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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
....farms 
12,258 
3,369 
3,019 
1,896 
913 
1,516 
777 
107 
workers 
51,156 
8,900 
7,193 
5,015 
3,412 
5,704 
10,660 
4,663 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
....farms 
6,030 
1,118 
984 
909 
607 
1,136 
705 
103 
workers 
18,439 
1,860 
1,647 
1,596 
1,578 
2,571 
3,999 
2,451 
Less than 150 days 
....farms 
8,348 
2,553 
2,299 
1,266 
523 
830 
431 
62 
workers 
32,717 
7,040 
5,546 
3,419 
1,834 
3,133 
6,661 
2,212 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
....farms 
460 
63 
39 
42 
40 
86 
119 
28 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
....farms 
93 
17 
35 
21 
7 
7 
4 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
....farms 
17,399 
6,183 
6,915 
2,504 
574 
592 
177 
8 
workers 
37,675 
12,757 
15,801 
5,444 
1,167 
1,141 
316 
16 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,025 
921 
1,447 
512 
22 
12 
5 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13,834 
5,168 
6,050 
1,957 
276 
64 
18 
5 
50 to 69 acres 
4,202 
1,768 
1,651 
540 
100 
32 
7 
1 
70 to 99 acres 
4,061 
1,780 
1,471 
557 
106 
42 
6 
1 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
3,992 
1,730 
1,426 
571 
118 
49 
7 
4 
140 to 179 acres 
2,416 
1,043 
783 
346 
98 
55 
7 
1 
180 to 219 acres 
1,845 
724 
624 
292 
97 
36 
4 
1 
220 to 259 acres 
1,213 
484 
362 
214 
59 
45 
6 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
3,276 
1,122 
916 
495 
259 
289 
29 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
2,284 
465 
379 
219 
189 
788 
109 
7 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,375 
170 
127 
65 
40 
538 
310 
12 
2,000 acres or more 
734 
57 
69 
23 
34 
75 
325 
67 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
1,940 
567 
625 
347 
108 
176 
41 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
1,081 
329 
434 
194 
12 
20 
41 
15 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
2,931 
1,179 
1,169 
342 
39 
64 
43 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
1,015 
300 
310 
173 
37 
51 
31 
7 
Other crop farming (1119) 
11,856 
4,531 
3,910 
931 
238 
1,164 
548 
41 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
28 
3 
2 
2 
2 
13 
6 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
1,175 
78 
105 
88 
82 
532 
215 
4 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,653 
4,450 
3,803 
841 
154 
619 
327 
37 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
12,858 
5,591 
5,117 
1,660 
113 
66 
19 
5 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
232 
14 
5 
26 
22 
100 
37 
15 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
247 
66 
126 
25 
4 
14 
2 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
4,158 
910 
841 
1,056 
794 
356 
64 
16 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,912 
613 
1,002 
271 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,027 
1,332 
1,766 
766 
31 
14 
7 
1 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
....farms 
17,188 
6,525 
6,087 
2,489 
611 
694 
294 
37 
number 
1,033,717 
230,455 
186,040 
131,801 
80,519 
139,238 
120,932 
88,438 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,749 
1,391 
1,779 
453 
28 
21 
1 
1 0 to 49 
8,939 
3,874 
3,309 
1,203 
206 
123 
39 
- 
50 to 99 
2,349 
846 
661 
469 
127 
146 
28 
1 
100 to 199 
1,214 
310 
263 
246 
120 
159 
66 
1 
200 to 499 
699 
91 
71 
105 
106 
194 
84 
8 
500 or more 
238 
13 
4 
13 
24 
51 
76 
27 
Cows and heifers that calved 
....farms 
15,413 
5,974 
5,388 
2,167 
547 
613 
270 
31 
number 
549,434 
136,563 
110,032 
71,263 
36,543 
61,091 
57,058 
46,112 
Beef cows 
....farms 
15,175 
5,958 
5,373 
2,144 
522 
516 
231 
17 
number 
469,942 
136,229 
109,788 
70,549 
34,481 
45,311 
36,458 
10,232 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,865 
1,986 
2,135 
566 
44 
26 
1 
1 0 to 49 
7,891 
3,321 
2,767 
1,135 
247 
195 
50 
- 
50 to 99 
1,586 
516 
372 
302 
122 
163 
52 
- 
100 to 199 
540 
108 
69 
120 
70 
72 
60 
1 
200 to 499 
256 
27 
30 
20 
38 
52 
54 
10 
500 or more 
37 
- 
- 
1 
1 
8 
14 
6 
Milk cows 
....farms 
348 
48 
31 
40 
30 
122 
45 
15 
number 
79,492 
334 
244 
714 
2,062 
15,780 
20,600 
35,880 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
98 
42 
27 
17 
2 
8 
1 0 to 49 
35 
5 
1 
16 
6 
2 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
36 
1 
3 
7 
18 
7 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
104 
- 
- 
- 
4 
92 
5 
- 
200 to 499 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
25 
- 
500 or more 
32 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
15 
15 
Other cattle (see text) 
....farms 
13,963 
5,281 
4,765 
2,033 
550 
632 
281 
37 
number 
484,283 
93,892 
76,008 
60,538 
43,976 
78,147 
63,874 
42,326 
Cattle and calves sold 
....farms 
13,982 
5,410 
4,649 
2,034 
528 
650 
281 
37 
number 
537,089 
106,195 
81,067 
57,709 
45,635 
85,589 
72,433 
64,033 
$1,000 
403,172 
71,318 
55,020 
38,380 
35,193 
67,192 
66,410 
51,345 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
661 
5,609 
468 
2,737 
384 
2,872 
43 
2 
446 
1,033 
101 
296 
103 
98 
87 
83 
67 
43 
163 
128 
113 
84 
75 
36 
89 
106 
493 
71 
422 
287 
13 
10 
121 
26 
110 
56,294 
76 
185 
71 
49 
40 
30 
423 
30,772 
414 
26,894 
107 
176 
59 
40 
25 
7 
17 
3,878 
2 
5 
3 
5 
2 
384 
25,522 
393 
24,428 
18,313 
-continued 
150 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
