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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
.... farms 
7,322 
971 
1,144 
Workers by days worked: 
workers 
23,199 
2,405 
2,491 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
4,192 
339 
425 
workers 
9,644 
557 
622 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
4,954 
732 
858 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
workers 
13,555 
1,848 
1,869 
labor (see text) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
.... farms 
222 
33 
28 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
27 
16 
7 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
11,652 
2,736 
3,930 
FARMS BY SIZE 
workers 
26,245 
5,448 
8,787 
1 to 9 acres 
2,365 
610 
1,044 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,518 
1,794 
2,693 
50 to 69 acres 
953 
341 
418 
70 to 99 acres 
1,083 
375 
465 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
1,084 
346 
489 
140 to 1 79 acres 
1,358 
442 
566 
180 to 219 acres 
670 
226 
258 
220 to 259 acres 
551 
168 
211 
260 to 499 acres 
2,614 
813 
884 
500 to 999 acres 
2,560 
652 
748 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,771 
519 
555 
2,000 acres or more 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
6,481 
436 
433 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,736 
377 
553 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
203 
47 
68 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
275 
116 
101 
production (1 1 14) 
325 
76 
110 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,398 
2,773 
2,630 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1 1 92) 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
" 
" 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
7,398 
2,773 
2,630 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
8,703 
1,520 
2,423 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
162 
25 
35 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
75 
14 
22 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
88 
9 
56 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
206 
53 
102 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
576 
158 
234 
production (1125, 1129) 
LIVESTOCK 
5,261 
1,554 
2,430 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
11,845 
1,892 
2,981 
Farms with- 
number 
2,633,740 
98,126 
134,996 
1 to 9 
2,049 
582 
996 
10 to 49 
3,290 
783 
1,244 
50 to 99 
1,663 
252 
416 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,596 
160 
218 
200 to 499 
1,896 
105 
91 
500 or more 
1,351 
10 
16 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
10,738 
1,630 
2,557 
number 
1,453,600 
64,408 
88,173 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
10,598 
1,602 
2,507 
Farms with- 
number 
1,439,653 
64,317 
87,952 
1 to 9 
1,995 
545 
944 
10 to 49 
3,109 
659 
1,049 
50 to 99 
1,690 
228 
324 
100 to 199 
1,553 
122 
126 
200 to 499 
1,640 
44 
58 
500 or more 
611 
4 
6 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
397 
49 
105 
Farms with- 
number 
13,947 
91 
221 
1 to 9 
315 
49 
101 
10 to 49 
18 
- 
4 
50 to 99 
17 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
26 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
17 
- 
- 
500 or more 
4 
- 
- 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
10,121 
1,472 
2,327 
number 
1,180,140 
33,718 
46,823 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
10,629 
1,555 
2,467 
number 
1,711,264 
64,944 
81,517 
$1,000 
1,783,908 
56,662 
74,145 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
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 
1,192 
1,028 
1,705 
585 
32 
665 
2,943 
2,518 
5,825 
3,760 
340 
2,917 
536 
618 
1,234 
519 
31 
490 
865 
1,110 
2,791 
1,976 
226 
1,497 
839 
646 
1,069 
394 
17 
399 
2,078 
1,408 
3,034 
1,784 
114 
1,420 
32 
17 
50 
43 
2 
17 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2,388 
978 
976 
204 
6 
434 
5,215 
2,320 
2,325 
616 
90 
1,444 
581 
32 
21 
6 
71 
890 
15 
16 
3 
- 
107 
164 
7 
3 
2 
- 
18 
207 
3 
3 
1 
1 
28 
198 
12 
4 
- 
- 
35 
280 
15 
2 
- 
- 
53 
145 
14 
2 
- 
- 
25 
142 
9 
4 
1 
- 
16 
633 
110 
37 
11 
1 
125 
676 
207 
126 
15 
1 
135 
824 
469 
212 
28 
4 
160 
915 
1,430 
2,053 
596 
27 
591 
877 
990 
1,317 
339 
4 
279 
51 
4 
7 
11 
- 
15 
46 
2 
- 
- 
" 
10 
91 
11 
17 
3 
_ 
17 
1,206 
175 
175 
59 
2 
378 
1,206 
175 
175 
59 
2 
378 
2,184 
1,046 
901 
215 
23 
391 
50 
20 
17 
6 
2 
7 
8 
9 
9 
7 
- 
6 
13 
1 
- 
2 
1 
6 
49 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
157 
11 
5 
4 
- 
7 
923 
53 
35 
17 
2 
247 
2,873 
1,536 
1,528 
429 
30 
576 
256,860 
438,286 
772,119 
534,609 
148,264 
250,480 
373 
12 
18 
4 
_ 
64 
940 
126 
82 
10 
- 
105 
669 
140 
100 
16 
- 
70 
589 
337 
197 
22 
- 
73 
266 
715 
509 
89 
2 
119 
36 
206 
622 
288 
28 
145 
2,679 
1,466 
1,454 
384 
23 
545 
161,250 
272,796 
435,365 
257,070 
29,491 
145,047 
2,647 
1,462 
1,449 
377 
23 
531 
160,877 
272,173 
434,181 
251,353 
28,819 
139,981 
395 
16 
29 
6 
_ 
60 
1,004 
156 
115 
17 
- 
109 
699 
181 
144 
23 
- 
91 
459 
495 
241 
43 
2 
65 
87 
578 
654 
92 
2 
125 
3 
36 
266 
196 
19 
81 
105 
32 
36 
25 
4 
41 
373 
623 
1,184 
5,717 
672 
5,066 
99 
23 
20 
5 
1 
17 
5 
2 
7 
- 
- 
- 
1 
7 
3 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
5 
8 
2 
11 
- 
- 
1 
5 
1 
10 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
2,433 
1,464 
1,474 
421 
30 
500 
95,610 
165,490 
336,754 
277,539 
118,773 
105,433 
2,610 
1,516 
1,515 
420 
30 
516 
137,442 
255,653 
469,260 
372,250 
184,356 
145,842 
112,650 
228,113 
480,791 
436,988 
238,888 
155,672 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 373 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
