United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
ISSN: 1949-0887
August 2015
Contents
Farm Computer Usage - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015............................................ 8
Use of Internet - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015................................................ 10
Internet Access of Reports, Services, and Websites - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015............. 11
Conducting Business on the Internet - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015............................ 12
Primary Method of Internet Access - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015.............................. 14
Farm Computer Usage by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015........... 16
Use of Internet by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015............... 18
Internet Access of Reports, Services, and Websites by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and
United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015............................................................................. 19
Conducting Business on the Internet by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and United States: 2011, 2013,
and 2015........................................................................................................ 20
Primary Method of Internet Access by Economic Class - Regions and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015........... 22
Farm Computer Usage by Economic Class, Type of Farm - United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015....................... 24
Primary Method of Internet Access by Economic Class, Type of Farm - United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015......... 26
Number of Farms - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2014................................................ 28
Survey Methodology.............................................................................................. 29
Information Contacts............................................................................................ 29
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Internet Access Increases as more Producers use Satellite and Wireless
Connections
When U.S. producers were asked to respond to questions for USDA-NASS's
biennial Farm Computer Usage and Ownership report, 70 percent report having
access to the Internet, up 3 percentage points from 2013. A DSL (Digital
Subscriber Line) connection is the most common method of accessing the
Internet, with 30 percent of the farms in the United States using it, down
from 35 percent in 2013. A wireless connection, at 29 percent, and a
satellite connection at 21 percent, increased 5 and 4 percentage points,
respectively. Other reported methods of accessing the Internet include cable
modem service (12 percent), dial-up service (3 percent), and other or unknown
(5 percent).
Farms with computer access at 73 percent is slightly higher than the 71
percent of the farms that reporting owning or leasing a computer. Computer
access by sales class is 71 percent for sales class $1,000--$9,999; 70
percent for sales class $10,000--$99,999; 73 percent for Sales Class
$100,000--$249,999; and 85 percent for Sales Class $250,000 or more.
Computer usage for farm business at 43 percent nationally, is up 3 percentage
points from 2013. This compares with usage by the four geographic regions:
West (48 percent), North Central (46 percent), Northeast (45 percent), and
the South (36 percent). Comparing computer usage by crop and livestock farms,
47 percent of the crop producers use the computer for farm business compared
to 39 percent of the livestock producers. Computer uses include:
* Purchasing agricultural inputs: 19 percent
* Marketing activities: 16 percent
* Accessing USDA-NASS reports: 10 percent
* Accessing other USDA reports/services: 17 percent
* Accessing other federal government websites: 17 percent
* Conducting business with any USDA website: 9 percent
* Conducting business with any other federal government website: 7
percent
* Conducting business with a non-agricultural website: 44 percent
Farm Computer Usage - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
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: Farms
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: With : That own or
State : computer access : lease computers
:-----------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Alabama : 55 65 65 54 63 63
Arizona 1/ : 55 57 62 52 55 60
Arkansas : 62 67 68 60 65 68
California : 68 75 77 65 72 74
Colorado : 80 78 79 79 77 79
Florida : 70 71 71 68 70 70
Georgia : 60 69 69 59 67 67
Idaho : 83 83 83 82 80 80
Illinois : 67 71 79 65 70 78
Indiana : 65 66 72 63 65 70
:
Iowa : 69 75 76 68 73 74
Kansas : 66 71 72 64 70 70
Kentucky : 59 64 65 58 61 61
Louisiana : 60 68 73 54 64 72
Maryland 2/ : 60 72 72 59 68 69
Michigan : 73 71 71 63 69 69
Minnesota : 68 74 80 65 71 78
Mississippi : 59 62 68 56 59 64
Missouri : 57 66 66 55 65 66
Montana : 76 81 84 74 78 83
:
Nebraska : 72 78 78 71 75 76
New Hampshire 3/ : 80 83 84 79 81 81
New Jersey : 77 80 82 75 79 79
New Mexico : 57 60 63 55 58 61
New York : 68 72 73 65 69 71
North Carolina : 69 70 74 66 67 72
North Dakota : 69 77 78 69 76 76
Ohio : 59 68 69 57 65 68
Oklahoma : 66 66 70 64 64 68
Oregon : 83 84 85 80 81 81
:
Pennsylvania : 60 62 64 57 60 62
South Carolina : 59 68 70 58 67 67
South Dakota : 68 74 75 66 72 74
Tennessee : 55 64 68 51 61 62
Texas : 60 68 75 57 66 73
Utah : 85 83 86 77 80 82
Virginia : 65 66 68 62 65 67
Washington : 80 84 84 78 81 81
West Virginia : 61 61 64 59 60 62
Wisconsin : 73 76 77 71 73 73
Wyoming : 84 81 85 79 80 84
:
United States 4/ : 65 70 73 63 68 71
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1/ Includes Arizona and Nevada.
2/ Includes Delaware and Maryland.
3/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont.
4/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Farm Computer Usage - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
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: Farms
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: Using computers : With
State : for farm business : Internet access
:-----------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Alabama : 25 33 33 53 61 64
Arizona 1/ : 18 31 32 55 55 62
Arkansas : 29 36 40 58 64 67
California : 44 44 54 63 72 76
Colorado : 47 39 47 72 75 78
Florida : 45 46 46 69 70 71
Georgia : 38 34 38 57 66 68
Idaho : 46 43 46 76 79 79
Illinois : 43 53 55 63 70 72
Indiana : 39 42 47 62 63 66
:
Iowa : 52 53 53 66 71 74
Kansas : 39 36 39 62 68 71
Kentucky : 23 30 33 55 61 65
Louisiana : 28 32 35 53 63 66
Maryland 2/ : 34 37 44 59 68 70
Michigan : 38 43 43 62 67 70
Minnesota : 43 51 51 66 70 75
Mississippi : 27 30 32 51 58 61
Missouri : 33 30 40 52 62 66
Montana : 49 48 54 73 77 77
:
Nebraska : 52 47 56 69 72 75
New Hampshire 3/ : 50 64 64 78 80 81
New Jersey : 57 58 58 75 79 79
New Mexico : 35 30 35 55 55 58
New York : 42 39 42 66 69 72
North Carolina : 41 34 42 65 66 71
North Dakota : 50 51 56 67 73 75
Ohio : 36 36 39 55 65 68
Oklahoma : 38 36 39 62 63 69
Oregon : 50 48 51 80 80 82
:
Pennsylvania : 36 34 38 58 59 62
South Carolina : 30 32 32 53 63 67
South Dakota : 42 38 46 63 72 75
Tennessee : 26 29 35 52 61 65
Texas : 30 36 37 58 66 68
Utah : 48 45 48 79 76 78
Virginia : 29 29 35 61 64 68
Washington : 47 44 49 76 80 80
West Virginia : 30 31 35 58 58 61
Wisconsin : 42 46 47 67 72 72
Wyoming : 37 47 54 78 78 79
:
United States 4/ : 37 40 43 62 67 70
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1/ Includes Arizona and Nevada.
