Table 17. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Kansas: 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 
61,773 
14,111 
23,656 
10,218 
4,403 
5,293 
1,985 
130 
1,977 
percent 
100.0 
22.8 
38.3 
16.5 
7.1 
8.6 
3.2 
0.2 
3.2 
Land in farms 
....acres 
46,137,295 
3,918,526 
5,422,500 
4,605,784 
6,262,106 
13,195,535 
9,463,924 
715,842 
2,553,078 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
747 
278 
229 
451 
1,422 
2,493 
4,768 
5,506 
1,291 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
61,773 
14,111 
23,656 
10,218 
4,403 
5,293 
1,985 
130 
1,977 
$1,000 
18,902,654 
383,185 
623,771 
487,062 
1,070,368 
3,117,530 
4,061,897 
3,689,293 
5,469,548 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
306,002 
27,155 
26,368 
47,667 
243,100 
588,991 
2,046,296 
28,379,177 
2,766,590 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
6,348 
1,843 
3,582 
768 
4 
1 
150 
$1,000 to $2,499 
5,383 
1,663 
2,981 
614 
- 
- 
- 
- 
125 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,861 
1,898 
3,037 
739 
- 
- 
- 
- 
187 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,924 
2,185 
3,602 
929 
1 
5 
- 
- 
202 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,539 
2,587 
4,215 
1,508 
1 
- 
- 
- 
228 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,547 
1,772 
2,772 
1,814 
12 
2 
_ 
_ 
175 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,813 
1,215 
1,952 
2,372 
72 
2 
- 
- 
200 
$100,000 to $249,999 
6,612 
827 
1,309 
1,451 
2,712 
152 
- 
- 
161 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4,243 
119 
196 
12 
1,549 
2,211 
3 
- 
153 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,075 
1 
5 
6 
40 
2,708 
164 
- 
151 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,428 
1 
5 
5 
12 
212 
1,818 
130 
245 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,807 
1 
4 
4 
9 
199 
1,472 
- 
118 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
383 
- 
1 
- 
2 
7 
322 
3 
48 
$5,000,000 or more 
238 
- 
- 
1 
1 
6 
24 
127 
79 
Total sales 
....farms 
61,773 
14,111 
23,656 
10,218 
4,403 
5,293 
1,985 
130 
1,977 
$1,000 
18,460,564 
328,007 
565,223 
448,963 
1,012,248 
2,996,139 
3,979,834 
3,684,759 
5,445,391 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
28,662 
4,041 
7,037 
5,492 
4,132 
5,012 
1,858 
74 
1,016 
$1,000 
6,505,135 
177,625 
299,627 
265,638 
713,926 
2,170,820 
2,281,957 
169,530 
426,012 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
16,542 
1,155 
1,921 
2,241 
3,769 
4,888 
1,826 
70 
672 
$1,000 
6,273,422 
124,810 
211,884 
195,030 
703,842 
2,167,795 
2,281,127 
169,465 
419,470 
Corn 
....farms 
12,315 
1,083 
1,927 
1,563 
2,076 
3,478 
1,604 
64 
520 
$1,000 
2,296,517 
27,509 
52,611 
36,509 
136,606 
650,610 
1,093,159 
107,871 
191,643 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
6,136 
140 
291 
192 
1,010 
2,636 
1,468 
60 
339 
$1,000 
2,188,144 
14,000 
29,267 
14,552 
113,335 
631,409 
1,089,545 
107,803 
188,232 
Wheat 
....farms 
21,489 
2,748 
4,437 
4,011 
3,507 
4,339 
1,645 
57 
745 
$1,000 
2,474,122 
93,781 
148,031 
139,943 
357,707 
895,387 
682,486 
32,424 
124,362 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
10,882 
582 
893 
990 
2,551 
3,849 
1,549 
53 
415 
$1,000 
2,258,863 
55,115 
85,473 
77,774 
330,150 
881,080 
679,734 
32,306 
117,230 
Soybeans 
....farms 
15,333 
1,988 
3,417 
2,630 
2,404 
3,151 
1,180 
36 
527 
$1,000 
1,102,182 
41,287 
65,705 
58,740 
146,303 
388,790 
314,997 
20,641 
65,719 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
5,500 
204 
291 
292 
1,168 
2,257 
1,006 
33 
249 
$1,000 
935,254 
15,777 
24,670 
20,360 
116,518 
365,964 
310,801 
20,554 
60,610 
Sorghum 
....farms 
9,330 
765 
1,514 
1,455 
1,716 
2,506 
963 
33 
378 
$1,000 
579,420 
14,423 
31,606 
29,026 
70,563 
222,362 
163,931 
7,570 
39,940 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
3,153 
55 
148 
106 
501 
1,426 
725 
26 
166 
$1,000 
463,135 
4,481 
11,888 
8,014 
42,313 
195,333 
158,066 
7,435 
35,604 
Barley 
....farms 
85 
14 
9 
16 
17 
18 
6 
- 
5 
$1,000 
2,011 
56 
70 
224 
111 
1,033 
247 
- 
270 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
12 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 
3 
- 
2 
$1,000 
1,332 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
802 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
1,186 
104 
142 
210 
174 
307 
183 
11 
55 
$1,000 
50,883 
570 
1,605 
1,196 
2,635 
12,639 
27,137 
1,023 
4,078 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
224 
3 
9 
2 
15 
84 
90 
4 
17 
$1,000 
41,710 
(D) 
894 
(D) 
1,504 
9,188 
25,166 
799 
3,700 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
153 
4 
18 
6 
23 
55 
42 
1 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
156 
496 
103 
1,319 
6,596 
14,683 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
96 
1 
2 
- 
11 
45 
34 
1 
2 
$1,000 
22,976 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
899 
6,274 
14,529 
(D) 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
453 
105 
162 
129 
10 
18 
15 
2 
12 
$1,000 
21,517 
1,111 
1,434 
1,610 
488 
4,073 
3,841 
(D) 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
40 
6 
7 
7 
3 
8 
5 
2 
2 
$1,000 
18,719 
403 
639 
652 
430 
3,981 
3,727 
(D) 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
413 
114 
182 
85 
10 
9 
3 
_ 
10 
$1,000 
5,808 
1,100 
1,563 
655 
757 
988 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
21 
4 
5 
2 
5 
3 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
3,113 
331 
427 
(□) 
656 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
322 
95 
151 
48 
10 
7 
3 
- 
8 
$1,000 
5,482 
1,051 
1,451 
528 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
21 
4 
5 
2 
5 
3 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
3,087 
319 
427 
(D) 
642 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Berries 
....farms 
125 
26 
42 
50 
3 
2 
- 
2 
$1,000 
326 
49 
112 
127 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
224 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
