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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
10,594 
4,414 
4,274 
1,448 
186 
61 
8 
- 
203 
50 to 99 acres 
2,513 
920 
873 
515 
83 
43 
2 
- 
77 
100 to 199 acres 
1,602 
446 
555 
350 
114 
69 
7 
1 
60 
200 to 499 acres 
1,072 
174 
224 
184 
252 
164 
20 
3 
51 
500 to 999 acres 
654 
12 
29 
4 
82 
454 
35 
- 
38 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
603 
2 
- 
- 
2 
282 
233 
2 
82 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
557 
1 
1 
8 
383 
69 
95 
additional improvements (see text) . 
.. farms 
2,275 
839 
840 
337 
87 
62 
20 
3 
87 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
160,511 
36,132 
41,545 
18,185 
14,382 
24,053 
13,287 
402 
12,525 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
844 
287 
334 
106 
21 
33 
18 
2 
43 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
37,878 
8,050 
7,240 
5,503 
(D) 
6,825 
6,464 
(D) 
2,612 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
.. farms 
7,073 
3,019 
2,687 
622 
99 
157 
117 
8 
364 
acres 
558,250 
205,130 
201,587 
43,073 
8,837 
17,101 
23,142 
6,633 
52,747 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
792 
261 
277 
123 
17 
32 
27 
3 
52 
acres 
26,827 
6,615 
6,197 
3,640 
(D) 
1,663 
4,180 
(D) 
2,505 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
23,347 
9,427 
8,962 
2,721 
640 
502 
238 
22 
835 
acres 
3,469,315 
1,269,069 
1,186,330 
293,893 
84,121 
174,500 
(D) 
(D) 
327,207 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
9,216 
3,603 
3,578 
1,385 
239 
127 
42 
1 
241 
acres 
470,724 
182,489 
153,836 
66,722 
(D) 
19,531 
(D) 
(D) 
22,561 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
17,758 
7,261 
6,725 
1,881 
514 
443 
221 
22 
691 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
2,998,591 
1,086,580 
1,032,494 
227,171 
(D) 
154,969 
100,647 
(D) 
304,646 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
21,345 
7,835 
8,798 
3,145 
583 
392 
116 
8 
468 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
1,751,532 
535,816 
557,277 
268,147 
96,660 
138,106 
(D) 
(D) 
77,384 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
22,888 
8,646 
8,694 
2,914 
761 
703 
371 
50 
749 
acres 
634,654 
184,141 
163,631 
57,591 
27,772 
45,407 
75,041 
31,155 
49,916 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
2,454 
347 
433 
264 
129 
503 
490 
67 
221 
acres 
1,651,978 
5,930 
13,938 
6,770 
23,453 
232,086 
760,165 
343,764 
265,872 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
2,369 
335 
379 
249 
128 
502 
488 
67 
221 
acres 
1,648,601 
(D) 
12,361 
5,892 
(D) 
231,791 
760,025 
343,764 
265,872 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
126 
24 
61 
30 
3 
4 
4 
- 
- 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
3,377 
(D) 
1,577 
878 
(D) 
295 
140 
Programs 
.. farms 
9,458 
4,261 
3,476 
658 
99 
215 
158 
10 
581 
acres 
959,724 
379,672 
349,828 
57,236 
11,196 
24,562 
18,749 
1,439 
117,042 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
2,998 
342 
439 
273 
257 
766 
593 
69 
259 
acres 
3,093,164 
42,825 
64,212 
39,727 
105,139 
650,890 
1,361,435 
383,888 
445,048 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) . 
.. farms 
11 
1 
6 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
68 
(D) 
(D) 
46 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
38,076 
14,010 
14,756 
4,830 
1,116 
1,183 
722 
94 
1,365 
$1,000 
24,848,149 
5,627,708 
5,717,968 
2,089,481 
1,155,359 
2,626,490 
4,321,003 
1,115,795 
2,194,347 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
652,593 
401,692 
387,501 
432,605 
1,035,267 
2,220,194 
5,984,768 
11,870,162 
1,607,580 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,273 
2,247 
2,332 
2,458 
2,933 
2,223 
2,268 
2,003 
2,017 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
3,088 
1,095 
1,478 
430 
13 
2 
1 
1 
68 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,136 
1,569 
1,863 
558 
15 
6 
1 
- 
124 
$100,000 to $199,999 
7,552 
3,179 
3,187 
912 
30 
32 
4 
3 
205 
$200,000 to $499,999 
12,207 
4,891 
5,133 
1,598 
203 
52 
21 
7 
302 
$500,000 to $999,999 
5,851 
2,222 
1,979 
855 
422 
119 
26 
3 
225 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
2,881 
779 
768 
362 
326 
433 
64 
5 
144 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
1,664 
241 
307 
108 
100 
480 
233 
8 
187 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
463 
23 
30 
6 
5 
50 
259 
19 
71 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
234 
11 
11 
1 
2 
9 
113 
48 
39 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
.. farms 
38,073 
14,010 
14,753 
4,830 
1,116 
1,183 
722 
94 
1,365 
$1,000 
3,499,554 
607,631 
674,671 
314,582 
196,947 
458,340 
787,695 
214,470 
245,218 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 341 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