2/ Includes Delaware and Maryland.
3/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont.
4/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Use of Internet - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Agricultural inputs include seed, fertilizer, chemicals, veterinarian supplies,
feed, machinery, replacement parts, farm supplies, office equipment, etc.
Agricultural marketing activities include direct sales of commodities, on-line
crop and livestock auctions, on-line market advisory services, commodity price
tracking, etc.]
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: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------
: Purchase agricultural : Conduct agricultural
State : inputs : marketing activities
: over Internet : over Internet
:-----------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Alabama : 9 12 11 4 14 13
Arizona 1/ : 11 16 21 6 12 16
Arkansas : 11 17 20 7 12 13
California : 18 18 21 11 14 15
Colorado : 18 21 20 15 14 12
Florida : 17 16 21 15 14 12
Georgia : 13 18 26 15 12 15
Idaho : 22 20 21 10 9 14
Illinois : 13 21 20 16 19 22
Indiana : 10 14 24 9 16 22
:
Iowa : 16 19 22 25 30 28
Kansas : 13 14 15 10 11 14
Kentucky : 11 12 16 6 9 12
Louisiana : 11 11 16 10 6 5
Maryland 2/ : 17 21 24 13 14 18
Michigan : 14 22 21 10 19 17
Minnesota : 13 16 15 18 24 20
Mississippi : 10 10 13 10 5 10
Missouri : 11 10 18 10 8 15
Montana : 18 21 36 16 17 27
:
Nebraska : 15 16 22 23 19 24
New Hampshire 3/ : 30 43 40 18 33 28
New Jersey : 39 37 38 18 21 25
New Mexico : 11 16 16 7 8 10
New York : 24 22 28 10 13 16
North Carolina : 17 19 20 18 16 16
North Dakota : 16 16 22 16 20 20
Ohio : 13 11 15 10 12 16
Oklahoma : 15 16 20 13 12 12
Oregon : 17 27 28 15 20 24
:
Pennsylvania : 15 17 23 7 12 11
South Carolina : 11 10 13 8 8 6
South Dakota : 11 13 12 13 12 15
Tennessee : 10 11 17 11 10 11
Texas : 12 11 14 7 8 12
Utah : 18 23 27 17 13 17
Virginia : 14 12 21 7 10 15
Washington : 18 14 22 17 14 20
West Virginia : 17 20 19 8 10 8
Wisconsin : 17 17 19 17 17 16
Wyoming : 15 27 33 8 13 17
:
United States 4/ : 14 16 19 12 14 16
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1/ Includes Arizona and Nevada.
2/ Includes Delaware and Maryland.
3/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Vermont.
4/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Internet Access of Reports, Services, and Websites - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Reference period for access and usage of USDA reports, research information, and services is the last 12 months prior to
June 1 of survey year]
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: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : :
: Access USDA/NASS : Access other USDA : Access other federal
State : reports : reports/services : government websites
: over Internet : over Internet : over Internet
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Alabama : 3 3 5 10 11 11 7 12 12
Arizona 1/ : 3 2 6 11 10 20 9 12 23
Arkansas : 4 10 13 12 15 21 12 12 22
California : 9 4 16 18 15 24 18 15 24
Colorado : 7 7 9 18 14 18 21 19 21
Florida : 9 9 9 15 13 15 17 14 19
Georgia : 3 6 10 14 10 18 11 10 11
Idaho : 7 16 16 20 25 25 28 25 28
Illinois : 10 13 14 16 21 22 14 17 19
Indiana : 7 14 14 9 18 19 8 16 16
:
Iowa : 16 15 17 23 23 25 17 15 18
Kansas : 8 8 8 13 15 17 13 12 13
Kentucky : 2 6 8 8 9 15 8 7 9
Louisiana : 7 3 7 10 7 10 9 6 9
Maryland 2/ : 3 5 8 11 16 16 14 21 21
Michigan : 9 12 12 14 12 14 15 15 16
Minnesota : 12 11 12 16 19 19 13 13 15
Mississippi : 4 7 8 10 11 14 9 10 13
Missouri : 8 6 11 11 12 15 10 9 15
Montana : 10 10 11 19 16 19 28 24 28
:
Nebraska : 9 11 19 17 19 26 17 14 20
New Hampshire 3/ : 8 14 14 22 27 27 28 37 31
New Jersey : 10 10 10 21 20 21 24 20 24
New Mexico : 10 7 10 13 5 13 11 10 12
New York : 8 5 8 11 12 14 21 18 24
North Carolina : 7 9 9 15 13 15 14 12 14
North Dakota : 12 11 15 19 21 26 16 14 20
Ohio : 5 5 8 12 10 12 11 11 15
Oklahoma : 6 12 12 15 14 17 14 14 16
Oregon : 8 7 12 18 16 22 25 32 28
:
Pennsylvania : 5 5 6 9 10 12 15 13 15
South Carolina : 5 13 13 6 15 15 4 9 9
South Dakota : 9 11 11 16 16 16 15 14 15
Tennessee : 5 6 9 9 11 13 8 10 10
Texas : 4 4 6 7 8 11 11 12 15
Utah : 8 12 16 17 20 24 24 20 24
Virginia : 7 4 8 9 12 13 16 19 24
Washington : 7 10 10 15 17 17 25 23 25
West Virginia : 5 7 7 10 16 16 19 14 19
Wisconsin : 8 9 10 16 16 16 16 21 21
Wyoming : 4 6 6 9 10 21 20 18 23
:
United States 4/ : 7 8 10 13 14 17 14 14 17
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1/ Includes Arizona and Nevada.
2/ Includes Delaware and Maryland.
3/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
4/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Conducting Business on the Internet - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
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: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Conduct business with : Conduct business with any
State : any USDA website : other federal government website
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Alabama : 1 7 7 1 1 1
Arizona 1/ : 6 2 8 2 2 7
Arkansas : 2 11 11 3 9 12
California : 8 6 15 7 6 12
Colorado : 9 10 10 10 7 10
Florida : 6 5 6 7 5 8
Georgia : 6 5 9 6 4 6
Idaho : 4 4 8 7 3 7
Illinois : 6 8 14 4 7 8
Indiana : 4 7 10 4 6 6
:
Iowa : 7 9 11 7 6 8
Kansas : 5 7 11 3 4 9
Kentucky : 1 3 4 2 2 3
Louisiana : 4 5 5 4 3 4
Maryland 2/ : 5 3 12 5 4 5
Michigan : 3 6 10 2 3 7
Minnesota : 6 9 10 4 4 5
Mississippi : 3 6 6 3 5 5
Missouri : 3 5 9 2 2 8
Montana : 7 7 7 7 6 7
:
Nebraska : 7 10 13 6 5 9
New Hampshire 3/ : 9 20 20 12 12 12
New Jersey : 13 11 13 12 9 12
New Mexico : 5 6 6 4 5 5
New York : 3 1 4 1 1 3
North Carolina : 6 6 6 5 5 7
North Dakota : 6 14 14 4 5 9
Ohio : 3 3 6 2 4 5
Oklahoma : 5 7 7 4 3 7
Oregon : 10 6 12 7 9 10
:
Pennsylvania : 3 4 7 6 7 7
South Carolina : 5 7 7 3 1 3
South Dakota : 6 8 9 5 5 5
Tennessee : 3 6 6 3 4 6
Texas : 4 4 6 4 5 6
Utah : 7 10 13 4 7 10
Virginia : 2 4 7 2 3 5
Washington : 7 9 9 10 11 11
West Virginia : 4 6 6 6 3 6
Wisconsin : 5 6 9 4 8 8
Wyoming : 6 6 6 5 3 6
:
United States 4/ : 5 6 9 4 5 7
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1/ Includes Arizona and Nevada.
