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 
Low 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
sales - GCFI 
Off-farm 
less than 
$150,000 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
occupation 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
.... farms 
11,216 
3,456 
3,655 
1,974 
726 
workers 
32,948 
8,240 
8,900 
5,213 
2,034 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
4,174 
887 
1,052 
759 
418 
workers 
10,311 
1,513 
1,823 
1,326 
783 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
8,625 
2,856 
3,010 
1,490 
468 
workers 
22,637 
6,727 
7,077 
3,887 
1,251 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
.... farms 
170 
30 
27 
32 
9 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
41 
13 
15 
5 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
19,008 
6,415 
8,564 
2,805 
501 
workers 
42,969 
13,442 
20,163 
6,650 
1,069 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,919 
947 
1,445 
439 
25 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,267 
4,713 
6,245 
1,870 
159 
50 to 69 acres 
4,235 
1,676 
1,793 
619 
73 
70 to 99 acres 
4,605 
1,942 
1,872 
609 
97 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,342 
1,769 
1,777 
580 
112 
140 to 1 79 acres 
2,897 
1,181 
1,063 
467 
84 
180 to 219 acres 
2,041 
819 
819 
278 
54 
220 to 259 acres 
1,382 
536 
504 
216 
62 
260 to 499 acres 
3,815 
1,360 
1,374 
593 
223 
500 to 999 acres 
2,230 
626 
617 
362 
179 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
911 
155 
195 
128 
65 
2,000 acres or more 
579 
59 
86 
23 
50 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,836 
546 
598 
281 
111 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
1,083 
429 
412 
196 
5 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
1,282 
599 
474 
153 
12 
production (1 1 14) 
653 
157 
191 
131 
24 
Other crop farming (1119) 
10,375 
4,357 
4,161 
948 
148 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
368 
60 
55 
48 
53 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,007 
4,297 
4,106 
900 
95 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
17,698 
6,895 
7,712 
2,529 
113 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
87 
12 
25 
9 
12 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
177 
35 
86 
44 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,815 
710 
927 
1,086 
733 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
1,904 
641 
1,006 
243 
“ 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,313 
1,402 
2,198 
564 
21 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
21,149 
7,719 
8,681 
3,154 
587 
number 
1,236,467 
305,245 
331,363 
196,140 
104,603 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,815 
1,261 
1,995 
485 
15 
10 to 49 
11,415 
4,650 
4,849 
1,471 
155 
50 to 99 
3,211 
1,186 
1,155 
587 
125 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,654 
474 
472 
422 
139 
200 to 499 
812 
143 
195 
175 
116 
500 or more 
242 
5 
15 
14 
37 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
19,771 
7,267 
8,023 
2,964 
567 
number 
731,903 
198,185 
209,203 
122,973 
62,288 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
19,685 
7,249 
7,991 
2,959 
560 
number 
722,787 
197,765 
208,451 
122,771 
61,258 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,130 
1,838 
2,521 
655 
35 
10 to 49 
10,835 
4,417 
4,429 
1,469 
186 
50 to 99 
2,232 
722 
698 
507 
144 
100 to 199 
1,038 
226 
271 
274 
110 
200 to 499 
364 
46 
70 
51 
75 
500 or more 
86 
- 
2 
3 
10 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
219 
58 
70 
37 
14 
number 
9,116 
420 
752 
202 
1,030 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
140 
47 
53 
34 
- 
10 to 49 
30 
11 
16 
3 
- 
50 to 99 
27 
- 
- 
- 
13 
100 to 199 
8 
- 
1 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
16,904 
6,139 
6,810 
2,539 
528 
number 
504,564 
107,060 
122,160 
73,167 
42,315 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
17,620 
6,539 
6,977 
2,639 
544 
number 
612,863 
135,434 
138,704 
85,699 
49,051 
$1,000 
429,349 
87,009 
87,744 
54,442 
35,728 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
679 
307 
36 
383 
2,866 
2,510 
1,211 
1,974 
531 
267 
33 
227 
1,398 
1,495 
760 
1,213 
365 
174 
19 
243 
1,468 
1,015 
451 
761 
19 
24 
6 
23 
2 
1 
- 
3 
289 
85 
4 
345 
570 
166 
7 
902 
6 
2 
6 
49 
40 
6 
11 
223 
9 
5 
1 
59 
22 
2 
- 
61 
19 
2 
- 
83 
34 
4 
2 
62 
25 
2 
- 
44 
22 
3 
- 
39 
114 
12 
2 
137 
309 
22 
1 
114 
219 
86 
2 
61 
79 
183 
11 
88 
155 
87 
3 
55 
18 
7 
- 
16 
5 
2 
- 
37 
70 
29 
6 
45 
276 
117 
3 
365 
85 
35 
1 
31 
191 
82 
2 
334 
90 
22 
- 
337 
18 
9 
_ 
2 
4 
- 
- 
4 
222 
33 
19 
85 
1 
- 
- 
13 
39 
23 
5 
61 
401 
157 
6 
444 
136,077 
105,498 
3,051 
54,490 
6 
1 
1 
51 
62 
11 
1 
216 
72 
18 
- 
68 
84 
22 
1 
40 
89 
44 
1 
49 
88 
61 
2 
20 
377 
147 
6 
420 
71,556 
35,506 
2,685 
29,507 
361 
140 
6 
419 
69,056 
31,705 
2,685 
29,096 
4 
3 
1 
73 
95 
23 
1 
215 
83 
20 
1 
57 
78 
38 
- 
41 
58 
39 
1 
24 
43 
17 
2 
9 
21 
10 
- 
9 
2,500 
3,801 
- 
411 
- 
- 
- 
6 
13 
_ 
_ 
1 
4 
- 
- 
2 
4 
7 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
367 
152 
6 
363 
64,521 
69,992 
366 
24,983 
388 
156 
6 
371 
86,231 
66,100 
2,979 
48,665 
67,484 
60,019 
1,742 
35,181 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 25 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
