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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
13,371 
4,933 
5,939 
1,926 
290 
67 
4 
1 
211 
50 to 99 acres 
4,667 
1,640 
1,709 
938 
206 
65 
8 
- 
101 
100 to 199 acres 
2,816 
843 
854 
689 
215 
106 
11 
1 
97 
200 to 499 acres 
1,687 
315 
359 
298 
408 
205 
28 
3 
71 
500 to 999 acres 
749 
29 
47 
30 
111 
460 
22 
2 
48 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,117 
4 
4 
5 
15 
381 
560 
- 
148 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
1,128 
14 
831 
50 
233 
additional improvements (see text) 
...farms 
2,049 
631 
838 
329 
98 
66 
37 
5 
45 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
180,875 
44,539 
43,842 
26,461 
14,095 
15,688 
9,453 
9,943 
16,854 
were abandoned 
...farms 
1,631 
515 
623 
283 
46 
61 
45 
1 
57 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
88,764 
20,079 
23,872 
16,943 
7,455 
8,170 
6,124 
(D) 
(D) 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
...farms 
4,121 
1,528 
1,520 
461 
102 
118 
154 
12 
226 
acres 
312,068 
102,835 
95,890 
30,805 
(D) 
15,027 
20,394 
(D) 
36,417 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
537 
108 
160 
83 
27 
52 
74 
1 
32 
acres 
32,935 
3,983 
6,491 
3,667 
(D) 
5,619 
9,740 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland 
...farms 
25,132 
8,552 
10,615 
3,697 
852 
547 
268 
13 
588 
acres 
2,258,259 
667,144 
729,784 
343,386 
112,194 
155,021 
59,510 
4,961 
186,259 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
13,537 
4,709 
5,639 
2,218 
437 
241 
53 
4 
236 
acres 
742,185 
251,395 
229,625 
138,816 
41,686 
40,220 
11,118 
1,988 
27,337 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
15,474 
5,211 
6,624 
2,046 
535 
391 
232 
9 
426 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,516,074 
415,749 
500,159 
204,570 
70,508 
114,801 
48,392 
2,973 
158,922 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
30,490 
10,136 
13,254 
4,867 
962 
544 
151 
7 
569 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
3,123,642 
859,687 
940,234 
576,956 
239,030 
271,724 
112,904 
9,204 
113,903 
wasteland, etc 
...farms 
24,209 
8,004 
9,764 
3,757 
931 
628 
499 
41 
585 
acres 
497,774 
116,134 
136,064 
64,637 
25,290 
50,702 
54,176 
10,926 
39,845 
Irrigated land 
...farms 
5,084 
470 
804 
555 
410 
885 
1,396 
51 
513 
acres 
4,803,902 
25,205 
41,662 
31,099 
103,976 
633,000 
2,681,465 
305,561 
981,934 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
4,896 
430 
711 
514 
408 
879 
1,396 
51 
507 
acres 
4,795,969 
24,175 
39,392 
29,432 
103,162 
631,623 
2,681,032 
305,561 
981,592 
Pastureland and other land 
...farms 
287 
55 
115 
65 
18 
18 
4 
- 
12 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
7,933 
1,030 
2,270 
1,667 
814 
1,377 
433 
342 
Programs 
...farms 
2,643 
973 
956 
204 
59 
93 
136 
10 
212 
acres 
238,619 
74,736 
77,237 
18,997 
5,725 
13,354 
13,632 
2,272 
32,666 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
...farms 
5,128 
822 
904 
710 
414 
741 
1,085 
46 
406 
acres 
4,758,509 
150,327 
162,431 
157,898 
166,075 
632,962 
2,259,518 
301,441 
927,857 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
...farms 
32 
2 
12 
15 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
789 
(D) 
20 
367 
(D) 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
...farms 
45,071 
14,139 
18,316 
6,591 
1,611 
1,459 
1,506 
76 
1,373 
$1,000 
36,415,777 
5,417,130 
6,259,628 
3,389,662 
1,891,559 
3,787,576 
10,060,258 
1,252,726 
4,357,237 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
807,965 
383,134 
341,757 
514,286 
1,174,152 
2,596,008 
6,680,119 
16,483,238 
3,173,515 
Average per acre 
. dollars 
2,637 
2,417 
2,549 
2,481 
2,830 
2,584 
2,804 
3,143 
2,676 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
2,834 
925 
1,447 
369 
13 
3 
2 
2 
73 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,580 
1,541 
2,344 
590 
15 
3 
- 
2 
85 
$100,000 to $199,999 
9,081 
3,161 
4,526 
1,184 
42 
12 
3 
2 
151 
$200,000 to $499,999 
14,880 
5,300 
6,676 
2,282 
280 
71 
5 
1 
265 
$500,000 to $999,999 
6,876 
2,232 
2,318 
1,393 
535 
171 
11 
2 
214 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
3,107 
757 
739 
565 
509 
353 
65 
3 
116 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
2,192 
196 
233 
183 
199 
719 
455 
9 
198 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
1,099 
24 
27 
18 
15 
117 
739 
5 
154 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
422 
3 
6 
7 
3 
10 
226 
50 
117 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
...farms 
45,070 
14,139 
18,316 
6,591 
1,611 
1,458 
1,506 
76 
1,373 
$1,000 
5,202,799 
692,372 
870,658 
452,513 
283,258 
534,666 
1,554,325 
198,462 
616,545 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
62 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