2/ Includes Delaware and Maryland.
3/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
4/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Conducting Business on the Internet - States and
United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
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: Farms
:-----------------------------------
: Conduct business with any
State : non-agricultural website
:-----------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Alabama : 22 30 31
Arizona 1/ : 34 28 48
Arkansas : 22 29 37
California : 38 44 58
Colorado : 53 50 53
Florida : 51 49 51
Georgia : 23 30 35
Idaho : 54 54 54
Illinois : 44 47 51
Indiana : 32 43 45
:
Iowa : 38 46 46
Kansas : 34 36 39
Kentucky : 16 31 31
Louisiana : 35 30 30
Maryland 2/ : 35 49 49
Michigan : 30 49 49
Minnesota : 36 50 50
Mississippi : 24 30 30
Missouri : 25 31 37
Montana : 56 65 65
:
Nebraska : 38 48 51
New Hampshire 3/ : 45 70 69
New Jersey : 51 49 51
New Mexico : 35 32 32
New York : 33 30 48
North Carolina : 38 35 44
North Dakota : 38 43 52
Ohio : 26 31 34
Oklahoma : 32 39 42
Oregon : 58 56 58
:
Pennsylvania : 34 29 37
South Carolina : 14 36 36
South Dakota : 38 38 43
Tennessee : 26 25 31
Texas : 34 44 44
Utah : 57 54 57
Virginia : 32 40 40
Washington : 51 53 53
West Virginia : 28 24 34
Wisconsin : 43 47 47
Wyoming : 50 45 55
:
United States 4/ : 35 40 44
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1/ Includes Arizona and Nevada.
2/ Includes Delaware and Maryland.
3/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
4/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Primary Method of Internet Access - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Primary method of Internet access for those operators who have access to the Internet]
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: : :
State : Dialup : DSL : Cable
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Alabama : 24 6 5 49 36 21 10 9 19
Arizona 1/ : 22 3 2 20 29 23 17 10 2
Arkansas : 7 6 5 43 41 35 11 10 14
California : 2 1 1 43 27 20 9 24 10
Colorado : 12 3 3 11 22 25 8 6 4
Florida : 15 1 1 36 44 43 15 7 18
Georgia : 11 4 4 61 54 48 8 7 4
Idaho : 11 12 2 39 34 28 7 11 6
Illinois : 9 2 2 31 26 26 8 17 14
Indiana : 20 7 4 25 33 24 6 5 7
:
Iowa : 10 6 5 36 34 26 7 11 14
Kansas : 5 6 2 35 25 25 16 18 17
Kentucky : 16 1 2 50 50 52 10 13 4
Louisiana : 15 1 1 37 33 27 9 8 18
Maryland 2/ : 11 4 1 23 20 18 22 23 26
Michigan : 24 7 7 26 24 21 13 17 17
Minnesota : 12 7 2 42 43 28 4 7 11
Mississippi : 16 8 3 35 47 31 12 10 8
Missouri : 16 6 4 37 35 29 5 5 11
Montana : 6 3 2 54 66 47 7 3 8
:
Nebraska : 8 3 1 34 38 27 5 5 8
New Hampshire 3/ : 6 1 1 37 36 34 29 38 33
New Jersey : 7 1 2 31 24 26 49 69 43
New Mexico : 15 4 2 38 61 28 14 6 5
New York : 15 7 6 51 30 22 15 34 25
North Carolina : 7 8 6 58 54 45 14 14 19
North Dakota : 4 4 3 49 31 34 13 30 16
Ohio : 15 11 5 26 24 20 25 17 20
Oklahoma : 9 4 4 39 30 26 6 4 9
Oregon : 9 6 7 32 29 23 10 15 7
:
Pennsylvania : 8 7 3 52 43 43 24 23 23
South Carolina : 15 7 3 37 46 49 18 5 12
South Dakota : 9 6 4 39 40 27 9 8 16
Tennessee : 13 4 2 38 34 33 17 20 14
Texas : 12 6 3 33 32 26 11 11 10
Utah : 4 1 1 40 53 32 13 11 15
Virginia : 16 19 2 32 20 37 9 3 6
Washington : 12 5 3 32 34 27 17 19 9
West Virginia : 15 7 2 37 34 50 9 12 11
Wisconsin : 12 3 3 51 43 34 8 5 7
Wyoming : 10 9 1 18 34 22 4 3 2
:
United States 4/ : 12 5 3 38 35 30 11 13 12
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1/ Includes Arizona and Nevada.
2/ Includes Delaware and Maryland.
3/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
4/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Primary Method of Internet Access - States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Primary method of Internet access for those operators who have access to the Internet]
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: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : Other/
State : Satellite : Wireless : unknown
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Alabama : 7 28 28 6 19 25 4 2 2
Arizona 1/ : 18 35 39 11 8 31 12 15 3
Arkansas : 19 11 22 14 21 20 6 11 4
California : 11 20 34 26 19 28 9 9 7
Colorado : 23 31 31 40 31 31 6 7 6
Florida : 9 19 18 15 13 16 10 16 4
Georgia : 5 7 20 14 24 22 1 4 2
Idaho : 17 12 28 22 28 32 4 3 4
Illinois : 19 19 23 31 31 33 2 5 2
Indiana : 16 16 22 26 34 38 7 5 5
:
Iowa : 11 14 19 28 28 28 8 7 8
Kansas : 22 17 20 20 29 34 2 5 2
Kentucky : 11 16 17 7 12 17 6 8 8
Louisiana : 13 22 20 19 20 30 7 16 4
Maryland 2/ : 10 18 20 30 30 31 4 5 4
Michigan : 8 7 17 25 34 34 4 11 4
Minnesota : 11 10 16 25 27 37 6 6 6
Mississippi : 21 17 20 10 12 34 6 6 4
Missouri : 17 23 23 22 29 32 3 2 1
Montana : 18 11 18 14 15 24 1 2 1
:
Nebraska : 15 12 23 36 34 39 2 8 2
New Hampshire 3/ : 12 6 7 10 11 19 6 8 6
New Jersey : 4 5 14 5 1 13 4 (Z) 2
New Mexico : 13 14 41 16 9 19 4 6 5
New York : 5 12 18 10 13 24 4 4 5
North Carolina : 7 6 10 11 13 15 3 5 5
North Dakota : 13 9 11 16 19 27 5 7 9
Ohio : 7 15 19 25 30 30 2 3 6
Oklahoma : 24 28 20 19 29 38 3 5 3
Oregon : 17 23 23 26 21 37 6 6 3
:
Pennsylvania : 4 9 6 9 13 21 3 5 4
South Carolina : 9 13 11 18 29 22 3 (Z) 3
South Dakota : 9 9 15 29 27 33 5 10 5
Tennessee : 11 11 19 15 26 27 6 5 5
Texas : 21 24 27 19 23 29 4 4 5
Utah : 20 5 19 15 28 28 8 2 5
Virginia : 24 12 19 15 33 32 4 13 4
Washington : 15 21 33 16 12 24 8 9 4
West Virginia : 18 20 17 16 25 18 5 2 2
Wisconsin : 10 13 22 17 32 32 2 4 2
Wyoming : 36 39 32 32 12 42 0 3 1
:
United States 4/ : 15 17 21 20 24 29 4 6 5
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(Z) Less than half of the unit shown.
