Table 7. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Colorado: 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 
644 
125 
171 
155 
31 
68 
38 
7 
49 
$1,000 
274,197 
2,427 
7,455 
4,066 
5,907 
33,709 
66,009 
111,985 
42,639 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
229 
9 
37 
31 
26 
63 
33 
7 
23 
$1,000 
270,060 
1,403 
6,404 
2,520 
5,858 
33,676 
65,932 
1 1 1 ,985 
42,283 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
92 
34 
37 
15 
- 
2 
1 
- 
3 
$1,000 
310 
232 
36 
29 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
...farms 
83 
34 
33 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
277 
232 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
9 
- 
4 
2 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
33 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
...farms 
8,972 
2,534 
2,625 
1,945 
559 
658 
256 
22 
373 
$1,000 
386,150 
25,061 
28,047 
39,491 
42,990 
108,095 
92,307 
10,627 
39,533 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
1,533 
98 
130 
245 
275 
452 
195 
17 
121 
$1,000 
323,999 
10,012 
13,702 
21,123 
37,359 
104,176 
90,872 
10,522 
36,233 
Maple syrup (see text) 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
...farms 
11,570 
2,466 
3,667 
2,708 
921 
898 
342 
88 
480 
$1,000 
4,321,308 
60,849 
73,237 
86,714 
126,588 
345,421 
406,195 
780,880 
2,441,423 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
3,521 
339 
381 
650 
712 
765 
322 
85 
267 
$1,000 
4,222,014 
36,871 
40,750 
55,580 
121,536 
342,335 
405,810 
780,765 
2,438,369 
Milk from cows (see text) 
...farms 
169 
16 
8 
23 
18 
16 
46 
36 
6 
$1,000 
559,422 
240 
186 
430 
2,480 
6,311 
104,820 
415,702 
29,252 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
129 
1 
1 
5 
18 
16 
46 
36 
6 
$1,000 
559,177 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,480 
6,311 
104,820 
415,702 
29,252 
Hogs and pigs 
...farms 
956 
133 
481 
252 
29 
20 
9 
3 
29 
$1,000 
208,763 
454 
2,984 
863 
1,328 
1,813 
(D) 
(D) 
150,913 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
30 
3 
2 
4 
3 
7 
3 
1 
7 
$1,000 
207,107 
(D) 
(D) 
249 
(D) 
1,760 
(D) 
(D) 
150,876 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
...farms 
2,037 
475 
875 
517 
65 
44 
19 
3 
39 
$1,000 
87,174 
2,099 
3,451 
3,482 
3,169 
7,345 
(D) 
(D) 
16,541 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
85 
5 
7 
16 
16 
17 
12 
3 
9 
$1,000 
79,976 
537 
1,074 
1,270 
2,637 
7,073 
(D) 
(D) 
16,383 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
...farms 
3,136 
687 
1,247 
887 
104 
89 
29 
5 
88 
$1,000 
31,600 
6,607 
9,494 
8,797 
1,652 
1,013 
3,229 
174 
633 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
100 
16 
33 
25 
13 
5 
5 
2 
1 
$1,000 
1 1 ,428 
2,287 
2,303 
2,107 
1,082 
(D) 
3,030 
(D) 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
...farms 
2,379 
579 
1,073 
574 
40 
46 
12 
3 
52 
$1,000 
102,175 
756 
989 
543 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
48,585 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
20 
3 
2 
- 
1 
7 
- 
2 
5 
$1,000 
100,436 
357 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
48,521 
Aquaculture 
...farms 
68 
13 
12 
7 
3 
3 
1 
29 
$1,000 
14,475 
114 
498 
347 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
10,183 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
36 
1 
3 
3 
2 
3 
1 
- 
23 
$1,000 
14,303 
(D) 
493 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
10,148 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
...farms 
1,266 
323 
489 
354 
22 
26 
7 
1 
44 
$1,000 
21,376 
2,411 
3,566 
2,905 
828 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,414 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
58 
8 
12 
14 
6 
7 
2 
9 
$1,000 
15,584 
765 
1,705 
1,132 
800 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3,183 
Value of- 
Government payments 
...farms 
11,115 
2,590 
2,816 
2,116 
1,161 
1,275 
533 
58 
566 
$1,000 
165,576 
25,063 
23,111 
19,518 
20,392 
39,365 
23,921 
3,034 
11,173 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
...farms 
2,283 
207 
323 
541 
449 
493 
172 
6 
92 
$1,000 
129,034 
2,849 
4,436 
10,495 
20,797 
47,707 
34,623 
611 
7,517 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
...farms 
2,896 
654 
1,229 
707 
106 
86 
24 
2 
88 
$1,000 
19,199 
2,213 
3,320 
4,374 
1,870 
5,033 
(D) 
(D) 
1,212 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
...farms 
36,180 
10,056 
13,421 
7,162 
1,598 
1,650 
696 
106 
1,491 
$1,000 
6,910,512 
211,294 
286,530 
288,808 
289,972 
764,236 
1,091,531 
1,377,337 
2,600,805 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
191,004 
21,012 
21,349 
40,325 
181,459 
463,173 
1,568,292 
12,993,742 
1,744,336 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
...farms 
10,989 
2,263 
3,042 
2,163 
1,084 
1,283 
585 
68 
501 
$1,000 
311,338 
8,315 
10,718 
13,143 
27,104 
77,126 
108,283 
27,213 
39,438 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
6,442 
1,887 
2,577 
1,457 
204 
94 
23 
5 
195 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,272 
317 
391 
604 
493 
285 
45 
12 
125 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
86 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
