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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
.. farms 
380,865 
111,101 
136,551 
number 
12,927,750 
1,494,074 
1,808,304 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
.... farms 
639,747 
171,412 
224,145 
number 
56,832,026 
2,925,644 
3,586,057 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
.... farms 
33,880 
3,527 
4,979 
number 
25,468,575 
113,833 
194,753 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
.... farms 
63,246 
8,782 
25,475 
Farms with- 
number 
66,026,785 
1,018,049 
2,665,626 
1 to 24 
41,688 
7,324 
21,995 
25 to 49 
3,435 
618 
1,284 
50 to 99 
2,161 
314 
711 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,469 
163 
287 
200 to 499 
2,115 
108 
317 
500 or more 
12,378 
255 
881 
Used or to be used for breeding 
.... farms 
27,984 
4,457 
11,119 
number 
5,709,339 
87,444 
137,740 
Other hogs and pigs 
.... farms 
55,006 
7,092 
21,534 
number 
60,317,446 
930,605 
2,527,886 
Hogs and pigs sold 
.... farms 
55,882 
6,746 
21,906 
number 
199,115,305 
2,940,097 
7,489,512 
$1,000 
22,492,611 
317,008 
813,440 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
.... farms 
88,338 
22,938 
37,432 
number 
5,364,844 
651,163 
978,299 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
.... farms 
65,690 
16,719 
28,139 
number 
2,967,908 
358,914 
563,201 
Sheep and lambs sold 
.... farms 
53,754 
12,756 
23,439 
number 
3,947,609 
350,645 
583,298 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
.... farms 
504,795 
132,683 
229,720 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
3,621,348 
846,249 
1,374,737 
inventory 
.... farms 
486,972 
126,106 
222,878 
number 
3,077,664 
739,658 
1,226,278 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
.... farms 
108,360 
24,849 
49,119 
number 
418,968 
85,759 
148,393 
Goats, all inventory 
.... farms 
128,456 
34,439 
62,702 
number 
2,621,514 
630,060 
982,498 
Goats, all sold 
.... farms 
63,844 
16,447 
31,835 
number 
1,247,784 
282,692 
454,550 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
198,272 
48,693 
96,053 
Farms with- 
number 
350,715,978 
6,790,322 
8,999,806 
1 to 399 
193,553 
48,278 
95,397 
400 to 3,199 
1,103 
132 
281 
3,200 to 9,999 
482 
42 
66 
10,000 to 19,999 
1,199 
130 
186 
20,000 to 49,999 
1,292 
107 
116 
50,000 to 99,999 
256 
1 
7 
100,000 or more 
387 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
.... farms 
26,749 
6,848 
1 1 ,324 
number 
110,297,133 
6,224,010 
8,628,910 
Layers sold (see text) 
.... farms 
31,089 
6,377 
14,089 
number 
204,941,679 
5,615,883 
7,154,656 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
.... farms 
4,634 
881 
1,679 
number 
176,802,415 
11,934,641 
16,122,507 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
.... farms 
32,935 
4,916 
10,223 
Farms with- 
number 
8,463,194,794 
772,392,155 
723,960,940 
1 to 1 ,999 
16,514 
2,773 
8,167 
2,000 to 59,999 
714 
60 
124 
60,000 to 99,999 
373 
76 
84 
100,000 or more 
15,334 
2,007 
1,848 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
19,956 
4,154 
8,707 
number 
100,792,198 
3,772,823 
5,796,624 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
.... farms 
9,677 
1,324 
3,708 
number 
286,030,261 
10,736,770 