1/ Includes Arizona and Nevada.
2/ Includes Delaware and Maryland.
3/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
4/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Farm Computer Usage by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and United States:
2011, 2013, and 2015
[Economic class refers to sales and government payments received during the
previous year]
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: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------
: With : That own or
Region : computer access : lease computers
:-----------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Northeast 1/ : 68 71 72 65 69 71
$1,000 to $9,999 : 68 73 75 64 71 73
$10,000 to $99,999 : 69 70 72 67 67 70
$100,000 or more : 69 68 68 65 66 66
$100,000 to $249,999 : 60 57 57 56 56 56
$250,000 or more : 80 79 79 76 75 76
Crop farms : 69 72 73 67 69 70
Livestock farms : 68 70 71 64 68 69
:
North Central 2/ : 66 72 73 64 70 72
$1,000 to $9,999 : 62 68 69 59 66 68
$10,000 to $99,999 : 62 69 71 61 67 68
$100,000 or more : 78 80 80 77 78 78
$100,000 to $249,999 : 71 71 71 70 69 69
$250,000 or more : 82 85 85 81 83 83
Crop farms : 68 72 74 66 70 72
Livestock farms : 64 71 73 61 69 69
:
South 3/ : 61 67 68 59 65 67
$1,000 to $9,999 : 58 66 67 56 64 66
$10,000 to $99,999 : 63 66 66 60 63 63
$100,000 or more : 75 77 77 72 75 76
$100,000 to $249,999 : 67 70 71 63 69 70
$250,000 or more : 80 81 81 77 78 78
Crop farms : 62 68 69 60 65 66
Livestock farms : 61 67 69 59 65 68
:
West 4/ : 74 77 77 72 75 75
$1,000 to $9,999 : 70 73 73 68 71 71
$10,000 to $99,999 : 74 77 79 74 75 77
$100,000 or more : 85 86 88 84 85 85
$100,000 to $249,999 : 79 80 82 77 79 79
$250,000 or more : 90 90 91 89 89 91
Crop farms : 74 79 81 72 77 78
Livestock farms : 74 75 76 72 73 73
:
United States 5/ : 65 70 73 63 68 71
$1,000 to $9,999 : 61 67 71 59 66 69
$10,000 to $99,999 : 63 68 70 62 66 67
$100,000 or more : 77 80 80 77 78 78
$100,000 to $249,999 : 68 73 73 68 71 71
$250,000 or more : 84 84 85 83 83 83
Crop farms : 67 71 73 65 69 71
Livestock farms : 63 70 73 62 67 69
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1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
2/ Includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
3/ Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
4/ Includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
5/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Farm Computer Usage by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and United States:
2011, 2013, and 2015
[Economic class refers to sales and government payments received during the
previous year]
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: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------
: Using computers : With
Region : for farm business : Internet access
:-----------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
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: percent
:
Northeast 1/ : 42 44 45 66 68 69
$1,000 to $9,999 : 36 35 38 65 70 72
$10,000 to $99,999 : 45 53 53 67 67 69
$100,000 or more : 58 61 61 62 64 64
$100,000 to $249,999 : 42 47 47 49 56 56
$250,000 or more : 75 70 70 75 73 73
Crop farms : 42 44 45 67 68 70
Livestock farms : 42 44 46 63 67 68
:
North Central 2/ : 41 44 46 62 68 70
$1,000 to $9,999 : 25 27 28 58 65 67
$10,000 to $99,999 : 41 41 44 56 64 67
$100,000 or more : 64 65 67 74 77 78
$100,000 to $249,999 : 53 56 59 67 68 69
$250,000 or more : 71 72 72 79 82 82
Crop farms : 44 48 50 63 68 69
Livestock farms : 36 37 40 59 67 68
:
South 3/ : 31 34 36 58 64 66
$1,000 to $9,999 : 25 26 30 55 63 65
$10,000 to $99,999 : 36 42 42 59 63 63
$100,000 or more : 55 60 62 70 75 76
$100,000 to $249,999 : 43 52 53 62 69 70
$250,000 or more : 66 67 70 75 78 79
Crop farms : 32 35 37 59 64 66
Livestock farms : 30 33 36 58 64 66
:
West 4/ : 44 43 48 70 73 74
$1,000 to $9,999 : 31 29 37 65 69 69
$10,000 to $99,999 : 54 53 57 72 73 76
$100,000 or more : 71 68 72 84 83 85
$100,000 to $249,999 : 62 60 60 76 76 78
$250,000 or more : 79 73 82 89 87 88
Crop farms : 49 46 54 70 75 77
Livestock farms : 40 40 44 70 71 72
:
United States 5/ : 37 40 43 62 67 70
$1,000 to $9,999 : 27 28 32 58 65 67
$10,000 to $99,999 : 41 45 45 60 65 66
$100,000 or more : 63 66 66 76 77 78
$100,000 to $249,999 : 52 56 57 67 69 71
$250,000 or more : 72 72 73 82 82 82
Crop farms : 41 45 47 64 68 70
Livestock farms : 34 36 39 61 66 68
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1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
2/ Includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
3/ Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
4/ Includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
5/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Use of Internet by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and United States: 2011,
2013, and 2015
[Economic class refers to sales and government payments received during the previous
year. Agricultural inputs include seed, fertilizer, chemicals, veterinarian
supplies, feed, machinery, replacement parts, farm supplies, office equipment, etc.
Agricultural marketing activities include direct sales of commodities, on-line crop
and livestock auctions, on-line market advisory services, commodity price
tracking, etc.]
