U.S. farms by gender and farm specialization, 1982-2007 Women 1982 1987 1992 1997 1998 2002 2007 Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Oilseeds & grains 16,380 14,526 14,955 27,678 34,523 15,376 16,345 Vegs & melons 1,693 1,671 2,285 2,622 3,188 3,384 6,758 Fruits & tree nuts 6,929 7,934 9,041 8,953 10,606 10,983 13,876 Hay . . . 11,811 14,008 20,086 30,660 Miscellaneous crop 21,866 22,861 28,201 16,779 19,029 46,123 63,499 Beef cattle 41,519 46,278 49,334 55,196 67,937 56,757 69,327 Other livestock 15,893 15,935 15,514 13,294 16,695 19,291 25,763 Poulry 3,992 4,246 4,317 4,674 5,770 6,716 12,363 Horses 8,810 14,313 15,992 22,081 35,160 50,828 52,453 Miscellaneous animal 4,517 3,877 5,517 2,014 2,868 8,275 15,165 All 121,599 131,641 145,156 165,102 209,784 237,819 306,209 U.S. farms by gender and farm specialization, 1982-2007 Men 1982 1987 1992 1997 1998 2002 2007 Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Oilseeds & grains 560,168 443,870 390,053 435,199 479,202 333,647 321,892 Vegs & melons 35,383 32,298 31,866 28,408 32,536 31,240 33,831 Fruits & tree nuts 77,442 80,389 80,473 73,003 85,706 84,697 84,405 Hay . . . 127,359 146,097 183,169 223,382 Miscellaneous crop 312,746 304,956 306,150 170,560 186,595 257,920 257,241 Beef cattle 577,036 597,553 562,869 600,985 696,895 607,674 587,148 Other livestock 390,095 335,205 268,108 192,488 213,035 186,264 160,420 Poulry 37,979 34,248 30,749 32,270 36,848 37,503 52,207 Horses 44,609 61,080 52,208 69,684 107,450 123,613 116,241 Miscellaneous animal 83,919 66,519 57,668 16,801 21,728 45,436 61,816 All 2,119,377 1,956,118 1,780,144 1,746,757 2,006,092 1,891,163 1,898,583 U.S. farms by gender and farm specialization, 1982-2007 All 1982 1987 1992 1997 1998 2002 2007 Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Oilseeds & grains 576,548 458,396 405,008 462,877 513,725 349,023 338,237 Vegs & melons 37,076 33,969 34,151 31,030 35,724 34,624 40,589 Fruits & tree nuts 84,371 88,323 89,514 81,956 96,312 95,680 98,281 Hay . . . 139,170 160,105 203,255 254,042 Miscellaneous crop 334,612 327,817 334,351 187,339 205,624 304,043 320,740 Beef cattle 618,555 643,831 612,203 656,181 764,832 664,431 656,475 Other livestock 405,988 351,140 283,622 205,782 229,730 205,555 186,183 Poulry 41,971 38,494 35,066 36,944 42,618 44,219 64,570 Horses 53,419 75,393 68,200 91,765 142,610 174,441 168,694 Miscellaneous animal 88,436 70,396 63,185 18,815 24,596 53,711 76,981 All 2,240,976 2,087,759 1,925,300 1,911,859 2,215,876 2,128,982 2,204,792