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 Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 4,292 1,382 1,823 865 55 35 14 6 112 
50 to 99 acres 968 253 345 261 45 19 5 - 40 
100 to 199 acres 855 162 219 238 124 56 5-51 
200 to 499 acres 743 70 94 75 238 193 29 1 43 
500 to 999 acres 390 9 4 - 52 245 45 2 33 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 198 - - 1 - 77 108 2 10 
2.000 acres or more 84 1 1 74 6 2 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 766 177 287 207 30 36 6 1 22 
acres 15,176 2,933 4,051 4,168 (D) 1,551 352 (D) 1,348 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 457 126 150 117 15 21 13 - 15 
acres 8,611 1,812 2,031 2,289 480 795 919 - 285 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 2,672 909 928 430 115 108 57 6 119 
acres 85,770 27,714 24,677 12,158 (D) 6,223 4,884 (D) 6,229 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 275 75 93 62 9 14 6 - 16 
acres 5,622 886 2,295 663 464 231 505 - 578 
Total woodland farms 6,946 2,022 2,552 1,245 364 347 139 8 269 
acres 348,482 83,418 97,504 53,158 24,350 32,272 25,290 1,135 31,355 
Woodland pastured farms 1,459 391 632 294 42 38 13 - 49 
acres 24,830 5,946 9,029 4,409 (D) 771 (D) - 1,620 
Woodland not pastured farms 6,229 1,804 2,237 1,115 347 330 135 8 253 
acres 323,652 77,472 88,475 48,749 (D) 31,501 (D) 1,135 29,735 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 6,315 1,578 2,650 1,308 265 252 74 3 185 
acres 161,243 33,046 50,655 33,828 (D) 15,396 9,561 (D) 8,787 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 8,967 2,470 3,387 1,662 492 459 171 16 310 
acres 124,876 27,413 32,822 21,030 8,641 17,454 6,910 1,128 9,478 
Irrigated land farms 1,220 161 258 310 108 167 130 12 74 
acres 104,910 1,391 4,105 2,506 6,453 29,025 50,487 4,644 6,299 
Harvested cropland farms 1,192 152 248 305 106 166 130 12 73 
acres 104,451 1,353 4,071 2,300 (D) (D) 50,487 4,644 (D) 
Pastureland and other land farms 45 11 13 15 2 2 - - 2 
acres 459 38 34 206 (D) (D) - - (D) 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 2,506 869 828 307 132 155 77 6 132 
acres 73,858 24,964 22,182 8,066 3,211 5,106 4,232 468 5,629 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 1,612 213 263 210 241 374 208 8 95 
acres 776,497 29,959 30,113 24,544 66,505 228,402 326,500 24,922 45,552 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 91 15 29 23 9 2 6 - 7 
$1,000 11,798 108 217 743 1,578 (D) 3,210 - (D) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 12,256 3,301 4,616 2,242 636 672 289 23 477 
$1,000 14,073,175 2,054,221 2,747,715 1,673,270 1,115,373 2,543,924 2,808,203 294,242 836,226 
Average per farm dollars 1,148,268 622,303 595,259 746,329 1,753,731 3,785,602 9,716,964 12,793,122 1,753,094 
Average per acre dollars 6,930 7,684 8,487 7,827 6,443 6,014 6,114 7,242 6,439 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 577 172 271 101 5 6 - - 22 
$50,000 to $99,999 606 208 280 88 7 3 - 1 19 
$100,000 to $199,999 1,207 363 536 252 17 7 2 - 30 
$200,000 to $499,999 3,774 1,170 1,672 686 78 29 11 4 124 
$500,000 to $999,999 2,986 871 1,175 618 130 83 10 2 97 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 1,571 346 486 332 213 101 15 2 76 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 1,050 155 164 144 155 285 67 4 76 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 304 13 29 18 29 123 70 2 20 
$10,000,000 or more 181 3 3 3 2 35 114 8 13 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 12,256 3,301 4,616 2,242 636 672 289 23 477 
$1,000 1,420,216 175,902 247,943 169,446 127,615 290,863 274,575 52,591 81,281 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 285 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
