Table 21. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Maryland: 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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Contract labor - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 
92 
12 
10 
16 
11 
22 
14 
- 
$50,000 or more 
54 
3 
7 
3 
1 
17 
14 
6 
Customwork and custom hauling 
.. farms 
3,160 
621 
782 
634 
412 
415 
171 
10 
$1,000 
34,681 
2,679 
3,518 
2,904 
4,340 
8,943 
8,348 
2,558 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
665 
213 
230 
173 
16 
14 
1 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,049 
247 
357 
235 
96 
57 
16 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,155 
151 
181 
216 
279 
227 
58 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
167 
7 
9 
8 
19 
73 
43 
1 
$50,000 or more 
124 
3 
5 
2 
2 
44 
53 
9 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
.. farms 
2,774 
364 
670 
524 
345 
508 
226 
9 
$1,000 
66,526 
1,961 
3,924 
2,634 
4,860 
16,632 
28,286 
3,983 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,310 
256 
475 
365 
103 
51 
4 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
385 
63 
102 
86 
67 
47 
6 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
497 
33 
75 
65 
122 
164 
17 
- 
$25,000 or more 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
582 
12 
18 
8 
53 
246 
199 
9 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
. farms 
802 
117 
191 
152 
78 
134 
79 
12 
$1,000 
10,777 
239 
462 
307 
424 
1,830 
4,384 
2,356 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
303 
76 
78 
98 
18 
20 
5 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
269 
31 
89 
42 
41 
50 
8 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
157 
9 
23 
10 
16 
46 
36 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
38 
1 
- 
1 
2 
13 
16 
2 
$50,000 or more 
35 
- 
1 
1 
1 
5 
14 
8 
Interest expense 
.. farms 
4,268 
805 
1,306 
807 
407 
515 
233 
16 
$1,000 
76,066 
8,282 
14,239 
10,781 
7,947 
13,936 
13,918 
3,494 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,573 
366 
590 
320 
119 
115 
14 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,890 
365 
576 
374 
171 
245 
74 
- 
$25,000 to $99,999 
710 
71 
133 
105 
113 
135 
105 
6 
$100,000 or more 
95 
3 
7 
8 
4 
20 
40 
10 
Secured by real estate 
.. farms 
3,177 
590 
1,050 
612 
284 
330 
174 
14 
$1,000 
60,126 
6,677 
12,146 
8,880 
6,595 
10,239 
10,047 
2,953 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
317 
69 
158 
58 
13 
9 
2 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
683 
169 
259 
138 
40 
56 
9 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,532 
291 
517 
327 
132 
150 
48 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
386 
43 
83 
61 
67 
66 
40 
2 
$50,000 or more 
259 
18 
33 
28 
32 
49 
75 
12 
Not secured by real estate 
.. farms 
2,359 
407 
595 
451 
253 
375 
167 
11 
$1,000 
15,940 
1,605 
2,093 
1,901 
1,352 
3,698 
3,871 
541 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
589 
146 
204 
137 
39 
38 
8 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
992 
169 
276 
207 
135 
127 
31 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
651 
81 
106 
97 
69 
180 
86 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
97 
11 
9 
9 
10 
22 
28 
3 
$50,000 or more 
30 
- 
- 
1 
- 
8 
14 
5 
Property taxes paid 
.. farms 
11,348 
3,179 
4,302 
2,020 
565 
593 
267 
22 
$1,000 
48,380 
10,342 
14,585 
8,038 
3,213 
5,277 
4,087 
681 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
8,438 
2,609 
3,447 
1,500 
307 
244 
59 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,105 
448 
698 
399 
192 
209 
78 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
681 
113 
140 
112 
60 
114 
90 
7 
$25,000 or more 
124 
9 
17 
9 
6 
26 
40 
10 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
.. farms 
6,955 
1,499 
2,200 
1,401 
579 
672 
289 
23 
$1,000 
128,776 
7,114 
8,416 
8,124 
8,236 
24,282 
32,542 
22,583 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,236 
1,154 
1,729 
910 
165 
104 
20 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,913 
287 
419 
433 
346 
296 
57 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
378 
33 
36 
42 
35 
151 
45 
2 
$50,000 to $99,999 
264 
21 
13 
16 
27 
71 
97 
2 
$100,000 or more 
164 
4 
3 
- 
6 
50 
70 
17 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
.. farms 
211 
26 
22 
27 
28 
70 
32 
- 
$1,000 
6,431 
136 
(D) 
121 
405 
2,878 
2,616 
- 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
.. farms 
5,768 
1,255 
1,567 
1,149 
571 
672 
289 
23 
$1,000 
155,566 
12,448 
16,714 
15,227 
19,802 
36,484 
33,653 
11,139 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations 
.. farms 
12,256 
3,301 
4,616 
2,242 
636 
672 
289 
23 
$1,000 
477,002 
-964 
-13,872 
-91 
69,250 
138,589 
188,646 
50,793 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
38,920 
-292 
-3,005 
-41 
108,884 
206,233 
652,754 
2,208,383 
Non-family 
farms 
7 
3 
115 
1,392 
18 
41 
43 
7 
6 
128 
4,246 
56 
14 
21 
37 
39 
775 
8 
8 
15 
3 
5 
179 
3,470 
49 
85 
42 
3 
123 
2,589 
8 
12 
67 
24 
12 
100 
881 
17 
46 
30 
5 
2 
400 
2,158 
269 
79 
45 
7 
292 
17,481 
154 
73 
34 
17 
14 
6 
(D) 
242 
10,099 
477 
44,651 
93,609 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 283 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
