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 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
■ Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
19 
7 
- 
7 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Other 
farms 
4 
- 
" 
4 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
61 
14 
10 
6 
13 
2 
4 
2 
10 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
17,275 
5,260 
7,424 
2,869 
487 
379 
213 
83 
560 
Part owners 
farms 
5,843 
853 
1,587 
1,078 
642 
807 
553 
95 
228 
Tenants 
farms 
1,698 
136 
493 
478 
185 
199 
75 
17 
115 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
23,195 
6,127 
9,044 
3,959 
1,135 
1,194 
767 
178 
791 
acres 
9,282,999 
1,104,644 
1,216,852 
959,451 
857,081 
1,307,058 
1,505,966 
690,897 
1,641,050 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
23,118 
6,113 
9,011 
3,947 
1,129 
1,186 
766 
178 
788 
acres 
8,169,709 
941,433 
1,029,862 
871,267 
784,717 
1,189,349 
1,362,499 
652,469 
1,338,113 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
7,592 
1,003 
2,098 
1,563 
833 
1,007 
630 
113 
345 
acres 
3,639,738 
151,239 
293,001 
383,220 
427,963 
815,265 
861,532 
321,946 
385,572 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
7,541 
989 
2,080 
1,556 
827 
1,006 
628 
112 
343 
acres 
3,590,400 
146,542 
288,707 
374,862 
424,807 
812,158 
855,649 
312,372 
375,303 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,313 
968 
1,058 
472 
194 
214 
150 
57 
200 
acres 
1,162,628 
167,908 
191,284 
96,542 
75,520 
120,816 
149,350 
48,002 
313,206 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
40,590 
9,600 
15,490 
7,036 
2,093 
2,355 
1,748 
460 
1,808 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
11,796 
3,310 
4,225 
2,163 
691 
691 
298 
67 
351 
2 operators 
11,109 
2,635 
4,753 
1,998 
516 
504 
315 
58 
330 
3 operators 
1,427 
233 
409 
213 
78 
147 
163 
36 
148 
4 operators 
304 
50 
80 
35 
21 
25 
36 
15 
42 
5 or more operators 
180 
21 
37 
16 
8 
18 
29 
19 
32 
Total women operators 
...number 
13,345 
3,370 
5,736 
2,406 
527 
526 
317 
63 
400 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
11,992 
3,054 
5,277 
2,151 
459 
467 
263 
41 
280 
2 operators 
530 
115 
203 
105 
30 
16 
15 
8 
38 
3 operators 
74 
27 
15 
7 
1 
6 
4 
2 
12 
4 operators 
12 
- 
2 
6 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
4 
1 
" 
1 
1 
1 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
21,821 
5,357 
8,343 
3,684 
1,265 
1,358 
821 
192 
801 
Female 
2,995 
892 
1,161 
741 
49 
27 
20 
3 
102 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
12,349 
3,787 
- 
4,425 
1,314 
1,321 
808 
182 
512 
Other 
12,467 
2,462 
9,504 
- 
- 
64 
33 
13 
391 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,556 
5,304 
7,914 
3,708 
1,121 
1,197 
645 
123 
544 
Not on farm operated 
4,260 
945 
1,590 
717 
193 
188 
196 
72 
359 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,473 
4,190 
329 
1,872 
849 
982 
652 
160 
439 
Any 
15,343 
2,059 
9,175 
2,553 
465 
403 
189 
35 
464 
1 to 49 days 
2,297 
715 
598 
586 
150 
121 
45 
3 
79 
50 to 99 days 
1,123 
322 
302 
330 
70 
38 
16 
6 
39 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,066 
391 
1,021 
467 
75 
47 
10 
1 
54 
200 days or more 
9,857 
631 
7,254 
1,170 
170 
197 
118 
25 
292 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
921 
93 
443 
270 
39 
33 
6 
2 
35 
3 or 4 years 
1,187 
170 
556 
279 
62 
46 
11 
2 
61 
5 to 9 years 
3,995 
678 
2,054 
769 
152 
120 
60 
18 
144 
1 0 years or more 
18,713 
5,308 
6,451 
3,107 
1,061 
1,186 
764 
173 
663 
Average years on present farm 
21.7 
27.2 
17.0 
20.0 
25.6 
26.6 
28.4 
24.9 
22.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
623 
57 
297 
198 
25 
20 
- 
- 
26 
3 or 4 years 
897 
131 
459 
190 
36 
25 
7 
1 
48 
5 to 9 years 
3,279 
525 
1,730 
669 
108 
84 
40 
10 
113 
1 0 years or more 
20,017 
5,536 
7,018 
3,368 
1,145 
1,256 
794 
184 
716 
Average years operating any farm ... 
24.3 
30.3 
19.2 
22.8 
28.1 
29.2 
31.1 
28.3 
25.1 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
111 
- 
36 
46 
21 
- 
- 
- 
8 
25 to 34 years 
1,436 
- 
531 
503 
157 
155 
35 
7 
48 
35 to 44 years 
2,559 
39 
1,516 
481 
164 
157 
102 
22 
78 
45 to 49 years 
2,089 
74 
1,193 
393 
119 
130 
87 
22 
71 
50 to 54 years 
3,410 
193 
1,833 
679 
161 
237 
143 
40 
124 
55 to 59 years 
4,019 
433 
1,950 
788 
238 
251 
170 
42 
147 
60 to 64 years 
3,746 
1,132 
1,305 
612 
214 
181 
140 
26 
136 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 175 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
