Table 15. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Indiana: 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 
58,695 
13,136 
25,459 
8,709 
3,110 
4,189 
2,056 
119 
1,917 
percent 
100.0 
22.4 
43.4 
14.8 
5.3 
7.1 
3.5 
0.2 
3.3 
Land in farms 
....acres 
14,720,396 
1,182,089 
1,748,666 
871,754 
1,234,224 
3,793,165 
4,496,221 
439,506 
954,771 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
251 
90 
69 
100 
397 
906 
2,187 
3,693 
498 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
58,695 
13,136 
25,459 
8,709 
3,110 
4,189 
2,056 
119 
1,917 
$1,000 
11,478,105 
331,311 
777,017 
524,521 
963,623 
2,703,214 
3,835,923 
1,322,656 
1,019,840 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
195,555 
25,222 
30,520 
60,227 
309,847 
645,312 
1,865,721 
11,114,759 
531,998 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
9,595 
2,565 
5,637 
1,156 
4 
233 
$1,000 to $2,499 
6,990 
2,151 
3,891 
760 
5 
5 
- 
- 
178 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,390 
1,948 
3,549 
748 
6 
2 
- 
- 
137 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,348 
1,835 
3,480 
833 
6 
2 
- 
- 
192 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,327 
1,754 
3,274 
1,115 
11 
1 
1 
- 
171 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,237 
1,091 
1,903 
1,088 
6 
7 
2 
_ 
140 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,241 
876 
1,584 
1,595 
34 
3 
- 
- 
149 
$100,000 to $249,999 
5,490 
749 
1,590 
1,161 
1,735 
66 
1 
- 
188 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,646 
160 
450 
124 
1,094 
1,669 
5 
" 
144 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,679 
2 
61 
66 
87 
2,176 
137 
- 
150 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,752 
5 
40 
63 
122 
258 
1,910 
119 
235 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
2,112 
3 
39 
62 
102 
207 
1,564 
- 
135 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
453 
2 
1 
1 
20 
43 
314 
9 
63 
$5,000,000 or more 
187 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
32 
110 
37 
Total sales 
....farms 
58,695 
13,136 
25,459 
8,709 
3,110 
4,189 
2,056 
119 
1,917 
$1,000 
11,210,818 
306,027 
743,484 
509,422 
940,604 
2,631,965 
3,758,856 
1,317,294 
1,003,165 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
28,011 
4,502 
8,968 
4,592 
2,790 
4,011 
1,985 
78 
1,085 
$1,000 
7,217,854 
231,486 
429,763 
209,985 
545,539 
2,068,658 
2,921,715 
311,134 
499,574 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
14,896 
1,415 
2,609 
1,726 
2,495 
3,913 
1,965 
77 
696 
$1,000 
7,019,183 
181,151 
341,431 
(D) 
541,579 
2,066,810 
2,921,269 
(D) 
492,939 
Corn 
....farms 
23,144 
3,217 
6,664 
3,685 
2,655 
3,927 
1,963 
78 
955 
$1,000 
4,071,150 
112,920 
217,632 
102,901 
278,985 
1,133,414 
1,716,324 
220,836 
288,138 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1 1 ,366 
743 
1,427 
704 
2,108 
3,785 
1,935 
76 
588 
$1,000 
3,884,710 
(□) 
142,662 
53,451 
266,452 
1,130,333 
1,715,574 
(D) 
282,185 
Wheat 
....farms 
4,272 
511 
843 
494 
551 
1,007 
635 
31 
200 
$1,000 
140,114 
5,872 
9,425 
4,781 
11,255 
40,884 
52,439 
4,090 
1 1 ,368 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
733 
12 
21 
4 
35 
249 
325 
21 
66 
$1,000 
88,098 
855 
1,302 
240 
2,763 
25,487 
44,471 
3,746 
9,235 
Soybeans 
....farms 
21,841 
3,323 
6,199 
3,131 
2,501 
3,821 
1,905 
68 
893 
$1,000 
2,956,767 
112,262 
201,148 
101,226 
253,722 
883,971 
1,121,989 
85,253 
197,197 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1 1 ,042 
753 
1,354 
674 
2,102 
3,672 
1,877 
66 
544 
$1,000 
2,758,154 
67,437 
123,318 
(D) 
241,961 
879,836 
1,121,283 
(D) 
190,170 
Sorghum 
....farms 
100 
14 
23 
17 
11 
17 
7 
4 
7 
$1,000 
3,294 
(D) 
166 
224 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
16 
1 
1 
- 
2 
5 
3 
3 
1 
$1,000 
2,323 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,108 
335 
526 
(D) 
Barley 
....farms 
34 
5 
10 
13 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
$1,000 
517 
18 
52 
105 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
829 
65 
262 
246 
57 
83 
76 
4 
36 
$1,000 
46,013 
(D) 
1,341 
749 
1,307 
9,099 
30,482 
(D) 
2,472 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
114 
1 
3 
2 
7 
38 
56 
1 
6 
$1,000 
43,542 
(D) 
634 
(D) 
1,006 
8,650 
30,274 
(D) 
2,402 
Tobacco 
... farms 
158 
27 
56 
27 
24 
12 
6 
_ 
6 
$1,000 
7,653 
684 
1,460 
805 
1,569 
971 
1,804 
- 
360 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
43 
4 
5 
7 
12 
10 
4 
- 
1 
$1,000 
5,801 
286 
659 
526 
1,349 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
(□) 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
1,399 
211 
506 
375 
107 
67 
88 
10 
35 
$1,000 
104,411 
2,514 
(D) 
6,460 
5,545 
12,302 
41,021 
28,438 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
212 
10 
12 
32 
32 
37 
72 
8 
9 
$1,000 
93,301 
824 
(D) 
2,416 
4,553 
11,856 
40,721 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
600 
127 
262 
141 
29 
17 
7 
_ 
17 
$1,000 
10,897 
1,059 
1,980 
1,079 
1,413 
2,042 
3,106 
- 
218 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
33 
3 
6 
4 
7 
8 
4 
- 
1 
$1,000 
7,710 
391 
732 
(D) 
1,194 
1,936 
3,047 
- 
(□) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
289 
76 
122 
51 
13 
13 
4 
- 
10 
$1,000 
6,999 
(D) 
1,264 
424 
956 
1,056 
(D) 
- 
143 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
18 
2 
4 
- 
5 
5 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,019 
(D) 
598 
- 
851 
986 
(D) 
- 
- 
Berries 
....farms 
365 
62 
163 
100 
19 
8 
5 
- 
8 
$1,000 
3,898 
(D) 
716 
655 
457 
986 
(D) 
- 
76 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
17 
1 
2 
4 
2 
3 
4 
- 
1 
$1,000 
2,642 
(□) 
(D) 
314 
(D) 
945 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
196 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
