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 (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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
387 
81 
121 
117 
14 
22 
8 
- 
24 
$1,000 
28,566 
1,789 
2,727 
2,968 
2,289 
8,936 
6,326 
- 
3,531 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
88 
8 
17 
18 
11 
18 
3 
- 
13 
$1,000 
25,522 
1,172 
1,868 
1,621 
(D) 
(D) 
6,319 
- 
3,420 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
46 
19 
17 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
160 
(D) 
(D) 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
46 
19 
17 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
160 
(D) 
(D) 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
9,306 
2,001 
2,103 
1,877 
1,154 
1,275 
390 
16 
490 
$1,000 
403,251 
22,206 
25,440 
31,985 
50,537 
122,389 
101,314 
10,965 
38,416 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,835 
90 
103 
124 
361 
711 
278 
14 
154 
$1,000 
313,965 
(D) 
10,126 
9,295 
34,098 
109,986 
98,936 
(D) 
33,169 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(□) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
10,629 
1,555 
2,467 
2,610 
1,516 
1,515 
420 
30 
516 
$1,000 
1,783,908 
56,662 
74,145 
112,650 
228,113 
480,791 
436,988 
238,888 
155,672 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
5,179 
349 
433 
937 
1,313 
1,366 
410 
30 
341 
$1,000 
1,696,345 
39,087 
48,700 
80,473 
223,244 
476,956 
436,773 
238,888 
152,224 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
92 
2 
6 
8 
11 
16 
20 
3 
26 
$1,000 
44,671 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,445 
3,771 
19,861 
(D) 
17,139 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
82 
3 
6 
10 
16 
20 
3 
24 
$1,000 
44,614 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,771 
19,861 
(D) 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs 
.. farms 
412 
36 
174 
85 
27 
34 
19 
4 
33 
$1,000 
54,091 
44 
457 
211 
324 
135 
14,663 
6,030 
32,226 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
41 
- 
1 
- 
3 
1 
12 
3 
21 
$1,000 
53,200 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
14,646 
(D) 
32,136 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
1,324 
253 
401 
356 
125 
119 
30 
1 
39 
$1,000 
31,233 
1,827 
(D) 
4,570 
4,649 
6,144 
7,282 
(D) 
2,566 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
133 
5 
6 
24 
33 
35 
18 
1 
11 
$1,000 
21,178 
443 
(D) 
1,694 
3,096 
4,641 
7,064 
(D) 
2,341 
Florses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
2,572 
489 
974 
696 
145 
137 
41 
5 
85 
$1,000 
22,824 
2,794 
5,823 
6,610 
1,962 
1,990 
2,660 
144 
840 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
46 
6 
3 
19 
9 
6 
1 
1 
1 
$1,000 
6,780 
441 
550 
1,272 
(D) 
1,070 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
1,051 
195 
433 
253 
60 
47 
16 
4 
43 
$1,000 
(□) 
(D) 
207 
324 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,680 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
34 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
13 
3 
16 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
3,485 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
26 
5 
2 
3 
1 
- 
1 
14 
$1,000 
3,172 
203 
(D) 
59 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
2,633 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
11 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
9 
$1,000 
2,912 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
619 
123 
196 
178 
47 
26 
16 
1 
32 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,994 
5,498 
(D) 
(D) 
6,097 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
77 
2 
4 
19 
21 
13 
6 
1 
11 
$1,000 
22,227 
(D) 
349 
(D) 
3,765 
5,436 
(D) 
(D) 
5,920 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
12,443 
2,391 
2,518 
2,410 
1,842 
2,064 
525 
21 
672 
$1,000 
209,846 
24,502 
21,129 
20,865 
33,428 
64,086 
26,813 
878 
18,144 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
2,071 
148 
238 
329 
427 
650 
149 
5 
125 
$1,000 
97,159 
1,503 
3,098 
5,759 
17,163 
43,013 
19,447 
688 
6,489 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
1,389 
273 
494 
341 
104 
88 
24 
4 
61 
$1,000 
9,423 
872 
1,247 
1,834 
1,247 
689 
569 
1,038 
1,927 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
28,008 
6,722 
8,764 
5,655 
2,323 
2,483 
663 
34 
1,364 
$1,000 
3,516,180 
160,961 
222,366 
287,603 
425,067 
984,772 
790,417 
262,893 
382,101 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
125,542 
23,945 
25,373 
50,858 
182,982 
396,606 
1,192,183 
7,732,135 
280,133 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
10,324 
1,669 
2,018 
1,871 
1,615 
1,993 
543 
27 
588 
$1,000 
406,062 
8,298 
11,781 
19,995 
49,255 
150,692 
115,509 
9,531 
41,001 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
4,274 
1,316 
1,524 
958 
204 
112 
9 
2 
149 
$5,000 to $24,999 
2,584 
274 
370 
713 
657 
360 
41 
4 
165 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 365 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
