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. 
Land in orchards - Con. 
Peaches, all 
farms 
12 
1 
8 
1 
1 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
234 
(D) 
- 
6 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Land in berries (see text) 
farms 
57 
9 
18 
20 
4 
- 
5 
- 
1 
acres 
98 
11 
23 
23 
17 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
126 Farm Typology 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
