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 Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 5,260 1,893 2,214 936 46 19 2 - 150 
50 to 99 acres 1,559 458 474 478 65 24 6 - 54 
100 to 199 acres 1,750 343 423 653 169 54 7 2 99 
200 to 499 acres 2,618 282 352 844 650 314 27 2 147 
500 to 999 acres 1,867 100 146 266 725 446 61 3 120 
1 .000 to 1 ,999 acres 1,558 40 51 49 399 798 95 9 117 
2.000 acres or more 1,282 - 1 6 37 671 423 15 129 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 1,916 373 554 375 207 232 78 3 94 
acres 910,532 (D) 94,671 107,215 81,686 340,781 107,457 (D) 88,025 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 2,409 444 517 526 374 333 85 10 120 
acres 624,016 57,344 59,187 101,365 129,007 161,500 68,958 5,750 40,905 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 6,021 1,617 1,487 891 563 814 238 6 405 
acres 3,213,004 652,115 507,063 400,865 388,009 641,881 270,334 5,041 347,696 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 3,739 370 405 675 832 959 246 10 242 
acres 2,740,696 (D) 103,990 214,750 475,186 1,038,519 528,222 (D) 265,894 
Total woodland farms 3,987 1,253 1,249 710 216 242 59 5 253 
acres 2,609,922 220,738 256,993 216,833 184,791 341,932 (D) (D) 1,188,574 
Woodland pastured farms 2,681 767 832 497 167 187 47 4 180 
acres 1,962,724 119,611 176,118 177,246 (D) 288,668 (D) (D) 867,764 
Woodland not pastured farms 1,790 641 576 289 63 79 16 1 125 
acres 647,198 101,127 80,875 39,587 (D) 53,264 (D) (D) 320,810 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 19,233 4,297 5,898 3,907 1,779 1,855 508 28 961 
acres 39,293,812 2,277,835 2,771,770 4,717,636 5,808,789 9,879,672 6,591,814 626,363 6,619,933 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 16,817 4,052 5,095 3,259 1,453 1,653 474 25 806 
acres 833,006 117,876 105,188 126,790 105,101 200,896 (D) (D) 109,322 
Irrigated land farms 9,451 2,204 2,750 1,831 842 972 334 22 496 
acres 1,903,019 128,551 145,184 218,038 255,337 534,835 363,419 30,249 227,406 
Harvested cropland farms 7,676 1,655 1,974 1,491 820 948 328 21 439 
acres 1,482,359 85,334 94,657 146,391 208,252 436,140 308,209 28,090 175,286 
Pastureland and other land farms 3,864 1,015 1,356 796 232 239 66 4 156 
acres 420,660 43,217 50,527 71,647 47,085 98,695 55,210 2,159 52,120 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 4,330 1,208 1,046 639 397 564 172 4 300 
acres 2,273,660 592,868 431,854 305,458 237,358 317,841 155,024 4,336 228,921 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 6,177 451 634 1,063 1,425 1,750 481 21 352 
acres 9,314,797 224,187 277,709 578,479 1,539,496 3,694,125 2,097,946 123,835 779,020 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 148 12 33 43 30 18 2 - 10 
$1,000 16,475 (D) 684 1,276 4,039 4,952 (D) - 3,942 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 28,008 6,722 8,764 5,655 2,323 2,483 663 34 1,364 
$1,000 46,901,313 5,228,261 6,309,963 6,751,515 6,105,518 10,179,344 5,663,480 404,790 6,258,441 
Average per farm dollars 1,674,568 777,784 719,987 1,193,902 2,628,290 4,099,615 8,542,202 11,905,597 4,588,300 
Average per acre dollars 785 1,374 1,470 1,032 715 630 565 467 657 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 2,033 559 829 535 23 16 5 - 66 
$50,000 to $99,999 1,483 477 665 268 14 6 1 1 51 
$100,000 to $199,999 2,985 954 1,316 574 33 10 7 - 91 
$200,000 to $499,999 7,586 2,314 3,249 1,527 179 59 10 - 248 
$500,000 to $999,999 4,870 1,330 1,565 1,150 448 175 7 2 193 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 3,549 590 648 845 711 538 47 2 168 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 3,620 361 366 561 683 1,125 223 8 293 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 1,167 79 68 128 170 386 204 6 126 
$10,000,000 or more 715 58 58 67 62 168 159 15 128 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 28,005 6,722 8,764 5,653 2,323 2,483 662 34 1,364 
$1,000 3,854,196 317,384 408,862 470,995 543,828 1,106,172 620,879 65,555 320,521 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 369 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
