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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
7,291 
2,620 
2,999 
1,157 
125 
138 
50 
_ 
202 
number 
131,559 
31,952 
36,728 
25,500 
8,648 
11,760 
5,156 
- 
11,815 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
7,705 
2,678 
3,084 
1,282 
164 
197 
69 
2 
229 
number 
232,877 
40,461 
51,002 
27,240 
18,477 
36,188 
(D) 
(D) 
18,063 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
36 
9 
9 
9 
1 
1 
1 
6 
number 
1,900 
476 
430 
243 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
216 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
658 
140 
383 
118 
- 
7 
- 
- 
10 
Farms with- 
number 
6,806 
2,042 
3,234 
1,317 
" 
89 
“ 
“ 
124 
1 to 24 
594 
124 
353 
102 
- 
7 
- 
- 
8 
25 to 49 
46 
4 
27 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
50 to 99 
14 
9 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
395 
85 
214 
84 
- 
3 
- 
- 
9 
number 
2,018 
609 
949 
389 
- 
17 
- 
- 
54 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
491 
109 
287 
84 
- 
5 
- 
- 
6 
number 
4,788 
1,433 
2,285 
928 
" 
72 
- 
- 
70 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
382 
81 
229 
65 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
7 
number 
7,636 
1,183 
3,512 
948 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,993 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
101 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
643 
196 
305 
119 
2 
3 
- 
- 
18 
number 
9,843 
3,230 
4,316 
1,789 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
477 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
410 
135 
187 
70 
1 
3 
- 
- 
14 
number 
4,501 
1,593 
1,863 
821 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
214 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
291 
81 
140 
58 
1 
- 
- 
11 
number 
15,125 
915 
1,634 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
" 
12,073 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
8,385 
2,365 
4,153 
1,469 
87 
85 
62 
3 
161 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
59,791 
14,830 
25,940 
11,730 
1,490 
2,714 
810 
34 
2,243 
inventory 
....farms 
8,199 
2,276 
4,083 
1,455 
82 
85 
60 
3 
155 
number 
53,899 
13,294 
24,156 
10,197 
1,332 
2,226 
552 
34 
2,108 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
1,874 
484 
884 
412 
24 
21 
9 
- 
40 
number 
6,373 
1,262 
2,360 
1,510 
391 
402 
45 
- 
403 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
1,412 
429 
707 
245 
1 
7 
6 
_ 
17 
number 
18,779 
5,295 
9,496 
3,440 
(D) 
161 
(D) 
- 
348 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
651 
177 
353 
107 
3 
1 
- 
10 
number 
5,592 
1,509 
3,031 
874 
- 
90 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
2,303 
671 
1,194 
386 
17 
10 
2 
1 
22 
Farms with- 
number 
1,910,683 
84,606 
193,734 
(D) 
327,602 
151,681 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1 to 399 
2,270 
668 
1,188 
378 
8 
6 
2 
- 
20 
400 to 3,199 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3,200 to 9,999 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
10 
2 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
14 
1 
2 
- 
8 
3 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
324 
92 
162 
60 
6 
- 
- 
- 
4 
number 
652,377 
41,755 
(D) 
(D) 
399,686 
" 
- 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
262 
58 
120 
66 
9 
5 
- 
- 
4 
number 
901,305 
(D) 
171,485 
94,160 
321,200 
146,100 
- 
- 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
46 
9 
22 
10 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
1,096,198 
342 
(D) 
(D) 
708,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
314 
61 
74 
54 
75 
36 
4 
- 
10 
Farms with- 
number 
151,933,586 
12,677,516 
14,855,559 
9,870,312 
48,509,925 
43,745,959 
10,168,000 
12,106,315 
1 to 1,999 
92 
27 
46 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
- 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
3 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
214 
32 
27 
30 
75 
36 
4 
- 
10 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
244 
65 
128 
50 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
number 
1,400 
(D) 
860 
256 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
43 
8 
26 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
320 
72 
193 
55 
- 
- 
- 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Corn for grain 
....farms 
1,009 
41 
68 
43 
73 
269 
412 
10 
93 
acres 
524,008 
2,088 
4,088 
1,663 
9,911 
78,178 
326,606 
27,039 
74,435 
bushels 
92,016,083 
323,830 
654,254 
236,108 
1,636,374 
13,107,069 
57,567,128 
5,101,440 
13,389,880 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
262 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
