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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems 
Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
11 
4 
2 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
Other 
farms 
31 
6 
8 
4 
5 
5 
1 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
101 
18 
11 
8 
22 
19 
11 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,143 
5,565 
6,749 
3,526 
746 
593 
156 
12 
Part owners 
farms 
7,664 
920 
1,393 
1,506 
1,304 
1,637 
459 
20 
Tenants 
farms 
2,201 
237 
622 
623 
273 
253 
48 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
25,934 
6,509 
8,182 
5,067 
2,062 
2,240 
615 
32 
acres 
45,917,168 
3,778,090 
3,689,268 
4,829,079 
6,009,448 
10,564,367 
6,658,959 
606,427 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
25,807 
6,485 
8,142 
5,032 
2,050 
2,230 
615 
32 
acres 
41,202,521 
3,047,592 
3,019,778 
4,289,332 
5,740,764 
10,185,222 
6,529,912 
547,626 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
9,944 
1,184 
2,041 
2,145 
1,583 
1,892 
507 
22 
acres 
18,751,461 
776,301 
1,329,303 
2,311,746 
2,817,637 
6,009,691 
3,490,893 
319,660 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
9,865 
1,157 
2,015 
2,129 
1,577 
1,890 
507 
22 
acres 
18,556,396 
757,043 
1,272,778 
2,250,874 
2,802,689 
5,978,841 
3,485,670 
319,490 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,660 
1,024 
1,072 
640 
275 
290 
106 
6 
acres 
4,909,712 
749,756 
726,015 
600,619 
283,632 
409,995 
(D) 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
45,246 
10,193 
13,916 
8,855 
3,789 
4,537 
1,351 
74 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
14,029 
3,762 
4,232 
3,028 
1,116 
1,011 
244 
12 
2 operators 
11,717 
2,598 
4,100 
2,269 
985 
1,032 
246 
13 
3 operators 
1,699 
280 
318 
272 
188 
327 
130 
6 
4 operators 
383 
56 
71 
44 
32 
93 
29 
1 
5 or more operators 
180 
26 
43 
42 
2 
20 
14 
2 
Total women operators 
...number 
15,478 
3,866 
5,327 
2,984 
1,095 
1,250 
314 
10 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
13,587 
3,423 
4,788 
2,630 
988 
1,061 
244 
10 
2 operators 
727 
158 
204 
151 
49 
81 
20 
- 
3 operators 
97 
33 
26 
13 
3 
9 
1 
- 
4 operators 
21 
1 
12 
2 
- 
- 
1 
" 
5 or more operators 
9 
4 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
23,765 
5,314 
7,196 
4,781 
2,219 
2,370 
634 
33 
Female 
4,243 
1,408 
1,568 
874 
104 
113 
29 
1 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
15,434 
3,577 
- 
5,655 
2,323 
2,346 
639 
33 
Other 
12,574 
3,145 
8,764 
- 
- 
137 
24 
1 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
22,057 
5,139 
6,598 
4,660 
2,046 
2,172 
575 
28 
Not on farm operated 
5,951 
1,583 
2,166 
995 
277 
311 
88 
6 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
12,116 
4,409 
357 
2,818 
1,567 
1,748 
510 
20 
Any 
15,892 
2,313 
8,407 
2,837 
756 
735 
153 
14 
1 to 49 days 
2,688 
765 
570 
699 
272 
229 
34 
- 
50 to 99 days 
1,232 
335 
283 
384 
95 
77 
19 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,383 
465 
1,090 
507 
117 
98 
17 
2 
200 days or more 
9,589 
748 
6,464 
1,247 
272 
331 
83 
12 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
962 
125 
423 
247 
51 
35 
6 
1 
3 or 4 years 
1,195 
127 
551 
283 
86 
58 
10 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,851 
776 
1,630 
862 
191 
143 
45 
2 
1 0 years or more 
22,000 
5,694 
6,160 
4,263 
1,995 
2,247 
602 
31 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
27.0 
17.8 
22.7 
27.7 
29.3 
29.1 
26.7 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
690 
93 
318 
178 
30 
28 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
882 
96 
447 
205 
49 
26 
3 
- 
5 to 9 years 
3,141 
579 
1,423 
683 
157 
108 
32 
- 
1 0 years or more 
23,295 
5,954 
6,576 
4,589 
2,087 
2,321 
628 
34 
Average years operating any farm .. 
26.1 
30.4 
19.7 
25.8 
30.2 
32.0 
31.7 
29.3 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
123 
- 
51 
45 
18 
6 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,264 
- 
460 
449 
156 
110 
25 
- 
35 to 44 years 
2,690 
43 
1,319 
662 
239 
228 
63 
6 
45 to 49 years 
2,226 
109 
1,027 
479 
165 
227 
71 
5 
50 to 54 years 
3,641 
248 
1,509 
767 
372 
417 
116 
2 
55 to 59 years 
4,371 
465 
1,720 
916 
449 
479 
134 
3 
60 to 64 years 
4,375 
1,085 
1,342 
854 
364 
409 
107 
9 
Non-family 
farms 
2 
11 
796 
425 
143 
1,227 
9,781,530 
1,221 
7,842,295 
570 
1,696,230 
568 
1,689,011 
247 
1,946,454 
2,531 
624 
474 
178 
57 
31 
632 
443 
64 
12 
5 
1 
1,218 
146 
861 
503 
839 
525 
687 
677 
119 
39 
87 
432 
74 
80 
202 
1,008 
22.5 
43 
56 
159 
1,106 
25.9 
3 
64 
130 
143 
210 
205 
205 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 371 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
