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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
1,983 
500 
493 
296 
153 
295 
160 
5 
81 
acres 
285,328 
15,449 
15,817 
10,366 
18,272 
75,761 
111,417 
8,310 
29,936 
bushels 
25,998,347 
1,068,440 
1,020,244 
702,215 
1,410,253 
6,590,010 
11,155,853 
987,347 
3,063,985 
Irrigated 
farms 
167 
23 
14 
11 
6 
36 
48 
3 
26 
acres 
26,084 
247 
211 
228 
(D) 
4,002 
13,789 
(D) 
4,652 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
828 
313 
322 
142 
22 
13 
2 
1 
13 
25 to 99 acres 
570 
148 
128 
130 
59 
66 
18 
- 
21 
1 00 to 249 acres 
282 
36 
37 
24 
54 
84 
30 
- 
17 
250 to 499 acres 
153 
2 
6 
- 
17 
83 
35 
- 
10 
500 acres or more 
150 
1 
- 
- 
1 
49 
75 
4 
20 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
129 
23 
36 
19 
16 
19 
13 
- 
3 
acres 
8,371 
537 
425 
883 
2,145 
1,121 
2,670 
- 
590 
tons 
103,506 
6,214 
3,452 
7,861 
30,612 
11,125 
36,192 
- 
8,050 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
4 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
487 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
64 
16 
33 
11 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
40 
6 
3 
5 
7 
16 
3 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
16 
1 
- 
3 
1 
2 
6 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
7 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
2 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
" 
- 
" 
2 
- 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
925 
99 
98 
75 
116 
281 
171 
6 
79 
acres 
376,464 
6,631 
6,713 
5,994 
23,750 
104,134 
159,208 
15,353 
54,681 
bales 
710,958 
11,660 
10,956 
10,322 
38,149 
192,919 
309,518 
32,791 
104,643 
Irrigated 
farms 
117 
3 
3 
1 
9 
33 
41 
3 
24 
acres 
22,206 
73 
65 
(D) 
602 
3,303 
11,626 
(D) 
4,513 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
76 
25 
29 
12 
3 
1 
- 
- 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
171 
54 
45 
38 
15 
12 
- 
- 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
236 
18 
20 
25 
62 
84 
16 
- 
11 
250 to 499 acres 
194 
2 
4 
- 
31 
116 
28 
- 
13 
500 acres or more 
248 
- 
- 
- 
5 
68 
127 
6 
42 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
233 
26 
47 
33 
37 
62 
19 
- 
9 
acres 
15,069 
1,273 
979 
1,170 
2,115 
5,939 
3,065 
- 
528 
bushels 
750,562 
68,071 
40,515 
46,543 
97,949 
291,148 
176,171 
- 
30,165 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
76 
11 
28 
19 
9 
4 
3 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
104 
10 
19 
14 
23 
30 
4 
- 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
47 
5 
- 
- 
5 
28 
6 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
772 
78 
89 
83 
110 
242 
116 
4 
50 
acres 
217,940 
5,297 
5,657 
5,383 
17,939 
79,228 
73,480 
6,284 
24,672 
pounds 
834,701,569 
16,535,098 
18,601,930 
16,056,290 
54,334,938 
302,072,799 
300,920,786 
26,905,700 
99,274,028 
Irrigated 
farms 
101 
4 
2 
6 
4 
46 
23 
1 
15 
acres 
13,730 
34 
(D) 
115 
185 
4,766 
5,996 
(D) 
2,426 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
77 
27 
30 
11 
2 
1 
- 
- 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
188 
31 
39 
57 
33 
20 
3 
- 
5 
1 00 to 249 acres 
183 
18 
19 
15 
53 
61 
11 
- 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
199 
2 
1 
- 
21 
128 
32 
- 
15 
500 acres or more 
125 
- 
- 
" 
1 
32 
70 
4 
18 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
101 
8 
20 
9 
19 
26 
16 
- 
3 
acres 
7,044 
342 
519 
633 
1,505 
1,632 
1,878 
- 
535 
bushels 
331,159 
15,072 
20,981 
33,833 
65,525 
79,549 
85,768 
- 
30,431 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
209 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
18 
2 
12 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
57 
5 
7 
8 
11 
18 
8 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
25 
1 
1 
1 
6 
6 
7 
" 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 27 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
