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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
....farms 
11,715 
2,663 
3,140 
1,676 
935 
1,110 
1,438 
75 
workers 
33,104 
5,359 
6,182 
3,730 
2,268 
3,535 
7,034 
1,591 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
....farms 
5,732 
793 
951 
568 
570 
910 
1,334 
71 
workers 
13,663 
1,159 
1,371 
940 
969 
1,929 
4,251 
860 
Less than 150 days 
....farms 
8,325 
2,086 
2,439 
1,296 
576 
593 
841 
57 
workers 
19,441 
4,200 
4,811 
2,790 
1,299 
1,606 
2,783 
731 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
....farms 
205 
16 
5 
8 
21 
25 
77 
7 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
....farms 
24 
1 
1 
12 
5 
3 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
....farms 
19,073 
5,612 
8,610 
2,999 
650 
453 
290 
8 
workers 
43,305 
11,870 
20,218 
7,159 
1,524 
915 
508 
25 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,918 
532 
1,008 
306 
13 
2 
5 
8 
1 0 to 49 acres 
11,947 
3,866 
6,031 
1,629 
194 
34 
3 
7 
50 to 69 acres 
3,827 
1,338 
1,825 
506 
79 
9 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
4,986 
1,683 
2,342 
748 
105 
26 
- 
1 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,737 
1,742 
2,119 
677 
84 
20 
1 
1 
140 to 179 acres 
3,081 
1,167 
1,272 
447 
105 
28 
2 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,343 
843 
916 
407 
100 
26 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,654 
611 
599 
270 
86 
20 
2 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
4,725 
1,562 
1,443 
984 
414 
159 
12 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,598 
629 
550 
456 
286 
519 
28 
2 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,760 
139 
157 
121 
116 
518 
533 
3 
2,000 acres or more 
1,495 
27 
54 
40 
29 
98 
920 
54 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,234 
350 
566 
370 
370 
799 
1,283 
46 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
441 
163 
168 
83 
2 
9 
4 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
403 
129 
193 
56 
4 
10 
1 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
252 
49 
94 
60 
12 
11 
4 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
8,838 
3,493 
3,864 
910 
33 
77 
113 
3 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
286 
4 
9 
44 
21 
63 
110 
3 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
8,552 
3,489 
3,855 
866 
12 
14 
3 
. 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
22,009 
7,761 
9,885 
3,501 
217 
200 
56 
5 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
3 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
106 
18 
12 
25 
23 
20 
7 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
228 
37 
101 
57 
18 
7 
2 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,298 
515 
602 
849 
920 
308 
19 
18 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,111 
274 
635 
188 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,148 
1,350 
2,195 
491 
11 
18 
17 
2 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
25,866 
8,530 
11,051 
4,314 
866 
494 
125 
7 
number 
1,615,774 
373,652 
402,987 
292,609 
148,703 
221,851 
98,750 
18,042 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,075 
1,633 
2,712 
622 
39 
7 
4 
1 0 to 49 
13,049 
4,580 
6,098 
1,901 
209 
35 
14 
- 
50 to 99 
4,124 
1,459 
1,474 
880 
168 
49 
11 
2 
100 to 199 
2,155 
655 
563 
618 
181 
72 
6 
- 
200 to 499 
1,070 
184 
175 
267 
204 
171 
19 
- 
500 or more 
393 
19 
29 
26 
65 
160 
71 
5 
Cows and heifers that calved 
....farms 
23,442 
7,879 
9,884 
3,948 
796 
402 
97 
4 
number 
822,222 
223,457 
230,742 
164,933 
73,167 
77,627 
22,970 
635 
Beef cows 
....farms 
23,385 
7,872 
9,881 
3,935 
781 
388 
93 
4 
number 
813,250 
222,854 
230,452 
164,272 
71,580 
74,429 
(D) 
635 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,343 
2,090 
3,374 
743 
54 
11 
2 
1 0 to 49 
12,663 
4,610 
5,425 
2,031 
283 
63 
29 
2 
50 to 99 
2,809 
877 
830 
759 
185 
68 
17 
1 
100 to 199 
1,122 
237 
195 
338 
170 
119 
15 
- 
200 to 499 
369 
54 
48 
59 
84 
94 
16 
- 
500 or more 
79 
4 
9 
5 
5 
33 
14 
1 
Milk cows 
....farms 
100 
14 
5 
24 
26 
22 
7 
- 
number 
8,972 
603 
290 
661 
1,587 
3,198 
(D) 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10 
3 
1 
4 
2 
1 0 to 49 
28 
7 
- 
16 
5 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
31 
4 
3 
4 
16 
4 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
21 
- 
1 
- 
3 
15 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
7 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Other cattle (see text) 
....farms 
22,119 
7,312 
9,194 
3,786 
808 
483 
122 
7 
number 
793,552 
150,195 
172,245 
127,676 
75,536 
144,224 
75,780 
17,407 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
22,116 
7,374 
9,182 
3,763 
784 
481 
110 
6 
number 
954,433 
201,108 
198,754 
135,449 
88,585 
165,679 
96,605 
38,111 
$1,000 
766,476 
143,243 
141,239 
96,263 
68,719 
145,842 
100,961 
41,540 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
678 
3,405 
535 
2,184 
437 
1,221 
46 
451 
1,086 
44 
183 
70 
81 
93 
60 
51 
66 
151 
128 
173 
273 
450 
10 
10 
22 
345 
32 
313 
384 
1 
6 
67 
14 
64 
479 
59,180 
58 
212 
81 
60 
50 
18 
432 
28,691 
431 
(D) 
69 
220 
72 
48 
14 
8 
2 
(D) 
2 
407 
30,489 
416 
30,142 
28,668 
-continued 
66 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
