Table 13. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Idaho: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
24,816 
6,249 
9,504 
4,425 
1,314 
1,385 
841 
195 
903 
percent 
100.0 
25.2 
38.3 
17.8 
5.3 
5.6 
3.4 
0.8 
3.6 
Land in farms 
....acres 
11,760,109 
1,087,975 
1,318,569 
1,246,129 
1,209,524 
2,001,507 
2,218,148 
964,841 
1,713,416 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
474 
174 
139 
282 
920 
1,445 
2,638 
4,948 
1,897 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
24,816 
6,249 
9,504 
4,425 
1,314 
1,385 
841 
195 
903 
$1,000 
7,901,235 
106,049 
152,980 
177,351 
305,747 
854,910 
1,896,855 
2,844,410 
1,562,933 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
318,393 
16,971 
16,096 
40,079 
232,684 
617,264 
2,255,476 
14,586,718 
1,730,822 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
4,895 
1,632 
2,464 
680 
5 
114 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,702 
831 
1,487 
346 
- 
- 
- 
- 
38 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,813 
889 
1,431 
405 
- 
- 
- 
- 
88 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,707 
919 
1,323 
407 
2 
3 
- 
- 
53 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,908 
894 
1,311 
600 
1 
- 
" 
- 
102 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,964 
542 
696 
647 
4 
_ 
1 
_ 
74 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,634 
321 
452 
791 
12 
3 
- 
- 
55 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,868 
181 
289 
536 
769 
13 
2 
- 
78 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,274 
40 
50 
7 
518 
573 
3 
- 
83 
$500,000 to $999,999 
871 
- 
1 
2 
2 
757 
21 
- 
88 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,180 
- 
- 
4 
1 
36 
814 
195 
130 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
636 
- 
- 
2 
1 
25 
544 
- 
64 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
302 
- 
- 
2 
- 
7 
264 
2 
27 
$5,000,000 or more 
242 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
6 
193 
39 
Total sales 
....farms 
24,816 
6,249 
9,504 
4,425 
1,314 
1,385 
841 
195 
903 
$1,000 
7,801,446 
93,079 
141,539 
168,526 
296,449 
835,298 
1,874,307 
2,838,458 
1,553,791 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
5,410 
547 
836 
941 
873 
1,123 
677 
115 
298 
$1,000 
1,448,089 
19,110 
33,467 
44,211 
107,999 
330,260 
534,914 
229,464 
148,663 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
3,329 
115 
215 
349 
686 
1,002 
638 
110 
214 
$1,000 
1,407,457 
12,072 
23,001 
31,364 
103,358 
327,466 
533,846 
229,411 
146,939 
Corn 
....farms 
1,583 
118 
180 
264 
287 
364 
231 
56 
83 
$1,000 
289,487 
4,764 
7,633 
11,474 
24,057 
60,462 
94,467 
59,299 
27,330 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
949 
33 
50 
86 
184 
287 
192 
56 
61 
$1,000 
274,270 
2,980 
4,813 
6,836 
21,426 
58,849 
93,322 
59,299 
26,743 
Wheat 
....farms 
3,142 
270 
361 
462 
488 
771 
515 
82 
193 
$1,000 
711,299 
7,890 
13,526 
16,740 
39,544 
154,452 
276,190 
113,974 
88,983 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1,850 
45 
77 
106 
279 
650 
474 
79 
140 
$1,000 
683,170 
4,349 
8,846 
8,959 
33,689 
150,963 
274,916 
113,858 
87,590 
Soybeans 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
....farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
44 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
....farms 
2,333 
197 
340 
375 
377 
521 
325 
51 
147 
$1,000 
306,136 
5,016 
9,150 
10,421 
28,485 
70,021 
112,104 
50,515 
20,423 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1,062 
20 
47 
66 
216 
349 
250 
42 
72 
$1,000 
283,072 
2,153 
4,644 
4,962 
25,083 
66,656 
110,320 
50,338 
18,915 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
1,489 
96 
121 
240 
302 
413 
202 
22 
93 
$1,000 
141,124 
1,440 
3,158 
5,576 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
5,676 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
693 
5 
19 
25 
128 
282 
168 
16 
50 
$1,000 
126,111 
316 
1,577 
1,787 
12,120 
41,739 
51,643 
5,631 
1 1 ,297 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
1,464 
184 
231 
187 
143 
237 
306 
72 
104 
$1,000 
967,476 
2,202 
4,156 
3,565 
11,912 
68,019 
362,465 
383,324 
131,835 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
786 
11 
27 
17 
72 
219 
301 
72 
67 
$1,000 
960,497 
1,140 
3,105 
1,710 
10,141 
67,524 
362,289 
383,324 
131,264 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
501 
155 
202 
106 
8 
3 
6 
1 
20 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,757 
1,422 
1,219 
244 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
38 
3 
6 
9 
6 
2 
3 
1 
8 
$1,000 
19,973 
279 
541 
681 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
343 
111 
141 
63 
6 
2 
5 
1 
14 
$1,000 
22,440 
(D) 
1,579 
1,130 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
36 
3 
6 
8 
6 
2 
2 
1 
8 
$1,000 
19,807 
278 
541 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Berries 
....farms 
211 
67 
78 
54 
2 
1 
1 
- 
8 
$1,000 
(□) 
129 
178 
292 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
168 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
