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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
719 
190 
262 
214 
21 
4 
2 
- 
26 
50 to 99 acres 
156 
41 
41 
42 
24 
6 
- 
- 
2 
100 to 199 acres 
165 
38 
32 
65 
12 
3 
2 
- 
13 
200 to 499 acres 
188 
24 
13 
6 
83 
55 
3 
- 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
85 
- 
1 
- 
1 
63 
14 
- 
6 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
78 
- 
- 
- 
- 
33 
42 
- 
3 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
57 
1 
43 
7 
6 
additional improvements (see text) 
...farms 
193 
42 
74 
33 
13 
11 
4 
- 
16 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
6,658 
1,142 
1,282 
1,379 
1,174 
183 
584 
" 
914 
were abandoned 
...farms 
30 
8 
9 
4 
1 
6 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
576 
100 
(D) 
143 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
...farms 
268 
76 
62 
55 
23 
15 
15 
1 
21 
acres 
9,981 
2,158 
1,946 
1,321 
1,220 
1,204 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
34 
4 
4 
8 
9 
1 
1 
7 
acres 
621 
138 
(D) 
46 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
124 
Total woodland 
...farms 
1,073 
240 
338 
211 
102 
93 
44 
3 
42 
acres 
42,184 
6,659 
9,052 
6,796 
4,354 
6,714 
(D) 
(D) 
2,170 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
169 
46 
72 
20 
11 
9 
1 
10 
acres 
2,219 
607 
818 
337 
121 
121 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
969 
208 
296 
198 
94 
93 
44 
3 
33 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
39,965 
6,052 
8,234 
6,459 
4,233 
6,593 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
853 
219 
350 
207 
27 
29 
6 
1 
14 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
8,154 
2,140 
2,907 
2,002 
341 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
141 
wasteland, etc 
...farms 
1,720 
394 
543 
426 
137 
98 
59 
2 
61 
acres 
19,157 
3,349 
4,146 
3,885 
2,556 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
956 
Irrigated land 
...farms 
533 
63 
73 
85 
58 
115 
87 
7 
45 
acres 
127,272 
3,063 
1,642 
2,070 
4,025 
27,147 
65,042 
15,309 
8,974 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
512 
56 
65 
79 
58 
115 
87 
7 
45 
acres 
127,007 
3,029 
1,576 
1,911 
(D) 
(D) 
65,042 
15,309 
8,974 
Pastureland and other land 
...farms 
29 
8 
12 
7 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
265 
34 
66 
159 
(D) 
(D) 
Programs 
...farms 
201 
74 
52 
33 
9 
11 
11 
1 
10 
acres 
7,808 
2,035 
2,541 
1,351 
415 
865 
(D) 
(D) 
498 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
...farms 
512 
59 
41 
91 
92 
124 
82 
7 
16 
acres 
296,896 
6,756 
4,556 
8,580 
23,540 
78,436 
136,445 
24,972 
13,611 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) 
...farms 
16 
2 
2 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
207 
(D) 
(D) 
32 
166 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
...farms 
2,451 
538 
714 
622 
192 
172 
109 
9 
95 
$1,000 
4,153,426 
331,006 
377,791 
364,956 
338,781 
773,965 
1,426,190 
233,385 
307,352 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
1,694,584 
615,253 
529,119 
586,746 
1,764,485 
4,499,798 
13,084,309 
25,931,645 
3,235,289 
Average per acre 
. dollars 
8,166 
10,082 
10,832 
10,862 
8,243 
6,715 
7,544 
7,680 
9,748 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
132 
35 
50 
41 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
106 
29 
48 
27 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$100,000 to $199,999 
187 
33 
68 
69 
10 
- 
1 
- 
6 
$200,000 to $499,999 
733 
230 
294 
173 
19 
2 
- 
- 
15 
$500,000 to $999,999 
572 
115 
167 
218 
28 
8 
4 
- 
32 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
305 
66 
58 
76 
67 
20 
3 
1 
14 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
242 
30 
29 
18 
55 
90 
13 
- 
7 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
92 
- 
- 
- 
11 
41 
35 
1 
4 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
82 
11 
53 
7 
11 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
...farms 
2,451 
538 
714 
622 
192 
172 
109 
9 
95 
$1,000 
395,981 
39,775 
39,816 
47,847 
32,808 
83,719 
115,164 
12,566 
24,286 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
