Table 27. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Montana: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
28,008 
6,722 
8,764 
5,655 
2,323 
2,483 
663 
34 
1,364 
percent 
100.0 
24.0 
31.3 
20.2 
8.3 
8.9 
2.4 
0.1 
4.9 
Land in farms 
....acres 
59,758,917 
3,804,635 
4,292,556 
6,540,206 
8,543,453 
16,164,063 
10,015,582 
867,116 
9,531,306 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
2,134 
566 
490 
1,157 
3,678 
6,510 
15,106 
25,503 
6,988 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
28,008 
6,722 
8,764 
5,655 
2,323 
2,483 
663 
34 
1,364 
$1,000 
4,439,929 
141,278 
173,151 
244,776 
551,253 
1,400,661 
1,163,058 
300,912 
464,838 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
158,524 
21,017 
19,757 
43,285 
237,302 
564,100 
1,754,236 
8,850,365 
340,790 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
5,891 
2,096 
2,797 
729 
3 
2 
264 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,201 
755 
1,042 
354 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,112 
722 
941 
391 
- 
- 
- 
- 
58 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,457 
820 
1,088 
463 
2 
- 
- 
- 
84 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,038 
909 
1,214 
792 
3 
3 
- 
- 
117 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,442 
655 
749 
902 
6 
5 
_ 
_ 
125 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,333 
414 
515 
1,268 
16 
2 
- 
- 
118 
$100,000 to $249,999 
2,882 
281 
335 
751 
1,347 
18 
- 
- 
150 
$250,000 to $499,999 
2,386 
70 
81 
3 
936 
1,136 
3 
- 
157 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,479 
- 
1 
- 
8 
1,272 
67 
- 
131 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
787 
- 
1 
2 
2 
45 
593 
34 
110 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
626 
- 
1 
2 
2 
44 
502 
- 
75 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
113 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
85 
2 
25 
$5,000,000 or more 
48 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
32 
10 
Total sales 
....farms 
28,008 
6,722 
8,764 
5,655 
2,323 
2,483 
663 
34 
1,364 
$1,000 
4,230,083 
116,776 
152,022 
223,911 
517,825 
1,336,575 
1,136,245 
300,034 
446,694 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
6,587 
484 
699 
1,198 
1,433 
1,806 
516 
24 
427 
$1,000 
1,787,162 
28,077 
37,226 
59,389 
223,131 
702,432 
519,849 
39,943 
177,114 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
4,636 
173 
251 
486 
1,192 
1,677 
502 
23 
332 
$1,000 
1,746,174 
22,324 
(□) 
43,641 
217,323 
699,512 
519,678 
(D) 
174,975 
Corn 
....farms 
559 
23 
28 
64 
101 
192 
89 
12 
50 
$1,000 
64,635 
735 
773 
2,450 
7,906 
20,774 
17,555 
6,534 
7,907 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
336 
4 
4 
16 
59 
140 
69 
12 
32 
$1,000 
59,788 
465 
280 
1,558 
6,821 
19,405 
17,193 
6,534 
7,534 
Wheat 
....farms 
5,590 
374 
539 
937 
1,248 
1,640 
469 
15 
368 
$1,000 
1,359,058 
21,431 
28,676 
43,420 
170,185 
548,935 
397,913 
23,285 
125,214 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
3,929 
139 
202 
350 
975 
1,511 
447 
15 
290 
$1,000 
1,321,848 
17,002 
21,968 
30,462 
162,765 
545,620 
397,265 
23,285 
123,482 
Soybeans 
....farms 
45 
- 
- 
3 
7 
18 
10 
1 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
226 
675 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
- 
3 
$1,000 
1,269 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
269 
(D) 
- 
473 
Sorghum 
....farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Barley 
....farms 
2,214 
144 
187 
342 
496 
638 
218 
13 
176 
$1,000 
211,843 
4,196 
5,715 
10,186 
31,821 
76,355 
49,830 
5,655 
28,085 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
989 
25 
32 
63 
228 
387 
151 
9 
94 
$1,000 
189,323 
2,338 
3,275 
5,216 
26,289 
71,629 
48,390 
5,572 
26,613 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
1,506 
62 
92 
160 
293 
555 
222 
7 
115 
$1,000 
149,402 
1,715 
2,062 
(D) 
12,993 
55,692 
53,826 
(D) 
15,416 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
742 
9 
12 
21 
96 
353 
177 
6 
68 
$1,000 
135,318 
925 
948 
1,571 
8,741 
51,285 
52,794 
4,384 
14,668 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
332 
63 
95 
84 
13 
14 
24 
1 
38 
$1,000 
33,199 
883 
563 
(D) 
(D) 
4,460 
18,863 
(D) 
6,416 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
51 
3 
3 
6 
4 
10 
15 
1 
9 
$1,000 
31,146 
622 
190 
(D) 
(D) 
4,417 
18,693 
(D) 
5,953 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
311 
122 
104 
66 
5 
1 
_ 
_ 
13 
$1,000 
3,658 
1,149 
1,007 
721 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
14 
4 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,516 
307 
290 
271 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
263 
112 
87 
49 
3 
1 
- 
- 
11 
$1,000 
3,576 
1,124 
983 
691 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
14 
4 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
1,516 
307 
290 
271 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Berries 
....farms 
65 
14 
24 
23 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
82 
25 
24 
30 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
364 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
