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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
.. farms 
9,651 
3,800 
3,195 
1,420 
354 
413 
184 
25 
260 
number 
185,321 
47,162 
36,340 
25,272 
11,026 
24,904 
15,420 
17,512 
7,685 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
.... farms 
11,302 
4,405 
3,652 
1,620 
447 
575 
254 
35 
314 
number 
351,768 
59,033 
44,727 
32,437 
34,609 
60,685 
57,013 
46,521 
16,743 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
.... farms 
866 
210 
423 
140 
22 
31 
12 
- 
28 
Farms with- 
number 
153,733 
4,982 
8,419 
6,868 
22,699 
67,963 
30,823 
“ 
11,979 
1 to 24 
704 
170 
370 
119 
14 
7 
3 
- 
21 
25 to 49 
65 
27 
30 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
3 
50 to 99 
38 
7 
19 
10 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
19 
5 
1 
5 
1 
6 
1 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
5 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
500 or more 
35 
1 
1 
1 
5 
16 
8 
- 
3 
Used or to be used for breeding 
.... farms 
522 
138 
253 
84 
16 
13 
6 
- 
12 
number 
21,114 
1,055 
1,461 
794 
3,469 
6,789 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs 
.... farms 
686 
152 
346 
106 
18 
31 
10 
- 
23 
number 
132,619 
3,927 
6,958 
6,074 
19,230 
61,174 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
.... farms 
600 
140 
292 
93 
17 
28 
10 
_ 
20 
number 
696,608 
19,248 
(D) 
7,375 
137,066 
282,242 
124,330 
- 
(D) 
$1,000 
56,386 
(D) 
2,903 
1,214 
7,205 
16,474 
18,527 
- 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
.... farms 
688 
192 
355 
111 
6 
11 
2 
- 
11 
number 
21,798 
4,666 
9,786 
3,032 
(D) 
3,300 
(D) 
- 
845 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
.... farms 
500 
137 
259 
81 
3 
10 
1 
- 
9 
number 
10,492 
2,629 
4,828 
1,170 
(D) 
1,007 
(D) 
- 
791 
Sheep and lambs sold 
.... farms 
417 
105 
229 
66 
4 
5 
- 
8 
number 
8,591 
2,252 
4,164 
1,072 
57 
479 
- 
" 
567 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
.... farms 
9,502 
3,138 
4,274 
1,529 
165 
142 
57 
10 
187 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
69,861 
19,007 
23,105 
22,450 
1,560 
1,226 
617 
91 
1,805 
inventory 
.... farms 
9,051 
2,922 
4,127 
1,477 
148 
140 
55 
10 
172 
number 
51,033 
16,233 
20,897 
10,039 
1,074 
1,060 
514 
91 
1,125 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
.... farms 
1,160 
300 
550 
236 
25 
12 
5 
1 
31 
number 
3,056 
757 
1,310 
658 
111 
94 
(D) 
(D) 
82 
Goats, all inventory 
.... farms 
3,329 
1,095 
1,587 
524 
39 
30 
2 
_ 
52 
number 
71,709 
18,720 
39,451 
10,913 
(D) 
1,065 
(D) 
- 
890 
Goats, all sold 
.... farms 
1,933 
612 
928 
332 
17 
18 
1 
- 
25 
number 
30,172 
9,504 
14,627 
5,118 
(D) 
503 
(D) 
- 
272 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
3,483 
984 
1,565 
666 
132 
40 
18 
4 
74 
Farms with- 
number 
17,445,067 
742,296 
673,675 
2,656,851 
3,295,621 
1,683,391 
2,139,188 
2,917,708 
3,336,337 
1 to 399 
3,044 
944 
1,512 
520 
5 
11 
- 
- 
52 
400 to 3,199 
24 
2 
14 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3,200 to 9,999 
37 
6 
10 
19 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
10,000 to 19,999 
112 
15 
15 
58 
19 
3 
1 
- 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
229 
17 
14 
61 
106 
14 
6 
1 
10 
50,000 to 99,999 
14 
- 
- 
4 
1 
8 
1 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
10 
3 
6 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
.... farms 
613 
154 
244 
140 
17 
25 
8 
2 
23 
number 
7,718,153 
1,047,088 
1,401,710 
1,408,075 
680,333 
1,325,951 
(D) 
(D) 
781,731 
Layers sold (see text) 
.... farms 
1,033 
188 
369 
268 
132 
26 
15 
4 
31 
number 
14,372,977 
802,976 
733,039 
2,889,891 
3,264,648 
1,382,183 
1,692,167 
1,445,050 
2,163,023 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
.... farms 
257 
37 
75 
84 
20 
24 
10 
- 
7 
number 
13,371,144 
1,815,924 
2,427,777 
2,874,322 
1,620,000 
2,468,576 
1,528,262 
- 
636,283 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
.... farms 
2,743 
550 
397 
714 
642 
311 
56 
1 
72 
Farms with- 
number 
1,369,162,943 
187,879,876 
116,937,866 
197,595,822 
407,820,459 
351,449,790 
64,315,410 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 1 ,999 
145 
34 
76 
25 
3 
- 
- 
- 
7 
2,000 to 59,999 
27 
- 
3 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
62 
12 
16 
28 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2,509 
504 
302 
638 
633 
311 
56 
1 
64 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
326 
95 
173 
54 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
number 
2,661 
650 
1,264 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
.... farms 
77 
11 
50 
11 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
number 
3,110 
38 
2,117 
118 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
.... farms 
22 
7 
2 
1 
- 
10 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
646 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
266 
(D) 
- 
- 
bushels 
32,210 
9,730 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
