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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
.... farms 
7,838 
1,956 
2,434 
1,127 
350 
workers 
26,632 
4,732 
5,852 
3,103 
1,054 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
3,602 
550 
759 
497 
229 
workers 
10,520 
1,093 
1,407 
953 
462 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
5,746 
1,618 
1,900 
794 
206 
workers 
16,112 
3,639 
4,445 
2,150 
592 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
.... farms 
387 
13 
32 
33 
19 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
53 
5 
14 
16 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
12,569 
4,033 
5,758 
1,809 
195 
workers 
28,436 
8,399 
13,692 
4,228 
389 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
2,967 
885 
1,501 
488 
5 
1 0 to 49 acres 
9,309 
3,323 
4,415 
1,248 
59 
50 to 69 acres 
2,622 
1,055 
1,141 
365 
14 
70 to 99 acres 
2,427 
960 
1,045 
334 
12 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,306 
860 
1,010 
327 
22 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,368 
527 
561 
196 
27 
180 to 219 acres 
1,031 
351 
423 
181 
25 
220 to 259 acres 
771 
290 
292 
119 
25 
260 to 499 acres 
2,043 
608 
763 
333 
160 
500 to 999 acres 
1,323 
272 
311 
201 
105 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,051 
65 
96 
87 
52 
2,000 acres or more 
875 
38 
40 
23 
34 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,396 
236 
311 
249 
212 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
510 
195 
178 
101 
11 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
808 
295 
376 
101 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
648 
158 
253 
127 
29 
Other crop farming (1119) 
6,732 
2,680 
2,750 
579 
56 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
137 
15 
14 
11 
28 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
6,595 
2,665 
2,736 
568 
28 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,218 
4,074 
4,944 
1,774 
79 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
28 
8 
6 
7 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
111 
6 
11 
13 
31 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
202 
43 
128 
29 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
717 
180 
265 
124 
89 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
607 
190 
303 
98 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
4,116 
1,169 
2,073 
700 
31 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
13,687 
4,744 
5,900 
2,179 
188 
number 
788,967 
179,794 
217,793 
132,015 
46,867 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,377 
1,179 
1,738 
414 
2 
10 to 49 
6,904 
2,617 
3,045 
1,025 
27 
50 to 99 
1,695 
584 
639 
346 
31 
1 00 to 1 99 
893 
218 
292 
250 
44 
200 to 499 
623 
130 
174 
120 
50 
500 or more 
195 
16 
12 
24 
34 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
12,205 
4,311 
5,162 
1,924 
181 
number 
450,341 
109,107 
125,268 
73,816 
(D) 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
12,115 
4,309 
5,154 
1,915 
156 
number 
434,252 
108,905 
124,770 
73,103 
23,856 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,121 
1,490 
2,018 
531 
7 
10 to 49 
6,059 
2,349 
2,541 
945 
35 
50 to 99 
1,045 
294 
380 
253 
32 
100 to 199 
533 
136 
151 
137 
29 
200 to 499 
290 
36 
64 
44 
50 
500 or more 
67 
4 
- 
5 
3 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
121 
6 
14 
17 
31 
number 
16,089 
202 
498 
713 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10 
2 
5 
3 
10 to 49 
15 
2 
5 
4 
2 
50 to 99 
37 
2 
3 
10 
16 
100 to 199 
30 
- 
1 
- 
11 
200 to 499 
23 
- 
- 
- 
2 
500 or more 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
1 1 ,423 
3,924 
4,872 
1,842 
180 
number 
338,626 
70,687 
92,525 
58,199 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
10,121 
3,575 
4,139 
1,656 
179 
number 
364,436 
72,413 
87,730 
52,740 
27,125 
$1,000 
249,963 
48,128 
59,775 
31,074 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
692 
808 
33 
438 
2,681 
5,557 
1,019 
2,634 
501 
724 
33 
309 
1,301 
3,218 
604 
1,482 
432 
487 
20 
289 
1,380 
2,339 
415 
1,152 
80 
151 
11 
48 
8 
1 
- 
2 
247 
149 
5 
373 
501 
257 
11 
959 
15 
7 
2 
64 
21 
7 
2 
234 
4 
4 
- 
39 
6 
2 
- 
68 
5 
1 
- 
81 
6 
1 
- 
50 
9 
2 
- 
40 
9 
4 
- 
32 
76 
4 
1 
98 
309 
26 
2 
97 
334 
324 
4 
89 
100 
484 
22 
134 
573 
615 
9 
191 
4 
11 
1 
9 
10 
- 
24 
30 
21 
2 
28 
102 
186 
11 
368 
39 
19 
- 
11 
63 
167 
11 
357 
68 
8 
2 
269 
1 
- 
- 
6 
35 
6 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
2 
38 
4 
4 
13 
- 
- 
- 
16 
33 
15 
4 
91 
228 
97 
3 
348 
103,936 
(D) 
(D) 
55,974 
2 
1 
- 
41 
19 
20 
- 
151 
22 
20 
- 
53 
42 
12 
1 
34 
77 
21 
- 
51 
66 
23 
2 
18 
226 
88 
1 
312 
59,971 
(D) 
(D) 
30,831 
193 
83 
1 
304 
53,442 
(D) 
(D) 
28,706 
4 
1 
_ 
70 
22 
28 
- 
139 
34 
10 
- 
42 
44 
11 
1 
24 
55 
21 
- 
20 
34 
12 
- 
9 
37 
7 
- 
9 
6,529 
(D) 
“ 
2,125 
“ 
_ 
2 
4 
- 
- 
2 
16 
1 
- 
1 
17 
2 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
2 
221 
94 
3 
287 
43,965 
(D) 
(D) 
25,143 
215 
82 
2 
273 
47,948 
(D) 
(D) 
29,878 
39,010 
19,839 
(D) 
21,191 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 261 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
