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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Contract labor - Con. 
Farms with expenses of- - Con. 
$25,000 to $49,999 
178 
24 
34 
16 
29 
33 
32 
1 
$50,000 or more 
129 
7 
6 
4 
11 
31 
44 
17 
Customwork and custom hauling 
.. farms 
6,411 
1,642 
1,646 
808 
827 
712 
436 
55 
$1,000 
103,287 
5,879 
6,210 
4,054 
12,437 
19,807 
30,225 
13,714 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
1,518 
615 
632 
211 
12 
19 
1 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,833 
662 
649 
307 
55 
73 
31 
- 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,251 
340 
348 
277 
694 
358 
129 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
406 
25 
7 
8 
48 
181 
95 
5 
$50,000 or more 
403 
- 
10 
5 
18 
81 
180 
46 
Cash rent for land, buildings, 
and grazing fees 
.. farms 
8,109 
1,791 
2,649 
1,284 
428 
871 
624 
72 
$1,000 
314,180 
5,113 
8,851 
6,118 
8,778 
47,288 
133,634 
54,726 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
5,146 
1,569 
2,263 
995 
106 
82 
11 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
662 
121 
222 
155 
74 
57 
7 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
656 
72 
121 
100 
115 
180 
28 
- 
$25,000 or more 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
1,645 
29 
43 
34 
133 
552 
578 
72 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
. farms 
1,802 
381 
461 
209 
124 
195 
248 
48 
$1,000 
64,702 
799 
1,090 
913 
1,388 
6,985 
25,822 
17,102 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
614 
212 
270 
95 
10 
5 
5 
1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
460 
126 
147 
64 
33 
49 
15 
5 
$5,000 to $24,999 
359 
41 
38 
44 
67 
58 
70 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
119 
2 
2 
4 
11 
40 
34 
8 
$50,000 or more 
250 
- 
4 
2 
3 
43 
124 
30 
Interest expense 
.. farms 
12,235 
3,417 
4,407 
1,615 
814 
848 
564 
79 
$1,000 
150,975 
20,497 
27,035 
12,030 
19,294 
19,419 
28,818 
11,133 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
6,546 
2,216 
2,809 
944 
188 
173 
41 
4 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,241 
1,069 
1,437 
567 
354 
429 
183 
11 
$25,000 to $99,999 
1,272 
124 
150 
102 
262 
225 
272 
36 
$100,000 or more 
176 
8 
11 
2 
10 
21 
68 
28 
Secured by real estate 
.. farms 
9,017 
2,645 
3,341 
1,223 
680 
525 
248 
25 
$1,000 
100,884 
17,375 
22,527 
10,170 
16,619 
13,036 
11,168 
3,057 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
1,280 
473 
574 
171 
15 
11 
2 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,351 
1,123 
1,414 
471 
121 
109 
33 
3 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,389 
927 
1,214 
490 
298 
230 
78 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
618 
91 
96 
72 
151 
103 
62 
3 
$50,000 or more 
379 
31 
43 
19 
95 
72 
73 
14 
Not secured by real estate 
.. farms 
6,904 
1,852 
2,281 
868 
456 
597 
473 
70 
$1,000 
50,091 
3,122 
4,508 
1,860 
2,675 
6,383 
17,650 
8,076 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
2,520 
887 
1,039 
397 
67 
45 
9 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,781 
841 
1,028 
387 
214 
183 
42 
2 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,162 
121 
202 
78 
162 
318 
177 
15 
$25,000 to $49,999 
221 
3 
11 
6 
8 
41 
121 
3 
$50,000 or more 
220 
- 
1 
- 
5 
10 
124 
50 
Property taxes paid 
.. farms 
36,071 
13,535 
14,053 
4,543 
1,039 
1,027 
562 
68 
$1,000 
78,273 
20,899 
20,946 
7,488 
4,334 
6,793 
9,188 
3,276 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
33,012 
12,842 
13,385 
4,303 
759 
555 
179 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,968 
534 
503 
176 
215 
256 
138 
9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
838 
148 
148 
59 
57 
180 
137 
11 
$25,000 or more 
253 
11 
17 
5 
8 
36 
108 
38 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
.. farms 
17,407 
5,415 
5,919 
2,428 
1,035 
1,177 
720 
94 
$1,000 
213,194 
12,947 
15,500 
8,677 
14,932 
30,133 
63,446 
44,139 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
12,949 
4,838 
5,283 
2,006 
294 
169 
46 
1 
$5,000 to $24,999 
3,049 
515 
561 
381 
624 
655 
165 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
606 
40 
42 
33 
73 
204 
148 
5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
422 
19 
22 
5 
29 
105 
178 
18 
$100,000 or more 
381 
3 
11 
3 
15 
44 
183 
66 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
.. farms 
433 
48 
61 
51 
24 
108 
94 
18 
$1,000 
7,041 
82 
103 
124 
175 
1,296 
2,934 
1,523 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
.. farms 
15,657 
4,903 
5,114 
2,003 
1,006 
1,168 
713 
93 
$1,000 
325,448 
36,565 
37,948 
26,651 
36,769 
50,211 
77,506 
33,397 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations 
.. farms 
38,076 
14,010 
14,756 
4,830 
1,116 
1,183 
722 
94 
$1,000 
1,632,266 
42,449 
15,868 
39,347 
302,288 
355,432 
491,339 
210,015 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
42,869 
3,030 
1,075 
8,146 
270,867 
300,450 
680,525 
2,234,200 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
9 
9 
285 
10,962 
28 
56 
101 
37 
63 
390 
49,673 
120 
26 
40 
204 
136 
10,603 
16 
21 
37 
18 
44 
491 
12,750 
171 
191 
101 
28 
330 
6,933 
34 
77 
147 
40 
32 
307 
5,816 
76 
84 
89 
28 
30 
1,244 
5,349 
979 
137 
98 
30 
619 
23,421 
312 
144 
61 
46 
56 
29 
806 
657 
26,401 
1,365 
175,529 
128,593 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 339 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
