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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Soybeans for beans - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
138 
10 
9 
2 
14 
46 
47 
3 
7 
500 acres or more 
91 
- 
- 
- 
8 
29 
34 
13 
7 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
22 
8 
4 
6 
1 
1 
1 
_ 
1 
acres 
1,301 
83 
(D) 
87 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
1,271,852 
109,956 
(D) 
108,660 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
19 
8 
3 
6 
1 
. 
1 
. 
. 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1 
" 
" 
" 
Tobacco 
farms 
102 
4 
3 
5 
3 
36 
45 
3 
3 
acres 
9,882 
(D) 
29 
88 
165 
3,047 
5,679 
(D) 
(D) 
pounds 
22,710,058 
(D) 
81,913 
183,090 
243,206 
6,102,255 
13,950,786 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
50 
1 
- 
2 
16 
26 
3 
2 
acres 
4,962 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,258 
3,035 
268 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
2 
2 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
10 
- 
2 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
25.0 acres or more 
86 
2 
" 
- 
3 
34 
42 
3 
2 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,480 
187 
247 
196 
110 
416 
225 
24 
75 
acres 
227,087 
11,688 
14,592 
16,266 
16,123 
76,899 
67,595 
9,577 
14,347 
bushels 
10,870,821 
482,649 
604,763 
627,827 
649,524 
3,615,852 
3,554,829 
591,071 
744,306 
Irrigated 
farms 
316 
16 
28 
14 
25 
126 
78 
8 
21 
acres 
39,042 
680 
1,056 
1,614 
2,611 
12,530 
14,135 
2,401 
4,015 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
210 
56 
86 
33 
12 
11 
4 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
537 
96 
120 
108 
30 
106 
41 
3 
33 
1 00 to 249 acres 
454 
32 
35 
41 
47 
208 
68 
5 
18 
250 to 499 acres 
209 
2 
4 
14 
18 
77 
76 
8 
10 
500 acres or more 
70 
1 
2 
" 
3 
14 
36 
8 
6 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
13,404 
5,094 
4,530 
1,980 
594 
568 
262 
31 
345 
acres 
602,994 
170,832 
148,192 
100,849 
48,217 
55,770 
39,126 
11,747 
28,261 
tons, dry 
1,486,225 
367,741 
334,548 
218,299 
134,697 
172,579 
134,544 
42,098 
81,719 
Irrigated 
farms 
510 
131 
110 
52 
33 
87 
58 
10 
29 
acres 
26,915 
3,857 
2,641 
2,180 
1,664 
5,032 
5,726 
3,350 
2,465 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
6,706 
2,833 
2,610 
857 
170 
85 
39 
1 
111 
25 to 99 acres 
5,206 
1,939 
1,647 
831 
263 
265 
100 
6 
155 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,191 
287 
232 
242 
128 
164 
72 
11 
55 
250 to 499 acres 
242 
33 
38 
44 
25 
48 
34 
3 
17 
500 acres or more 
59 
2 
3 
6 
8 
6 
17 
10 
7 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
67 
15 
21 
14 
4 
8 
2 
- 
3 
acres 
1,599 
236 
262 
269 
72 
736 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
tons, dry 
3,429 
823 
455 
532 
135 
1,445 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
2 
- 
1 
acres 
268 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
162 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
Other tame hay 
farms 
11,629 
4,421 
3,914 
1,702 
522 
511 
239 
26 
294 
acres 
509,520 
145,931 
126,780 
87,052 
38,850 
46,507 
33,208 
7,199 
23,993 
tons, dry 
1,281,119 
324,709 
297,372 
194,276 
111,022 
143,061 
114,028 
27,590 
69,061 
Irrigated 
farms 
429 
114 
94 
41 
32 
77 
44 
5 
22 
acres 
17,976 
3,463 
2,209 
1,809 
1,607 
4,103 
3,205 
665 
915 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
14 
2 
4 
2 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
3,668 
(D) 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,562 
428 
540 
271 
46 
72 
115 
33 
57 
acres 
92,811 
2,140 
1,894 
2,381 
1,310 
4,690 
32,820 
31,584 
15,991 
Irrigated 
farms 
597 
126 
190 
112 
23 
30 
60 
26 
30 
acres 
51,931 
618 
626 
854 
397 
2,730 
18,241 
21,485 
6,980 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
1,008 
333 
435 
192 
12 
10 
4 
22 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
288 
82 
93 
63 
17 
19 
2 
1 
11 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
100 
11 
12 
12 
14 
26 
22 
- 
3 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
72 
2 
- 
3 
3 
15 
41 
1 
7 
250.0 acres or more 
94 
- 
" 
1 
2 
46 
31 
14 
Beans, snap 
farms 
599 
174 
226 
117 
11 
13 
32 
8 
18 
acres 
11,212 
245 
182 
549 
164 
998 
5,055 
2,893 
1,125 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
65 
23 
18 
13 
1 
2 
5 
1 
2 
acres 
1,880 
92 
30 
440 
(D) 
(D) 
661 
(D) 
(D) 
Peas, green 
farms 
51 
20 
19 
2 
3 
- 
4 
- 
3 
acres 
365 
60 
22 
(D) 
24 
- 
55 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 153 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
