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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Sorghum for grain - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
47 
5 
10 
23 
1 
8 
500 acres or more 
26 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
12 
4 
5 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
3,274 
442 
556 
337 
259 
723 
601 
65 
291 
acres 
1,956,477 
37,240 
58,356 
33,635 
79,862 
428,189 
797,504 
225,576 
296,115 
bushels 
86,976,455 
1,188,776 
1,948,343 
1,009,488 
2,811,443 
17,688,882 
36,397,501 
12,013,096 
13,918,926 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,152 
44 
65 
48 
67 
332 
378 
62 
156 
acres 
863,200 
2,927 
7,462 
3,667 
15,153 
146,228 
378,854 
169,733 
139,176 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
310 
115 
113 
59 
5 
1 
17 
25 to 99 acres 
679 
202 
229 
142 
17 
43 
8 
- 
38 
1 00 to 249 acres 
612 
88 
158 
120 
91 
87 
37 
- 
31 
250 to 499 acres 
482 
36 
45 
15 
109 
181 
56 
- 
40 
500 acres or more 
1,191 
1 
11 
1 
37 
411 
500 
65 
165 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
4 
_ 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
acres 
35 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
pounds 
52,540 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4 
3 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,247 
109 
153 
81 
101 
336 
300 
40 
127 
acres 
346,310 
8,257 
13,228 
4,981 
15,847 
96,907 
121,829 
41,295 
43,966 
bushels 
19,615,783 
346,941 
611,530 
197,910 
859,482 
5,440,240 
7,093,529 
2,495,840 
2,570,311 
Irrigated 
farms 
83 
5 
3 
6 
5 
27 
21 
3 
13 
acres 
13,895 
220 
(D) 
(D) 
1,022 
3,655 
4,841 
1,136 
2,786 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
85 
32 
25 
18 
2 
2 
1 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
307 
49 
79 
48 
29 
45 
20 
2 
35 
1 00 to 249 acres 
400 
21 
40 
15 
57 
137 
92 
5 
33 
250 to 499 acres 
275 
7 
9 
- 
11 
107 
113 
4 
24 
500 acres or more 
180 
- 
- 
- 
2 
45 
75 
28 
30 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
11,948 
4,511 
4,545 
1,766 
433 
338 
102 
5 
248 
acres 
634,505 
192,710 
193,963 
108,216 
40,158 
54,126 
24,706 
820 
19,806 
tons, dry 
1,494,791 
416,611 
412,529 
247,572 
119,774 
166,900 
76,402 
2,623 
52,380 
Irrigated 
farms 
102 
30 
25 
28 
7 
5 
1 
1 
5 
acres 
3,447 
933 
1,063 
780 
211 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
216 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,827 
2,035 
2,051 
542 
87 
21 
10 
81 
25 to 99 acres 
5,356 
2,048 
1,991 
888 
192 
121 
17 
- 
99 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,480 
370 
456 
292 
122 
137 
44 
5 
54 
250 to 499 acres 
234 
50 
41 
41 
31 
45 
15 
- 
11 
500 acres or more 
51 
8 
6 
3 
1 
14 
16 
- 
3 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
119 
46 
50 
16 
1 
_ 
_ 
6 
acres 
2,823 
749 
1,353 
541 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
tons, dry 
7,234 
2,048 
2,885 
1,758 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
" 
- 
- 
Other tame hay 
farms 
8,661 
3,163 
3,267 
1,325 
357 
276 
82 
3 
188 
acres 
467,708 
136,725 
140,049 
80,725 
32,080 
41,583 
20,827 
420 
15,299 
tons, dry 
1,191,065 
319,978 
320,167 
195,451 
100,901 
(D) 
69,994 
(D) 
43,142 
Irrigated 
farms 
85 
23 
20 
25 
6 
5 
1 
1 
4 
acres 
2,961 
568 
996 
757 
191 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
205 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
15 
5 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
347 
(D) 
96 
150 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,210 
484 
363 
233 
16 
40 
38 
2 
34 
acres 
28,703 
2,193 
1,589 
1,260 
(D) 
4,448 
12,852 
(D) 
2,528 
Irrigated 
farms 
269 
100 
75 
68 
3 
8 
7 
8 
acres 
2,735 
216 
175 
318 
16 
460 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
825 
360 
271 
164 
2 
3 
6 
19 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
272 
110 
85 
60 
4 
5 
1 
- 
7 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
46 
12 
4 
9 
5 
13 
1 
- 
2 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
38 
2 
3 
- 
5 
15 
9 
- 
4 
250.0 acres or more 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
21 
2 
2 
Beans, snap 
farms 
470 
208 
142 
92 
4 
5 
3 
- 
16 
acres 
(D) 
102 
68 
54 
(D) 
28 
(D) 
- 
11 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
26 
12 
9 
2 
- 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
3 
4 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Peas, green 
farms 
28 
14 
7 
5 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
65 
13 
13 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
348 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
