Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
1,618 
1,604 
Land in farms acres 
2,660,417 
2,409,371 
Other crop farming (1 1 1 9) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
229 
164 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
371 
310 
1 0 to 49 acres 
383 
347 
50 to 179 acres 
346 
404 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
538 
437 
180 to 499 acres 
221 
229 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
1 
8 
500 acres or more 
439 
460 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
2 
Flog and pig farming (1 122) 
13 
21 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
37 
20 
Owned land in farms farms 
1,513 
1,515 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
74 
92 
acres 
1,641,629 
1,635,421 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
429 
437 
production (1125, 1129) 
525 
666 
acres 
1,018,788 
773,950 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
1,189 
1,167 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
814,131 
823,407 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
324 
348 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
1,388,351 
1,484,598 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
1,557 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
105 
89 
acres 
457,935 
101,366 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
160 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
1,260 
1,303 
Total farms 
1,618 
1,604 
Partnerships 
142 
124 
$1,000 
83,318 
69,687 
Corporations 
154 
117 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
62 
60 
sold farms 
1,618 
1,604 
$1,000 
81,177 
67,102 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
726 
834 
and greenhouse crops farms 
474 
340 
2 operators 
719 
595 
$1,000 
18,747 
8,377 
3 operators 
128 
141 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
27 
29 
their products farms 
950 
904 
5 or more operators 
18 
5 
$1,000 
62,430 
58,726 
Government payments farms 
262 
254 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
2,141 
2,584 
1 operator 
1,425 
1,440 
2 operators 
163 
138 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
30 
23 
4 operators 
- 
2 
Less than $1 ,000 
508 
579 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
$1,000 to $2,499 
179 
129 
$2,500 to $4,999 
156 
165 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
158 
186 
Internet access 
1,224 
966 
$10,000 to $24,999 
179 
182 
Dial-up service 
101 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
141 
104 
DSL service 
366 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
297 
259 
Cable modem service 
139 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
39 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
184 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
447 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
- 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
34 
(NA) 
$1,000 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
60 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
63 
32 
Programs payments farms 
62 
73 
acres 
369,670 
138,053 
$1,000 
735 
1,074 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
243 
207 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
1,406 
1,511 
1 household 
1,333 
1,347 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
202 
177 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
49 
54 
4 households 
16 
16 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
19 
20 
5 or more households 
18 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
7 
6 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
7 
3 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
26 
19 
Less than 25 percent 
1,233 
1,223 
25 to 49 percent 
98 
94 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
371 
310 
50 to 74 percent 
117 
105 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
106 
132 
Cotton farming (11192) 
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- 
1 00 percent 
64 
50 
40 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
