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 (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 
480 
61 
191 
141 
16 
26 
6 
2 
37 
$1,000 
46,016 
933 
5,641 
4,325 
1,820 
7,315 
(D) 
(D) 
9,299 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
133 
6 
38 
38 
10 
15 
6 
2 
18 
$1,000 
42,197 
468 
3,737 
3,364 
1,661 
7,208 
(D) 
(D) 
9,077 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
77 
15 
41 
20 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,027 
(D) 
468 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
165 
- 
- 
165 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
65 
13 
32 
19 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
987 
(D) 
432 
289 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
165 
- 
- 
165 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
12 
2 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
40 
(D) 
35 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
12,958 
1,714 
3,530 
2,526 
1,653 
2,178 
943 
49 
365 
$1,000 
527,732 
25,583 
43,448 
45,027 
69,224 
148,720 
143,040 
27,060 
25,630 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2,320 
126 
177 
209 
465 
746 
462 
33 
102 
$1,000 
405,732 
11,412 
16,692 
16,275 
51,689 
125,445 
135,507 
26,712 
22,001 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
20,967 
1,874 
5,600 
4,218 
2,871 
3,817 
1,817 
255 
515 
$1,000 
10,098,166 
69,783 
159,864 
146,092 
277,261 
942,884 
1,890,442 
5,078,268 
1,533,573 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
9,231 
417 
916 
1,008 
1,719 
2,945 
1,625 
252 
349 
$1,000 
9,898,292 
47,850 
97,804 
86,655 
249,530 
921,469 
1,886,110 
5,078,239 
1,530,635 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
314 
8 
33 
53 
63 
86 
44 
10 
17 
$1,000 
219,724 
406 
1,861 
2,427 
7,899 
24,975 
47,923 
100,701 
33,530 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
252 
6 
17 
20 
60 
83 
41 
10 
15 
$1,000 
217,959 
(D) 
1,523 
1,362 
7,777 
(D) 
47,836 
100,701 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
1,552 
59 
422 
243 
171 
304 
249 
40 
64 
$1,000 
1,085,828 
5,993 
24,153 
31,787 
46,333 
99,193 
224,283 
531,100 
122,985 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
820 
18 
87 
70 
100 
233 
223 
39 
50 
$1,000 
1,080,084 
(D) 
22,906 
30,354 
45,089 
98,149 
223,836 
(D) 
122,847 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
2,008 
272 
1,014 
426 
144 
93 
35 
2 
22 
$1,000 
14,289 
1,709 
3,299 
3,192 
1,977 
(D) 
2,164 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
50 
10 
- 
15 
14 
8 
2 
1 
$1,000 
5,592 
676 
- 
1,037 
828 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
1,985 
275 
901 
394 
155 
139 
70 
15 
36 
$1,000 
22,809 
3,345 
8,668 
3,186 
2,024 
1,150 
3,907 
179 
352 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
92 
23 
35 
14 
9 
4 
6 
1 
- 
$1,000 
11,089 
2,103 
3,328 
810 
1,123 
401 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
1,843 
248 
877 
418 
111 
123 
36 
7 
23 
$1,000 
216,370 
(D) 
1,023 
876 
(D) 
5,326 
46,407 
156,818 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
34 
1 
1 
5 
7 
13 
6 
1 
$1,000 
214,409 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,234 
46,385 
(D) 
(D) 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
31 
1 
7 
14 
1 
1 
2 
5 
$1,000 
3,550 
(D) 
128 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
13 
- 
1 
4 
1 
1 
1 
- 
5 
$1,000 
3,475 
- 
(D) 
487 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
607 
89 
248 
152 
50 
32 
20 
3 
13 
$1,000 
30,086 
945 
2,278 
1,910 
(D) 
(D) 
9,633 
(D) 
9,915 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
63 
6 
9 
10 
16 
8 
7 
1 
6 
$1,000 
27,175 
507 
1,252 
1,150 
(D) 
(D) 
9,514 
(D) 
9,817 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
34,316 
4,372 
8,131 
5,543 
4,698 
6,973 
3,271 
224 
1,104 
$1,000 
392,428 
26,564 
41,096 
28,588 
45,975 
116,002 
105,125 
10,630 
18,450 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
7,373 
303 
937 
982 
1,382 
2,299 
1,210 
45 
215 
$1,000 
679,959 
6,467 
23,808 
26,458 
81,562 
251,838 
242,008 
14,789 
33,029 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
1,537 
189 
689 
335 
110 
111 
60 
4 
39 
$1,000 
8,360 
844 
2,030 
2,287 
693 
1,248 
750 
63 
446 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
49,969 
6,838 
15,841 
8,793 
5,270 
7,642 
3,652 
339 
1,594 
$1,000 
19,175,997 
257,637 
632,306 
533,152 
1,042,737 
3,340,403 
5,018,271 
6,238,265 
2,113,227 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
383,758 
37,677 
39,916 
60,634 
197,863 
437,111 
1,374,116 
18,401,960 
1,325,738 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
29,992 
2,632 
6,190 
4,669 
4,688 
7,090 
3,467 
272 
984 
$1,000 
1,609,182 
23,926 
57,449 
48,934 
141,085 
499,573 
642,074 
100,504 
95,638 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
7,523 
1,462 
3,368 
1,929 
331 
178 
39 
5 
211 
$5,000 to $24,999 
8,955 
929 
2,170 
2,259 
2,110 
1,043 
193 
18 
233 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 379 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
