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. 
Contract labor - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$50,000 or more 
6 
- 
- 
“ 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Customwork and custom hauling farms 
67 
11 
22 
20 
4 
2 
- 
- 
8 
$1,000 
902 
35 
47 
29 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
607 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
31 
6 
13 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
19 
3 
7 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
11 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$50,000 or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
- 
4 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees farms 
115 
19 
28 
44 
5 
9 
- 
- 
10 
$1,000 
549 
74 
140 
107 
67 
108 
- 
- 
54 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
90 
16 
24 
40 
2 
2 
- 
- 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
$10,000 to $24,999 
13 
3 
3 
1 
1 
4 
- 
- 
1 
$25,000 or more 
4 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles . farms 
57 
12 
17 
19 
1 
2 
- 
- 
6 
$1,000 
156 
30 
51 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
27 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
20 
4 
7 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
26 
6 
6 
9 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
$5,000 to $24,999 
11 
2 
4 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Interest expense farms 
195 
39 
65 
54 
9 
10 
2 
- 
16 
$1,000 
1,771 
238 
450 
262 
(D) 
174 
(D) 
- 
516 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
114 
20 
43 
37 
3 
3 
- 
- 
8 
$5,000 to $24,999 
70 
18 
19 
16 
5 
4 
2 
- 
6 
$25,000 to $99,999 
9 
1 
3 
1 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
$100,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
2 
Secured by real estate farms 
135 
26 
49 
40 
5 
7 
1 
_ 
7 
$1,000 
1,127 
159 
370 
192 
(D) 
132 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
21 
6 
7 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
53 
6 
24 
20 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
54 
14 
17 
12 
3 
2 
1 
- 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
3 
1 
- 
" 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Not secured by real estate farms 
107 
22 
29 
31 
7 
6 
1 
_ 
11 
$1,000 
644 
79 
81 
70 
(D) 
43 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
16 
3 
8 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
65 
13 
16 
24 
3 
1 
- 
- 
8 
$5,000 to $24,999 
25 
6 
5 
3 
4 
5 
1 
- 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Property taxes paid farms 
544 
146 
201 
163 
8 
7 
2 
- 
17 
$1,000 
1,345 
325 
469 
378 
(D) 
52 
(D) 
- 
67 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
480 
132 
180 
143 
7 
3 
1 
- 
14 
$5,000 to $9,999 
52 
12 
16 
18 
1 
3 
- 
- 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
11 
2 
5 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$25,000 or more 
1 
- 
" 
- 
" 
1 
- 
- 
All other production 
expenses (see text) farms 
430 
93 
128 
131 
15 
14 
2 
- 
47 
$1,000 
4,296 
367 
300 
438 
(D) 
525 
(D) 
- 
1,595 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
326 
83 
112 
109 
3 
3 
- 
- 
16 
$5,000 to $24,999 
72 
7 
16 
20 
8 
3 
1 
- 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
14 
1 
- 
2 
3 
4 
- 
- 
4 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
6 
$100,000 or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
4 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Depreciation expenses claimed farms 
339 
84 
92 
93 
14 
13 
2 
- 
41 
$1,000 
7,710 
748 
1,046 
790 
(D) 
542 
(D) 
- 
4,205 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations farms 
762 
177 
260 
234 
15 
14 
2 
- 
60 
$1,000 
8,589 
(D) 
-267 
1,256 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
5,792 
Average per farm dollars 
11,271 
(D) 
-1,025 
5,367 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
96,534 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 33 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
