Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Polk 
Portage 
Price 
Racine 
Richland 
Rock 
Rusk 
St. Croix 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
544 
410 
177 
224 
552 
694 
286 
486 
2007 
633 
430 
159 
246 
530 
574 
284 
679 
Any 
2012 
769 
559 
295 
351 
708 
815 
243 
931 
2007 
949 
636 
386 
406 
1,015 
982 
367 
1,129 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
78 
40 
50 
41 
104 
92 
27 
106 
2007 
144 
96 
67 
61 
161 
155 
60 
148 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
78 
32 
11 
26 
40 
46 
9 
43 
2007 
55 
35 
41 
26 
61 
63 
25 
58 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
106 
73 
26 
78 
78 
100 
40 
104 
2007 
137 
89 
36 
58 
128 
99 
44 
107 
200 days or more 
2012 
507 
414 
208 
206 
486 
577 
167 
678 
2007 
613 
416 
242 
261 
665 
665 
238 
816 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
25 
20 
10 
14 
42 
35 
13 
39 
2007 
47 
33 
30 
12 
60 
59 
41 
58 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
62 
46 
15 
32 
70 
58 
19 
43 
2007 
85 
40 
36 
19 
106 
93 
46 
85 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
153 
116 
79 
76 
132 
189 
70 
152 
2007 
235 
140 
99 
101 
261 
225 
86 
269 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,073 
787 
368 
453 
1,016 
1,227 
427 
1,183 
2007 
1,215 
853 
380 
520 
1,118 
1,179 
478 
1,396 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
23.9 
25.0 
22.9 
24.4 
23.1 
23.8 
23.0 
23.9 
2007 
22.4 
24.0 
20.1 
24.0 
20.6 
22.2 
22.1 
22.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
22 
16 
7 
13 
26 
23 
9 
32 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
46 
39 
12 
30 
58 
41 
9 
30 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
128 
98 
63 
61 
112 
171 
63 
121 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
1,117 
816 
390 
471 
1,064 
1,274 
448 
1,234 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.8 
26.4 
25.1 
26.6 
25.5 
26.9 
25.8 
26.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
6 
3 
. 
6 
2 
12 
. 
. 
2007 
2 
4 
3 
4 
1 
13 
2 
6 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
41 
57 
19 
28 
37 
88 
32 
63 
2007 
56 
65 
26 
28 
102 
76 
56 
80 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
155 
113 
43 
48 
122 
123 
67 
152 
2007 
235 
152 
86 
69 
197 
211 
95 
248 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
326 
233 
115 
138 
293 
344 
125 
366 
2007 
418 
286 
165 
206 
420 
472 
187 
554 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
198 
125 
87 
109 
187 
258 
98 
248 
2007 
249 
176 
102 
91 
211 
207 
84 
246 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
185 
150 
86 
76 
205 
184 
81 
219 
2007 
224 
134 
59 
80 
185 
185 
78 
221 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
176 
134 
50 
52 
159 
212 
56 
144 
2007 
181 
79 
51 
66 
162 
138 
53 
175 
70 years and over 
2012 
226 
154 
72 
118 
255 
288 
70 
225 
2007 
217 
170 
53 
108 
267 
254 
96 
278 
Average age 
2012 
57.7 
56.9 
57.5 
58.2 
59.0 
58.0 
56.2 
57.1 
2007 
56.1 
55.4 
54.3 
56.6 
56.2 
55.7 
54.7 
55.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
998 
663 
315 
453 
824 
1,091 
347 
1,077 
2007 
960 
594 
299 
403 
784 
990 
347 
1,165 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
96 
73 
42 
41 
111 
121 
31 
82 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
687 
322 
213 
113 
250 
281 
216 
570 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
80 
78 
20 
162 
112 
99 
56 
85 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
50 
43 
8 
4 
51 
7 
11 
145 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
118 
119 
23 
70 
155 
309 
37 
178 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
48 
68 
17 
79 
226 
283 
30 
100 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
29 
3 
2 
9 
5 
39 
2 
12 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
7 
9 
7 
26 
12 
62 
2 
13 
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 
1,287 
943 
459 
554 
1,230 
1,460 
514 
1,382 
acres, 2012 
238,983 
266,483 
84,200 
96,706 
218,945 
318,137 
125,627 
249,094 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
60 
62 
13 
44 
82 
86 
21 
63 
acres, 2012 
17,300 
22,661 
8,774 
4,085 
22,843 
37,038 
8,183 
10,623 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
1,177 
840 
442 
471 
1,109 
1,270 
471 
1,242 
2007 
1,407 
904 
509 
516 
1,341 
1,319 
594 
1,580 
acres, 2012 
185,855 
154,709 
75,265 
55,173 
174,373 
232,673 
103,958 
182,038 
2007 
211,901 
151,308 
85,161 
59,243 
196,756 
227,016 
137,542 
211,782 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
53 
68 
20 
36 
90 
101 
24 
81 
2007 
106 
96 
30 
77 
138 
124 
38 
121 
acres, 2012 
25,455 
32,465 
10,138 
31,182 
30,668 
62,574 
13,969 
30,743 
2007 
32,095 
36,559 
10,074 
33,871 
34,612 
55,501 
13,656 
49,666 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
64 
53 
7 
37 
30 
95 
29 
72 
2007 
56 
56 
5 
47 
43 
93 
17 
75 
acres, 2012 
39,922 
88,906 
6,577 
19,937 
15,279 
50,878 
14,755 
49,303 
2007 
38,513 
90,808 
(D) 
26,397 
16,220 
55,866 
(D) 
40,326 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
3 
1 
2 
4 
11 
1 
5 
2007 
4 
7 
1 
2 
6 
7 
1 
11 
acres, 2012 
2,080 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,800 
(D) 
3,015 
2007 
754 
2,401 
(D) 
(D) 
2,175 
4,566 
(D) 
2,694 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
16 
7 
3 
29 
27 
32 
4 
17 
2007 
9 
3 
- 
10 
17 
13 
1 
21 
acres, 2012 
2,605 
(D) 
315 
(D) 
(D) 
5,868 
(D) 
2,586 
2007 
5,731 
499 
- 
(D) 
4,013 
1,412 
(D) 
3,807 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Wisconsin 569 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
