Table 1 6. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Iowa: 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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in orchards farms 
752 
193 
366 
123 
21 
14 
8 
_ 
27 
acres 
2,974 
665 
1,225 
704 
181 
45 
53 
- 
101 
Irrigated farms 
79 
11 
43 
17 
1 
3 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
255 
24 
66 
151 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
579 
154 
300 
76 
16 
13 
4 
- 
16 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
160 
39 
60 
43 
2 
1 
4 
- 
11 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
13 
- 
6 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
348 
90 
174 
57 
12 
2 
2 
- 
11 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,146 
286 
381 
246 
166 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
38 
Grapes farms 
408 
98 
194 
75 
7 
11 
6 
- 
17 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,095 
235 
430 
301 
11 
19 
49 
- 
50 
Peaches, all farms 
101 
18 
58 
24 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
47 
(D) 
16 
21 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pecans farms 
5 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Walnuts, English farms 
17 
6 
10 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
19 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
405 
95 
161 
100 
15 
17 
4 
- 
13 
acres 
679 
173 
336 
93 
11 
17 
14 
- 
35 
Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 223 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
