Table 10. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Florida: 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. 
Sorghum for grain - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
1 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
181 
33 
48 
24 
18 
31 
21 
2 
4 
acres 
19,409 
1,497 
2,272 
859 
2,720 
4,811 
6,067 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
723,143 
49,215 
91,355 
(D) 
99,329 
205,647 
210,622 
(D) 
28,000 
Irrigated 
farms 
21 
4 
2 
3 
3 
2 
5 
1 
1 
acres 
1,999 
280 
(D) 
140 
115 
(D) 
834 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
43 
10 
15 
15 
1 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
71 
19 
26 
6 
6 
13 
- 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
47 
4 
7 
3 
9 
9 
12 
1 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
16 
- 
- 
- 
3 
7 
4 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
145 
17 
28 
9 
6 
15 
24 
7 
39 
acres 
401,491 
146 
588 
23 
908 
5,171 
15,126 
23,744 
355,785 
tons 
13,574,853 
6,779 
17,173 
780 
30,881 
178,831 
566,300 
838,175 
11,935,934 
Irrigated 
farms 
103 
7 
13 
3 
6 
15 
14 
7 
38 
acres 
387,288 
(D) 
511 
(D) 
908 
5,171 
10,508 
23,744 
(D) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
7 
3 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
16 
12 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
14,000 
12,000 
- 
2,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
1 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
7 
3 
. 
4 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
10 
4 
_ 
_ 
2 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
acres 
482 
7 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
779,900 
4,900 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
4 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
7 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25.0 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
2 
- 
" 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
100 
11 
20 
8 
5 
31 
19 
- 
6 
acres 
15,456 
761 
1,454 
530 
(D) 
5,069 
6,537 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
691,103 
23,830 
52,639 
26,360 
20,266 
234,650 
303,358 
- 
30,000 
Irrigated 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
440 
- 
- 
- 
- 
440 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
10 
3 
5 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
29 
5 
7 
6 
2 
5 
4 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
45 
3 
8 
2 
- 
20 
6 
- 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
5 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
4 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
6,554 
2,460 
2,173 
1,032 
243 
218 
143 
31 
254 
acres 
398,231 
84,434 
74,048 
57,984 
36,915 
49,320 
35,307 
20,670 
39,553 
tons, dry 
1,071,778 
182,464 
158,749 
117,679 
95,232 
148,290 
129,214 
90,484 
149,666 
Irrigated 
farms 
545 
123 
118 
74 
42 
63 
44 
18 
63 
acres 
38,961 
2,389 
3,136 
4,786 
3,299 
5,072 
5,538 
6,085 
8,656 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3,337 
1,493 
1,297 
418 
29 
17 
8 
75 
25 to 99 acres 
2,259 
797 
731 
434 
107 
72 
31 
- 
87 
1 00 to 249 acres 
651 
138 
118 
150 
68 
67 
61 
9 
40 
250 to 499 acres 
209 
29 
25 
20 
31 
37 
27 
9 
31 
500 acres or more 
98 
3 
2 
10 
8 
25 
16 
13 
21 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
161 
54 
55 
35 
6 
1 
7 
- 
3 
acres 
4,988 
1,080 
1,459 
1,191 
874 
(D) 
249 
- 
(D) 
tons, dry 
8,219 
1,595 
1,999 
1,810 
2,284 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
3 
7 
3 
4 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
566 
42 
72 
230 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other tame hay 
farms 
4,530 
1,693 
1,452 
734 
190 
175 
104 
21 
161 
acres 
296,439 
62,076 
54,091 
42,802 
32,670 
40,178 
27,566 
14,679 
22,377 
tons, dry 
843,836 
149,359 
127,763 
96,207 
85,608 
123,869 
103,471 
61,993 
95,566 
Irrigated 
farms 
356 
82 
71 
54 
30 
45 
33 
9 
32 
acres 
23,970 
1,813 
2,196 
3,617 
2,865 
3,234 
3,828 
3,063 
3,354 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
62 
10 
6 
17 
18 
4 
2 
1 
4 
acres 
8,924 
697 
382 
908 
4,327 
260 
(D) 
(D) 
780 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
" 
- 
" 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 139 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
