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 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 16,598 4,233 8,568 3,137 137 83 24 9 407 
50 to 99 acres 7,295 1,634 3,136 2,173 166 39 7 1 139 
100 to 199 acres 8,881 1,357 2,803 3,009 1,224 273 28 1 186 
200 to 499 acres 10,231 647 1,555 1,218 3,728 2,643 175 6 259 
500 to 999 acres 5,597 53 130 69 549 4,040 581 16 159 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 3,451 6 8 16 60 1,331 1,817 35 178 
2.000 acres or more 1,838 1 - - - 113 1,466 115 143 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 4,345 743 1,585 996 422 364 130 7 98 
acres 167,026 27,003 38,651 33,500 22,464 21,649 17,468 1,532 4,759 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 2,170 475 727 433 145 182 139 7 62 
acres 69,041 11,950 16,892 9,461 4,259 8,320 13,343 2,138 2,678 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 22,944 6,337 8,786 2,524 1,064 1,905 1,274 65 989 
acres 1,487,405 448,011 518,055 149,827 64,902 107,455 110,818 5,648 82,689 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 1,964 424 689 426 166 120 77 5 57 
acres 65,825 11,930 18,409 14,469 6,330 7,124 4,180 440 2,943 
Total woodland farms 28,193 6,726 11,434 4,737 1,862 1,922 729 41 742 
acres 1,641,521 403,511 541,860 259,114 126,369 138,804 91,504 5,889 74,470 
Woodland pastured farms 10,172 2,197 4,010 2,168 768 611 189 10 219 
acres 439,332 89,437 124,691 97,684 49,807 38,059 25,085 980 13,589 
Woodland not pastured farms 22,244 5,459 8,992 3,495 1,442 1,583 624 37 612 
acres 1,202,189 314,074 417,169 161,430 76,562 100,745 66,419 4,909 60,881 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 25,292 4,873 10,059 4,973 2,099 2,082 636 29 541 
acres 1,271,242 226,279 342,761 243,945 151,971 177,463 87,967 4,700 36,156 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 52,387 10,472 19,097 8,538 4,402 5,720 2,607 169 1,382 
acres 1,525,939 267,677 387,795 191,777 141,260 242,294 187,704 23,381 84,051 
Irrigated land farms 2,853 299 609 522 300 542 393 49 139 
acres 524,016 12,512 19,647 13,934 36,118 131,022 199,610 70,957 40,216 
Harvested cropland farms 2,797 290 589 506 293 539 392 49 139 
acres 519,952 (D) 18,986 (D) 35,538 130,433 199,431 70,957 (D) 
Pastureland and other land farms 112 10 44 23 16 13 3 - 3 
acres 4,064 (D) 661 (D) 580 589 179 - (D) 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 22,533 6,143 8,339 2,237 1,147 2,167 1,476 57 967 
acres 1,292,331 404,906 460,912 124,100 57,928 92,199 74,632 3,237 74,417 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 29,441 2,197 5,830 4,409 4,629 7,561 3,761 162 892 
acres 16,278,393 274,219 773,555 558,097 1,386,460 5,132,627 6,598,678 704,120 850,637 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 519 54 114 156 111 54 8 - 22 
$1,000 67,325 2,335 3,399 7,085 16,538 18,302 9,521 - 10,146 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 74,542 14,353 26,454 12,083 6,070 8,707 4,280 248 2,347 
$1,000 109,879,162 6,155,607 11,329,428 6,599,373 9,125,653 29,501,756 37,625,381 4,237,312 5,304,651 
Average per farm dollars 1,474,057 428,873 428,269 546,170 1,503,403 3,388,280 8,790,977 17,085,937 2,260,184 
Average per acre dollars 4,220 3,088 3,593 3,439 3,973 4,511 4,740 4,644 4,133 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 3,380 748 1,579 706 58 46 31 8 204 
$50,000 to $99,999 3,983 1,063 2,034 584 68 50 25 5 154 
$100,000 to $199,999 10,526 2,851 5,503 1,659 134 90 28 7 254 
$200,000 to $499,999 22,607 5,932 10,625 4,479 587 304 100 18 562 
$500,000 to $999,999 12,686 2,626 4,403 3,046 1,476 633 116 19 367 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 8,290 870 1,802 1,291 2,218 1,654 199 20 236 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 7,681 246 458 292 1,419 4,125 858 15 268 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 3,473 12 45 17 99 1,626 1,472 39 163 
$10,000,000 or more 1,916 5 5 9 11 179 1,451 117 139 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 74,537 14,352 26,453 12,080 6,070 8,707 4,280 248 2,347 
$1,000 14,737,084 760,792 1,669,001 1,084,294 1,462,468 4,149,680 4,400,435 528,482 681,933 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 327 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
