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. 
Sorghum for grain - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1,502 
284 
344 
229 
153 
273 
140 
8 
71 
acres 
334,831 
20,283 
24,750 
16,223 
26,873 
94,256 
106,351 
10,929 
35,166 
bushels 
13,786,374 
748,233 
939,315 
519,490 
958,626 
3,862,958 
4,669,661 
492,806 
1,595,285 
Irrigated 
farms 
76 
8 
10 
5 
4 
16 
21 
2 
10 
acres 
11,755 
283 
902 
(D) 
131 
3,363 
4,659 
(D) 
1,832 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
237 
73 
99 
57 
2 
2 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
506 
145 
160 
104 
39 
28 
11 
- 
19 
1 00 to 249 acres 
388 
59 
70 
68 
71 
84 
21 
- 
15 
250 to 499 acres 
191 
7 
15 
- 
40 
97 
18 
2 
12 
500 acres or more 
180 
- 
- 
- 
1 
62 
90 
6 
21 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
9 
4 
1 
_ 
_ 
3 
1 
_ 
_ 
acres 
604 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
557 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
95,694 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
4 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Tobacco 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0.0 to 24.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
879 
129 
149 
Ill 
105 
207 
129 
6 
43 
acres 
189,390 
7,988 
10,984 
6,676 
16,235 
49,795 
70,438 
7,718 
19,556 
bushels 
10,434,299 
331,940 
573,237 
281,985 
687,836 
2,595,518 
4,239,258 
469,690 
1,254,835 
Irrigated 
farms 
32 
1 
4 
5 
3 
8 
9 
- 
2 
acres 
4,566 
(D) 
120 
45 
(D) 
512 
3,402 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
110 
43 
28 
27 
3 
4 
2 
. 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
273 
55 
85 
61 
30 
30 
8 
- 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
252 
30 
27 
22 
56 
80 
26 
- 
11 
250 to 499 acres 
149 
1 
9 
1 
16 
78 
29 
1 
14 
500 acres or more 
95 
- 
- 
" 
- 
15 
64 
5 
11 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
16,039 
5,924 
6,171 
2,448 
607 
408 
144 
5 
332 
acres 
807,058 
231,512 
249,253 
143,628 
57,888 
62,569 
29,312 
1,492 
31,404 
tons, dry 
1,856,452 
489,147 
522,273 
322,728 
168,761 
194,011 
81,039 
2,750 
75,743 
Irrigated 
farms 
164 
35 
50 
28 
13 
14 
11 
- 
13 
acres 
7,549 
582 
833 
1,072 
1,359 
1,210 
1,630 
- 
863 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
7,091 
2,871 
3,027 
886 
146 
54 
12 
95 
25 to 99 acres 
6,920 
2,573 
2,595 
1,122 
282 
154 
39 
2 
153 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,630 
429 
477 
371 
117 
123 
62 
- 
51 
250 to 499 acres 
317 
47 
60 
65 
47 
56 
16 
1 
25 
500 acres or more 
81 
4 
12 
4 
15 
21 
15 
2 
8 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
236 
73 
84 
65 
5 
2 
1 
_ 
6 
acres 
4,986 
1,649 
1,698 
1,408 
86 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
71 
tons, dry 
8,361 
2,321 
3,061 
2,423 
210 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
47 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
3 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
31 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other tame hay 
farms 
12,906 
4,697 
4,949 
1,956 
538 
358 
130 
5 
273 
acres 
666,134 
184,303 
203,373 
115,257 
52,616 
57,343 
24,977 
1,492 
26,773 
tons, dry 
1,616,002 
412,930 
448,751 
275,218 
155,735 
181,196 
73,128 
2,750 
66,294 
Irrigated 
farms 
139 
30 
40 
25 
13 
11 
9 
- 
11 
acres 
6,524 
526 
779 
1,031 
1,359 
1,184 
1,063 
- 
582 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
29 
11 
1 
6 
2 
8 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
3,922 
232 
(D) 
213 
(D) 
2,719 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,388 
540 
485 
254 
24 
35 
17 
1 
32 
acres 
15,060 
2,045 
2,208 
1,811 
(D) 
3,931 
3,721 
(D) 
648 
Irrigated 
farms 
353 
121 
110 
69 
13 
13 
10 
17 
acres 
4,316 
355 
314 
246 
194 
1,350 
1,700 
- 
159 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
926 
397 
352 
146 
6 
5 
- 
- 
20 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
28 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
