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 
farminq excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Contract labor - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 
159 
10 
30 
13 
28 
39 
25 
1 
$50,000 or more 
107 
4 
14 
11 
3 
21 
28 
11 
Customwork and custom hauling 
.. farms 
7,133 
2,027 
1,992 
1,440 
799 
475 
169 
10 
$1,000 
53,633 
6,523 
6,760 
6,919 
10,380 
10,263 
7,074 
2,507 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
2,116 
881 
854 
298 
20 
13 
1 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,301 
745 
754 
574 
93 
55 
21 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,322 
376 
364 
552 
630 
246 
68 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
293 
20 
12 
15 
46 
133 
49 
- 
$50,000 or more 
101 
5 
8 
1 
10 
28 
30 
7 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
.. farms 
9,321 
2,383 
3,436 
1,735 
580 
634 
263 
13 
$1,000 
103,461 
7,550 
11,396 
12,066 
9,661 
21,092 
27,517 
2,750 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
6,808 
2,102 
2,959 
1,353 
170 
72 
6 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
831 
154 
267 
204 
114 
61 
5 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
785 
92 
139 
116 
196 
184 
31 
- 
$25,000 or more 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
897 
35 
71 
62 
100 
317 
221 
13 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
. farms 
1,802 
462 
631 
293 
107 
152 
92 
22 
$1,000 
22,504 
660 
2,341 
657 
1,028 
2,909 
5,582 
6,613 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
864 
284 
361 
147 
23 
27 
10 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
529 
147 
200 
100 
32 
29 
9 
5 
$5,000 to $24,999 
283 
30 
59 
42 
37 
70 
31 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
47 
- 
3 
4 
11 
12 
15 
- 
$50,000 or more 
79 
1 
8 
- 
4 
14 
27 
16 
Interest expense 
.. farms 
13,750 
3,901 
5,375 
2,276 
868 
682 
265 
21 
$1,000 
145,257 
24,131 
36,892 
20,139 
19,219 
19,969 
15,288 
2,567 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
7,303 
2,440 
3,227 
1,130 
202 
128 
15 
2 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,925 
1,274 
1,878 
945 
346 
283 
88 
3 
$25,000 to $99,999 
1,429 
186 
266 
200 
316 
244 
129 
7 
$100,000 or more 
93 
1 
4 
1 
4 
27 
33 
9 
Secured by real estate 
.. farms 
10,635 
3,019 
4,158 
1,799 
726 
476 
197 
14 
$1,000 
116,675 
20,769 
31,689 
17,043 
16,567 
14,388 
9,465 
1,612 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
1,392 
531 
570 
219 
32 
6 
8 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,831 
1,200 
1,699 
646 
121 
84 
10 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,166 
1,127 
1,642 
753 
295 
191 
77 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
840 
128 
191 
143 
190 
95 
42 
2 
$50,000 or more 
406 
33 
56 
38 
88 
100 
60 
8 
Not secured by real estate 
.. farms 
7,310 
2,016 
2,711 
1,256 
458 
462 
175 
14 
$1,000 
28,582 
3,362 
5,203 
3,096 
2,652 
5,581 
5,823 
955 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
2,934 
1,029 
1,240 
487 
75 
29 
4 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,170 
852 
1,243 
609 
221 
156 
23 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,015 
133 
218 
156 
148 
218 
80 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
127 
1 
10 
4 
9 
40 
42 
5 
$50,000 or more 
64 
1 
" 
5 
19 
26 
6 
Property taxes paid 
.. farms 
41,152 
15,235 
16,882 
5,804 
1,147 
835 
305 
32 
$1,000 
47,636 
14,039 
15,080 
6,294 
2,876 
3,149 
2,819 
1,025 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
39,957 
15,000 
16,581 
5,670 
1,047 
658 
170 
8 
$5,000 to $9,999 
827 
183 
230 
91 
76 
123 
71 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
296 
40 
66 
38 
19 
46 
51 
10 
$25,000 or more 
72 
12 
5 
5 
5 
8 
13 
10 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
.. farms 
20,161 
6,493 
7,422 
3,405 
1,090 
898 
328 
36 
$1,000 
136,014 
13,953 
15,831 
14,204 
14,319 
23,782 
25,650 
17,977 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
16,076 
5,854 
6,746 
2,681 
332 
151 
33 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,155 
587 
611 
641 
658 
453 
76 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
504 
39 
48 
63 
74 
179 
63 
2 
$50,000 to $99,999 
256 
9 
15 
18 
13 
85 
88 
5 
$100,000 or more 
170 
4 
2 
2 
13 
30 
68 
27 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
.. farms 
448 
92 
118 
63 
32 
62 
46 
4 
$1,000 
7,522 
210 
220 
187 
245 
1,483 
2,716 
842 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
.. farms 
18,808 
6,307 
6,746 
2,961 
1,080 
897 
329 
36 
$1,000 
298,061 
46,208 
53,469 
39,074 
39,199 
48,641 
38,524 
15,114 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations 
.. farms 
43,223 
15,783 
17,790 
6,184 
1,183 
898 
329 
36 
$1,000 
1,066,431 
42,847 
-505 
93,828 
260,166 
269,510 
206,809 
100,509 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
24,673 
2,715 
-28 
15,173 
219,921 
300,123 
628,599 
2,791,925 
Non-family 
farms 
13 
15 
221 
3,206 
49 
58 
84 
18 
12 
277 
11,431 
146 
26 
27 
78 
43 
2,714 
12 
7 
13 
2 
9 
362 
7,052 
159 
108 
81 
14 
246 
5,141 
26 
70 
78 
49 
23 
218 
1,911 
70 
65 
60 
16 
7 
912 
2,354 
823 
49 
26 
14 
489 
10,298 
279 
127 
36 
23 
24 
31 
1,618 
452 
17,833 
1,020 
93,267 
91,438 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 19 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
