Table 1 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - United States: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large- Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 683,338 234,171 305,509 113,292 7,840 4,001 1,246 211 17,068 
50 to 99 acres 172,123 50,998 63,322 40,375 7,673 3,497 668 101 5,489 
100 to 199 acres 136,341 29,574 40,091 38,690 14,367 6,668 1,535 164 5,252 
200 to 499 acres 136,252 15,819 23,615 23,360 37,344 25,303 4,346 461 6,004 
500 to 999 acres 78,343 2,427 3,498 3,246 15,526 41,966 7,140 655 3,885 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 52,320 316 412 421 3,664 25,645 17,663 811 3,388 
2.000 acres or more 30,158 25 34 25 330 5,506 18,833 2,353 3,052 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ...farms 141,537 37,885 53,345 27,261 7,812 7,727 3,144 328 4,035 
acres 12,802,847 2,149,413 2,566,928 1,912,654 1,305,464 2,314,395 1,420,138 246,225 887,630 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 97,248 25,337 31,625 18,655 6,549 7,890 3,402 318 3,472 
acres 11,395,368 1,235,641 1,489,248 1,911,930 1,676,009 2,576,062 1,585,123 190,925 730,430 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 381,453 125,420 135,123 48,020 15,934 25,245 13,106 1,179 17,426 
acres 36,382,032 10,376,139 9,415,433 4,216,258 2,269,195 4,119,949 2,638,839 443,264 2,902,955 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 61,442 13,548 14,689 12,308 6,368 7,656 3,583 300 2,990 
acres 14,145,567 834,565 997,216 1,414,875 2,135,407 4,391,040 2,963,877 246,785 1,161,802 
Total woodland farms 840,399 274,777 336,123 129,430 31,392 31,289 12,265 915 24,208 
acres 77,012,907 20,951,996 21,825,933 10,066,734 4,389,169 5,936,014 3,950,613 1,194,868 8,697,580 
Woodland pastured farms 350,761 117,193 141,240 58,949 11,534 9,743 3,109 203 8,790 
acres 27,999,006 7,139,729 6,981,871 4,177,023 2,151,068 2,305,999 1,456,740 309,347 3,477,229 
Woodland not pastured farms 606,279 195,852 239,743 90,504 24,727 25,630 10,512 784 18,527 
acres 49,013,901 13,812,267 14,844,062 5,889,711 2,238,101 3,630,015 2,493,873 885,521 5,220,351 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 1,176,156 351,206 473,811 201,810 49,248 50,082 17,852 1,516 30,631 
acres 415,309,280 52,373,205 62,791,200 62,104,353 46,694,772 74,839,731 46,949,696 7,033,531 62,522,792 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 1,338,485 391,855 513,779 217,691 64,040 74,312 32,724 3,733 40,351 
acres 32,515,057 6,215,589 6,711,390 4,094,089 2,499,148 4,271,416 3,220,822 1,005,410 4,497,193 
Irrigated land farms 296,303 64,515 83,409 54,774 20,512 31,748 21,273 3,407 16,665 
acres 55,822,231 1,770,803 2,319,086 2,319,601 3,642,061 11,575,232 18,899,862 7,321,656 7,973,930 
Harvested cropland farms 261,281 53,451 67,638 48,773 19,988 31,261 21,075 3,382 15,713 
acres 52,092,384 1,277,911 1,711,127 1,747,876 3,207,993 10,963,599 18,531,658 7,161,279 7,490,941 
Pastureland and other land farms 60,330 17,430 23,879 10,927 2,336 2,440 1,059 163 2,096 
acres 3,729,847 492,892 607,959 571,725 434,068 611,633 368,204 160,377 482,989 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 291,706 95,651 97,935 29,968 14,079 25,739 13,452 781 14,101 
acres 27,485,000 8,921,116 7,740,275 2,987,515 1,607,179 2,580,074 1,480,458 139,168 2,029,215 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 360,673 40,828 67,971 53,683 51,834 84,884 41,522 3,034 16,917 
acres 245,501,827 7,849,101 12,854,774 12,518,770 25,729,826 77,390,385 79,686,482 11,370,033 18,102,456 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ...farms 14,326 2,066 3,177 4,478 1,750 1,130 665 212 848 
$1,000 3,120,717 40,084 71,865 153,056 274,459 396,698 666,844 861,800 655,912 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 2,109,303 611,861 811,571 342,440 95,344 118,340 53,825 5,712 70,210 
$1,000 2,268,536,922 294,736,736 367,214,137 224,380,695 184,181,850 459,257,037 454,505,921 97,456,801 186,803,745 
Average per farm dollars 1,075,491 481,705 452,473 655,241 1,931,761 3,880,827 8,444,142 17,061,765 2,660,643 
Average per acre dollars 2,481 2,632 2,823 2,136 2,010 2,453 2,886 3,651 1,791 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 165,851 53,675 75,141 29,820 995 680 279 69 5,192 
$50,000 to $99,999 174,286 59,098 82,594 26,078 1,023 547 173 51 4,722 
$100,000 to $199,999 354,825 119,563 169,968 52,970 2,308 1,358 354 88 8,216 
$200,000 to $499,999 650,777 217,429 291,420 109,537 10,402 4,870 1,117 221 15,781 
$500,000 to $999,999 331,875 100,495 119,229 68,516 20,741 9,813 1,797 249 11,035 
$1,000, 000 to $1,999,999 188,784 40,575 48,463 36,158 28,752 22,175 4,007 386 8,268 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 151,339 17,475 20,635 15,622 25,645 48,700 13,611 873 8,778 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 58,239 2,627 3,028 2,611 4,352 23,821 16,419 994 4,387 
$10,000,000 or more 33,327 924 1,093 1,128 1,126 6,376 16,068 2,781 3,831 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
andequipment farms 2,108,505 611,593 811,319 342,211 95,343 118,338 53,821 5,712 70,168 
$1,000 243,966,688 28,248,264 39,039,664 24,081,254 21,014,054 52,415,143 50,909,069 11,508,822 16,750,417 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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6 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
