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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
45 
- 
- 
- 
5 
15 
13 
2 
10 
acres 
3,980 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
725 
1,763 
(D) 
343 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
41 
2 
3 
23 
5 
2 
- 
- 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
64 
5 
7 
6 
18 
22 
5 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
55 
- 
- 
1 
1 
28 
20 
2 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
10 
- 
4 
500 acres or more 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
5 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
752 
101 
104 
145 
110 
152 
100 
7 
33 
acres 
178,032 
7,106 
5,394 
7,050 
13,509 
45,590 
79,096 
11,264 
9,023 
bushels 
23,812,299 
687,958 
504,654 
628,640 
1,447,100 
5,559,040 
11,959,322 
1,777,690 
1,247,895 
Irrigated 
farms 
312 
24 
22 
28 
37 
97 
74 
6 
24 
acres 
68,594 
1,893 
(D) 
1,107 
2,421 
17,071 
36,538 
(D) 
2,724 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
128 
23 
38 
46 
9 
2 
- 
- 
10 
25 to 99 acres 
238 
41 
47 
83 
39 
16 
4 
- 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
195 
37 
19 
16 
55 
58 
7 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
78 
- 
- 
- 
7 
51 
15 
- 
5 
500 acres or more 
113 
- 
" 
- 
25 
74 
7 
7 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
62 
2 
3 
17 
5 
16 
12 
- 
7 
acres 
4,962 
(D) 
(D) 
249 
188 
1,484 
2,442 
- 
492 
tons 
85,140 
(D) 
(D) 
3,401 
3,076 
23,615 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
3 
5 
- 
6 
acres 
1,040 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
750 
- 
(□) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
33 
1 
3 
17 
1 
4 
1 
- 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
15 
1 
- 
- 
4 
7 
3 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
4 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
6 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
- 
_ 
- 
acres 
83 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
6,383 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
1 
1 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
15 
1 
5 
3 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
592 
(D) 
62 
83 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
45,374 
(D) 
5,847 
5,962 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
5 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
734 
112 
89 
142 
103 
147 
99 
7 
35 
acres 
167,672 
6,758 
5,303 
7,409 
13,687 
43,236 
72,618 
9,335 
9,326 
bushels 
7,066,569 
272,049 
202,993 
274,013 
513,292 
1,942,076 
3,051,980 
407,179 
402,987 
Irrigated 
farms 
200 
16 
10 
16 
20 
58 
57 
5 
18 
acres 
32,305 
965 
(D) 
519 
819 
6,206 
17,194 
(D) 
2,807 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
116 
27 
25 
43 
10 
- 
1 
- 
10 
25 to 99 acres 
236 
59 
49 
81 
25 
12 
2 
- 
8 
1 00 to 249 acres 
187 
24 
13 
18 
62 
60 
8 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
93 
2 
2 
- 
6 
57 
19 
- 
7 
500 acres or more 
102 
- 
- 
- 
18 
69 
7 
8 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
510 
62 
46 
59 
80 
139 
96 
7 
21 
acres 
79,658 
3,492 
2,170 
2,012 
6,226 
20,197 
35,810 
4,801 
4,950 
bushels 
5,888,816 
231,271 
143,969 
107,767 
419,832 
1,376,264 
2,838,940 
367,926 
402,847 
Irrigated 
farms 
168 
10 
7 
3 
16 
58 
56 
5 
13 
acres 
26,384 
790 
206 
(D) 
823 
5,148 
14,102 
(D) 
1,943 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
75 
20 
10 
29 
13 
1 
1 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
185 
32 
32 
25 
42 
43 
5 
- 
6 
1 00 to 249 acres 
157 
10 
4 
5 
25 
75 
29 
2 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
