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. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
569 
90 
198 
207 
18 
24 
7 
- 
25 
acres 
335 
33 
75 
100 
31 
34 
26 
- 
36 
Harvested for processing farms 
4 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(Z) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards farms 
881 
212 
405 
194 
17 
18 
4 
- 
31 
acres 
5,043 
772 
1,603 
1,051 
364 
486 
223 
- 
544 
Irrigated farms 
146 
36 
46 
44 
6 
4 
1 
- 
9 
acres 
806 
102 
147 
219 
121 
135 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
620 
169 
303 
120 
3 
10 
- 
- 
15 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
231 
40 
98 
68 
8 
4 
1 
- 
12 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
25 
3 
4 
6 
6 
2 
2 
- 
2 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
2 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
602 
152 
260 
140 
13 
10 
3 
_ 
24 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
3,657 
587 
920 
673 
(D) 
452 
(D) 
- 
517 
Grapes farms 
349 
81 
174 
75 
4 
9 
- 
- 
6 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
1,012 
154 
536 
254 
23 
31 
- 
- 
14 
Peaches, all farms 
15 
4 
8 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
4 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pecans farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Walnuts, English farms 
10 
- 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
99 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
549 
132 
202 
166 
13 
9 
5 
- 
22 
acres 
1,158 
220 
279 
362 
37 
59 
101 
- 
100 
Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 335 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
