Table 19. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Louisiana: 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 
585 
139 
196 
134 
30 
31 
21 
2 
32 
$1,000 
90,429 
3,549 
6,495 
4,700 
6,368 
15,698 
34,004 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
199 
25 
38 
37 
29 
30 
21 
2 
17 
$1,000 
85,645 
2,370 
4,723 
3,084 
(D) 
(D) 
34,004 
(D) 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
74 
32 
33 
5 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
52 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
8 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
3,019 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
36 
16 
15 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
38 
16 
18 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
3,300 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
8 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
3,019 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
4,513 
1,534 
1,693 
668 
98 
119 
212 
12 
177 
$1,000 
635,274 
15,780 
16,927 
9,988 
6,948 
40,709 
364,128 
60,354 
120,439 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
524 
47 
49 
44 
36 
76 
184 
12 
76 
$1,000 
600,565 
3,931 
4,094 
3,576 
5,888 
39,816 
363,587 
60,354 
119,319 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
10,121 
3,575 
4,139 
1 ,656 
179 
215 
82 
2 
273 
$1,000 
249,963 
48,128 
59,775 
31,074 
(D) 
39,010 
19,839 
(D) 
21,191 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
986 
181 
257 
200 
99 
134 
49 
2 
64 
$1,000 
166,055 
17,861 
28,636 
15,170 
(D) 
37,111 
19,316 
(D) 
18,522 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
125 
7 
16 
18 
31 
37 
7 
9 
$1,000 
42,628 
581 
(D) 
(D) 
6,679 
18,783 
8,642 
- 
5,642 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
110 
4 
9 
13 
31 
37 
7 
- 
9 
$1,000 
42,512 
548 
(D) 
(D) 
6,679 
18,783 
8,642 
- 
5,642 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
382 
81 
229 
65 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
101 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
894 
255 
453 
162 
- 
4 
1 
- 
19 
$1,000 
(D) 
329 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
10 
(D) 
- 
1,461 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
6 
$1,000 
1,489 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
1,963 
520 
918 
429 
24 
21 
9 
- 
42 
$1,000 
17,203 
3,119 
6,052 
3,467 
980 
2,092 
535 
- 
959 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
44 
6 
12 
9 
5 
7 
2 
- 
3 
$1,000 
5,561 
329 
1,239 
690 
723 
1,877 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
1,504 
396 
620 
326 
90 
40 
5 
4 
23 
$1,000 
574,239 
42,539 
53,407 
34,966 
167,696 
142,031 
31,523 
53,298 
48,779 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
255 
37 
34 
38 
89 
38 
4 
4 
11 
$1,000 
572,887 
42,200 
52,848 
34,603 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
53,298 
48,693 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
667 
111 
231 
114 
43 
78 
49 
4 
37 
$1,000 
122,989 
2,163 
5,691 
3,973 
5,052 
14,828 
26,436 
52,050 
12,795 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
219 
14 
32 
34 
32 
51 
30 
4 
22 
$1,000 
117,626 
1,327 
3,849 
2,708 
4,823 
14,192 
26,087 
52,050 
12,591 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
550 
155 
241 
122 
6 
11 
5 
- 
10 
$1,000 
(D) 
797 
(D) 
1,030 
103 
2,129 
9,781 
- 
49 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
17 
3 
1 
2 
- 
8 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
12,315 
182 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,100 
(D) 
- 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
9,447 
3,008 
3,083 
1,067 
348 
702 
696 
23 
520 
$1,000 
138,164 
16,471 
16,651 
6,496 
5,610 
26,301 
48,559 
3,439 
14,637 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
1,538 
141 
217 
158 
141 
365 
383 
10 
123 
$1,000 
173,358 
851 
2,229 
1,406 
5,026 
38,516 
92,164 
6,110 
27,055 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
1,276 
441 
541 
233 
15 
20 
9 
1 
16 
$1,000 
7,452 
1,559 
1,109 
1,695 
1,387 
332 
629 
(D) 
(D) 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
28,093 
9,234 
11,598 
3,902 
540 
894 
866 
33 
1,026 
$1,000 
2,820,092 
183,456 
256,767 
148,350 
207,841 
476,193 
991,691 
188,735 
367,061 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
100,384 
19,867 
22,139 
38,019 
384,890 
532,655 
1,145,139 
5,719,236 
357,759 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
12,515 
3,582 
4,632 
1,862 
395 
774 
767 
22 
481 
$1,000 
315,831 
10,962 
13,988 
8,770 
10,752 
63,628 
145,836 
12,849 
49,046 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
8,779 
3,084 
4,005 
1,395 
62 
32 
6 
- 
195 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,743 
429 
541 
398 
167 
116 
19 
- 
73 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 253 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
