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 (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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
3,239 
985 
1,369 
629 
48 
31 
11 
8 
158 
50 to 99 acres 
284 
65 
81 
77 
22 
12 
5 
- 
22 
100 to 199 acres 
121 
25 
15 
26 
20 
21 
5 
- 
9 
200 to 499 acres 
107 
5 
9 
20 
8 
32 
20 
5 
8 
500 to 999 acres 
21 
- 
1 
1 
1 
2 
11 
- 
5 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
2 
1 
1 
additional improvements (see text) 
...farms 
381 
86 
172 
70 
12 
18 
8 
- 
15 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
11,131 
2,636 
2,230 
2,296 
265 
2,447 
520 
" 
737 
were abandoned 
...farms 
240 
65 
93 
44 
7 
9 
2 
- 
20 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
1,838 
591 
431 
323 
(D) 
225 
(D) 
130 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
...farms 
535 
126 
194 
119 
19 
15 
14 
3 
45 
acres 
10,258 
1,473 
1,581 
2,111 
199 
280 
924 
706 
2,984 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
150 
36 
54 
37 
5 
3 
5 
- 
10 
acres 
1,082 
151 
377 
257 
(D) 
36 
(D) 
- 
26 
Total woodland 
...farms 
3,427 
979 
1,473 
640 
74 
73 
37 
8 
143 
acres 
144,391 
33,975 
46,895 
27,243 
6,885 
6,410 
9,963 
1,206 
11,814 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
1,056 
236 
524 
223 
14 
16 
10 
1 
32 
acres 
21,081 
3,468 
8,048 
6,315 
(D) 
660 
1,301 
(D) 
961 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
2,839 
833 
1,185 
520 
70 
66 
33 
7 
125 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
123,310 
30,507 
38,847 
20,928 
(D) 
5,750 
8,662 
(D) 
10,853 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
2,970 
746 
1,312 
663 
63 
42 
17 
4 
123 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
39,806 
10,322 
12,608 
10,588 
1,429 
1,243 
1,218 
279 
2,119 
wasteland, etc 
...farms 
4,320 
1,200 
1,775 
864 
114 
97 
47 
13 
210 
acres 
101,198 
12,261 
11,091 
14,522 
4,309 
3,320 
40,942 
1,434 
13,319 
Irrigated land 
...farms 
1,011 
207 
260 
306 
60 
47 
34 
13 
84 
acres 
9,272 
440 
617 
832 
867 
847 
1,523 
1,292 
2,854 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
1,002 
206 
257 
305 
56 
47 
34 
13 
84 
acres 
9,149 
393 
(D) 
(D) 
807 
847 
1,523 
1,292 
2,854 
Pastureland and other land 
...farms 
17 
8 
4 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
123 
47 
(D) 
(D) 
60 
Programs 
...farms 
14 
7 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
465 
99 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
...farms 
243 
30 
20 
54 
26 
37 
41 
7 
28 
acres 
29,198 
641 
635 
1,524 
1,679 
3,832 
11,254 
4,472 
5,161 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
...farms 
104 
25 
30 
39 
7 
- 
- 
- 
3 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
1,984 
158 
(D) 
352 
1,214 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
...farms 
5,977 
1,648 
2,471 
1,229 
139 
124 
60 
18 
288 
$1,000 
4,837,637 
1,022,101 
1,293,965 
927,863 
196,635 
263,719 
633,263 
93,605 
406,486 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
809,375 
620,207 
523,660 
754,974 
1,414,640 
2,126,769 
10,554,386 
5,200,302 
1,411,409 
Average per acre 
. dollars 
11,082 
12,743 
13,180 
11,912 
9,321 
8,701 
8,584 
9,417 
9,005 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
331 
106 
148 
47 
4 
- 
- 
- 
26 
$50,000 to $99,999 
315 
89 
137 
72 
7 
- 
- 
- 
10 
$100,000 to $199,999 
657 
202 
324 
99 
5 
2 
- 
- 
25 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,178 
597 
1,013 
440 
27 
23 
5 
1 
72 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,429 
404 
568 
320 
40 
27 
3 
3 
64 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
621 
172 
184 
172 
23 
21 
8 
4 
37 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
339 
68 
83 
64 
28 
35 
17 
4 
40 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
72 
7 
14 
9 
3 
15 
13 
3 
8 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
35 
3 
6 
2 
1 
14 
3 
6 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
...farms 
5,977 
1,648 
2,471 
1,229 
139 
124 
60 
18 
288 
$1,000 
352,391 
60,254 
92,066 
69,592 
16,127 
29,576 
34,111 
22,347 
28,318 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
104 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
