Table 28. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Nebraska: 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 
49,969 
6,838 
15,841 
8,793 
5,270 
7,642 
3,652 
339 
1,594 
percent 
100.0 
13.7 
31.7 
17.6 
10.5 
15.3 
7.3 
0.7 
3.2 
Land in farms 
....acres 
45,331,783 
2,085,632 
3,298,652 
4,092,234 
5,577,227 
13,410,667 
12,185,329 
1,730,340 
2,951,702 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
907 
305 
208 
465 
1,058 
1,755 
3,337 
5,104 
1,852 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
49,969 
6,838 
15,841 
8,793 
5,270 
7,642 
3,652 
339 
1,594 
$1,000 
23,461,184 
271,344 
613,956 
485,198 
1,261,725 
4,621,448 
7,135,001 
6,643,801 
2,428,711 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
469,515 
39,682 
38,757 
55,180 
239,417 
604,743 
1,953,724 
19,598,234 
1,523,658 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
4,876 
1,132 
2,921 
698 
125 
$1,000 to $2,499 
2,747 
624 
1,624 
435 
2 
- 
- 
- 
62 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,875 
712 
1,576 
490 
1 
1 
- 
- 
95 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,596 
861 
1,945 
674 
6 
3 
- 
- 
107 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,962 
1,151 
2,502 
1,147 
7 
6 
- 
- 
149 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,945 
775 
1,633 
1,403 
27 
5 
_ 
_ 
102 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,085 
737 
1,644 
2,372 
184 
9 
- 
- 
139 
$100,000 to $249,999 
7,236 
698 
1,664 
1,523 
3,049 
165 
3 
- 
134 
$250,000 to $499,999 
5,736 
140 
321 
27 
1,919 
3,146 
3 
" 
180 
$500,000 to $999,999 
4,449 
3 
4 
14 
53 
4,012 
214 
- 
149 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
4,462 
5 
7 
10 
22 
295 
3,432 
339 
352 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
3,301 
5 
5 
9 
17 
274 
2,796 
1 
194 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
697 
- 
2 
1 
4 
12 
596 
6 
76 
$5,000,000 or more 
464 
- 
- 
- 
1 
9 
40 
332 
82 
Total sales 
....farms 
49,969 
6,838 
15,841 
8,793 
5,270 
7,642 
3,652 
339 
1,594 
$1,000 
23,068,756 
244,780 
572,860 
456,610 
1,215,751 
4,505,447 
7,029,876 
6,633,171 
2,410,261 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
26,642 
2,043 
4,550 
3,990 
4,542 
6,982 
3,425 
265 
845 
$1,000 
10,698,861 
134,516 
319,598 
215,112 
803,570 
3,270,515 
4,635,673 
691,628 
628,250 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
20,027 
881 
2,103 
1,817 
4,086 
6,807 
3,384 
255 
694 
$1,000 
10,568,156 
113,990 
276,735 
167,692 
792,609 
3,266,107 
4,634,598 
691,334 
625,090 
Corn 
....farms 
23,722 
1,504 
3,556 
3,208 
4,224 
6,811 
3,401 
263 
755 
$1,000 
7,551,145 
79,390 
198,683 
119,112 
497,721 
2,206,474 
3,436,054 
558,128 
455,581 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
16,994 
558 
1,454 
880 
3,384 
6,510 
3,346 
252 
610 
$1,000 
7,412,589 
62,456 
159,675 
70,704 
476,023 
2,198,698 
3,434,613 
557,779 
452,641 
Wheat 
....farms 
5,011 
444 
660 
725 
836 
1,370 
759 
49 
168 
$1,000 
368,763 
13,107 
19,838 
21,809 
47,259 
123,216 
111,545 
13,657 
18,334 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1,903 
87 
111 
134 
298 
671 
481 
36 
85 
$1,000 
309,824 
7,710 
11,158 
11,766 
37,098 
106,819 
105,023 
13,337 
16,912 
Soybeans 
....farms 
18,535 
1,221 
2,662 
2,465 
3,243 
5,520 
2,722 
147 
555 
$1,000 
2,516,218 
40,130 
95,503 
69,475 
244,644 
882,705 
975,573 
83,579 
124,610 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
11,560 
274 
683 
387 
2,198 
4,873 
2,600 
131 
414 
$1,000 
2,364,000 
23,209 
58,819 
26,484 
214,574 
864,058 
972,138 
83,237 
121,483 
Sorghum 
....farms 
805 
40 
120 
151 
120 
199 
131 
14 
30 
$1,000 
26,150 
(D) 
(D) 
2,153 
3,109 
(D) 
6,248 
1,046 
2,150 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
134 
1 
6 
4 
22 
55 
33 
7 
6 
$1,000 
15,839 
(D) 
(D) 
258 
1,635 
6,307 
4,351 
910 
1,765 
Barley 
....farms 
26 
3 
2 
6 
6 
5 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
361 
(D) 
(D) 
15 
77 
(D) 
119 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
1,642 
63 
150 
197 
254 
495 
362 
40 
81 
$1,000 
236,224 
(D) 
(□) 
2,548 
10,758 
49,223 
106,134 
35,218 
27,576 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
729 
6 
28 
14 
84 
265 
253 
29 
50 
$1,000 
225,173 
663 
2,334 
967 
8,290 
46,210 
104,457 
35,081 
27,172 
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 
478 
94 
173 
116 
16 
32 
18 
10 
19 
$1,000 
101,141 
544 
1,399 
1,525 
523 
(D) 
19,130 
(D) 
39,372 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
56 
- 
5 
5 
3 
14 
10 
9 
10 
$1,000 
98,336 
- 
530 
529 
411 
(D) 
19,092 
(D) 
39,294 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
316 
64 
158 
51 
7 
17 
3 
_ 
16 
$1,000 
3,157 
564 
1,031 
354 
101 
382 
12 
- 
712 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
8 
3 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
1,105 
181 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(□) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
254 
53 
132 
32 
7 
11 
3 
- 
16 
$1,000 
2,959 
539 
977 
(D) 
101 
292 
12 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
7 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
1,044 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Berries 
....farms 
84 
19 
31 
27 
- 
6 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
198 
25 
55 
(D) 
- 
90 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
378 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