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: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------
: Purchase agricultural : Conduct agricultural
Region : inputs : marketing activities
: over Internet : over Internet
:-----------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Northeast 1/ : 22 26 27 10 17 17
$1,000 to $9,999 : 19 21 25 8 12 12
$10,000 to $99,999 : 26 28 29 13 25 25
$100,000 or more : 28 38 38 16 23 23
$100,000 to $249,999 : 17 30 31 11 14 22
$250,000 or more : 40 45 45 22 30 30
Crop farms : 23 24 28 10 17 19
Livestock farms : 21 28 28 10 17 17
:
North Central 2/ : 13 16 18 15 18 19
$1,000 to $9,999 : 9 9 10 6 6 8
$10,000 to $99,999 : 12 14 17 13 15 17
$100,000 or more : 21 26 29 29 33 33
$100,000 to $249,999 : 15 20 23 22 26 26
$250,000 or more : 25 29 32 33 37 37
Crop farms : 13 17 19 17 21 22
Livestock farms : 14 14 17 11 12 15
:
South 3/ : 13 13 17 9 10 12
$1,000 to $9,999 : 10 9 13 6 6 8
$10,000 to $99,999 : 14 17 18 12 15 15
$100,000 or more : 25 29 32 24 27 29
$100,000 to $249,999 : 21 24 26 17 23 23
$250,000 or more : 29 33 38 30 29 33
Crop farms : 12 13 17 10 10 13
Livestock farms : 13 13 17 9 10 11
:
West 4/ : 17 20 23 13 14 17
$1,000 to $9,999 : 13 15 15 7 8 9
$10,000 to $99,999 : 21 24 28 19 18 26
$100,000 or more : 26 31 40 23 27 32
$100,000 to $249,999 : 20 23 33 19 24 24
$250,000 or more : 31 36 45 28 30 38
Crop farms : 18 19 24 13 15 21
Livestock farms : 17 20 22 13 14 15
:
United States 5/ : 14 16 19 12 14 16
$1,000 to $9,999 : 11 10 14 7 7 8
$10,000 to $99,999 : 15 17 20 13 16 16
$100,000 or more : 23 27 32 26 30 31
$100,000 to $249,999 : 17 22 26 20 24 25
$250,000 or more : 28 31 36 31 34 35
Crop farms : 14 16 20 14 17 19
Livestock farms : 14 15 19 10 12 13
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1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
2/ Includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
3/ Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
4/ Includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
5/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Internet Access of Reports, Services, and Websites by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and United States: 2011,
2013, and 2015
[Economic class refers to sales and government payments received during the previous year. Reference period for access
and usage of USDA reports, research information, and services in the last 12 months prior to June 1 of survey year]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : : : : :
: Access USDA/NASS : Access other USDA : Access other federal
Region : reports : reports/services : government websites
: over Internet : over Internet : over Internet
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Northeast 1/ : 6 7 7 13 16 15 18 20 20
$1,000 to $9,999 : 5 4 4 10 10 10 17 17 20
$10,000 to $99,999 : 9 11 11 13 23 22 19 23 22
$100,000 or more : 9 10 12 21 23 23 23 23 22
$100,000 to $249,999 : 10 10 11 14 19 19 17 19 19
$250,000 or more : 9 11 14 27 27 26 29 26 25
Crop farms : 7 10 10 16 18 18 20 24 23
Livestock farms : 6 4 5 10 14 13 17 16 17
:
North Central 2/ : 10 10 12 15 17 18 13 14 16
$1,000 to $9,999 : 4 5 5 7 7 8 10 10 11
$10,000 to $99,999 : 9 8 11 14 15 15 12 12 14
$100,000 or more : 18 19 21 28 30 32 21 22 24
$100,000 to $249,999 : 14 14 17 21 25 26 16 16 19
$250,000 or more : 21 23 23 33 34 35 24 26 27
Crop farms : 11 13 14 18 20 22 15 17 18
Livestock farms : 7 7 8 11 11 12 11 11 13
:
South 3/ : 5 7 8 10 11 13 11 12 14
$1,000 to $9,999 : 3 4 5 7 7 8 9 10 12
$10,000 to $99,999 : 6 10 10 12 15 17 12 14 14
$100,000 or more : 12 14 17 23 25 29 21 19 25
$100,000 to $249,999 : 7 9 12 17 19 21 17 17 21
$250,000 or more : 17 18 22 29 30 36 23 21 28
Crop farms : 6 7 10 11 12 16 12 13 14
Livestock farms : 4 6 7 10 11 13 11 11 14
:
West 4/ : 8 8 11 17 15 19 21 20 23
$1,000 to $9,999 : 4 5 6 11 10 11 18 19 19
$10,000 to $99,999 : 10 11 13 20 17 26 24 16 27
$100,000 or more : 16 14 23 30 26 34 28 27 33
$100,000 to $249,999 : 12 10 22 26 20 29 23 22 24
$250,000 or more : 20 17 23 34 30 37 32 30 39
Crop farms : 11 8 15 21 15 23 25 21 25
Livestock farms : 6 8 8 13 15 16 19 19 22
:
United States 5/ : 7 8 10 13 14 17 14 14 17
$1,000 to $9,999 : 4 4 5 8 8 9 11 12 13
$10,000 to $99,999 : 8 9 10 14 16 17 14 14 16
$100,000 or more : 16 17 20 27 28 31 22 22 25
$100,000 to $249,999 : 12 12 16 20 22 25 18 17 20
$250,000 or more : 20 20 22 32 32 35 25 25 29
Crop farms : 9 10 13 16 17 20 16 17 19
Livestock farms : 5 7 7 11 11 13 13 13 15
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1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and
Vermont.
2/ Includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
and Wisconsin.
3/ Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
4/ Includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
5/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Conducting Business on the Internet by Economic Class, Type of Farm - Regions and United States:
2011, 2013, and 2015
[Economic class refers to sales and government payments received during the previous year]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Conduct business with : Conduct business with any
Region : any USDA website : other federal government website
:-----------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Northeast 1/ : 5 7 7 6 7 6
$1,000 to $9,999 : 3 6 5 7 5 4
$10,000 to $99,999 : 7 9 10 6 8 8
$100,000 or more : 9 11 13 7 12 10
$100,000 to $249,999 : 6 9 9 2 10 9
$250,000 or more : 13 12 15 12 13 12
Crop farms : 6 10 9 6 9 8
Livestock farms : 4 5 5 7 5 5
:
North Central 2/ : 5 7 10 4 5 7
$1,000 to $9,999 : 2 2 4 2 2 3
$10,000 to $99,999 : 4 7 9 3 4 7
$100,000 or more : 10 14 19 8 9 11
$100,000 to $249,999 : 8 10 14 5 7 8
$250,000 or more : 12 16 21 9 10 13
Crop farms : 6 9 13 5 7 8
Livestock farms : 3 4 7 2 3 5
:
South 3/ : 4 5 6 4 4 5
$1,000 to $9,999 : 2 3 3 2 3 4
$10,000 to $99,999 : 4 7 7 4 5 6
$100,000 or more : 11 12 15 11 10 13
$100,000 to $249,999 : 7 10 11 8 8 10
$250,000 or more : 14 14 18 14 11 16
Crop farms : 4 6 8 4 5 7
Livestock farms : 3 5 5 3 4 5
:
West 4/ : 7 6 10 7 6 8
$1,000 to $9,999 : 5 3 5 5 4 5
$10,000 to $99,999 : 8 8 12 7 7 10
$100,000 or more : 13 13 21 11 12 17
$100,000 to $249,999 : 11 9 16 9 9 10
$250,000 or more : 15 17 24 13 15 19
Crop farms : 9 7 12 7 8 11
Livestock farms : 6 6 8 6 5 6
:
United States 5/ : 5 6 9 4 5 7
$1,000 to $9,999 : 3 3 4 3 3 4
$10,000 to $99,999 : 5 7 8 4 5 7
$100,000 or more : 11 13 18 9 10 12
$100,000 to $249,999 : 8 10 13 6 8 9
$250,000 or more : 13 15 21 11 11 15
Crop farms : 6 8 11 5 7 8
Livestock farms : 4 5 6 4 4 5
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1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
2/ Includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
3/ Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West
Virginia.
