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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
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 
Non-family 
farms 
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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
12,774 
4,858 
5,045 
1,912 
368 
243 
72 
5 
271 
number 
230,706 
61,532 
63,890 
35,990 
14,777 
23,814 
8,248 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
14,294 
5,288 
5,558 
2,157 
481 
349 
150 
5 
306 
number 
382,157 
73,902 
74,814 
49,709 
34,274 
62,417 
57,852 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
689 
149 
345 
165 
11 
5 
- 
- 
14 
number 
142,555 
62,217 
9,429 
26,953 
8,567 
34,520 
- 
- 
869 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
585 
132 
301 
136 
4 
- 
- 
- 
12 
25 to 49 
41 
7 
28 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
25 
7 
11 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
11 
- 
- 
7 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
5 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
22 
3 
1 
8 
4 
5 
- 
- 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
407 
97 
206 
88 
7 
- 
- 
- 
9 
number 
15,312 
485 
994 
11,479 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
554 
105 
288 
137 
11 
5 
- 
- 
8 
number 
127,243 
61,732 
8,435 
15,474 
(D) 
34,520 
- 
- 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
379 
87 
179 
95 
8 
6 
_ 
4 
number 
446,448 
82,719 
(D) 
154,865 
68,753 
112,970 
- 
- 
(D) 
$1,000 
33,424 
3,309 
(D) 
9,354 
2,765 
16,644 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
712 
216 
359 
111 
10 
7 
- 
- 
9 
number 
21,114 
6,301 
8,285 
5,093 
311 
437 
- 
- 
687 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
510 
151 
264 
77 
7 
6 
- 
- 
5 
number 
11,913 
3,464 
4,401 
3,254 
197 
253 
- 
- 
344 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
422 
118 
201 
83 
3 
5 
1 
- 
11 
number 
18,879 
2,569 
4,214 
(D) 
57 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
592 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
9,932 
3,042 
5,000 
1,460 
177 
103 
40 
2 
108 
number 
63,707 
19,017 
30,798 
10,462 
1,158 
1,232 
(D) 
(D) 
600 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
....farms 
9,542 
2,878 
4,834 
1,425 
168 
97 
38 
2 
100 
number 
58,319 
17,319 
28,595 
9,336 
1,007 
1,113 
(D) 
(D) 
523 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
1,954 
599 
999 
302 
22 
14 
2 
16 
number 
7,257 
1,951 
2,772 
1,032 
(D) 
1,379 
(D) 
- 
43 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
2,832 
952 
1,426 
408 
12 
8 
1 
_ 
25 
number 
52,749 
19,362 
24,853 
7,176 
221 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
919 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
1,807 
617 
910 
258 
7 
3 
1 
- 
11 
number 
23,855 
9,339 
10,939 
3,239 
123 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
156 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
3,469 
1,018 
1,677 
613 
92 
20 
7 
1 
41 
number 
9,435,605 
1,137,691 
1,207,946 
2,148,448 
2,350,420 
749,944 
1,082,741 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
3,084 
965 
1,595 
483 
8 
2 
- 
- 
31 
400 to 3,199 
31 
11 
20 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
25 
5 
3 
11 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
10,000 to 19,999 
175 
23 
43 
89 
15 
4 
- 
- 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
138 
11 
16 
30 
69 
9 
1 
- 
2 
50,000 to 99,999 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
2 
100,000 or more 
9 
3 
- 
" 
- 
2 
3 
1 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
732 
217 
305 
163 
20 
12 
5 
- 
10 
number 
5,457,121 
1,240,650 
932,219 
1,780,603 
656,067 
400,732 
343,600 
" 
103,250 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
986 
190 
412 
251 
89 
18 
7 
1 
18 
number 
7,948,547 
632,090 
1,196,565 
2,126,814 
2,385,264 
756,491 
590,989 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
284 
65 
81 
97 
21 
11 
5 
- 
4 
number 
10,871,077 
2,162,468 
2,242,442 
3,670,242 
1,265,800 
673,025 
737,000 
- 
120,100 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
2,356 
376 
332 
736 
631 
199 
21 
- 
61 
number 
1,001,776,907 
105,994,876 
93,387,355 
181,422,504 
354,559,269 
200,962,169 
30,608,200 
- 
34,842,534 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
176 
48 
80 
45 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2,000 to 59,999 
30 
10 
1 
16 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
58 
9 
16 
27 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
2,092 
309 
235 
648 
625 
198 
21 
- 
56 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
340 
91 
178 
65 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
number 
7,354 
707 
2,861 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
88 
21 
43 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
number 
6,623 
(D) 
1,749 
4,546 
- 
- 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
8 
5 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
653 
13 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
12,304 
624 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
26 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
