Table 2. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Alabama: 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
655 
152 
175 
138 
27 
80 
30 
7 
46 
$1,000 
242,589 
3,211 
4,553 
5,728 
4,886 
40,165 
53,070 
91,549 
39,426 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
271 
21 
36 
46 
24 
77 
30 
7 
30 
$1,000 
237,849 
1,814 
3,221 
3,957 
4,836 
40,127 
53,070 
91,549 
39,276 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
67 
21 
31 
11 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
4 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
52 
16 
23 
9 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
476 
114 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
15 
5 
8 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
199 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
3 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
240 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
8,389 
2,948 
3,095 
1,243 
376 
366 
143 
5 
213 
$1,000 
307,345 
24,482 
27,003 
(D) 
18,896 
90,901 
91,861 
(D) 
31,018 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
780 
72 
75 
65 
124 
265 
124 
4 
51 
$1,000 
251,303 
5,861 
7,095 
(D) 
(D) 
89,123 
91,521 
(D) 
29,420 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
17,620 
6,539 
6,977 
2,639 
544 
388 
156 
6 
371 
$1,000 
429,349 
87,009 
87,744 
54,442 
35,728 
67,484 
60,019 
1,742 
35,181 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,483 
270 
298 
298 
202 
220 
128 
3 
64 
$1,000 
257,765 
22,887 
25,045 
25,002 
29,273 
63,705 
59,296 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
73 
3 
15 
7 
14 
21 
10 
3 
$1,000 
28,113 
489 
1,089 
240 
2,455 
9,131 
13,714 
- 
994 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
66 
3 
12 
3 
14 
21 
10 
- 
3 
$1,000 
27,991 
489 
987 
220 
2,455 
9,131 
13,714 
- 
994 
Flogs and pigs 
.. farms 
379 
87 
179 
95 
8 
6 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
33,424 
3,309 
(D) 
9,354 
2,765 
16,644 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
27 
4 
1 
11 
4 
6 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
32,585 
3,188 
(D) 
9,151 
(D) 
16,644 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
2,120 
706 
1,064 
312 
8 
7 
2 
- 
21 
$1,000 
5,675 
1,807 
1,983 
(D) 
23 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
4 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
1,002 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Florses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
2,120 
676 
1,066 
317 
25 
14 
3 
- 
19 
$1,000 
13,402 
3,738 
5,267 
2,476 
306 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
43 
13 
9 
15 
1 
4 
1 
- 
$1,000 
4,546 
1,090 
745 
1,138 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
4,739 
986 
1,377 
1,258 
744 
225 
37 
19 
93 
$1,000 
3,624,852 
342,713 
331,597 
628,565 
1,107,801 
594,301 
131,572 
270,026 
218,277 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2,760 
412 
356 
899 
735 
223 
37 
19 
79 
$1,000 
3,621,239 
341,179 
330,303 
627,829 
1,107,767 
(D) 
131,572 
270,026 
(D) 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
279 
66 
83 
40 
14 
35 
25 
5 
11 
$1,000 
117,920 
548 
2,812 
1,024 
2,294 
18,392 
40,354 
45,065 
7,433 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
110 
3 
11 
9 
13 
35 
25 
5 
9 
$1,000 
116,880 
(D) 
2,329 
770 
(D) 
18,392 
40,354 
45,065 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
847 
273 
407 
137 
13 
1 
- 
- 
16 
$1,000 
3,467 
(D) 
1,419 
758 
305 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
9 
1 
2 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,202 
(D) 
(D) 
385 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
12,958 
4,904 
4,413 
1,666 
589 
652 
265 
10 
459 
$1,000 
88,145 
18,238 
16,743 
7,510 
6,922 
15,172 
15,103 
1,464 
6,993 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
660 
126 
221 
112 
44 
74 
49 
3 
31 
$1,000 
22,595 
680 
883 
825 
1,417 
5,699 
9,189 
904 
2,998 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
2,196 
775 
924 
388 
33 
26 
9 
- 
41 
$1,000 
9,183 
2,672 
2,276 
2,131 
623 
620 
208 
- 
653 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
43,223 
15,783 
17,790 
6,184 
1,183 
898 
329 
36 
1,020 
$1,000 
4,736,277 
515,052 
559,465 
671,395 
976,870 
798,732 
513,944 
348,542 
352,276 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
109,578 
32,633 
31,448 
108,570 
825,757 
889,456 
1,562,140 
9,681,731 
345,369 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
22,361 
7,865 
8,970 
3,347 
646 
705 
293 
13 
522 
$1,000 
241,072 
25,237 
27,439 
17,345 
13,644 
48,644 
69,993 
11,592 
27,177 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
17,354 
6,640 
7,666 
2,448 
217 
71 
13 
- 
299 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,566 
1,123 
1,168 
776 
225 
156 
17 
- 
101 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 17 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