4/ Includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, and Wyoming.
5/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Conducting Business on the Internet by Economic Class, Type
of Farm - Regions and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Economic class refers to sales and government payments
received during the previous year]
-------------------------------------------------------------
: Farms
:-----------------------------------
: Conduct business with any
Region : non-agricultural website
:-----------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015
-------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Northeast 1/ : 37 39 47
$1,000 to $9,999 : 37 37 49
$10,000 to $99,999 : 37 40 48
$100,000 or more : 40 41 41
$100,000 to $249,999 : 29 30 30
$250,000 or more : 51 52 52
Crop farms : 39 43 52
Livestock farms : 36 35 43
:
North Central 2/ : 35 42 44
$1,000 to $9,999 : 30 39 40
$10,000 to $99,999 : 32 37 39
$100,000 or more : 44 51 51
$100,000 to $249,999 : 37 42 45
$250,000 or more : 50 57 57
Crop farms : 36 44 46
Livestock farms : 32 40 40
:
South 3/ : 30 36 37
$1,000 to $9,999 : 27 33 35
$10,000 to $99,999 : 31 39 39
$100,000 or more : 40 43 49
$100,000 to $249,999 : 33 40 43
$250,000 or more : 46 46 54
Crop farms : 29 35 39
Livestock farms : 30 36 36
:
West 4/ : 48 49 50
$1,000 to $9,999 : 46 45 45
$10,000 to $99,999 : 49 52 53
$100,000 or more : 53 56 60
$100,000 to $249,999 : 45 50 50
$250,000 or more : 60 60 69
Crop farms : 49 50 54
Livestock farms : 47 48 48
:
United States 5/ : 35 40 44
$1,000 to $9,999 : 32 37 39
$10,000 to $99,999 : 34 40 40
$100,000 or more : 45 49 52
$100,000 to $249,999 : 37 42 44
$250,000 or more : 51 55 56
Crop farms : 37 43 46
Livestock farms : 33 39 39
-------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, and Vermont.
2/ Includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota, and Wisconsin.
3/ Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
4/ Includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
5/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Primary Method of Internet Access by Economic Class - Regions and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Primary method of Internet access for those operators who have access to the Internet. Economic class refers to sales
and government payments received during the previous year]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : :
Region : Dialup : DSL : Cable
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Northeast 1/ : 9 5 3 47 37 34 25 33 27
$1,000 to $9,999 : 9 6 3 50 36 35 26 34 26
$10,000 to $99,999 : 10 3 4 46 39 33 23 36 28
$100,000 or more : 8 5 2 35 38 34 23 26 27
$100,000 to $249,999 : 12 7 1 46 44 38 13 19 11
$250,000 or more : 6 4 2 29 34 35 29 30 33
Crop farms : 9 5 3 48 38 33 27 34 29
Livestock farms : 9 5 3 46 36 36 23 32 25
:
North Central 2/ : 13 6 3 36 33 27 9 11 12
$1,000 to $9,999 : 16 7 4 36 34 23 11 14 15
$10,000 to $99,999 : 12 5 4 36 33 28 10 10 13
$100,000 or more : 8 5 3 37 33 29 7 8 10
$100,000 to $249,999 : 11 5 4 37 34 28 7 9 11
$250,000 or more : 7 5 3 36 33 28 7 8 9
Crop farms : 10 5 3 37 32 26 10 12 14
Livestock farms : 15 7 4 35 36 29 8 9 10
:
South 3/ : 13 6 3 39 36 33 11 11 11
$1,000 to $9,999 : 13 6 3 39 33 32 11 12 13
$10,000 to $99,999 : 15 6 3 40 42 34 11 10 9
$100,000 or more : 10 4 3 42 40 33 10 9 11
$100,000 to $249,999 : 11 5 4 41 37 31 11 11 12
$250,000 or more : 9 4 3 42 41 34 10 7 11
Crop farms : 11 5 3 40 37 30 11 11 13
Livestock farms : 13 6 4 39 36 33 11 11 11
:
West 4/ : 9 4 3 34 35 24 11 14 8
$1,000 to $9,999 : 10 5 4 34 35 23 13 15 8
$10,000 to $99,999 : 12 5 3 35 35 22 6 14 8
$100,000 or more : 6 3 2 35 35 27 8 11 8
$100,000 to $249,999 : 4 4 2 33 35 29 9 11 5
$250,000 or more : 8 2 1 36 35 25 8 11 11
Crop farms : 6 3 3 35 35 24 10 15 10
Livestock farms : 11 6 4 34 35 24 11 12 6
:
United States 5/ : 12 5 3 38 35 30 11 13 12
$1,000 to $9,999 : 13 6 3 38 34 29 13 15 14
$10,000 to $99,999 : 13 5 4 38 38 31 11 12 11
$100,000 or more : 8 4 3 37 35 30 9 10 11
$100,000 to $249,999 : 10 5 3 37 36 31 8 10 10
$250,000 or more : 7 4 2 37 35 30 9 10 11
Crop farms : 10 5 3 38 34 27 12 14 14
Livestock farms : 13 6 4 38 36 31 11 12 11
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and
Vermont.
2/ Includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
and Wisconsin.
