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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
6,960 
810 
1,915 
1,595 
1,087 
939 
397 
40 
177 
number 
329,784 
9,793 
33,302 
28,577 
43,562 
58,620 
67,494 
74,760 
13,676 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
18,599 
2,248 
5,506 
3,676 
2,599 
3,073 
1,019 
71 
407 
number 
1,207,998 
41,171 
92,023 
83,615 
133,713 
342,401 
328,805 
137,709 
48,561 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
4,052 
218 
562 
482 
776 
1,346 
511 
33 
124 
number 
569,586 
7,235 
21,433 
23,841 
46,461 
178,216 
183,818 
84,982 
23,600 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
3,355 
204 
691 
438 
299 
813 
703 
83 
124 
Farms with- 
number 
7,606,785 
86,400 
207,724 
257,367 
493,536 
1,626,484 
2,695,682 
1,693,267 
546,325 
1 to 24 
941 
128 
479 
252 
33 
30 
8 
- 
11 
25 to 49 
128 
23 
42 
29 
16 
15 
2 
- 
1 
50 to 99 
102 
9 
34 
22 
15 
15 
1 
- 
6 
100 to 199 
116 
9 
28 
14 
28 
25 
11 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
248 
14 
19 
30 
48 
88 
28 
- 
21 
500 or more 
1,820 
21 
89 
91 
159 
640 
653 
83 
84 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
1,133 
94 
246 
180 
129 
212 
166 
46 
60 
number 
572,545 
23,996 
4,693 
4,959 
14,802 
88,195 
213,483 
150,163 
72,254 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
3,163 
181 
618 
401 
287 
790 
691 
82 
113 
number 
7,034,240 
62,404 
203,031 
252,408 
478,734 
1,538,289 
2,482,199 
1,543,104 
474,071 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
3,420 
189 
680 
423 
317 
867 
734 
86 
124 
number 
22,154,443 
255,404 
543,518 
675,837 
1,578,706 
4,610,313 
7,504,038 
5,252,555 
1,734,072 
$1,000 
2,783,049 
21,417 
80,249 
70,842 
183,094 
584,423 
962,655 
704,404 
175,964 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
2,171 
381 
1,012 
468 
87 
155 
39 
1 
28 
number 
126,506 
11,565 
35,670 
31,188 
9,779 
30,017 
7,158 
(D) 
(D) 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
1,919 
339 
883 
417 
83 
140 
30 
1 
26 
number 
76,178 
7,062 
23,596 
18,876 
6,183 
16,006 
3,550 
(D) 
(□) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
1,691 
295 
771 
366 
83 
127 
30 
1 
18 
number 
112,558 
7,899 
27,294 
16,736 
8,645 
33,257 
17,679 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
9,537 
1,865 
4,740 
1,922 
327 
397 
142 
6 
138 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
66,384 
12,593 
29,243 
17,709 
1,981 
2,789 
684 
13 
1,372 
inventory 
....farms 
9,248 
1,788 
4,643 
1,863 
306 
380 
135 
6 
127 
number 
56,370 
10,999 
26,197 
13,597 
1,495 
2,353 
660 
11 
1,058 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
2,151 
375 
1,079 
546 
45 
60 
13 
- 
33 
number 
9,642 
1,190 
3,407 
3,902 
256 
755 
39 
- 
93 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
1,580 
214 
884 
321 
63 
60 
13 
_ 
25 
number 
33,721 
3,291 
14,265 
9,172 
3,278 
2,804 
444 
- 
467 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
847 
118 
445 
195 
39 
35 
7 
- 
8 
number 
16,878 
1,764 
7,346 
3,372 
2,627 
793 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
4,501 
721 
2,306 
1,031 
182 
149 
39 
6 
67 
Farms with- 
number 
9,693,648 
26,625 
116,057 
(D) 
298,383 
731,066 
2,613,112 
3,863,347 
(D) 
1 to 399 
4,402 
715 
2,298 
1,009 
158 
139 
24 
- 
59 
400 to 3, 199 
30 
6 
6 
11 
- 
2 
1 
1 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
6 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
33 
- 
- 
11 
18 
2 
1 
- 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
5 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
50,000 to 99,999 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
21 
- 
" 
- 
4 
10 
5 
2 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
539 
98 
262 
137 
11 
15 
3 
3 
10 
number 
2,823,994 
10,118 
11,996 
27,264 
217 
956,079 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
746 
119 
385 
157 
30 
26 
9 
5 
15 
number 
5,989,829 
7,316 
75,172 
164,080 
245,206 
97,911 
1,732,867 
2,458,547 
1,208,730 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
86 
7 
47 
17 
- 
10 
3 
1 
1 
number 
5,510,205 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,563,015 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
1,157 
129 
556 
290 
77 
57 
29 
- 
19 
Farms with- 
number 
45,037,969 
839,135 
5,109,871 
12,663,987 
10,957,578 
7,769,518 
5,899,431 
1,798,449 
1 to 1,999 
1,004 
126 
536 
242 
44 
33 
10 
- 
13 
2,000 to 59,999 
15 
- 
3 
6 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
100,000 or more 
136 
3 
17 
42 
30 
22 
19 
- 
3 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
559 
65 
198 
99 
20 
41 
78 
29 
29 
number 
19,449,992 
64,780 
162,122 
240,825 
484,772 
1,459,919 
3,783,720 
9,824,037 
3,429,817 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
383 
29 
84 
69 
16 
42 
84 
29 
30 
number 
48,237,708 
223,796 
492,420 
664,671 
1,674,603 
4,149,123 
10,350,244 
20,861,248 
9,821,603 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
1,003 
86 
129 
225 
182 
196 
140 
5 
40 
acres 
99,643 
2,142 
5,807 
7,804 
10,096 
27,562 
39,800 
2,232 
4,200 
bushels 
6,052,695 
109,370 
267,054 
308,276 
518,270 
1,718,884 
2,737,137 
144,150 
249,554 
332 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
