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.] 
Item 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 to 99 acres 
1 00 to 249 acres 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
Corn for grain 
Irrigated 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 to 99 acres 
1 00 to 249 acres 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
Irrigated 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 to 99 acres 
1 00 to 249 acres 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
Irrigated 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 to 99 acres 
1 00 to 249 acres 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
Oats for grain 
Irrigated 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 to 99 acres 
1 00 to 249 acres 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
Sorghum for grain 
Irrigated 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 to 99 acres 
1 00 to 249 acres 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
Soybeans for beans 
Irrigated 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
25 to 99 acres 
1 00 to 249 acres 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
Irrigated 
Sunflower seed, all 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
217 
50,560 
farms 
acres 
bushels 
farms 
2,562 
1,011,151 
121,002,552 
2,055 
651,404 
167 
14,714 
1,379,724 
136 
(D) 
997 
157,285 
2,740,971 
853 
121,331 
61 
3,886 
70,439 
48 
2,529 
346 
42,573 
836,655 
296 
33,094 
farms 
acres 
bushels 
farms 
acres 
99 
5,936 
402,698 
73 
3,648 
16 
668 
24,168 
10 
257 
farms 
acres 
bushels 
farms 
acres 
379 
147,955 
2,733,227 
83 
10,437 
farms 
acres 
bushels 
farms 
acres 
84 
12,602 
535,045 
63 
8,607 
215 
30,553 
938,052 
215 
30,553 
....farms 
acres 
pounds 
181 
69,307 
52,566,914 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
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 
19 
29 
71 
56 
6 
14 
1,261 
(D) 
13,905 
21,364 
3,835 
5,802 
5 
1 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
12 
13 
19 
2 
- 
- 
4 
14 
35 
18 
3 
8 
1 
3 
19 
29 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
13 
3 
5 
350 
477 
732 
401 
29 
160 
27,861 
85,648 
290,221 
418,064 
55,641 
99,186 
2,137,090 
7,672,114 
30,242,582 
55,740,907 
9,508,945 
12,748,386 
275 
365 
586 
343 
27 
133 
15,395 
47,274 
168,186 
282,605 
(D) 
71,860 
85 
26 
6 
1 
_ 
9 
163 
140 
96 
16 
- 
28 
90 
211 
223 
41 
4 
43 
9 
75 
208 
47 
4 
20 
3 
25 
199 
296 
21 
60 
136 
146 
263 
168 
48 
83 
7,091 
10,610 
47,707 
43,817 
23,311 
15,458 
117,600 
180,460 
724,699 
842,567 
493,765 
232,755 
107 
142 
214 
144 
44 
73 
5,651 
9,290 
33,994 
33,542 
19,279 
12,301 
47 
30 
9 
7 
1 
10 
71 
85 
88 
34 
3 
27 
18 
25 
98 
68 
14 
25 
- 
6 
54 
35 
13 
16 
- 
- 
14 
24 
17 
5 
56 
63 
78 
62 
7 
33 
5,183 
6,149 
8,451 
12,310 
2,626 
5,580 
36,924 
112,689 
186,319 
296,144 
66,597 
114,995 
41 
60 
73 
58 
7 
31 
1,908 
4,962 
6,433 
11,654 
2,626 
(D) 
14 
10 
6 
1 
_ 
2 
27 
35 
44 
13 
- 
10 
10 
15 
23 
30 
3 
15 
3 
2 
4 
13 
2 
5 
2 
1 
1 
5 
2 
1 
33 
19 
8 
6 
_ 
6 
1,760 
864 
737 
879 
- 
192 
101,364 
47,366 
43,406 
103,686 
- 
15,012 
25 
16 
3 
5 
- 
3 
992 
429 
195 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
10 
10 
1 
1 
_ 
3 
20 
7 
2 
1 
- 
2 
3 
1 
5 
3 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
79 
83 
130 
39 
1 
11 
15,552 
36,953 
60,096 
22,818 
(D) 
6,055 
280,955 
448,181 
1,275,577 
457,401 
(D) 
111,793 
16 
13 
29 
9 
1 
3 
1,556 
1,253 
5,003 
1,036 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
3 
3 
1 
_ 
_ 
21 
15 
14 
4 
- 
3 
29 
7 
26 
13 
- 
2 
13 
20 
39 
6 
- 
3 
11 
38 
48 
15 
1 
3 
5 
8 
23 
32 
_ 
6 
169 
372 
3,711 
7,065 
- 
821 
6,975 
1 1 ,488 
155,968 
310,271 
- 
37,179 
2 
6 
17 
28 
- 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
1,993 
5,170 
- 
(D) 
3 
2 
_ 
1 
_ 
1 
2 
6 
7 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
23 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
15 
28 
78 
64 
5 
23 
(D) 
1,331 
7,753 
13,357 
2,946 
4,642 
(D) 
40,756 
234,143 
423,853 
90,636 
134,309 
15 
28 
78 
64 
5 
23 
(D) 
1,331 
7,753 
13,357 
2,946 
4,642 
19 
20 
73 
38 
2 
11 
3,531 
3,947 
25,509 
27,958 
(D) 
4,432 
1,805,676 
3,597,386 
18,361,543 
23,477,099 
(D) 
3,525,665 
-continued 
96 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
