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 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in orchards - Con. 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing 
acres: - Con. 
Pecans farms 
19,253 
7,917 
7,255 
2,352 
369 
502 
281 
37 
540 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
543,486 
111,411 
101,608 
49,964 
27,975 
79,196 
88,208 
28,152 
56,971 
Walnuts, English farms 
6,656 
1,980 
1,816 
845 
391 
566 
490 
124 
444 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
332,045 
19,061 
18,347 
12,764 
18,236 
46,946 
94,382 
66,647 
55,662 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
30,538 
7,978 
10,533 
7,605 
1,212 
1,208 
638 
158 
1,206 
acres 
289,913 
20,305 
25,145 
22,440 
15,130 
36,157 
53,936 
59,480 
57,320 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 15 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
