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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
I. 
2012 
44 
996 
585 
223 
597 
25 
356 
2007 
44 
1,138 
628 
270 
680 
16 
367 
Any 
2012 
83 
1,440 
960 
385 
991 
36 
508 
2007 
129 
1,728 
906 
453 
1,133 
38 
578 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
7 
243 
150 
36 
152 
2 
84 
2007 
14 
286 
154 
83 
170 
4 
121 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
7 
58 
66 
28 
63 
- 
78 
2007 
14 
103 
51 
30 
70 
- 
36 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
11 
161 
142 
59 
171 
4 
50 
2007 
22 
182 
91 
40 
137 
8 
51 
200 days or more 
2012 
58 
978 
602 
262 
605 
30 
296 
2007 
79 
1,157 
610 
300 
756 
26 
370 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
1 
157 
63 
19 
38 
28 
2007 
8 
132 
63 
20 
51 
4 
20 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
5 
115 
53 
23 
56 
2 
47 
2007 
10 
189 
62 
36 
95 
3 
54 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
13 
276 
230 
60 
193 
7 
110 
2007 
30 
450 
222 
108 
295 
9 
139 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
108 
1,888 
1,199 
506 
1,301 
52 
679 
2007 
125 
2,095 
1,187 
559 
1,372 
38 
732 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
26.3 
22.3 
22.4 
25.0 
23.5 
24.0 
23.2 
2007 
22.5 
21.1 
22.5 
23.8 
21.5 
23.0 
22.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
1 
54 
39 
13 
32 
21 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
5 
93 
36 
23 
41 
2 
27 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
11 
258 
199 
56 
165 
7 
89 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
110 
2,031 
1,271 
516 
1,350 
52 
727 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
27.9 
25.0 
24.9 
26.7 
26.0 
24.1 
25.8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
14 
3 
3 
6 
3 
6 
2007 
- 
23 
7 
5 
4 
2 
2 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
3 
175 
86 
28 
66 
2 
50 
2007 
6 
191 
71 
35 
74 
4 
52 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
9 
365 
163 
93 
134 
5 
120 
2007 
33 
456 
245 
75 
230 
9 
130 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
13 
592 
414 
153 
424 
16 
187 
2007 
40 
839 
413 
217 
590 
11 
275 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
31 
369 
237 
84 
264 
2 
143 
2007 
31 
404 
230 
110 
264 
5 
123 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
34 
338 
227 
80 
259 
15 
109 
2007 
25 
355 
180 
87 
232 
6 
125 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
20 
230 
205 
70 
175 
5 
97 
2007 
14 
239 
137 
76 
158 
7 
94 
70 years and over 
2012 
17 
353 
210 
97 
260 
13 
152 
2007 
24 
359 
251 
118 
261 
10 
144 
Average age 
2012 
60.7 
54.9 
56.5 
56.5 
57.8 
56.9 
56.5 
2007 
55.6 
53.9 
55.6 
56.3 
55.9 
54.6 
55.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
88 
1,547 
1,182 
387 
1,133 
39 
644 
2007 
90 
1,588 
939 
370 
1,088 
29 
549 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
232 
137 
50 
135 
4 
76 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
55 
851 
690 
213 
381 
31 
384 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
5 
135 
71 
57 
114 
1 
58 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
- 
24 
19 
7 
14 
1 
12 
Mobile breadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
22 
183 
186 
63 
228 
87 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
5 
291 
164 
50 
340 
3 
78 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
- 
23 
16 
4 
22 
1 
6 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
13 
13 
2 
22 
- 
3 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
123 
2,346 
1,497 
584 
1,519 
59 
821 
acres, 2012 
24,980 
546,572 
288,728 
145,985 
324,569 
10,062 
199,214 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
7 
249 
85 
35 
133 
1 
45 
acres, 2012 
1,801 
110,996 
20,321 
17,101 
41,262 
(D) 
32,321 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
113 
2,065 
1,360 
519 
1,335 
55 
744 
2007 
161 
2,428 
1,352 
605 
1,539 
52 
798 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
417,863 
222,993 
115,454 
246,993 
(D) 
138,566 
2007 
25,752 
432,875 
231,933 
99,475 
256,584 
(D) 
145,814 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
7 
227 
95 
52 
150 
53 
2007 
7 
307 
120 
78 
182 
- 
79 
acres, 2012 
1,301 
112,190 
38,161 
25,137 
58,615 
- 
47,144 
2007 
1,980 
123,231 
39,387 
30,180 
65,550 
- 
34,525 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
5 
88 
53 
17 
61 
6 
44 
2007 
2 
83 
40 
27 
59 
2 
51 
acres, 2012 
1,388 
47,343 
36,019 
11,030 
37,541 
(D) 
47,090 
2007 
(D) 
44,290 
32,239 
11,604 
36,071 
(D) 
52,942 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
8 
4 
2 
7 
4 
2007 
- 
10 
3 
6 
6 
- 
4 
acres, 2012 
- 
652 
889 
(D) 
2,145 
- 
2,668 
2007 
- 
3,271 
1,262 
856 
1,232 
- 
2,451 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
2 
48 
33 
18 
35 
19 
2007 
3 
38 
19 
7 
27 
- 
13 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
9,539 
4,233 
(D) 
5,519 
- 
4,468 
2007 
(D) 
7,247 
2,038 
642 
5,533 
- 
3,246 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Wisconsin 565 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
