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 (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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
939 
169 
295 
257 
74 
63 
24 
6 
51 
$1,000 
213,335 
6,859 
10,624 
(D) 
1 1 ,349 
23,665 
32,910 
(D) 
38,943 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
329 
42 
63 
53 
54 
51 
23 
6 
37 
$1,000 
205,384 
5,389 
7,931 
(D) 
(D) 
23,477 
(D) 
(D) 
38,717 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
276 
116 
78 
66 
5 
2 
- 
- 
9 
$1,000 
3,043 
(D) 
343 
675 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
10 
5 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,498 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
247 
104 
70 
60 
4 
2 
- 
- 
7 
$1,000 
2,922 
928 
(D) 
649 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
10 
5 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,498 
371 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
31 
13 
9 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
121 
(D) 
(D) 
26 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
15,872 
3,476 
5,521 
2,993 
1,034 
1,335 
1,085 
60 
368 
$1,000 
934,846 
25,474 
40,124 
31,046 
30,926 
118,290 
524,419 
90,936 
73,630 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2,021 
62 
97 
87 
195 
571 
839 
48 
122 
$1,000 
830,266 
4,685 
8,484 
6,966 
19,140 
107,553 
521,011 
90,845 
71,581 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
189 
40 
98 
43 
1 
- 
1 
- 
6 
$1,000 
402 
(□) 
123 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
20,383 
2,526 
6,128 
4,150 
2,767 
3,226 
1,067 
75 
444 
$1,000 
1,639,634 
48,426 
113,546 
104,203 
171,487 
456,618 
473,295 
204,943 
67,116 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
5,085 
201 
537 
453 
892 
1,860 
866 
71 
205 
$1,000 
1,420,177 
20,183 
53,370 
54,740 
133,581 
422,047 
468,346 
204,814 
63,096 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
4,493 
147 
234 
851 
1,278 
1,324 
441 
38 
180 
$1,000 
1,645,911 
14,746 
23,589 
48,627 
188,871 
413,144 
509,991 
308,202 
138,740 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
3,978 
116 
166 
504 
1,229 
1,318 
439 
38 
168 
$1,000 
1,630,112 
(D) 
21,763 
38,122 
187,107 
412,928 
(D) 
308,202 
138,256 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
3,420 
189 
680 
423 
317 
867 
734 
86 
124 
$1,000 
2,783,049 
21,417 
80,249 
70,842 
183,094 
584,423 
962,655 
704,404 
175,964 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2,149 
42 
125 
106 
225 
765 
712 
86 
88 
$1,000 
2,775,785 
20,693 
78,403 
69,578 
182,027 
582,855 
962,309 
704,404 
175,515 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
2,456 
392 
1,185 
545 
116 
151 
36 
1 
30 
$1,000 
25,603 
1,490 
6,553 
4,348 
2,598 
6,758 
3,560 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
81 
- 
24 
15 
11 
22 
9 
$1,000 
12,701 
- 
1,602 
957 
1,762 
5,014 
3,366 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
2,218 
390 
1,114 
557 
48 
62 
14 
- 
33 
$1,000 
15,204 
2,029 
6,068 
5,082 
597 
1,159 
84 
- 
184 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
34 
1 
3 
23 
2 
5 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
3,266 
(□) 
180 
1,531 
(D) 
950 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
3,746 
521 
1,712 
860 
193 
191 
146 
37 
86 
$1,000 
1,230,625 
7,751 
28,257 
55,976 
74,568 
132,740 
252,241 
427,084 
252,008 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
478 
9 
40 
74 
76 
79 
123 
37 
40 
$1,000 
1,226,751 
7,123 
26,674 
54,938 
74,382 
132,513 
252,209 
427,084 
251,828 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
87 
13 
26 
19 
11 
12 
2 
- 
4 
$1,000 
12,678 
(D) 
990 
(D) 
1,980 
5,240 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
37 
2 
5 
6 
10 
10 
2 
- 
2 
$1,000 
12,203 
(D) 
816 
543 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
1,238 
219 
568 
291 
53 
48 
26 
1 
32 
$1,000 
48,271 
2,212 
5,338 
3,386 
(D) 
5,612 
24,526 
(D) 
4,258 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
115 
14 
29 
24 
16 
11 
13 
1 
7 
$1,000 
43,019 
1,198 
3,190 
2,020 
(D) 
5,432 
24,406 
(D) 
4,137 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
52,205 
9,369 
15,464 
7,776 
5,628 
8,257 
3,828 
141 
1,742 
$1,000 
467,867 
41,563 
58,402 
27,850 
42,156 
130,421 
135,020 
8,935 
23,521 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
1,939 
117 
369 
261 
273 
558 
279 
14 
68 
$1,000 
114,414 
1,487 
6,689 
5,334 
13,038 
40,458 
36,278 
3,475 
7,656 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
4,213 
703 
1,923 
935 
222 
237 
68 
5 
120 
$1,000 
33,573 
3,328 
7,400 
7,796 
4,464 
4,821 
3,492 
21 
2,251 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
74,542 
14,353 
26,454 
12,083 
6,070 
8,707 
4,280 
248 
2,347 
$1,000 
15,520,275 
350,116 
856,006 
653,463 
1,153,552 
3,831,896 
5,544,349 
2,047,015 
1,083,878 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
208,208 
24,393 
32,358 
54,081 
190,041 
440,094 
1,295,409 
8,254,092 
461,814 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
43,267 
4,927 
11,196 
7,527 
5,692 
8,432 
4,064 
177 
1,252 
$1,000 
1,967,178 
37,172 
103,554 
69,756 
158,793 
592,483 
796,513 
106,224 
102,684 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
13,604 
2,951 
6,088 
3,409 
519 
246 
49 
3 
339 
$5,000 to $24,999 
13,547 
1,630 
3,986 
3,566 
2,584 
1,279 
183 
1 
318 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 323 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
