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 
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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
.. farms 
5,347 
1,474 
1,335 
755 
206 
253 
576 
421 
327 
number 
1,252,820 
63,183 
77,376 
16,131 
16,737 
30,284 
168,050 
793,075 
87,984 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
.... farms 
11,228 
3,304 
3,153 
1,826 
467 
555 
829 
496 
598 
number 
2,418,258 
62,232 
61,789 
75,451 
73,276 
153,074 
354,723 
1,307,196 
330,517 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
.... farms 
262 
39 
59 
37 
13 
18 
43 
26 
27 
number 
712,651 
1,909 
3,343 
4,856 
5,354 
4,194 
19,141 
552,556 
121,298 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
.... farms 
1,437 
379 
569 
351 
21 
18 
15 
4 
80 
Farms with- 
number 
111,893 
4,372 
7,101 
6,060 
1,737 
6,673 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 24 
1,228 
336 
510 
298 
14 
5 
6 
2 
57 
25 to 49 
95 
23 
26 
32 
- 
2 
2 
1 
9 
50 to 99 
52 
7 
21 
12 
3 
3 
1 
- 
5 
1 00 to 1 99 
39 
13 
11 
7 
- 
2 
3 
- 
3 
200 to 499 
11 
- 
- 
1 
4 
3 
- 
- 
3 
500 or more 
12 
- 
1 
1 
- 
3 
3 
1 
3 
Used or to be used for breeding 
.... farms 
732 
216 
252 
181 
10 
11 
13 
2 
47 
number 
8,322 
1,594 
1,721 
1,221 
385 
939 
1,457 
(D) 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs 
.... farms 
1,179 
301 
477 
281 
21 
18 
8 
4 
69 
number 
103,571 
2,778 
5,380 
4,839 
1,352 
5,734 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs sold 
.... farms 
1,163 
273 
496 
275 
20 
15 
11 
2 
71 
number 
290,488 
6,860 
13,860 
8,471 
(D) 
22,324 
21,221 
(D) 
193,505 
$1,000 
51,526 
716 
1,468 
1,129 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
37,510 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
.... farms 
4,224 
1,400 
1,579 
866 
72 
82 
43 
19 
163 
number 
668,517 
43,295 
49,800 
37,851 
32,111 
169,078 
175,770 
136,906 
23,706 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
.... farms 
3,222 
1,073 
1,195 
661 
57 
72 
36 
10 
118 
number 
306,987 
23,357 
25,907 
20,431 
11,139 
87,045 
90,891 
37,329 
10,888 
Sheep and lambs sold 
.... farms 
2,593 
812 
949 
554 
55 
68 
37 
13 
105 
number 
440,092 
20,861 
22,346 
21,982 
1 1 ,794 
105,927 
108,845 
123,736 
24,601 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
.... farms 
14,932 
5,033 
5,454 
3,029 
351 
298 
192 
65 
510 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
142,555 
36,832 
41,910 
33,157 
6,656 
8,317 
4,764 
1,310 
9,609 
inventory 
.... farms 
14,353 
4,799 
5,291 
2,926 
343 
292 
180 
63 
459 
number 
107,774 
31,258 
34,908 
21,790 
5,024 
4,943 
2,521 
944 
6,386 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
.... farms 
2,959 
861 
1,057 
733 
79 
72 
29 
11 
117 
number 
10,452 
2,616 
3,221 
2,255 
495 
741 
412 
154 
558 
Goats, all inventory 
.... farms 
4,474 
1,331 
1,852 
1,021 
54 
47 
33 
9 
127 
number 
140,042 
28,782 
42,787 
29,047 
12,643 
11,061 
9,838 
(D) 
(D) 
Goats, all sold 
.... farms 
2,133 
576 
869 
536 
36 
23 
19 
3 
71 
number 
62,844 
9,227 
23,803 
12,760 
7,191 
3,384 
3,719 
(D) 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
6,744 
2,081 
2,795 
1,431 
94 
74 
35 
17 
217 
Farms with- 
number 
19,000,779 
49,896 
71,437 
62,282 
30,640 
382,666 
1,976,250 
6,902,428 
9,525,180 
1 to 399 
6,653 
2,073 
2,790 
1,415 
90 
63 
21 
3 
198 
400 to 3,199 
39 
8 
4 
15 
2 
2 
2 
1 
5 
3,200 to 9,999 
4 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
4 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
13 
11 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
.... farms 
873 
284 
277 
236 
9 
12 
7 
10 
38 
number 
4,633,558 
127,439 
6,606 
(D) 
970 
49,066 
(D) 
1,328,234 
2,719,991 
Layers sold (see text) 
.... farms 
831 
283 
288 
176 
11 
13 
12 
14 
34 
number 
8,195,242 
12,852 
(D) 
13,960 
(D) 
321,367 
835,465 
3,576,739 
3,413,389 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
.... farms 
86 
30 
25 
17 
2 
1 
1 
4 
6 
number 
3,508,788 
(D) 
2,232 
4,666 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,945,800 
1,378,198 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
.... farms 
421 
116 
132 
108 
10 
11 
16 
2 
26 
Farms with- 
number 
273,277,272 
(D) 
650,991 
3,731,697 
(D) 
6,711,040 
11,240,341 
(D) 
227,214,615 
1 to 1,999 
336 
113 
125 
81 
1 
1 
1 
- 
14 
2,000 to 59,999 
26 
1 
3 
14 
4 
1 
1 
- 
2 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
59 
2 
4 
13 
5 
9 
14 
2 
10 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
682 
196 
249 
191 
5 
5 
9 
3 
24 
number 
4,532,307 
1,284 
2,475 
(D) 
107,923 
162,097 
361,775 
(D) 
3,368,165 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
.... farms 
302 
54 
114 
81 
9 
4 
11 
4 
25 
number 
15,384,675 
3,061 
4,016 
307,769 
416,301 
478,125 
948,776 
1,519,425 
11,707,202 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
.... farms 
264 
31 
19 
37 
26 
37 
54 
22 
38 
acres 
81,954 
1,535 
522 
3,515 
5,607 
15,593 
20,440 
8,506 
26,236 
bushels 
5,312,595 
44,811 
20,534 
144,076 
361,944 
797,321 
1,134,726 
586,298 
2,222,885 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 81 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
