Table 1 1 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Georgia: 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
...farms 
955 
258 
262 
173 
48 
58 
42 
9 
105 
$1,000 
257,714 
4,993 
7,834 
6,401 
8,520 
29,626 
63,751 
59,665 
76,924 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
331 
27 
51 
53 
39 
56 
41 
8 
56 
$1,000 
249,345 
2,422 
5,274 
4,195 
8,299 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
76,195 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
136 
64 
42 
19 
- 
- 
2 
- 
9 
$1,000 
2,866 
735 
475 
256 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
10 
2 
4 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,919 
(D) 
298 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees 
...farms 
102 
48 
34 
14 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
$1,000 
1,054 
360 
(D) 
144 
- 
- 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
4 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
344 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
37 
18 
8 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
$1,000 
1,811 
375 
(D) 
112 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
6 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,575 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
...farms 
8,896 
2,628 
2,439 
1,055 
459 
1,331 
621 
55 
308 
$1,000 
1,029,959 
29,245 
28,855 
18,091 
28,682 
318,808 
387,664 
146,027 
72,587 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
2,546 
122 
130 
95 
202 
1,187 
593 
54 
163 
$1,000 
978,586 
12,723 
12,970 
(D) 
25,017 
316,051 
387,296 
(D) 
71,190 
Maple syrup (see text) 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
...farms 
13,982 
5,410 
4,649 
2,034 
528 
650 
281 
37 
393 
$1,000 
403,172 
71,318 
55,020 
38,380 
35,193 
67,192 
66,410 
51,345 
18,313 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
1,323 
207 
176 
193 
165 
269 
187 
36 
90 
$1,000 
269,743 
19,123 
16,141 
16,510 
28,917 
58,901 
64,149 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk from cows (see text) 
...farms 
243 
3 
5 
21 
28 
112 
45 
15 
14 
$1,000 
299,548 
206 
665 
1,707 
5,138 
53,738 
69,911 
153,670 
14,512 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
236 
1 
3 
21 
28 
112 
45 
15 
11 
$1,000 
299,340 
(D) 
(D) 
1,707 
5,138 
53,738 
69,911 
153,670 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
...farms 
600 
140 
292 
93 
17 
28 
10 
- 
20 
$1,000 
56,386 
(D) 
2,903 
1,214 
7,205 
16,474 
18,527 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
45 
2 
5 
6 
5 
16 
7 
- 
4 
$1,000 
55,317 
(D) 
2,461 
999 
7,151 
16,401 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
...farms 
2,257 
698 
1,098 
386 
21 
21 
1 
- 
32 
$1,000 
5,324 
1,508 
2,242 
1,109 
75 
144 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
9 
1 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
513 
(D) 
- 
200 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
...farms 
1,333 
390 
615 
251 
26 
14 
5 
1 
31 
$1,000 
8,310 
1,339 
3,018 
1,489 
448 
365 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
20 
3 
7 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
$1,000 
3,235 
247 
808 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
...farms 
5,129 
1,137 
1,314 
1,270 
796 
370 
83 
17 
142 
$1,000 
4,773,837 
555,795 
366,752 
672,479 
1,275,333 
1,023,885 
248,378 
259,318 
371,897 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
3,266 
597 
410 
900 
794 
361 
83 
17 
104 
$1,000 
4,771,325 
555,312 
(D) 
671,783 
(D) 
1,023,877 
248,378 
259,318 
371,814 
Aquaculture 
...farms 
128 
34 
31 
31 
3 
4 
1 
1 
23 
$1,000 
26,858 
407 
416 
937 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9,811 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
29 
2 
4 
5 
1 
4 
1 
12 
$1,000 
26,033 
(D) 
288 
488 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
9,777 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
...farms 
714 
225 
285 
149 
17 
12 
3 
- 
23 
$1,000 
1 1 ,236 
1,392 
1,196 
1,951 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
394 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
47 
5 
7 
15 
8 
7 
2 
- 
3 
$1,000 
9,212 
839 
733 
1,218 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
185 
Value of- 
Government payments 
...farms 
14,533 
5,056 
4,117 
1,705 
668 
1,643 
693 
68 
583 
$1,000 
142,322 
18,296 
14,895 
7,849 
8,251 
43,820 
34,462 
6,354 
8,395 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
...farms 
458 
114 
132 
71 
29 
51 
28 
6 
27 
$1,000 
1 1 ,962 
1,070 
487 
357 
731 
1,807 
3,206 
2,666 
1,640 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
...farms 
2,177 
712 
857 
440 
40 
46 
19 
3 
60 
$1,000 
13,197 
2,339 
1,789 
2,511 
1,656 
1,302 
2,539 
(D) 
(D) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
...farms 
42,257 
15,432 
15,305 
5,791 
1,398 
2,025 
833 
107 
1,366 
$1,000 
7,488,510 
725,546 
576,209 
731,375 
1,176,430 
1,634,301 
1,247,175 
724,459 
673,016 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
177,213 
47,016 
37,648 
126,295 
841,509 
807,062 
1,497,209 
6,770,646 
492,691 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
...farms 
22,061 
7,238 
7,451 
3,168 
799 
1,766 
780 
87 
772 
$1,000 
499,665 
26,039 
25,742 
16,236 
18,803 
148,578 
170,869 
49,960 
43,439 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
15,397 
6,021 
6,271 
2,332 
228 
127 
25 
1 
392 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,486 
1,052 
1,029 
717 
275 
247 
40 
2 
124 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
142 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