15,267,868 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
.... farms 
18,667 
1,656 
2,195 
acres 
3,283,905 
68,068 
102,205 
bushels 
215,059,358 
3,781,519 
5,702,769 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
68,611 
23,376 
20,644 
1,485,405 
1,194,975 
1,791,172 
111,941 
44,369 
48,566 
2,795,306 
3,468,221 
8,243,312 
4,126 
4,841 
8,963 
169,303 
343,943 
1,465,192 
13,073 
3,404 
5,716 
2,703,905 
4,898,062 
11,755,531 
9,777 
863 
618 
1,072 
185 
131 
605 
204 
209 
396 
260 
236 
342 
409 
638 
881 
1,483 
3,884 
6,509 
1,369 
1,909 
147,013 
186,890 
519,991 
11,165 
3,223 
5,530 
2,556,892 
4,711,172 
11,235,540 
10,878 
3,461 
6,055 
8,112,198 
15,368,181 
33,437,275 
788,363 
1,708,723 
3,969,402 
20,826 
2,389 
2,195 
854,974 
469,619 
968,096 
14,942 
2,037 
1,923 
495,096 
299,916 
605,311 
11,912 
2,024 
1,873 
485,850 
334,854 
716,171 
97,335 
15,284 
13,203 
864,549 
143,693 
148,905 
94,892 
14,802 
12,715 
689,772 
117,205 
121,031 
25,096 
3,275 
2,530 
98,613 
21,994 
24,733 
25,854 
1,585 
1,296 
596,103 
148,775 
146,624 
12,609 
983 
758 
271,927 
84,188 
94,925 
41,005 
5,109 
2,892 
16,955,726 
22,805,134 
20,449,369 
39,574 
4,155 
2,383 
441 
107 
54 
217 
72 
43 
555 
172 
76 
206 
565 
194 
11 
27 
112 
1 
11 
30 
6,813 
563 
390 
13,434,454 
9,528,404 
12,644,625 
7,245 
1,579 
726 
15,801,962 
19,925,212 
14,518,169 
1,348 
238 
228 
25,117,687 
19,881,985 
29,387,374 
8,425 
5,406 
2,603 
1,040,686,01 
2,763,448,55 
2,082,106,978 
9 
4 
327 
4,389 
449 
37 
345 
83 
8 
170 
27 
2,231 
3,521 
4,847 
551 
4,849 
732 
17,192,644 
10,296,449 
15,721,239 
544 
2,529 
719 
59,905,737 
24,831,475 
49,126,474 
4,781 
2,881 
3,351 
1,003,033 
145,676 
371,836 
61,960,784 
7,363,341 
21,092,319 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
8,191 
1,493 
10,898 
1,694,917 
2,188,684 
1,270,219 
19,156 
2,472 
17,686 
9,840,645 
12,197,928 
13,774,913 
5,028 
723 
1,693 
3,339,006 
8,515,229 
11,327,316 
3,953 
508 
2,335 
16,146,739 
16,324,871 
10,514,002 
156 
11 
944 
48 
2 
95 
39 
2 
77 
69 
2 
56 
183 
4 
114 
3,458 
487 
1,049 
1,168 
294 
1,159 
1,160,909 
1,800,725 
1,668,627 
3,875 
499 
2,088 
14,985,830 
14,524,146 
8,845,375 
4,159 
515 
2,162 
47,404,112 
45,428,659 
38,935,271 
5,686,404 
5,716,836 
3,492,435 
647 
52 
1,859 
782,526 
366,100 
294,067 
531 
28 
1,371 
425,181 
57,378 
162,911 
547 
38 
1,165 
726,071 
466,137 
284,583 
5,057 
555 
10,958 
73,842 
9,350 
160,023 
4,859 
532 
10,188 
56,261 
8,026 
119,433 
788 
102 
2,601 
21,406 
1,619 
16,451 
344 
16 
2,220 
37,536 
7,614 
72,304 
160 
11 
1,041 
21,364 
2,672 
35,466 
775 
180 
3,565 
35,019,757 
157,277,726 
82,418,138 
464 
22 
3,280 
16 
12 
60 
9 
1 
32 
33 
3 
44 
53 
2 
49 
78 
7 
13 
122 
133 
87 
141 
102 
568 
9,130,970 
31,179,976 
19,525,784 
274 
129 
670 
19,185,251 
85,337,936 
37,402,610 
94 
39 
127 
16,435,822 
28,331,871 
29,590,528 
510 
22 
830 
500,513,907 
60,961,621 
519,124,620 
67 
3 
339 
13 
5 
47 
4 
- 
4 
426 
14 
440 
362 
94 
507 
14,848,358 
20,554,143 
12,609,918 
392 
94 
367 
42,544,712 
44,471,768 
39,145,457 
2,599 
176 
1,028 
1,114,350 
182,647 
296,090 
78,620,434 
16,809,764 
19,728,428 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 11 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
