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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
303 
82 
75 
98 
12 
11 
5 
- 
20 
acres 
341 
30 
(D) 
78 
45 
29 
(D) 
- 
34 
Harvested for processing farms 
25 
6 
9 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
19 
(D) 
3 
2 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Land in orchards farms 
808 
264 
308 
166 
23 
12 
8 
- 
27 
acres 
6,338 
1,054 
1,281 
1,308 
749 
732 
864 
- 
350 
Irrigated farms 
808 
264 
308 
166 
23 
12 
8 
- 
27 
acres 
6,338 
1,054 
1,281 
1,308 
749 
732 
864 
- 
350 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
567 
193 
247 
103 
5 
2 
1 
- 
16 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
184 
68 
51 
53 
3 
1 
2 
- 
6 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
49 
3 
9 
9 
14 
6 
3 
- 
5 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
7 
- 
1 
1 
1 
3 
1 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
435 
140 
169 
91 
10 
6 
4 
_ 
15 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,387 
345 
346 
292 
122 
105 
117 
- 
59 
Grapes farms 
254 
78 
102 
47 
5 
4 
3 
- 
15 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,088 
211 
389 
157 
72 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
56 
Peaches, all farms 
355 
100 
123 
83 
18 
10 
5 
- 
16 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
2,776 
348 
293 
485 
468 
448 
552 
- 
182 
Almonds farms 
6 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pecans farms 
6 
2 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Walnuts, English farms 
10 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
3 
2 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
(D) 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
123 
36 
41 
31 
- 
3 
2 
- 
10 
acres 
85 
22 
20 
12 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
24 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
98 Farm Typology 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
