Table 3. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Alaska: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
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 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 
14 
4 
3 
1 
2 
1 
_ 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
17 
- 
3 
1 
2 
8 
2 
- 
1 
Chemicals purchased farms 
197 
39 
66 
59 
7 
10 
2 
_ 
14 
$1,000 
367 
37 
70 
55 
19 
114 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
183 
38 
64 
58 
6 
6 
- 
- 
11 
$5,000 to $24,999 
12 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
- 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Seeds, plants, vines, and 
trees purchased farms 
309 
60 
103 
102 
11 
11 
2 
- 
20 
$1,000 
2,406 
(D) 
267 
207 
140 
311 
(D) 
- 
923 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
176 
34 
71 
60 
1 
1 
- 
- 
9 
$1,000 to $4,999 
86 
16 
22 
34 
5 
3 
- 
- 
6 
$5,000 to $24,999 
27 
7 
7 
6 
2 
3 
1 
- 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
12 
3 
3 
1 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
8 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
" 
3 
Livestock and poultry purchased or 
leased farms 
168 
31 
65 
57 
2 
3 
- 
- 
10 
$1,000 
569 
44 
217 
102 
(D) 
34 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
152 
29 
62 
52 
- 
1 
- 
- 
8 
$5,000 to $24,999 
13 
2 
2 
5 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
$25,000 to $99,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$250,000 or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Breeding livestock purchased or 
leased farms 
46 
5 
16 
20 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
250 
7 
150 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other livestock and poultry 
purchased or leased (see text) farms 
148 
28 
59 
50 
1 
1 
- 
- 
9 
$1,000 
320 
37 
67 
75 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Feed purchased farms 
364 
74 
127 
119 
4 
3 
_ 
- 
37 
$1,000 
6,386 
346 
561 
620 
118 
355 
- 
- 
4,387 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
229 
51 
95 
74 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
$5,000 to $24,999 
107 
22 
30 
41 
2 
- 
- 
- 
12 
$25,000 to $99,999 
14 
1 
1 
4 
2 
1 
- 
- 
5 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
5 
$250,000 or more 
6 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
6 
Gasoline, fuels, and oils purchased farms 
716 
169 
235 
223 
15 
14 
2 
- 
58 
$1,000 
5,091 
460 
638 
635 
(D) 
460 
(D) 
- 
2,437 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
566 
141 
209 
182 
5 
- 
- 
- 
29 
$5,000 to $24,999 
114 
26 
22 
39 
4 
7 
- 
- 
16 
$25,000 to $49,999 
17 
2 
3 
2 
3 
4 
1 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
19 
- 
1 
- 
3 
3 
1 
- 
11 
Utilities farms 
525 
112 
163 
170 
14 
14 
2 
_ 
50 
$1,000 
4,060 
248 
281 
325 
(D) 
277 
(D) 
- 
1,931 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
195 
45 
80 
64 
1 
1 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 to $4,999 
241 
57 
69 
93 
4 
2 
- 
- 
16 
$5,000 to $24,999 
66 
9 
14 
13 
5 
9 
1 
- 
15 
$25,000 to $49,999 
8 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$50,000 or more 
15 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
- 
11 
Supplies, repairs, and maintenance 
costs farms 
604 
128 
196 
194 
14 
14 
2 
- 
56 
$1,000 
4,414 
381 
573 
571 
(D) 
560 
(D) 
- 
1,893 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
459 
108 
169 
162 
2 
- 
- 
- 
18 
$5,000 to $24,999 
109 
18 
25 
30 
9 
7 
- 
- 
20 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
- 
- 
4 
$50,000 or more 
25 
1 
1 
- 
2 
5 
2 
- 
14 
Hired farm labor farms 
259 
45 
76 
65 
9 
12 
2 
_ 
50 
$1,000 
18,647 
(D) 
650 
699 
1,110 
1,303 
(D) 
- 
12,712 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
110 
26 
49 
32 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$5,000 to $24,999 
70 
12 
22 
23 
2 
2 
- 
- 
9 
$25,000 to $99,999 
42 
7 
4 
10 
2 
3 
- 
- 
16 
$100,000 to $249,999 
15 
- 
1 
- 
3 
6 
- 
- 
5 
$250,000 or more 
22 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
18 
Contract labor farms 
49 
11 
17 
9 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
10 
$1,000 
1,718 
(D) 
80 
45 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,506 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
13 
6 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
14 
3 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$5,000 to $24,999 
14 
2 
6 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
32 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
