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 (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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
888 
136 
349 
220 
61 
44 
22 
2 
54 
$1,000 
110,838 
3,983 
11,901 
5,874 
6,496 
14,526 
(D) 
(D) 
34,290 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
259 
27 
75 
42 
39 
34 
17 
2 
23 
$1,000 
102,576 
2,823 
8,437 
3,176 
6,103 
14,392 
(D) 
(D) 
33,957 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
189 
55 
88 
20 
7 
6 
4 
- 
9 
$1,000 
1,976 
(D) 
548 
234 
121 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
31 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
5 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
930 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
161 
51 
72 
18 
7 
6 
4 
- 
3 
$1,000 
1,859 
264 
463 
230 
121 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
5 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
930 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
38 
4 
23 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
6 
$1,000 
117 
(D) 
85 
4 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
9,339 
2,504 
4,268 
1,343 
375 
404 
205 
15 
225 
$1,000 
76,467 
10,571 
17,733 
8,941 
5,654 
10,769 
14,267 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
196 
9 
24 
14 
25 
59 
48 
4 
13 
$1,000 
33,008 
685 
2,013 
1,188 
2,083 
7,317 
12,751 
(D) 
(D) 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
167 
23 
71 
45 
13 
7 
2 
6 
$1,000 
454 
(D) 
188 
129 
61 
32 
(D) 
- 
11 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
14,106 
2,764 
5,957 
2,572 
942 
1,043 
410 
32 
386 
$1,000 
522,694 
29,793 
89,310 
62,265 
46,777 
102,455 
103,120 
59,704 
29,270 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,437 
81 
301 
190 
179 
345 
217 
29 
95 
$1,000 
400,066 
7,238 
46,469 
37,281 
34,924 
89,273 
99,483 
59,632 
25,765 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
1,709 
42 
281 
600 
388 
232 
98 
23 
45 
$1,000 
659,314 
3,577 
17,756 
40,060 
61,350 
85,501 
109,614 
285,857 
55,599 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,351 
24 
142 
420 
373 
231 
98 
23 
40 
$1,000 
652,371 
(D) 
15,840 
36,015 
60,813 
(D) 
109,614 
285,857 
55,493 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
2,823 
150 
1,211 
469 
213 
331 
297 
34 
118 
$1,000 
1,273,099 
4,000 
62,139 
44,317 
111,893 
199,475 
394,344 
240,491 
216,439 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,044 
15 
163 
89 
137 
252 
268 
33 
87 
$1,000 
1,263,689 
(D) 
58,829 
41,718 
110,991 
198,590 
393,959 
(D) 
216,054 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
2,966 
485 
1,750 
520 
69 
85 
20 
1 
36 
$1,000 
10,099 
1,299 
4,578 
2,102 
249 
1,175 
518 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
10 
- 
4 
1 
- 
2 
3 
$1,000 
1,566 
- 
441 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
359 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
3,496 
476 
1,984 
767 
135 
40 
8 
2 
84 
$1,000 
23,899 
2,318 
12,212 
4,615 
2,411 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
78 
12 
38 
12 
11 
1 
1 
3 
$1,000 
8,589 
670 
3,512 
954 
1,817 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
3,949 
444 
2,064 
944 
220 
115 
64 
17 
81 
$1,000 
1,164,199 
13,768 
87,377 
121,718 
151,325 
131,392 
141,249 
376,161 
141,209 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
610 
14 
145 
168 
108 
74 
54 
17 
30 
$1,000 
1,159,823 
13,363 
85,372 
120,013 
151,202 
131,309 
141,228 
376,161 
141,174 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
26 
1 
9 
5 
- 
- 
3 
- 
8 
$1,000 
5,120 
(D) 
(D) 
23 
- 
- 
3,897 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
5 
$1,000 
5,054 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
3,897 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
1,548 
227 
861 
347 
50 
16 
3 
- 
44 
$1,000 
22,297 
(D) 
(D) 
944 
261 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
13 
2 
2 
2 
1 
4 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
18,965 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
32,083 
7,429 
10,722 
4,354 
2,581 
3,873 
1,878 
80 
1,166 
$1,000 
267,287 
25,285 
33,533 
15,098 
23,018 
71,248 
77,067 
5,362 
16,675 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
4,723 
363 
986 
584 
692 
1,265 
630 
20 
183 
$1,000 
363,488 
7,451 
23,743 
15,135 
43,503 
125,422 
116,921 
5,928 
25,387 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
3,673 
599 
1,925 
718 
152 
138 
69 
5 
67 
$1,000 
26,900 
2,551 
6,279 
5,601 
3,706 
4,214 
3,770 
37 
743 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
58,695 
13,136 
25,459 
8,709 
3,110 
4,189 
2,056 
119 
1,917 
$1,000 
9,117,075 
326,829 
760,199 
465,311 
724,682 
2,087,631 
2,857,638 
1,095,252 
799,533 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
155,330 
24,880 
29,860 
53,429 
233,017 
498,360 
1,389,902 
9,203,800 
417,075 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
33,039 
5,824 
11,737 
5,251 
2,888 
4,073 
2,009 
87 
1,170 
$1,000 
1 ,444,469 
54,134 
98,750 
55,677 
120,328 
427,741 
540,869 
54,591 
92,380 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
14,393 
3,546 
7,590 
2,624 
202 
69 
11 
- 
351 
$5,000 to $24,999 
8,044 
1,666 
2,984 
1,970 
832 
276 
39 
1 
276 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 197 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
