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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
14,475 
5,931 
5,965 
1,947 
282 
88 
13 
1 
248 
50 to 99 acres 
3,099 
1,050 
1,082 
670 
137 
59 
7 
2 
92 
100 to 199 acres 
1,717 
474 
517 
464 
117 
79 
22 
- 
44 
200 to 499 acres 
1,126 
209 
240 
189 
250 
156 
25 
1 
56 
500 to 999 acres 
418 
8 
16 
6 
64 
275 
27 
2 
20 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
301 
2 
2 
- 
5 
151 
113 
- 
28 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
147 
1 
1 
106 
8 
31 
additional improvements (see text) . 
.. farms 
2,792 
955 
1,121 
448 
94 
67 
30 
1 
76 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
157,488 
40,552 
42,247 
27,726 
15,167 
9,849 
12,227 
(D) 
(D) 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
1,172 
397 
466 
191 
27 
40 
21 
1 
29 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
33,039 
8,890 
8,294 
5,423 
1,850 
3,706 
3,054 
(D) 
(D) 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
.. farms 
6,137 
2,540 
2,315 
747 
157 
104 
52 
5 
217 
acres 
377,759 
144,248 
123,748 
42,752 
16,119 
13,119 
13,220 
(D) 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
864 
334 
289 
134 
37 
22 
12 
36 
acres 
32,209 
8,218 
9,270 
3,413 
3,759 
2,182 
1,780 
- 
3,587 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
25,493 
9,862 
10,377 
3,337 
660 
475 
174 
9 
599 
acres 
3,333,046 
1,073,847 
1,152,378 
361,806 
151,435 
179,779 
79,847 
2,841 
331,113 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
11,999 
4,675 
4,913 
1,654 
308 
175 
55 
4 
215 
acres 
496,015 
165,661 
170,381 
80,213 
23,670 
26,193 
10,717 
111 
19,069 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
17,860 
6,933 
7,233 
2,218 
478 
380 
154 
6 
458 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
2,837,031 
908,186 
981,997 
281,593 
127,765 
153,586 
69,130 
2,730 
312,044 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
28,422 
10,245 
12,161 
4,148 
715 
455 
166 
9 
523 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
2,269,315 
632,823 
703,080 
372,364 
158,885 
190,598 
105,009 
9,720 
96,836 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
26,605 
9,788 
10,742 
3,756 
883 
578 
219 
31 
608 
acres 
541,772 
166,522 
175,760 
69,844 
32,273 
28,616 
22,285 
4,868 
41,604 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
1,747 
446 
507 
305 
71 
183 
113 
11 
111 
acres 
113,008 
3,772 
6,030 
2,837 
3,220 
24,645 
48,087 
7,668 
16,749 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
1,584 
415 
423 
264 
71 
181 
113 
11 
106 
acres 
109,717 
2,943 
4,524 
2,372 
3,220 
24,616 
47,760 
7,668 
16,614 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
199 
45 
92 
49 
- 
3 
4 
- 
6 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
3,291 
829 
1,506 
465 
29 
327 
135 
Programs 
.. farms 
5,094 
2,339 
1,920 
373 
80 
94 
55 
2 
231 
acres 
388,848 
162,540 
140,026 
27,718 
8,993 
13,328 
(D) 
(D) 
28,092 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
2,719 
541 
548 
448 
287 
506 
247 
8 
134 
acres 
1,278,617 
63,591 
71,690 
62,246 
97,802 
359,338 
432,878 
39,661 
151,411 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) . 
.. farms 
27 
9 
11 
5 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
(D) 
24 
20 
12 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
43,223 
15,783 
17,790 
6,184 
1,183 
898 
329 
36 
1,020 
$1,000 
23,665,643 
6,229,614 
6,964,483 
2,977,606 
1,534,139 
2,206,622 
2,076,602 
223,102 
1,453,475 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
547,524 
394,704 
391,483 
481,502 
1,296,821 
2,457,263 
6,311,861 
6,197,287 
1,424,975 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,658 
2,627 
2,748 
2,769 
2,859 
2,523 
2,763 
3,402 
2,097 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
3,899 
1,402 
1,853 
538 
23 
8 
1 
4 
70 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,612 
1,677 
2,149 
660 
20 
7 
1 
2 
96 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,442 
3,245 
3,885 
1,107 
38 
21 
3 
2 
141 
$200,000 to $499,999 
14,660 
5,960 
6,209 
2,029 
174 
55 
6 
4 
223 
$500,000 to $999,999 
6,549 
2,334 
2,373 
1,172 
355 
117 
10 
4 
184 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
3,082 
855 
924 
485 
409 
253 
31 
4 
121 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
1,522 
266 
336 
169 
137 
357 
126 
3 
128 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
305 
37 
45 
17 
19 
56 
96 
5 
30 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
152 
7 
16 
7 
8 
24 
55 
8 
27 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
.. farms 
43,222 
15,782 
17,790 
6,184 
1,183 
898 
329 
36 
1,020 
$1,000 
3,077,900 
728,310 
854,188 
407,993 
211,533 
331,442 
324,439 
62,990 
157,006 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 21 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