3/ Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
4/ Includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
5/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Primary Method of Internet Access by Economic Class - Regions and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Primary method of Internet access for those operators who have access to the Internet. Economic class refers to sales
and government payments received during the previous year]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : Other/
Region : Satellite : Wireless : unknown
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Northeast 1/ : 6 8 9 9 11 21 4 6 6
$1,000 to $9,999 : 3 7 8 8 10 22 4 7 6
$10,000 to $99,999 : 11 10 13 8 10 16 2 2 6
$100,000 or more : 12 12 7 15 14 23 7 5 7
$100,000 to $249,999 : 9 15 17 17 13 25 3 2 8
$250,000 or more : 14 10 5 14 15 20 8 7 5
Crop farms : 3 7 10 8 8 18 5 8 7
Livestock farms : 9 10 8 10 13 22 3 4 6
:
North Central 2/ : 13 14 16 25 30 35 4 6 7
$1,000 to $9,999 : 12 13 18 21 27 34 4 5 6
$10,000 to $99,999 : 13 15 15 25 31 34 4 6 6
$100,000 or more : 14 15 15 30 33 36 4 6 7
$100,000 to $249,999 : 12 13 14 28 33 37 5 6 6
$250,000 or more : 16 16 16 31 32 36 3 6 8
Crop farms : 12 13 15 27 32 35 4 6 7
Livestock farms : 15 17 18 23 26 33 4 5 6
:
South 3/ : 17 19 20 16 22 27 4 6 6
$1,000 to $9,999 : 18 20 20 15 23 26 4 6 6
$10,000 to $99,999 : 15 17 22 15 20 26 4 5 6
$100,000 or more : 15 17 18 18 23 31 5 7 4
$100,000 to $249,999 : 16 17 15 17 22 33 4 8 5
$250,000 or more : 15 18 19 19 24 29 5 6 4
Crop farms : 14 17 19 18 24 29 6 6 6
Livestock farms : 18 20 20 15 21 26 4 6 6
:
West 4/ : 17 21 28 23 19 30 6 7 7
$1,000 to $9,999 : 16 21 30 21 17 30 6 7 5
$10,000 to $99,999 : 17 18 24 25 21 34 5 7 9
$100,000 or more : 19 23 27 24 22 26 8 6 10
$100,000 to $249,999 : 18 18 27 25 25 27 11 7 10
$250,000 or more : 19 26 28 23 20 25 6 6 10
Crop farms : 18 19 26 23 22 28 8 6 9
Livestock farms : 17 22 30 22 17 31 5 8 5
:
United States 5/ : 15 17 21 20 24 29 4 6 5
$1,000 to $9,999 : 14 17 20 17 22 29 5 6 5
$10,000 to $99,999 : 14 16 19 20 24 29 4 5 6
$100,000 or more : 15 17 18 26 28 32 5 6 6
$100,000 to $249,999 : 14 15 16 25 28 34 6 6 6
$250,000 or more : 16 17 18 26 28 32 5 6 7
Crop farms : 13 14 19 22 27 31 5 6 6
Livestock farms : 16 19 21 18 21 28 4 6 5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and
Vermont.
2/ Includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
and Wisconsin.
3/ Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
4/ Includes Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
5/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Farm Computer Usage by Economic Class, Type of Farm - United States: 2011, 2013,
and 2015
[Economic class refers to sales and government payments received during the
previous year]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------
Type of farm : With : That own or
: computer access : lease computers
:-----------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Grain and oilseed farms : 72 74 76 71 72 73
$1,000 to $249,999 : 66 67 71 65 65 69
$250,000 or more : 86 85 85 83 83 83
:
Cotton farms : 72 78 78 70 77 77
$1,000 to $249,999 : 69 69 69 68 68 68
$250,000 or more : 78 85 85 77 84 84
:
Beef cattle farms : 60 67 67 58 65 65
$1,000 to $249,999 : 59 66 66 58 63 63
$250,000 or more : 81 81 81 80 80 80
:
Dairy farms : 64 66 66 63 64 64
$1,000 to $249,999 : 52 49 49 51 47 47
$250,000 or more : 83 79 79 81 77 77
:
Crop farms : 67 71 73 65 69 71
$1,000 to $249,999 : 63 68 68 61 66 66
$250,000 or more : 84 85 85 83 84 84
:
Livestock farms : 63 70 73 62 67 69
$1,000 to $249,999 : 62 69 69 60 66 66
$250,000 or more : 82 82 82 81 79 79
:
All farms 1/ : 65 70 73 63 68 71
$1,000 to $249,999 : 62 68 68 62 66 67
$250,000 or more : 84 84 85 83 83 83
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Farm Computer Usage by Economic Class, Type of Farm - United States: 2011, 2013,
and 2015
[Economic class refers to sales and government payments received during the
previous year]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: Farms
:-----------------------------------------------------
Type of farm : Using computers : With
: for farm business : Internet access
:-----------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Grain and oilseed farms : 53 56 59 69 71 72
$1,000 to $249,999 : 43 47 52 63 64 67
$250,000 or more : 72 71 73 82 82 82
:
Cotton farms : 54 58 58 68 74 74
$1,000 to $249,999 : 45 50 50 62 65 65
$250,000 or more : 61 65 68 73 81 81
:
Beef cattle farms : 32 35 38 57 63 63
$1,000 to $249,999 : 31 34 36 56 62 62
$250,000 or more : 67 57 61 79 78 78
:
Dairy farms : 49 50 50 61 63 63
$1,000 to $249,999 : 35 31 32 49 46 46
$250,000 or more : 71 71 71 79 76 76
:
Crop farms : 41 45 47 64 68 70
$1,000 to $249,999 : 34 38 40 60 65 65
$250,000 or more : 73 73 76 83 83 83
:
Livestock farms : 34 36 39 61 66 68
$1,000 to $249,999 : 32 34 37 59 65 65
$250,000 or more : 69 67 67 79 77 77
:
All farms 1/ : 37 40 43 62 67 70
$1,000 to $249,999 : 33 36 38 60 65 66
$250,000 or more : 72 72 73 82 82 82
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Primary Method of Internet Access by Economic Class, Type of Farm - United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Primary method of Internet access for those operators who have access to the Internet. Economic class refers to
sales and government payments received during the previous year]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : :
Type of farm : Dialup : DSL : Cable
:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Grain and oilseed farms : 9 5 3 35 31 26 10 11 11
$1,000 to $249,999 : 10 5 4 36 31 26 12 12 13
$250,000 or more : 6 4 3 35 32 26 7 9 9
:
Cotton farms : 9 3 4 38 33 38 8 8 8
$1,000 to $249,999 : 6 4 6 37 35 39 8 7 9
$250,000 or more : 12 3 3 38 31 38 8 8 8
:
Beef cattle farms : 15 7 4 37 39 31 12 9 11
$1,000 to $249,999 : 15 7 4 37 40 31 12 9 11
$250,000 or more : 12 6 2 37 36 32 6 6 11
:
Dairy farms : 12 7 4 41 37 35 7 10 14
$1,000 to $249,999 : 14 8 6 46 44 36 6 8 11
$250,000 or more : 9 6 2 37 34 34 8 12 16
:
Crop farms : 10 5 3 38 34 27 12 14 14
$1,000 to $249,999 : 11 5 3 38 34 27 13 15 15
$250,000 or more : 6 4 3 37 34 27 9 10 10
:
Livestock farms : 13 6 4 38 36 31 11 12 11
$1,000 to $249,999 : 13 6 4 38 36 30 11 12 11
$250,000 or more : 10 6 1 36 37 33 8 8 13
:
All farms 1/ : 12 5 3 38 35 30 11 13 12
$1,000 to $249,999 : 12 6 3 38 35 29 12 13 13
$250,000 or more : 7 4 2 37 35 30 9 10 11
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Primary Method of Internet Access by Economic Class, Type of Farm - United States: 2011, 2013, and 2015
[Primary method of Internet access for those operators who have access to the Internet. Economic class refers to
sales and government payments received during the previous year]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: : : Other/
: Satellite : Wireless : unknown
Type of farm :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015 : 2011 : 2013 : 2015
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: percent
:
Grain and oilseed farms : 14 15 17 28 32 36 4 6 7
$1,000 to $249,999 : 12 14 17 26 32 34 4 6 6
$250,000 or more : 17 17 17 31 32 37 4 6 8
:
Cotton farms : 18 22 23 24 27 25 3 7 2
$1,000 to $249,999 : 19 16 20 25 26 25 5 12 1
$250,000 or more : 17 26 24 23 29 25 2 3 2
:
Beef cattle farms : 16 18 19 16 22 29 4 5 6
$1,000 to $249,999 : 16 18 19 16 21 29 4 5 6
$250,000 or more : 21 26 20 19 22 28 5 4 7
:
Dairy farms : 14 15 16 23 25 27 3 6 4
$1,000 to $249,999 : 14 15 17 19 19 24 1 6 6
$250,000 or more : 14 14 16 27 28 29 5 6 3
:
Crop farms : 13 14 19 22 27 31 5 6 6
$1,000 to $249,999 : 12 14 18 21 26 30 5 6 7
$250,000 or more : 15 17 18 28 29 34 5 6 8
:
Livestock farms : 16 19 21 18 21 28 4 6 5
$1,000 to $249,999 : 16 19 21 18 21 28 4 6 6
$250,000 or more : 19 20 20 23 23 27 4 6 6
:
All farms 1/ : 15 17 21 20 24 29 4 6 5
$1,000 to $249,999 : 14 17 21 20 23 28 4 6 6
$250,000 or more : 16 17 18 26 28 32 5 6 7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Farm Numbers
To help equate the percentages published in this report to actual farm
counts, a table showing "Number of Farms by States and United States" from
the February 2015 NASS publication "Farms, Land in Farms" is included below.
