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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
1 
4 
4 
9 
2 
7 
acres 
1,311 
(D) 
46 
- 
(D) 
1,084 
(D) 
- 
52 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
374 
53 
63 
122 
71 
47 
11 
7 
25 to 99 acres 
336 
29 
47 
92 
77 
50 
20 
2 
19 
1 00 to 249 acres 
176 
4 
16 
10 
30 
59 
48 
- 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
89 
- 
3 
1 
4 
34 
41 
1 
5 
500 acres or more 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
20 
2 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
33,198 
2,905 
7,238 
5,258 
5,126 
7,822 
3,750 
165 
934 
acres 
8,316,822 
163,553 
455,175 
301,913 
725,410 
2,570,507 
3,289,888 
413,425 
396,951 
bushels 
1,297,767,570 
20,819,425 
61,665,443 
36,499,908 
100,830,156 
395,279,238 
547,104,121 
71,311,944 
64,257,335 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,382 
74 
156 
124 
196 
419 
312 
35 
66 
acres 
288,179 
4,001 
7,844 
5,252 
19,290 
77,680 
120,325 
38,619 
15,168 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,709 
1,002 
2,187 
1,216 
152 
50 
21 
2 
79 
25 to 99 acres 
10,753 
1,424 
3,571 
3,391 
1,534 
528 
76 
3 
226 
1 00 to 249 acres 
8,190 
442 
1,375 
590 
2,990 
2,292 
257 
11 
233 
250 to 499 acres 
4,983 
32 
82 
49 
395 
3,716 
562 
16 
131 
500 acres or more 
4,563 
5 
23 
12 
55 
1,236 
2,834 
133 
265 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
6,746 
385 
847 
1,220 
1,543 
1,805 
663 
46 
237 
acres 
361,189 
9,335 
20,821 
29,725 
54,916 
106,390 
95,151 
21,699 
23,152 
tons 
6,160,112 
119,068 
279,441 
412,082 
844,679 
1,852,991 
1,806,003 
448,581 
397,267 
Irrigated 
farms 
185 
4 
10 
16 
40 
60 
37 
3 
15 
acres 
11,664 
(D) 
346 
385 
945 
2,562 
4,095 
(D) 
1,876 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2,752 
252 
564 
786 
630 
410 
57 
2 
51 
25 to 99 acres 
3,154 
121 
259 
412 
838 
1,133 
266 
2 
123 
1 00 to 249 acres 
648 
12 
24 
22 
69 
231 
233 
13 
44 
250 to 499 acres 
132 
- 
- 
- 
6 
17 
87 
11 
11 
500 acres or more 
60 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
20 
18 
8 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
555 
27 
44 
30 
21 
132 
237 
29 
35 
acres 
155,154 
1,552 
2,704 
1,823 
1,973 
22,533 
91,157 
21,415 
11,997 
cwt 
3,189,208 
21,519 
52,107 
40,186 
48,548 
508,190 
1,834,490 
426,647 
257,521 
Irrigated 
farms 
93 
2 
5 
2 
6 
21 
35 
12 
10 
acres 
29,748 
(D) 
498 
(D) 
484 
2,871 
17,798 
5,540 
2,182 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
32 
4 
9 
8 
1 
3 
5 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
140 
18 
27 
16 
13 
43 
18 
- 
5 
1 00 to 249 acres 
173 
5 
8 
6 
7 
64 
72 
3 
8 
250 to 499 acres 
122 
- 
- 
- 
- 
17 
90 
3 
12 
500 acres or more 
88 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
54 
18 
8 
Oats for grain 
farms 
4,665 
604 
877 
1,199 
950 
758 
141 
1 
135 
acres 
130,729 
13,889 
19,737 
29,399 
27,519 
27,890 
7,455 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
7,812,393 
704,961 
1,054,350 
1,577,872 
1,800,438 
1,884,382 
500,804 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
45 
5 
9 
12 
11 
4 
- 
4 
acres 
873 
40 
234 
240 
165 
177 
- 
- 
17 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2,869 
427 
602 
807 
551 
344 
62 
76 
25 to 99 acres 
1,647 
164 
254 
366 
372 
379 
61 
- 
51 
1 00 to 249 acres 
129 
7 
21 
26 
26 
30 
12 
- 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
17 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
6 
1 
1 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
1 
2 
" 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
10 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
4 
- 
acres 
147 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
71 
- 
bushels 
2,761 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
1,098 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
2 
2 
1 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
28,783 
2,490 
5,806 
4,124 
4,465 
7,320 
3,632 
130 
816 
acres 
7,005,764 
159,803 
392,104 
291,372 
645,862 
2,318,612 
2,647,599 
220,117 
330,295 
bushels 
293,830,150 
6,116,503 
15,237,925 
10,302,960 
25,618,325 
95,811,268 
116,417,205 
10,134,595 
14,191,369 
Irrigated 
farms 
748 
36 
113 
70 
109 
206 
166 
16 
32 
acres 
84,833 
2,126 
4,470 
3,295 
8,578 
21,937 
33,721 
6,195 
4,511 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2,943 
604 
1,337 
662 
167 
89 
14 
4 
66 
25 to 99 acres 
9,667 
1,400 
3,233 
2,620 
1,389 
695 
111 
6 
213 
1 00 to 249 acres 
7,581 
450 
1,122 
771 
2,422 
2,283 
330 
18 
185 
250 to 499 acres 
4,754 
27 
100 
52 
420 
3,205 
816 
17 
117 
500 acres or more 
3,838 
9 
14 
19 
67 
1,048 
2,361 
85 
235 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
1,226 
8 
31 
44 
54 
318 
661 
34 
76 
acres 
480,847 
(D) 
(D) 
2,107 
5,455 
61,279 
317,924 
52,680 
39,185 
tons 
12,300,781 
4,675 
45,073 
49,880 
129,893 
1,499,402 
8,125,987 
1,415,077 
1,030,794 
Irrigated 
farms 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
17 
5 
3 
acres 
6,221 
- 
- 
- 
2,292 
(D) 
(D) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
242 
7 
31 
19 
29 
61 
84 
3 
8 
acres 
47,725 
(D) 
1,513 
984 
2,990 
9,552 
27,915 
(D) 
2,587 
pounds 
95,684,515 
(D) 
2,469,574 
1,176,616 
3,761,180 
19,086,597 
58,869,759 
(D) 
5,566,400 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 333 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
