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 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 8,912 3,079 3,775 1,707 57 61 18 5 210 
50 to 99 acres 2,046 534 609 674 76 32 13 4 104 
100 to 199 acres 1,793 326 426 649 189 93 18 4 88 
200 to 499 acres 2,030 235 257 522 484 338 50 14 130 
500 to 999 acres 1,174 54 83 148 290 400 100 14 85 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 882 15 15 35 199 337 197 12 72 
2.000 acres or more 542 1 9 2 24 201 216 26 63 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ...farms 2,546 625 900 544 134 140 76 13 114 
acres 427,615 62,278 70,755 88,097 50,138 70,106 44,930 4,087 37,224 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 4,527 1,092 1,335 985 371 404 138 19 183 
acres 718,201 84,162 77,986 136,862 107,584 159,190 77,279 4,266 70,872 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 7,117 2,025 2,207 1,133 458 609 270 27 388 
acres 2,300,389 568,821 524,845 299,236 202,145 367,025 172,512 19,152 146,653 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 3,563 479 597 737 567 681 294 29 179 
acres 2,020,914 80,068 126,860 196,547 347,387 587,610 495,074 32,117 155,251 
Total woodland farms 4,315 1,392 1,551 945 100 89 26 3 209 
acres 1,355,119 160,421 255,539 167,421 80,201 (D) 287,507 (D) 197,566 
Woodland pastured farms 2,640 787 955 621 67 59 16 2 133 
acres 826,838 97,407 204,567 134,242 69,772 (D) 39,239 (D) 114,869 
Woodland not pastured farms 2,080 733 731 420 47 34 14 1 100 
acres 528,281 63,014 50,972 33,179 10,429 (D) 248,268 (D) 82,697 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 22,186 6,108 8,142 4,571 1,034 1,023 371 59 878 
acres 19,223,470 2,215,186 2,661,208 2,778,831 2,674,714 4,216,863 2,109,015 255,367 2,312,286 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 20,820 5,816 7,779 4,102 860 938 414 75 836 
acres 658,340 115,147 111,476 112,694 60,301 (D) 88,271 (D) 76,983 
Irrigated land farms 15,547 4,062 4,968 3,168 916 1,145 561 77 650 
acres 2,516,785 199,659 219,590 284,360 285,547 547,709 588,458 120,301 271,161 
Harvested cropland farms 13,054 3,234 3,912 2,714 867 1,125 551 75 576 
acres 2,110,131 133,030 149,413 202,960 226,175 493,490 563,793 112,959 228,311 
Pastureland and other land farms 5,575 1,634 2,096 1,155 224 176 59 11 220 
acres 406,654 66,629 70,177 81,400 59,372 54,219 24,665 7,342 42,850 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 4,514 1,328 1,297 658 342 438 181 12 258 
acres 1,949,006 519,130 460,002 272,710 163,230 284,770 118,590 15,012 115,562 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 5,379 627 770 1,052 926 1,134 501 59 310 
acres 5,755,640 213,101 349,848 514,553 927,357 1,870,021 1,278,164 121,210 481,386 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ...farms 176 22 37 47 13 18 18 5 16 
$1,000 68,188 272 851 1,558 1,896 (D) 16,411 (D) 5,350 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 36,180 10,056 13,421 7,162 1,598 1,650 696 106 1,491 
$1,000 40,821,073 6,644,293 7,967,744 6,457,320 4,113,986 6,454,890 4,749,996 933,068 3,499,776 
Average per farm dollars 1,128,277 660,729 593,677 901,608 2,574,459 3,912,055 6,824,707 8,802,532 2,347,268 
Average per acre dollars 1,280 1,876 1,915 1,522 972 901 1,035 1,838 1,015 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 2,158 680 974 380 24 6 3 2 89 
$50,000 to $99,999 2,145 689 915 434 22 10 3 1 71 
$100,000 to $199,999 4,290 1,374 1,984 739 27 20 1 2 143 
$200,000 to $499,999 12,084 3,724 5,472 2,336 146 71 25 8 302 
$500,000 to $999,999 6,814 2,030 2,413 1,619 267 166 42 4 273 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 3,901 901 1,011 931 440 324 85 9 200 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 3,185 518 508 550 489 660 210 32 218 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 1,050 110 97 119 127 272 191 21 113 
$10,000,000 or more 553 30 47 54 56 121 136 27 82 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 35,893 9,965 13,284 7,124 1,598 1,650 696 106 1,470 
$1,000 3,953,022 479,955 602,327 560,750 402,015 724,559 642,913 168,761 371,742 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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90 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