A farm is "any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were
produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year."
Number of Farms by States and United States: 2011, 2013, and 2014
[2015 number of farms not available until February 2016]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State : 2011 : 2013 : 2014
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: number
:
Alabama : 45,000 43,500 43,400
Arizona : 19,000 19,600 19,600
Arkansas : 46,000 44,600 44,000
California : 78,400 77,900 76,400
Colorado : 36,600 35,600 35,000
Delaware : 2,450 2,450 2,500
Florida : 47,700 47,700 47,600
Georgia : 43,400 42,000 41,100
Idaho : 25,100 24,500 24,400
Illinois : 75,500 75,100 74,500
:
Indiana : 61,100 58,500 58,200
Iowa : 88,900 88,500 88,000
Kansas : 62,400 61,800 61,000
Kentucky : 78,600 76,500 76,400
Louisiana : 28,500 27,300 27,200
Maryland : 12,400 12,400 12,300
Michigan : 52,700 52,000 51,600
Minnesota : 75,400 74,400 74,000
Mississippi : 38,800 37,300 37,100
Missouri : 101,000 99,000 97,700
:
Montana : 28,700 28,100 27,800
Nebraska : 49,700 49,600 49,100
Nevada : 3,900 4,150 4,200
New Hampshire 1/ : 34,550 34,950 34,940
New Jersey : 9,400 9,100 9,100
New Mexico : 23,800 24,800 24,700
New York : 35,800 35,500 35,500
North Carolina : 50,800 50,000 49,500
North Dakota : 31,100 30,800 30,300
Ohio : 75,300 75,000 74,500
:
Oklahoma : 81,500 80,100 79,600
Oregon : 36,200 35,000 34,600
Pennsylvania : 60,000 59,300 58,800
South Carolina : 25,900 24,800 24,400
South Dakota : 32,000 32,000 31,700
Tennessee : 70,600 68,000 67,300
Texas : 248,500 248,500 245,500
Utah : 17,900 18,200 18,100
Virginia : 46,100 46,000 45,900
Washington : 37,800 37,000 36,700
:
West Virginia : 21,900 21,400 21,300
Wisconsin : 71,200 69,800 69,000
Wyoming : 11,800 11,500 11,700
:
United States 2/ : 2,123,400 2,094,250 2,076,240
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1/ Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Vermont.
2/ Excludes Alaska and Hawaii.
Survey Methodology
Survey Procedures: The June Agricultural Survey is conducted every year to
provide estimates of farm numbers and land in farms, crop acres planted,
grains and oilseeds in storage, livestock inventories, and land values. In
the odd-numbered years from 1997 through 2015, questions were added to the
survey form that asked the operator about access and use of computers. Some
states were combined due to their low number of responses. When this occurs,
it is footnoted in the tables. Estimates are revised periodically to provide
a better foundation for current and future estimates. Revisions are made when
sufficient data become available to check the accuracy of the original
estimates.
Reliability: The 2015 computer usage estimates are based on responses from
over 27,846 agricultural operations and represent all sizes and types of
farms. Coefficients of variations (CVs) at the national level in 2015 were 8
percent or less.
Information Contacts
Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Environmental, Economics, and Demographics
Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-
mail inquiries may be sent to [email protected].
Troy Joshua, Chief, Environmental, Economics, and Demographics Branch.............. (202) 720-6146
Tony Dorn, Head, Economics Section................................................. (202) 690-3223
Rachel Antzak - Cash Receipts, Land Values...................................... (202) 720-5446
Tynesha Boomer - Farm Production Expenditures................................... (202) 720-9168
Daryl Brinkman - Prices Received, Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices........ (202) 720-8844
Kuan Chen - Prices, Prices Research............................................. (202) 690-3347
Liana Cuffman - Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL)... (202) 720-2250
Greg Gholson - Prices, Prices Research, Prices Received Indexes, Parity Prices.. (202) 690-1348
Joe Hagedorn - Cash Rents, Grazing Fees, TOTAL.................................. (202) 690-3231
Michael Mathison - Farm Production Expenditures................................. (202) 720-3243
Judy McDermott - Prices Paid, Prices Paid Indexes............................... (202) 690-3229
Scott Shimmin, Head, Environmental and Demographics Section........................ (202) 720-0684
Stephanie Brennan - Field Crops Chemical Use ................................... (202) 690-0392
David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports......................... (202) 690-3233
Doug Farmer - Vegetable Chemical Use............................................ (202) 720-7492
Ginger Harris - Census of Agriculture........................................... (502) 582-5293
Steve Peterson - Farms, Land in Farms, Census................................... (202) 720-5581
Jackie Ross - Census of Agriculture............................................. (202) 720-7644
Miste Salmon - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports.......................... (202) 690-3226
Theresa Varner - Farm Labor, Chemical Use....................................... (202) 690-2284
Access to NASS Reports
For your convenience, you may access NASS reports and products the following
ways:
All reports are available electronically, at no cost, on the NASS web
site: http://www.nass.usda.gov
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For more information on NASS surveys and reports, call the NASS Agricultural
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[email protected].
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