Table 5. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Arkansas: 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
...farms 
286 
55 
91 
80 
13 
15 
5 
- 
27 
$1,000 
41,784 
1,271 
3,089 
2,577 
2,515 
6,610 
8,008 
- 
17,714 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
91 
8 
17 
20 
12 
13 
5 
- 
16 
$1,000 
39,540 
846 
2,272 
1,755 
(D) 
(D) 
8,008 
- 
17,581 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
31 
7 
18 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
379 
130 
158 
90 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
...farms 
21 
2 
14 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
217 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
10 
5 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
162 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
...farms 
9,303 
3,437 
3,872 
1,339 
291 
121 
51 
4 
188 
$1,000 
80,371 
20,302 
21,410 
10,586 
4,644 
4,151 
8,287 
4,390 
6,601 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
146 
20 
31 
19 
17 
24 
18 
3 
14 
$1,000 
26,857 
1,516 
2,297 
1,285 
1,717 
(D) 
7,841 
(D) 
5,158 
Maple syrup (see text) 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
...farms 
22,116 
7,374 
9,182 
3,763 
784 
481 
110 
6 
416 
$1,000 
766,476 
143,243 
141,239 
96,263 
68,719 
145,842 
100,961 
41,540 
28,668 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
2,728 
646 
527 
616 
379 
372 
88 
5 
95 
$1,000 
521,182 
54,840 
48,243 
48,380 
60,329 
143,248 
100,451 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk from cows (see text) 
...farms 
123 
25 
12 
28 
27 
22 
7 
2 
$1,000 
28,225 
2,165 
(D) 
1,894 
4,705 
9,125 
8,044 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
96 
15 
10 
16 
24 
22 
7 
- 
2 
$1,000 
27,529 
2,062 
(D) 
(D) 
4,558 
9,125 
8,044 
- 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
...farms 
540 
92 
258 
112 
40 
21 
2 
- 
15 
$1,000 
47,178 
1,629 
(D) 
7,706 
12,363 
11,708 
(D) 
- 
7,357 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
77 
4 
3 
20 
27 
12 
2 
- 
9 
$1,000 
46,386 
1,458 
(D) 
7,516 
12,319 
11,701 
(□) 
- 
7,326 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
...farms 
1,693 
412 
878 
348 
29 
7 
2 
- 
17 
$1,000 
3,954 
966 
1,697 
1,070 
135 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
...farms 
2,242 
569 
1,213 
346 
30 
45 
2 
- 
37 
$1,000 
1 1 ,699 
3,082 
5,639 
2,074 
(D) 
424 
(D) 
- 
333 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
18 
11 
5 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,743 
(D) 
373 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
...farms 
4,520 
836 
1,224 
1,085 
925 
316 
27 
18 
89 
$1,000 
4,011,725 
353,332 
362,755 
535,228 
1,405,632 
835,863 
109,100 
284,316 
125,498 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
2,844 
376 
367 
762 
922 
310 
26 
18 
63 
$1,000 
4,010,205 
352,863 
362,157 
534,820 
(D) 
835,861 
(D) 
284,316 
125,458 
Aquaculture 
...farms 
127 
15 
24 
27 
5 
23 
18 
2 
13 
$1,000 
67,453 
115 
(D) 
923 
(D) 
9,716 
33,007 
(D) 
12,320 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
69 
- 
6 
6 
5 
21 
18 
2 
11 
$1,000 
66,700 
- 
(D) 
528 
(D) 
(D) 
33,007 
(D) 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
...farms 
489 
169 
222 
74 
10 
4 
1 
- 
9 
$1,000 
4,169 
497 
684 
474 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
13 
2 
4 
1 
2 
1 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
2,867 
(D) 
253 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
...farms 
13,140 
3,438 
3,771 
1,837 
790 
1,123 
1,385 
50 
746 
$1,000 
262,967 
20,355 
20,572 
12,168 
12,134 
36,355 
112,012 
9,301 
40,070 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
...farms 
2,865 
218 
428 
244 
208 
577 
892 
25 
273 
$1,000 
433,390 
1,876 
2,635 
2,982 
11,015 
76,425 
244,617 
18,965 
74,875 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
...farms 
1,391 
403 
635 
284 
21 
17 
5 
- 
26 
$1,000 
6,369 
1,536 
1,554 
1,685 
534 
608 
240 
" 
212 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
...farms 
45,071 
14,139 
18,316 
6,591 
1,611 
1,459 
1,506 
76 
1,373 
$1,000 
7,701,266 
550,161 
638,810 
646,673 
1,335,195 
1,287,220 
1,897,185 
550,010 
796,012 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
170,870 
38,911 
34,877 
98,115 
828,799 
882,262 
1,259,751 
7,236,970 
579,761 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
...farms 
19,900 
5,549 
7,071 
3,056 
809 
1,137 
1,449 
54 
775 
$1,000 
629,255 
19,171 
22,238 
15,368 
18,228 
80,869 
321,997 
41,676 
109,709 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
13,394 
4,536 
6,074 
2,166 
260 
101 
14 
- 
243 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,306 
942 
893 
812 
293 
222 
42 
- 
102 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
58 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
