Table 25. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Mississippi: 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 
457 
141 
157 
84 
15 
25 
9 
1 
25 
$1,000 
61,125 
5,360 
4,380 
2,880 
2,908 
13,098 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
142 
28 
29 
22 
14 
23 
8 
1 
17 
$1,000 
57,943 
4,536 
3,029 
2,032 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
110 
53 
34 
17 
2 
1 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
1,570 
252 
(D) 
138 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
53 
37 
8 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
371 
156 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
58 
16 
27 
12 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
1,199 
96 
832 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
6,318 
2,399 
2,493 
822 
205 
149 
94 
9 
147 
$1,000 
134,853 
18,937 
21,101 
10,354 
4,166 
11,885 
38,785 
13,952 
15,674 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
277 
37 
43 
28 
21 
47 
67 
7 
27 
$1,000 
88,320 
3,365 
3,608 
2,167 
(D) 
10,259 
38,334 
(D) 
14,624 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
13,178 
4,909 
4,995 
2,137 
388 
327 
106 
5 
311 
$1,000 
332,491 
65,755 
62,665 
38,771 
23,654 
48,556 
44,680 
26,097 
22,313 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,031 
201 
199 
211 
125 
174 
68 
4 
49 
$1,000 
207,057 
17,253 
18,698 
17,241 
18,786 
44,993 
44,025 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
159 
30 
14 
29 
27 
40 
9 
10 
$1,000 
42,690 
2,928 
519 
1,716 
5,129 
17,878 
8,553 
- 
5,967 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
120 
17 
4 
17 
27 
40 
9 
- 
6 
$1,000 
41,915 
2,692 
436 
1,455 
5,129 
17,878 
8,553 
- 
5,771 
Flogs and pigs 
.. farms 
306 
68 
115 
84 
16 
15 
1 
1 
6 
$1,000 
141,139 
5,547 
(D) 
12,711 
18,090 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
39 
5 
2 
8 
11 
5 
1 
1 
6 
$1,000 
140,682 
5,430 
(D) 
12,526 
18,089 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
994 
297 
510 
155 
12 
7 
1 
- 
12 
$1,000 
2,306 
764 
834 
589 
55 
31 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(□) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Florses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
1,903 
520 
949 
361 
20 
26 
6 
- 
21 
$1,000 
10,013 
2,301 
5,725 
1,512 
79 
268 
40 
- 
88 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
27 
9 
16 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,031 
(□) 
1,309 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
2,742 
524 
743 
558 
656 
186 
19 
14 
42 
$1,000 
2,744,048 
220,278 
200,383 
264,920 
1,116,862 
547,579 
57,368 
286,405 
50,252 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,625 
215 
183 
326 
655 
185 
17 
14 
30 
$1,000 
2,742,601 
219,912 
199,836 
264,409 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
286,405 
50,238 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
303 
30 
71 
33 
26 
72 
54 
5 
12 
$1,000 
185,241 
1,466 
5,955 
1,639 
5,216 
25,881 
63,992 
68,481 
12,611 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
216 
9 
38 
12 
26 
66 
50 
5 
10 
$1,000 
184,147 
(D) 
5,771 
1,182 
5,216 
25,692 
63,853 
68,481 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
479 
164 
203 
92 
6 
10 
2 
- 
2 
$1,000 
9,523 
590 
1,144 
253 
(D) 
2,289 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
19 
3 
7 
- 
2 
4 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
8,255 
224 
643 
- 
(D) 
2,225 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
16,498 
6,315 
5,494 
1,646 
458 
966 
626 
66 
927 
$1,000 
181,205 
28,828 
27,392 
8,597 
6,528 
24,874 
48,934 
13,189 
22,863 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
856 
121 
237 
95 
65 
186 
104 
8 
40 
$1,000 
47,089 
435 
1,473 
578 
2,458 
11,949 
20,878 
4,907 
4,412 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
1,206 
445 
457 
242 
10 
21 
8 
1 
22 
$1,000 
4,284 
1,369 
891 
839 
135 
519 
(D) 
(D) 
307 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
38,076 
14,010 
14,756 
4,830 
1,116 
1,183 
722 
94 
1,365 
$1,000 
5,158,725 
380,641 
402,028 
340,645 
953,913 
869,331 
1,077,799 
722,724 
411,645 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
135,485 
27,169 
27,245 
70,527 
854,761 
734,853 
1,492,796 
7,688,553 
301,572 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
17,951 
5,819 
6,748 
2,570 
527 
954 
664 
74 
595 
$1,000 
353,175 
16,449 
19,342 
10,136 
10,364 
63,556 
135,788 
50,858 
46,682 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
13,298 
4,960 
5,830 
1,963 
175 
79 
9 
- 
282 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,671 
795 
816 
557 
203 
179 
34 
- 
87 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 337 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
