Table 24. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Minnesota: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
74,542 
14,353 
26,454 
12,083 
6,070 
8,707 
4,280 
248 
2,347 
percent 
100.0 
19.3 
35.5 
16.2 
8.1 
11.7 
5.7 
0.3 
3.1 
Land in farms 
....acres 
26,035,838 
1,993,598 
3,153,187 
1,918,757 
2,296,643 
6,539,545 
7,938,246 
912,521 
1,283,341 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
349 
139 
119 
159 
378 
751 
1,855 
3,680 
547 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
74,542 
14,353 
26,454 
12,083 
6,070 
8,707 
4,280 
248 
2,347 
$1,000 
21,748,052 
398,227 
986,007 
727,275 
1,666,509 
5,644,553 
8,355,241 
2,518,791 
1,451,448 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
291,756 
27,745 
37,273 
60,190 
274,548 
648,278 
1,952,159 
10,156,417 
618,427 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
6,377 
1,866 
3,549 
788 
7 
5 
162 
$1,000 to $2,499 
7,226 
2,321 
3,844 
796 
2 
2 
- 
- 
261 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7,151 
2,313 
3,706 
860 
8 
1 
- 
- 
263 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,957 
2,149 
3,584 
993 
2 
9 
- 
- 
220 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,398 
2,125 
3,555 
1,486 
11 
2 
- 
- 
219 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,899 
1,336 
2,645 
1,780 
9 
2 
_ 
_ 
127 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,052 
1,250 
2,976 
3,546 
72 
4 
- 
- 
204 
$100,000 to $249,999 
8,357 
835 
2,038 
1,641 
3,634 
45 
- 
- 
164 
$250,000 to $499,999 
6,464 
144 
464 
59 
2,094 
3,534 
- 
- 
169 
$500,000 to $999,999 
5,249 
7 
58 
92 
114 
4,662 
148 
- 
168 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
5,412 
7 
35 
42 
117 
441 
4,132 
248 
390 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
4,039 
5 
34 
40 
89 
368 
3,257 
- 
246 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,042 
2 
1 
2 
28 
58 
851 
2 
98 
$5,000,000 or more 
331 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
24 
246 
46 
Total sales 
....farms 
74,542 
14,353 
26,454 
12,083 
6,070 
8,707 
4,280 
248 
2,347 
$1,000 
21,280,184 
356,664 
927,605 
699,425 
1,624,353 
5,514,132 
8,220,221 
2,509,856 
1,427,928 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
39,705 
4,160 
9,616 
6,822 
5,547 
8,289 
4,003 
162 
1,106 
$1,000 
12,304,415 
217,372 
595,735 
348,283 
933,711 
3,702,496 
5,274,547 
597,779 
634,493 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
26,559 
1,479 
4,125 
3,215 
4,842 
7,976 
3,930 
158 
834 
$1,000 
12,048,892 
168,528 
496,192 
272,828 
916,946 
3,695,233 
5,272,882 
597,705 
628,580 
Corn 
....farms 
33,315 
2,980 
7,437 
5,332 
5,079 
7,724 
3,676 
150 
937 
$1,000 
7,645,912 
126,690 
370,386 
198,477 
569,051 
2,288,644 
3,301,439 
407,917 
383,308 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
21,025 
896 
2,673 
1,620 
4,084 
7,332 
3,589 
146 
685 
$1,000 
7,390,148 
88,347 
277,966 
117,136 
543,762 
2,278,227 
3,299,310 
407,849 
377,552 
Wheat 
....farms 
5,454 
435 
735 
825 
777 
1,395 
1,062 
38 
187 
$1,000 
594,632 
7,014 
15,766 
15,235 
30,390 
141,579 
305,537 
32,854 
46,256 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2,034 
25 
64 
40 
224 
740 
808 
32 
101 
$1,000 
536,867 
2,052 
5,830 
2,774 
20,293 
128,255 
299,996 
32,753 
44,912 
Soybeans 
....farms 
28,584 
2,475 
5,790 
4,052 
4,426 
7,284 
3,617 
127 
813 
$1,000 
3,830,936 
79,043 
200,526 
125,888 
321,157 
1,227,112 
1,551,212 
136,759 
189,238 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
16,367 
512 
1,380 
681 
3,044 
6,587 
3,510 
119 
534 
$1,000 
3,549,842 
40,226 
108,712 
47,230 
280,243 
1,206,323 
1,548,181 
136,631 
182,295 
Sorghum 
....farms 
19 
3 
2 
4 
- 
1 
3 
5 
1 
$1,000 
84 
(D) 
(D) 
35 
- 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
....farms 
970 
82 
128 
208 
177 
195 
136 
4 
40 
$1,000 
38,381 
(D) 
(□) 
1,633 
2,900 
(D) 
17,390 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
232 
1 
10 
4 
16 
91 
96 
3 
11 
$1,000 
31,968 
(D) 
(D) 
212 
1,302 
10,720 
16,693 
868 
1,286 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
5,580 
667 
992 
1,242 
973 
979 
506 
33 
188 
$1,000 
194,471 
3,969 
7,359 
7,014 
10,213 
33,545 
98,965 
19,332 
14,073 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
664 
9 
27 
16 
47 
175 
323 
26 
41 
$1,000 
162,928 
964 
2,310 
1,348 
3,872 
25,745 
96,641 
19,191 
12,857 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
2,629 
294 
556 
545 
203 
422 
405 
32 
172 
$1,000 
405,597 
4,850 
11,813 
15,180 
20,356 
62,289 
157,348 
94,776 
38,985 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
921 
23 
57 
76 
91 
260 
332 
29 
53 
$1,000 
380,932 
1,985 
6,354 
9,903 
17,870 
57,396 
155,176 
94,681 
37,567 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
1,021 
239 
447 
258 
24 
16 
5 
_ 
32 
$1,000 
17,974 
2,714 
4,376 
3,733 
1,817 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
2,468 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
71 
7 
14 
19 
11 
4 
5 
- 
11 
$1,000 
9,727 
608 
930 
1,547 
1,685 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,192 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
690 
160 
314 
159 
16 
14 
3 
- 
24 
$1,000 
14,056 
1,947 
3,611 
2,620 
1,694 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,055 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
54 
5 
11 
14 
11 
4 
2 
- 
7 
$1,000 
7,924 
504 
762 
1,182 
1,644 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,827 
Berries 
....farms 
455 
111 
163 
140 
11 
6 
5 
- 
19 
$1,000 
3,918 
766 
764 
1,113 
123 
129 
609 
- 
413 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
14 
- 
2 
3 
- 
1 
4 
- 
4 
$1,000 
1,300 
- 
(D) 
241 
- 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
291 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
322 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
