Table 8. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Connecticut: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
5,977 
1,648 
2,471 
1,229 
139 
124 
60 
18 
288 
percent 
100.0 
27.6 
41.3 
20.6 
2.3 
2.1 
1.0 
0.3 
4.8 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
436,539 
80,208 
98,175 
77,894 
21,097 
30,310 
73,773 
9,940 
45,142 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
73 
49 
40 
63 
152 
244 
1,230 
552 
157 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
5,977 
1,648 
2,471 
1,229 
139 
124 
60 
18 
288 
$1,000 
555,461 
16,296 
21,485 
26,683 
24,481 
56,627 
106,591 
208,193 
95,106 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
92,933 
9,888 
8,695 
21,711 
176,120 
456,673 
1,776,514 
11,566,278 
330,229 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1,841 
570 
896 
302 
8 
14 
51 
$1,000 to $2,499 
746 
220 
407 
90 
- 
- 
- 
- 
29 
$2,500 to $4,999 
833 
271 
401 
128 
- 
2 
- 
- 
31 
$5,000 to $9,999 
723 
205 
313 
146 
13 
1 
- 
- 
45 
$10,000 to $24,999 
760 
209 
266 
239 
4 
2 
- 
- 
40 
$25,000 to $49,999 
359 
85 
109 
137 
5 
- 
_ 
- 
23 
$50,000 to $99,999 
249 
69 
45 
123 
1 
1 
- 
- 
10 
$100,000 to $249,999 
202 
19 
29 
64 
72 
1 
- 
- 
17 
$250,000 to $499,999 
103 
- 
5 
- 
36 
49 
- 
- 
13 
$500,000 to $999,999 
69 
- 
- 
- 
- 
54 
4 
- 
11 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
92 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
56 
18 
18 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
54 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
47 
1 
6 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
5 
$5,000,000 or more 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
17 
7 
Total sales 
.... farms 
5,977 
1,648 
2,471 
1,229 
139 
124 
60 
18 
288 
$1,000 
550,620 
15,884 
20,715 
25,848 
24,151 
55,977 
105,651 
207,926 
94,466 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
261 
50 
43 
55 
20 
37 
26 
3 
27 
$1,000 
15,216 
565 
816 
888 
738 
2,359 
7,297 
377 
2,176 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
58 
3 
6 
4 
3 
15 
15 
2 
10 
$1,000 
12,776 
178 
(D) 
357 
433 
1,984 
6,951 
(D) 
1,959 
Corn 
... farms 
239 
47 
40 
48 
19 
37 
24 
3 
21 
$1,000 
14,907 
481 
(D) 
857 
(D) 
2,256 
7,269 
377 
2,175 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
57 
2 
6 
4 
3 
15 
15 
2 
10 
$1,000 
12,575 
(D) 
544 
357 
(D) 
1,882 
6,938 
(D) 
1,959 
Wheat 
... farms 
13 
2 
3 
- 
2 
- 
6 
$1,000 
62 
(D) 
40 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
2 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
... farms 
8 
3 
- 
2 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
... farms 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
27 
1 
4 
14 
1 
3 
4 
. 
. 
$1,000 
110 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
... farms 
49 
3 
4 
16 
5 
6 
5 
1 
9 
$1,000 
35,722 
(D) 
(D) 
642 
1,210 
(D) 
7,130 
(D) 
8,431 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
30 
1 
1 
5 
5 
6 
5 
1 
6 
$1,000 
35,359 
(D) 
(D) 
397 
1,210 
(D) 
7,130 
(D) 
8,382 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
952 
217 
301 
290 
37 
33 
21 
3 
50 
$1,000 
36,386 
2,649 
2,857 
4,883 
4,058 
6,900 
12,151 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
116 
11 
9 
19 
23 
24 
13 
2 
15 
$1,000 
28,116 
774 
765 
1,549 
3,744 
6,758 
12,068 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
556 
117 
195 
148 
27 
24 
13 
1 
31 
$1,000 
27,349 
(D) 
1,618 
2,076 
2,194 
6,928 
10,877 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
75 
11 
5 
16 
12 
18 
10 
1 
2 
$1,000 
23,821 
(D) 
506 
1,239 
2,023 
6,763 
10,852 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
314 
69 
96 
92 
16 
20 
8 
1 
12 
$1,000 
21,629 
(D) 
1,087 
1,619 
1,500 
4,514 
9,914 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
57 
9 
4 
11 
10 
13 
8 
1 
1 
$1,000 
19,185 
(D) 
443 
925 
1,391 
4,339 
9,914 
(D) 
(D) 
Berries 
... farms 
371 
80 
126 
96 
20 
16 
9 
1 
23 
$1,000 
5,720 
471 
531 
457 
694 
2,414 
963 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
14 
2 
- 
1 
2 
5 
3 
1 
$1,000 
3,697 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,098 
821 
(D) 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 99 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
