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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Corn for grain - Con. 
Irrigated farms 
4 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
147 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
46 
8 
16 
16 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
27 
4 
- 
5 
4 
8 
5 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
13 
1 
2 
2 
1 
4 
2 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
212 
38 
29 
37 
22 
39 
25 
3 
19 
acres 
21,436 
(D) 
876 
942 
1,093 
4,420 
7,797 
(D) 
3,524 
tons 
429,697 
(D) 
13,947 
15,282 
19,518 
88,344 
163,972 
(D) 
79,485 
Irrigated farms 
5 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
80 
30 
20 
19 
5 
3 
- 
- 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
70 
8 
6 
17 
15 
12 
1 
1 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
42 
- 
3 
1 
2 
23 
10 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
9 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
8 
" 
" 
- 
- 
5 
2 
1 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
8 
- 
- 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
8 
- 
- 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
232 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
- 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
4 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
141 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
6,361 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
8 
3 
- 
2 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
320 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
7,898 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
4 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all farms 
5 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
25 
- 
- 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
31,250 
- 
- 
31,250 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco farms 
51 
3 
4 
18 
5 
6 
5 
1 
9 
acres 
2,180 
(D) 
22 
138 
(D) 
281 
678 
(D) 
474 
pounds 
3,841,978 
(D) 
40,629 
217,947 
(D) 
523,265 
1,150,698 
(D) 
897,825 
Irrigated farms 
26 
1 
2 
6 
3 
4 
4 
1 
5 
acres 
1,181 
(D) 
(D) 
38 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
132 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
8 
1 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
10 
- 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
10 
1 
- 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 acres or more 
20 
- 
- 
2 
6 
5 
1 
6 
Wheat for grain, all farms 
13 
2 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
6 
acres 
(□) 
(D) 
85 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
8,556 
(D) 
5,555 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
240 
Irrigated farms 
9 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
6 
acres 
37 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
110 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
