Table 6. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - California: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales -GCFI GCFI Large- Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 38,391 12,373 13,433 8,470 1,236 729 249 47 1,854 
50 to 99 acres 4,412 593 734 703 788 892 182 28 492 
100 to 199 acres 3,567 247 295 329 522 1,111 520 64 479 
200 to 499 acres 3,538 72 70 92 294 1,114 1,137 167 592 
500 to 999 acres 1,780 16 20 18 39 340 723 258 366 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 950 2 3 5 8 54 393 277 208 
2.000 acres or more 734 - - - - 6 139 376 213 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ...farms 2,879 819 984 584 94 98 118 40 142 
acres 492,270 67,554 52,865 86,541 49,785 40,521 66,405 29,591 99,008 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 2,425 738 679 510 81 111 99 29 178 
acres 207,072 18,309 19,956 32,810 10,724 26,924 53,256 9,195 35,898 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 6,204 1,662 1,815 1,097 227 343 325 149 586 
acres 674,022 80,649 110,014 61,317 21,671 39,656 111,048 89,954 159,713 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 1,477 295 299 279 103 134 145 54 168 
acres 210,958 15,954 12,792 25,529 18,988 24,951 43,192 26,242 43,310 
Total woodland farms 7,345 2,661 2,385 1,311 212 227 130 34 385 
acres 1,575,520 380,197 343,330 226,323 168,417 101,756 116,329 50,177 188,991 
Woodland pastured farms 3,519 1,350 1,126 614 89 98 52 19 171 
acres 855,116 183,236 179,653 145,518 121,673 60,309 31,059 8,173 125,495 
Woodland not pastured farms 4,610 1,584 1,517 864 138 146 89 15 257 
acres 720,404 196,961 163,677 80,805 46,744 41,447 85,270 42,004 63,496 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 21,886 7,511 7,323 3,864 667 694 644 170 1,013 
acres 13,036,448 1,735,479 1,666,314 1,690,921 1,530,949 1,797,688 2,064,909 690,921 1,859,267 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 41,259 12,308 13,006 7,199 1,555 2,073 1,948 701 2,469 
acres 1,365,250 175,472 175,396 132,280 87,447 113,770 185,614 179,031 316,240 
Irrigated land farms 53,546 13,522 14,960 9,427 2,811 4,173 3,319 1,215 4,119 
acres 7,861,964 226,120 276,910 210,286 260,786 879,146 1,854,380 2,284,169 1,870,167 
Harvested cropland farms 47,972 11,366 12,864 8,554 2,692 4,071 3,267 1,208 3,950 
acres 7,371,411 163,462 198,101 164,362 225,417 793,799 1,761,993 2,248,290 1,815,987 
Pastureland and other land farms 7,884 2,747 2,708 1,319 263 276 197 51 323 
acres 490,553 62,658 78,809 45,924 35,369 85,347 92,387 35,879 54,180 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 470 129 159 65 19 23 15 4 56 
acres 105,504 21,125 23,711 12,353 9,837 5,759 7,309 1,125 24,285 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 13,813 1,916 2,179 1,786 1,421 2,383 1,869 543 1,716 
acres 4,929,132 137,859 172,138 254,308 258,891 615,733 1,247,889 1,108,074 1,134,240 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ...farms 3,008 525 746 629 198 235 269 104 302 
$1,000 1,355,207 14,068 23,725 17,994 31,476 91,647 325,453 456,197 394,645 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 77,857 22,205 23,439 14,022 3,307 4,623 3,688 1,357 5,216 
$1,000 160,524,953 17,374,158 18,928,077 13,481,581 7,414,383 16,646,899 26,867,191 27,945,168 31,867,495 
Average per farm dollars 2,061,792 782,443 807,546 961,459 2,242,027 3,600,887 7,285,030 20,593,344 6,109,566 
Average per acre dollars 6,278 6,464 7,201 5,429 3,427 5,489 5,926 8,166 6,902 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 3,768 1,147 1,278 989 64 66 50 9 165 
$50,000 to $99,999 2,993 1,008 1,123 622 43 41 23 8 125 
$100,000 to $199,999 6,849 2,381 2,449 1,525 87 91 33 6 277 
$200,000 to $499,999 22,324 7,728 8,352 4,464 496 276 111 28 869 
$500,000 to $999,999 17,939 6,039 6,112 3,506 742 508 201 26 805 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 9,621 2,358 2,443 1,599 923 1,073 368 67 790 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 8,056 1,184 1,211 963 684 1,753 1,071 204 986 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 3,283 242 327 226 157 560 1,004 253 514 
$10,000,000 or more 3,024 118 144 128 111 255 827 756 685 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 77,851 22,202 23,437 14,022 3,307 4,623 3,687 1,357 5,216 
$1,000 9,709,545 708,671 816,260 629,036 362,400 1,011,254 1,873,591 2,300,802 2,007,531 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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76 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
