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. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Potatoes - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
2 
1 
1 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Sweet corn farms 
273 
101 
95 
56 
5 
4 
1 
1 
10 
acres 
325 
84 
67 
49 
(D) 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
26 
Harvested for processing farms 
31 
15 
8 
8 
- 
- 
acres 
27 
11 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sweet potatoes farms 
37 
- 
4 
5 
4 
11 
10 
1 
2 
acres 
9,314 
- 
24 
218 
224 
1,104 
3,513 
(D) 
(D) 
Harvested for processing farms 
24 
- 
2 
2 
3 
9 
6 
2 
acres 
3,192 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
193 
599 
1,684 
- 
(D) 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
350 
133 
128 
72 
8 
4 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
279 
89 
58 
50 
63 
16 
- 
- 
3 
Harvested for processing farms 
25 
12 
10 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
51 
19 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards farms 
1,007 
349 
454 
134 
11 
24 
4 
1 
30 
acres 
17,936 
4,576 
5,206 
2,390 
1,179 
2,984 
(D) 
(D) 
1,200 
Irrigated farms 
181 
55 
87 
31 
- 
2 
1 
5 
acres 
2,425 
769 
629 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
41 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
442 
163 
222 
47 
1 
1 
1 
1 
6 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
409 
143 
182 
59 
3 
7 
- 
- 
15 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
121 
38 
45 
23 
3 
6 
1 
- 
5 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
25 
4 
3 
5 
2 
6 
2 
- 
3 
250.0 acres or more 
10 
1 
2 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Apples farms 
53 
14 
23 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
28 
5 
17 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Grapes farms 
96 
31 
51 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
167 
22 
88 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
41 
Peaches, all farms 
93 
27 
34 
29 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
276 
73 
44 
135 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
Citrus fruit, all farms 
216 
66 
103 
37 
2 
3 
- 
1 
4 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
957 
258 
255 
268 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
13 
Pecans farms 
727 
246 
338 
87 
8 
20 
4 
- 
24 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
16,215 
4,128 
4,679 
1,909 
1,117 
2,845 
396 
- 
1,141 
Walnuts, English farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
244 
86 
109 
32 
5 
1 
2 
- 
9 
acres 
816 
276 
185 
60 
22 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
33 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 265 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
