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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
1,704 
357 
440 
428 
123 
121 
60 
18 
157 
workers 
13,713 
1,202 
1,339 
1,827 
890 
1,363 
1,895 
3,259 
1,938 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
1,078 
133 
225 
294 
108 
117 
55 
18 
128 
workers 
6,663 
332 
489 
862 
437 
729 
951 
1,903 
960 
Less than 150 days farms 
1,149 
292 
288 
271 
76 
73 
46 
14 
89 
workers 
7,050 
870 
850 
965 
453 
634 
944 
1,356 
978 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
79 
1 
8 
9 
14 
16 
17 
6 
8 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
3 
1 
2 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
3,261 
908 
1,466 
670 
56 
40 
9 
1 
Ill 
workers 
8,319 
2,206 
3,551 
1,771 
191 
82 
(D) 
(D) 
497 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,768 
445 
850 
366 
17 
11 
- 
1 
78 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,403 
737 
1,021 
476 
49 
27 
5 
2 
86 
50 to 69 acres 
460 
122 
204 
96 
11 
5 
- 
2 
20 
70 to 99 acres 
389 
111 
154 
81 
8 
10 
4 
2 
19 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
279 
94 
92 
55 
10 
5 
5 
2 
16 
140 to 179 acres 
189 
53 
60 
45 
6 
10 
2 
1 
12 
180 to 219 acres 
142 
39 
35 
46 
10 
6 
- 
- 
6 
220 to 259 acres 
60 
22 
12 
13 
5 
5 
1 
- 
2 
260 to 499 acres 
177 
21 
35 
37 
13 
31 
12 
3 
25 
500 to 999 acres 
67 
1 
8 
10 
7 
11 
15 
1 
14 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
29 
3 
- 
2 
2 
2 
10 
3 
7 
2,000 acres or more 
14 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
6 
1 
3 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
78 
30 
21 
19 
2 
2 
1 
- 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
574 
159 
179 
172 
18 
10 
5 
- 
31 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
270 
63 
114 
46 
10 
15 
6 
1 
15 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
1,115 
341 
412 
199 
36 
27 
16 
11 
73 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
1,007 
330 
423 
179 
13 
11 
5 
1 
45 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
39 
1 
3 
11 
5 
6 
5 
1 
7 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
968 
329 
420 
168 
8 
5 
- 
- 
38 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
693 
230 
342 
109 
2 
- 
- 
- 
10 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
6 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
146 
7 
33 
11 
21 
35 
23 
2 
14 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
160 
22 
101 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
175 
51 
67 
44 
2 
1 
- 
3 
7 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
246 
52 
153 
31 
- 
2 
- 
- 
8 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,507 
361 
623 
387 
35 
21 
4 
- 
76 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
1,452 
393 
655 
237 
28 
42 
25 
2 
70 
number 
48,278 
4,045 
6,805 
3,932 
(D) 
7,987 
12,867 
(D) 
6,377 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
887 
269 
444 
127 
1 
3 
- 
- 
43 
1 0 to 49 
418 
114 
194 
94 
5 
1 
- 
- 
10 
50 to 99 
56 
9 
13 
10 
13 
2 
- 
- 
9 
100 to 199 
38 
1 
2 
5 
9 
18 
1 
- 
2 
200 to 499 
39 
- 
2 
1 
- 
18 
15 
- 
3 
500 or more 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
2 
3 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
1,193 
316 
533 
191 
27 
41 
25 
2 
58 
number 
25,820 
2,326 
3,808 
2,067 
(D) 
4,637 
6,728 
(D) 
3,180 
Beef cows farms 
1,003 
295 
470 
167 
12 
10 
5 
_ 
44 
number 
8,080 
2,056 
3,101 
1,830 
(D) 
388 
(D) 
- 
450 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
766 
241 
374 
102 
8 
2 
3 
- 
36 
1 0 to 49 
219 
52 
92 
60 
4 
5 
1 
- 
5 
50 to 99 
11 
1 
3 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
100 to 199 
7 
1 
1 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Milk cows farms 
242 
32 
79 
30 
22 
36 
24 
2 
17 
number 
17,740 
270 
707 
237 
1,059 
4,249 
(D) 
(D) 
2,730 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
111 
24 
61 
22 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 0 to 49 
50 
8 
16 
8 
11 
1 
- 
- 
6 
50 to 99 
29 
- 
2 
- 
10 
16 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
5 
- 
3 
200 to 499 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
18 
- 
3 
500 or more 
4 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
981 
238 
456 
154 
27 
39 
25 
2 
40 
number 
22,458 
1,719 
2,997 
1,865 
(D) 
3,350 
6,139 
(D) 
3,197 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
774 
180 
334 
132 
27 
39 
25 
2 
35 
number 
14,691 
1,319 
1,520 
1,139 
(D) 
2,860 
4,435 
(D) 
1,453 
$1,000 
9,751 
1,054 
1,244 
985 
611 
1,607 
2,889 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
108 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
