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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
9,630 
3,706 
3,682 
1,506 
267 
175 
63 
2 
229 
number 
162,821 
46,531 
44,504 
26,347 
10,160 
10,690 
20,408 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
10,388 
3,915 
3,828 
1,701 
327 
302 
97 
3 
215 
number 
295,740 
57,717 
55,677 
34,978 
22,510 
47,156 
38,908 
(D) 
(D) 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
10 
2 
4 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
number 
2,208 
(D) 
734 
" 
426 
- 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
540 
134 
223 
139 
16 
15 
1 
1 
11 
Farms with- 
number 
401,898 
23,747 
13,590 
63,863 
(D) 
92,501 
(D) 
(D) 
55,690 
1 to 24 
454 
112 
212 
114 
5 
6 
- 
- 
5 
25 to 49 
33 
12 
9 
11 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
6 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
7 
2 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
40 
5 
2 
9 
11 
5 
1 
1 
6 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
276 
79 
109 
66 
7 
11 
_ 
1 
3 
number 
47,797 
5,225 
513 
25,369 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
6 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
430 
94 
190 
113 
12 
11 
1 
1 
8 
number 
354,101 
18,522 
13,077 
38,494 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
55,684 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
306 
68 
115 
84 
16 
15 
1 
1 
6 
number 
1,183,798 
79,052 
(D) 
97,345 
256,574 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
172,223 
$1,000 
141,139 
5,547 
(D) 
12,711 
18,090 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
499 
166 
222 
89 
9 
7 
1 
- 
5 
number 
12,984 
3,924 
4,172 
3,495 
211 
989 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
368 
134 
154 
63 
6 
6 
- 
5 
number 
6,933 
2,466 
1,851 
1,722 
184 
588 
- 
- 
122 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
292 
87 
137 
51 
5 
6 
1 
- 
5 
number 
6,037 
2,025 
1,990 
1,454 
(D) 
220 
(D) 
" 
98 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
8,773 
2,776 
4,191 
1,376 
136 
117 
51 
2 
124 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
58,697 
18,358 
26,926 
10,136 
838 
976 
(D) 
(D) 
1,016 
inventory 
....farms 
8,468 
2,633 
4,081 
1,342 
133 
112 
49 
2 
116 
number 
53,510 
17,029 
24,578 
9,125 
762 
906 
(D) 
(D) 
677 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
1,769 
457 
905 
342 
18 
24 
6 
17 
number 
6,112 
1,875 
2,923 
1,031 
90 
82 
53 
- 
58 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
1,533 
473 
782 
238 
22 
7 
4 
_ 
7 
number 
24,528 
7,616 
11,293 
4,754 
494 
220 
29 
- 
122 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
755 
229 
397 
110 
9 
3 
- 
- 
7 
number 
10,218 
3,372 
4,171 
2,444 
137 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
2,277 
669 
1,047 
445 
62 
9 
8 
1 
36 
Farms with- 
number 
5,593,802 
428,718 
451,803 
(D) 
1,585,300 
136,314 
209,490 
(D) 
139,988 
1 to 399 
2,072 
642 
1,026 
363 
4 
4 
3 
- 
30 
400 to 3,199 
14 
3 
- 
10 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
99 
18 
9 
59 
9 
1 
1 
- 
2 
20,000 to 49,999 
85 
6 
12 
10 
47 
4 
2 
- 
4 
50,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
374 
96 
150 
102 
15 
4 
3 
1 
3 
number 
3,519,525 
376,164 
218,002 
808,795 
1,009,000 
276,934 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
436 
92 
133 
131 
61 
5 
5 
1 
8 
number 
5,264,787 
443,297 
(D) 
1,076,613 
1,622,452 
136,200 
249,000 
(D) 
135,390 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
104 
26 
22 
31 
17 
4 
2 
1 
1 
number 
6,332,484 
951,862 
383,631 
1,559,215 
1,950,000 
587,200 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
1,430 
192 
188 
256 
580 
179 
10 
- 
25 
Farms with- 
number 
761,180,486 
66,220,830 
60,628,239 
69,101,455 
352,886,645 
182,295,854 
15,288,800 
14,758,663 
1 to 1,999 
80 
19 
34 
25 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
13 
2 
2 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
1,332 
169 
150 
223 
579 
179 
9 
- 
23 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
232 
69 
117 
41 
- 
1 
1 
- 
3 
number 
1,548 
458 
815 
258 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
37 
5 
18 
13 
- 
1 
- 
number 
323 
(D) 
175 
83 
- 
(D) 
" 
- 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Corn for grain 
....farms 
2,022 
229 
268 
164 
105 
502 
500 
62 
192 
acres 
793,762 
4,996 
8,566 
5,906 
13,764 
136,739 
373,179 
124,608 
126,004 
bushels 
127,937,980 
415,924 
828,597 
473,789 
1,505,843 
18,483,792 
62,712,087 
23,248,921 
20,269,027 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
346 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
