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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,643 
2,874 
3,255 
1,202 
70 
38 
9 
1 
194 
50 to 99 acres 
1,652 
516 
670 
362 
40 
8 
6 
- 
50 
100 to 199 acres 
1,013 
266 
321 
271 
62 
28 
11 
2 
52 
200 to 499 acres 
882 
142 
165 
123 
224 
160 
6 
3 
59 
500 to 999 acres 
563 
7 
19 
3 
57 
380 
48 
- 
49 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
726 
- 
- 
- 
- 
214 
432 
- 
80 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
439 
6 
339 
21 
73 
additional improvements (see text) . 
.. farms 
1,775 
543 
699 
322 
51 
58 
23 
2 
77 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
217,145 
36,218 
38,929 
30,181 
24,689 
46,072 
(D) 
(D) 
28,239 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
519 
170 
179 
70 
8 
34 
25 
1 
32 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
37,225 
4,544 
6,885 
9,557 
(D) 
4,656 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
.. farms 
4,022 
1,504 
1,535 
342 
74 
147 
165 
7 
248 
acres 
443,430 
103,361 
116,537 
35,668 
16,987 
60,845 
59,321 
1,014 
49,697 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
696 
146 
131 
105 
32 
75 
130 
6 
71 
acres 
130,220 
6,108 
9,573 
12,392 
(D) 
24,479 
46,006 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
10,486 
3,883 
4,377 
1,328 
176 
222 
153 
7 
340 
acres 
1,255,635 
348,770 
403,158 
122,434 
26,045 
72,026 
(D) 
(D) 
202,617 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
4,337 
1,623 
1,764 
683 
64 
61 
25 
117 
acres 
225,654 
70,635 
65,678 
33,990 
10,669 
13,229 
15,034 
- 
16,419 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
7,372 
2,715 
3,114 
813 
130 
191 
138 
7 
264 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,029,981 
278,135 
337,480 
88,444 
15,376 
58,797 
(D) 
(D) 
186,198 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
16,751 
5,762 
7,424 
2,552 
213 
245 
126 
5 
424 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
1,738,667 
421,294 
485,953 
283,093 
88,231 
204,859 
102,807 
2,500 
149,930 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
15,572 
5,244 
6,401 
2,177 
306 
488 
427 
25 
504 
acres 
630,925 
105,915 
109,864 
58,211 
26,605 
119,884 
(D) 
(D) 
88,704 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
3,015 
488 
691 
428 
201 
498 
510 
16 
183 
acres 
1,092,881 
14,090 
21,954 
19,627 
39,343 
234,257 
559,310 
39,135 
165,165 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
2,790 
421 
622 
344 
199 
496 
510 
15 
183 
acres 
1,078,596 
(D) 
18,634 
13,021 
38,678 
233,652 
558,991 
(D) 
165,165 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
306 
87 
105 
98 
6 
5 
4 
1 
- 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
14,285 
(D) 
3,320 
6,606 
665 
605 
319 
(D) 
Programs 
.. farms 
2,966 
1,232 
1,195 
150 
27 
80 
77 
8 
197 
acres 
309,282 
112,153 
110,810 
16,118 
(D) 
16,473 
14,178 
(D) 
27,667 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
2,717 
261 
356 
282 
231 
610 
731 
25 
221 
acres 
2,620,337 
40,048 
53,056 
38,629 
85,735 
529,373 
1,404,885 
95,631 
372,980 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) . 
.. farms 
27 
10 
4 
6 
- 
- 
4 
- 
3 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
2,445 
32 
10 
(D) 
2,194 
(D) 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
28,093 
9,234 
11,598 
3,902 
540 
894 
866 
33 
1,026 
$1,000 
20,175,806 
3,473,776 
4,221,504 
2,026,043 
680,840 
2,433,349 
4,799,962 
445,124 
2,095,209 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
718,179 
376,194 
363,986 
519,232 
1,260,814 
2,721,867 
5,542,681 
13,488,601 
2,042,114 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,554 
2,927 
3,093 
3,032 
2,219 
2,120 
2,358 
2,292 
2,102 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
3,306 
1,275 
1,473 
447 
4 
7 
5 
- 
95 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,499 
1,312 
1,617 
445 
15 
6 
2 
1 
101 
$100,000 to $199,999 
5,344 
1,928 
2,549 
681 
24 
7 
3 
1 
151 
$200,000 to $499,999 
8,152 
2,868 
3,680 
1,277 
83 
22 
4 
2 
216 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,716 
1,219 
1,465 
595 
159 
120 
24 
1 
133 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
1,852 
422 
557 
279 
166 
280 
47 
1 
100 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
1,478 
176 
216 
137 
74 
376 
384 
7 
108 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
539 
22 
34 
33 
15 
52 
298 
5 
80 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
207 
12 
7 
8 
24 
99 
15 
42 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
.. farms 
28,093 
9,234 
11,598 
3,902 
540 
894 
866 
33 
1,026 
$1,000 
2,933,418 
428,553 
585,798 
269,999 
94,902 
362,999 
844,184 
73,149 
273,835 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 257 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
