Table 9. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Delaware: 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 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Contract labor - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 
29 
1 
4 
9 
2 
6 
6 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
29 
2 
1 
5 
- 
5 
10 
2 
4 
Customwork and custom hauling 
...farms 
1,021 
151 
179 
301 
150 
119 
68 
5 
48 
$1,000 
10,348 
1,085 
900 
2,028 
1,894 
(D) 
1,961 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
100 
33 
38 
20 
4 
3 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
246 
45 
52 
79 
22 
24 
7 
- 
17 
$5,000 to $24,999 
596 
64 
88 
201 
109 
74 
32 
3 
25 
$25,000 to $49,999 
62 
9 
1 
1 
15 
17 
16 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
17 
- 
- 
" 
- 
1 
12 
2 
2 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
...farms 
642 
66 
72 
143 
104 
131 
91 
7 
28 
$1,000 
25,825 
351 
603 
580 
1,122 
4,957 
12,999 
3,731 
1,483 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
248 
42 
43 
106 
40 
7 
4 
- 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
92 
12 
13 
29 
20 
11 
- 
- 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
124 
11 
11 
8 
38 
43 
8 
- 
5 
$25,000 or more 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
178 
1 
5 
6 
70 
79 
7 
10 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
i .farms 
173 
26 
32 
29 
16 
15 
40 
2 
13 
$1,000 
2,839 
199 
67 
416 
(D) 
(D) 
1,549 
(D) 
236 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
39 
6 
14 
9 
6 
- 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
53 
5 
14 
8 
5 
7 
7 
- 
7 
$5,000 to $24,999 
54 
12 
4 
11 
2 
8 
14 
- 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
14 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
6 
1 
1 
$50,000 or more 
13 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
9 
1 
2 
Interest expense 
...farms 
1,033 
181 
224 
250 
124 
109 
88 
7 
50 
$1,000 
18,464 
2,432 
2,143 
2,973 
2,830 
2,321 
3,788 
638 
1,339 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
327 
69 
93 
107 
31 
13 
6 
- 
8 
$5,000 to $24,999 
497 
89 
116 
114 
58 
64 
27 
1 
28 
$25,000 to $99,999 
188 
23 
15 
27 
34 
30 
45 
3 
11 
$100,000 or more 
21 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
10 
3 
3 
Secured by real estate 
...farms 
754 
146 
151 
197 
90 
66 
62 
4 
38 
$1,000 
14,186 
2,120 
1,839 
2,420 
2,578 
1,540 
2,346 
288 
1,056 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
41 
12 
8 
14 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
149 
34 
28 
64 
7 
6 
4 
- 
6 
$5,000 to $24,999 
396 
78 
100 
94 
43 
38 
23 
1 
19 
$25,000 to $49,999 
84 
9 
12 
18 
13 
15 
14 
- 
3 
$50,000 or more 
84 
13 
3 
7 
21 
7 
20 
3 
10 
Not secured by real estate 
...farms 
644 
108 
146 
135 
74 
77 
64 
5 
35 
$1,000 
4,277 
311 
304 
553 
252 
781 
1,442 
351 
283 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
97 
21 
30 
22 
12 
9 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
311 
63 
97 
77 
38 
15 
7 
- 
14 
$5,000 to $24,999 
199 
24 
19 
33 
24 
48 
34 
- 
17 
$25,000 to $49,999 
22 
- 
- 
3 
- 
5 
13 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
4 
2 
Property taxes paid 
...farms 
2,261 
517 
675 
551 
175 
155 
100 
7 
81 
$1,000 
6,223 
1,160 
1,192 
1,325 
(D) 
753 
702 
(D) 
298 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,920 
465 
639 
501 
116 
95 
46 
1 
57 
$5,000 to $9,999 
268 
44 
31 
39 
58 
44 
31 
2 
19 
$10,000 to $24,999 
64 
7 
5 
9 
- 
16 
19 
3 
5 
$25,000 or more 
9 
1 
- 
2 
1 
" 
4 
1 
- 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
...farms 
1,685 
325 
393 
437 
167 
172 
109 
9 
73 
$1,000 
56,347 
3,383 
1,673 
5,262 
1,907 
5,114 
12,676 
10,173 
16,157 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
902 
230 
289 
261 
49 
35 
9 
- 
29 
$5,000 to $24,999 
599 
84 
100 
156 
111 
89 
35 
- 
24 
$25,000 to $49,999 
73 
6 
3 
10 
2 
29 
16 
2 
5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
57 
3 
- 
6 
4 
9 
27 
- 
8 
$100,000 or more 
54 
2 
1 
4 
1 
10 
22 
7 
7 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
...farms 
59 
4 
4 
7 
15 
17 
9 
2 
1 
$1,000 
1,452 
7 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
307 
706 
(D) 
(D) 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
...farms 
1,434 
252 
280 
350 
188 
172 
109 
9 
74 
$1,000 
71,884 
6,460 
5,783 
8,487 
1 1 ,472 
11,767 
17,503 
3,706 
6,706 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations 
...farms 
2,451 
538 
714 
622 
192 
172 
109 
9 
95 
$1,000 
320,693 
13,973 
13,910 
27,523 
38,732 
47,940 
105,528 
30,427 
42,659 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
130,842 
25,971 
19,482 
44,250 
201,728 
278,721 
968,147 
3,380,833 
449,044 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Farm Typology 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
