 
acres, 2012 
35,183 
(D) 
29,852 
14,786 
23,160 
33,716 
43,341 
811 
2007 
38,241 
3,092 
33,787 
18,668 
28,946 
33,226 
43,734 
1,282 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
493 
57 
491 
391 
321 
369 
631 
7 
2007 
461 
61 
533 
393 
372 
362 
569 
12 
acres, 2012 
199,722 
25,389 
1 79,283 
147,042 
138,824 
178,504 
190,338 
3,633 
2007 
185,441 
29,804 
178,453 
143,501 
146,748 
164,511 
173,343 
3,679 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
116,976 
16,491 
104,047 
71,766 
88,698 
97,681 
111,075 
3,393 
2007 
113,399 
19,950 
106,164 
66,837 
92,453 
102,686 
98,672 
3,254 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
82,746 
8,898 
75,236 
75,276 
50,126 
80,823 
79,263 
240 
2007 
72,042 
9,854 
72,289 
76,664 
54,295 
61,825 
74,671 
425 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
468 
51 
473 
379 
311 
353 
594 
7 
2007 
442 
57 
512 
387 
359 
344 
555 
9 
acres, 2012 
146,206 
16,504 
140,749 
128,895 
86,198 
130,360 
115,974 
(D) 
2007 
126,726 
15,468 
134,222 
122,207 
82,941 
112,462 
110,007 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
78 
9 
38 
41 
32 
63 
85 
_ 
2007 
98 
11 
35 
51 
21 
41 
79 
- 
acres, 2012 
13,650 
1,190 
5,485 
5,248 
4,643 
13,971 
9,690 
- 
2007 
23,118 
907 
6,231 
6,240 
1,755 
6,245 
8,151 
- 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
63 
7 
33 
33 
29 
54 
66 
- 
2007 
79 
9 
31 
37 
14 
30 
73 
- 
acres, 2012 
9,124 
(D) 
5,052 
4,693 
3,183 
11,316 
5,306 
- 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
19,224 
451 
5,315 
5,561 
1,066 
4,133 
5,232 
■ 
Total operators 
number 
2,736 
287 
2,093 
1,627 
1,554 
2,213 
3,694 
77 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
816 
76 
626 
458 
463 
791 
993 
18 
2 operators 
687 
79 
524 
448 
434 
545 
1,064 
28 
3 operators 
124 
15 
103 
63 
57 
77 
138 
1 
4 operators 
28 
2 
20 
11 
13 
17 
21 
- 
5 or more operators 
10 
- 
5 
6 
- 
6 
12 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
862 
99 
658 
507 
543 
636 
1,243 
29 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
729 
84 
584 
454 
515 
570 
1,112 
29 
2 operators 
56 
6 
30 
22 
14 
30 
47 
- 
3 operators 
7 
1 
3 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
3,090 
379 
2,335 
1,655 
1,873 
2,601 
3,943 
121 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
945 
102 
705 
547 
633 
991 
1,290 
32 
2 operators 
840 
117 
643 
452 
515 
623 
1,050 
34 
3 operators 
108 
9 
78 
48 
41 
75 
118 
3 
4 operators 
22 
1 
18 
8 
9 
25 
18 
- 
5 or more operators 
8 
2 
6 
4 
10 
7 
16 
2 
Total women operators 
number 
1,007 
138 
738 
509 
641 
795 
1,298 
47 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
914 
124 
670 
474 
574 
742 
1,142 
35 
2 operators 
35 
4 
25 
14 
26 
17 
59 
- 
3 operators 
3 
2 
6 
1 
5 
5 
9 
4 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
2 
2 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
1,486 
157 
1,181 
894 
871 
1,310 
1,958 
33 
2007 
1,683 
197 
1,345 
918 
1,034 
1,480 
2,194 
48 
acres, 2012 
307,604 
42,356 
252,327 
187,331 
203,663 
310,806 
321,175 
(D) 
2007 
329,958 
45,239 
262,700 
183,861 
222,801 
316,270 
330,231 
7,115 
Female 
farms, 2012 
179 
15 
97 
92 
96 
126 
270 
14 
2007 
240 
34 
105 
141 
174 
241 
298 
23 
acres, 2012 
25,045 
1,198 
8,814 
2,824 
13,349 
12,351 
24,717 
(D) 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
28,961 
1,854 
9,018 
7,858 
20,131 
25,100 
26,859 
2,827 
Farming 
2012 
853 
81 
695 
520 
510 
700 
1,096 
19 
2007 
794 
119 
792 
569 
575 
716 
1,163 
29 
Other 
2012 
812 
91 
583 
466 
457 
736 
1,132 
28 
Place of residence: 
2007 
1,129 
112 
658 
490 
633 
1,005 
1,329 
42 
On farm operated 
2012 
1,371 
145 
1,124 
820 
871 
1,107 
1,796 
41 
2007 
1,552 
201 
1,226 
890 
1,087 
1,317 
2,123 
56 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
294 
27 
154 
166 
96 
329 
432 
6 
2007 
371 
30 
224 
169 
121 
404 
369 
15 
--continued 
560 Wisconsin 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
