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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Soybeans for beans - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
402 
9 
12 
6 
65 
155 
102 
3 
50 
500 acres or more 
801 
- 
- 
- 
9 
207 
475 
14 
96 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
386 
26 
13 
30 
16 
53 
173 
10 
65 
acres 
398,800 
851 
168 
(D) 
3,330 
34,479 
246,017 
(D) 
(D) 
tons 
13,853,665 
33,481 
6,085 
50,691 
107,396 
1,159,767 
8,560,179 
1,251,930 
2,684,136 
Irrigated 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
2,285 
- 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
3 
- 
1 
_ 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
160,550 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
849 
69 
115 
58 
62 
192 
279 
11 
63 
acres 
275,408 
8,748 
10,048 
5,284 
10,150 
57,275 
146,478 
9,989 
27,436 
bushels 
13,509,354 
404,242 
448,626 
221,817 
528,156 
2,792,238 
7,307,361 
413,111 
1,393,803 
Irrigated 
farms 
88 
5 
8 
6 
12 
24 
23 
1 
9 
acres 
17,580 
342 
832 
(D) 
1,119 
6,982 
4,998 
(D) 
2,798 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
54 
7 
25 
8 
3 
5 
1 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
187 
24 
57 
27 
25 
30 
15 
- 
9 
100 to 249 acres 
250 
31 
23 
20 
17 
72 
74 
- 
13 
250 to 499 acres 
163 
7 
10 
3 
14 
43 
71 
2 
13 
500 acres or more 
195 
- 
- 
" 
3 
42 
118 
9 
23 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
8,376 
2,928 
3,339 
1,389 
179 
201 
85 
4 
251 
acres 
467,676 
124,806 
148,045 
82,932 
24,247 
45,154 
20,053 
1,085 
21,354 
tons, dry 
1,139,938 
297,129 
359,766 
192,855 
62,939 
113,284 
55,037 
2,290 
56,638 
Irrigated 
farms 
240 
45 
105 
39 
4 
22 
9 
- 
16 
acres 
9,503 
1,039 
2,919 
1,302 
125 
1,944 
1,720 
- 
454 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3,593 
1,399 
1,573 
492 
32 
8 
9 
80 
25 to 99 acres 
3,498 
1,223 
1,403 
637 
65 
47 
24 
- 
99 
1 00 to 249 acres 
976 
252 
312 
202 
46 
80 
35 
3 
46 
250 to 499 acres 
243 
50 
41 
55 
26 
44 
7 
1 
19 
500 acres or more 
66 
4 
10 
3 
10 
22 
10 
- 
7 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
58 
18 
18 
15 
4 
- 
2 
- 
1 
acres 
1,905 
612 
(D) 
415 
405 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
tons, dry 
3,825 
2,695 
(D) 
288 
378 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
" 
" 
Other tame hay 
farms 
5,551 
1,838 
2,232 
950 
148 
157 
70 
3 
153 
acres 
320,962 
79,164 
101,799 
56,816 
18,090 
33,492 
18,001 
900 
12,700 
tons, dry 
809,294 
194,727 
259,255 
133,918 
49,925 
86,802 
49,710 
1,940 
33,017 
Irrigated 
farms 
180 
33 
76 
31 
3 
18 
8 
- 
11 
acres 
7,494 
849 
2,183 
996 
110 
1,394 
1,614 
348 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
5 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
57 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
661 
251 
223 
125 
12 
20 
13 
1 
16 
acres 
12,010 
753 
505 
613 
(D) 
1,431 
3,833 
(D) 
1,475 
Irrigated 
farms 
244 
78 
98 
45 
11 
7 
4 
1 
- 
acres 
4,764 
200 
156 
(D) 
(D) 
465 
579 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
508 
207 
199 
89 
1 
3 
9 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
108 
41 
24 
33 
3 
3 
1 
- 
3 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
27 
3 
- 
3 
8 
10 
1 
- 
2 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
6 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
1 
2 
Beans, snap 
farms 
257 
89 
100 
55 
3 
5 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
154 
34 
52 
37 
7 
14 
- 
- 
11 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
20 
9 
9 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
8 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Peas, green 
farms 
9 
5 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
32 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Potatoes 
farms 
190 
62 
74 
42 
3 
2 
- 
- 
7 
acres 
(D) 
36 
32 
26 
9 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
10 
4 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
188 
62 
74 
42 
3 
1 
- 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
264 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
