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 
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. 
Sweet potatoes farms 
52 
14 
8 
21 
3 
1 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
75 
10 
14 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
1 
Harvested for processing farms 
10 
- 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
5 
- 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
441 
82 
100 
172 
29 
19 
15 
_ 
24 
acres 
657 
62 
57 
214 
76 
91 
110 
- 
47 
Harvested for processing farms 
20 
5 
2 
11 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
54 
1 
(D) 
47 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land in orchards farms 
358 
87 
141 
62 
17 
21 
13 
- 
17 
acres 
3,973 
380 
438 
310 
486 
1,069 
1,207 
- 
83 
Irrigated farms 
80 
13 
25 
17 
7 
8 
6 
- 
4 
acres 
806 
56 
43 
89 
81 
279 
243 
- 
16 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
251 
64 
113 
48 
5 
5 
3 
- 
13 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
79 
23 
27 
11 
7 
5 
3 
- 
3 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
18 
- 
1 
3 
3 
7 
3 
- 
1 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
2 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
171 
36 
62 
33 
12 
14 
7 
- 
7 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,897 
85 
98 
79 
285 
614 
720 
16 
Grapes farms 
167 
46 
67 
26 
2 
10 
6 
- 
10 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
681 
166 
207 
109 
(D) 
87 
46 
(D) 
Peaches, all farms 
128 
22 
45 
23 
13 
11 
8 
- 
6 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
999 
(D) 
68 
74 
118 
298 
369 
- 
(D) 
Citrus fruit, all farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Pecans farms 
13 
1 
9 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
5 
(D) 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Walnuts, English farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
315 
73 
69 
101 
22 
23 
8 
1 
18 
acres 
480 
79 
68 
84 
40 
94 
86 
(D) 
(D) 
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 293 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
