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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
.... farms 
3,536 
633 
851 
714 
345 
501 
255 
23 
workers 
14,705 
1,746 
2,395 
2,218 
1,107 
2,057 
2,563 
1,249 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
2,039 
264 
344 
399 
239 
381 
221 
22 
workers 
6,814 
588 
758 
823 
518 
1,040 
1,564 
853 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
2,286 
439 
606 
461 
196 
295 
152 
19 
workers 
7,891 
1,158 
1,637 
1,395 
589 
1,017 
999 
396 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
.... farms 
133 
8 
17 
17 
13 
30 
34 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
20 
8 
7 
- 
2 
1 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
5,802 
1,509 
2,395 
1,110 
287 
238 
77 
1 
workers 
13,659 
3,287 
5,901 
2,712 
640 
534 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1,481 
353 
793 
264 
22 
5 
2 
1 0 to 49 acres 
4,554 
1,425 
2,046 
847 
87 
28 
9 
4 
50 to 69 acres 
1,121 
347 
472 
208 
23 
16 
1 
1 
70 to 99 acres 
981 
336 
340 
223 
31 
17 
2 
3 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
964 
317 
332 
222 
31 
10 
4 
1 
140 to 1 79 acres 
629 
172 
218 
141 
46 
22 
2 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
427 
90 
128 
117 
41 
25 
3 
1 
220 to 259 acres 
306 
75 
76 
59 
53 
24 
4 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
861 
148 
159 
123 
217 
126 
29 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
553 
35 
42 
30 
80 
266 
45 
1 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
265 
1 
6 
6 
5 
127 
104 
3 
2,000 acres or more 
114 
2 
4 
2 
- 
6 
86 
6 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,561 
575 
721 
422 
228 
307 
157 
3 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
417 
108 
121 
120 
18 
18 
13 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
270 
87 
112 
42 
7 
12 
5 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
490 
116 
160 
95 
17 
31 
27 
8 
Other crop farming (1119) 
2,932 
1,200 
1,150 
420 
19 
11 
9 
1 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
23 
4 
6 
12 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
2,909 
1,196 
1,144 
408 
18 
11 
9 
1 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,649 
486 
831 
263 
16 
17 
1 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
45 
11 
20 
7 
1 
3 
1 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
417 
9 
24 
61 
96 
163 
43 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
76 
11 
47 
12 
3 
1 
1 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
922 
130 
241 
213 
195 
97 
24 
6 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
482 
110 
267 
95 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,995 
458 
922 
492 
35 
11 
8 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
3,499 
816 
1,362 
637 
221 
266 
81 
6 
number 
194,524 
17,508 
31,821 
22,699 
21,221 
49,802 
29,934 
12,791 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,130 
307 
586 
178 
18 
9 
3 
10 to 49 
1,475 
426 
608 
319 
43 
34 
9 
- 
50 to 99 
380 
63 
109 
96 
71 
19 
3 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
286 
19 
50 
33 
66 
92 
10 
- 
200 to 499 
194 
1 
9 
11 
23 
106 
35 
- 
500 or more 
34 
- 
" 
- 
- 
6 
21 
6 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
2,863 
673 
1,072 
540 
188 
227 
73 
5 
number 
90,111 
9,335 
12,402 
10,514 
9,219 
22,396 
15,241 
6,821 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
2,403 
660 
1,020 
461 
94 
75 
24 
1 
number 
39,188 
9,008 
11,968 
8,429 
2,641 
2,947 
2,362 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,243 
347 
613 
206 
30 
17 
3 
10 to 49 
1,015 
290 
380 
217 
51 
37 
9 
- 
50 to 99 
108 
22 
23 
30 
8 
12 
5 
- 
100 to 199 
31 
1 
3 
7 
4 
9 
5 
- 
200 to 499 
5 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
500 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
573 
27 
67 
117 
113 
172 
52 
4 
number 
50,923 
327 
434 
2,085 
6,578 
19,449 
12,879 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
136 
14 
57 
59 
3 
10 to 49 
118 
10 
10 
54 
35 
5 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
138 
3 
- 
4 
66 
59 
2 
- 
100 to 199 
134 
- 
- 
- 
9 
101 
19 
- 
200 to 499 
38 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
27 
- 
500 or more 
9 
- 
" 
- 
- 
4 
4 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
2,856 
630 
1,080 
522 
211 
244 
74 
5 
number 
104,413 
8,173 
19,419 
12,185 
12,002 
27,406 
14,693 
5,970 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
2,663 
596 
957 
495 
188 
251 
79 
6 
number 
89,755 
7,069 
13,697 
8,992 
11,093 
22,153 
13,629 
9,520 
$1,000 
69,917 
5,756 
12,512 
6,491 
7,250 
17,834 
9,586 
8,068 
Non-family 
farms 
214 
1,370 
169 
670 
118 
700 
11 
185 
442 
42 
108 
53 
29 
47 
28 
22 
15 
58 
54 
13 
8 
148 
19 
5 
36 
122 
122 
35 
1 
17 
1 
16 
8 
69 
110 
8,748 
29 
36 
19 
16 
9 
1 
85 
4,183 
68 
(D) 
27 
31 
8 
2 
21 
(D) 
3 
4 
4 
5 
4 
1 
90 
4,565 
91 
3,602 
2,420 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 289 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
