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 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 7,385 1,616 4,080 1,412 50 34 9 2 182 
50 to 99 acres 3,417 664 1,324 1,117 145 59 17 7 84 
100 to 199 acres 4,929 720 1,543 1,679 627 180 38 7 135 
200 to 499 acres 7,954 599 1,400 1,513 2,606 1,455 151 22 208 
500 to 999 acres 6,415 123 209 259 1,367 3,721 516 42 178 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 3,925 15 29 24 217 1,747 1,644 67 182 
2.000 acres or more 1,722 3 3 3 6 239 1,183 132 153 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 2,243 314 632 485 219 310 186 22 75 
acres 322,093 24,767 39,761 59,998 33,991 84,558 59,117 7,604 12,297 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 3,869 399 830 736 550 827 390 36 101 
acres 549,303 28,522 55,464 80,212 72,009 158,307 122,014 12,367 20,408 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 10,819 2,213 3,354 1,497 986 1,452 786 69 462 
acres 1,053,374 219,620 247,569 134,725 98,145 173,395 104,673 16,566 58,681 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 2,845 321 436 515 422 663 352 31 105 
acres 859,868 44,831 56,968 100,988 142,599 271,153 176,230 18,582 48,517 
Total woodland farms 7,208 1,165 2,742 1,130 719 873 323 21 235 
acres 442,660 53,417 96,537 57,657 73,946 87,554 37,024 9,795 26,730 
Woodland pastured farms 2,816 495 1,070 507 289 273 104 6 72 
acres 212,929 24,956 34,682 37,853 49,783 45,133 9,340 (D) (D) 
Woodland not pastured farms 4,987 781 1,862 708 512 676 251 17 180 
acres 229,731 28,461 61,855 19,804 24,163 42,421 27,684 (D) (D) 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 28,076 3,789 8,786 5,450 3,153 4,213 1,839 158 688 
acres 22,297,424 1,155,133 1,684,180 2,532,204 2,858,913 6,317,984 5,217,193 789,501 1,742,316 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 31,803 4,444 10,302 5,452 3,505 4,759 2,171 237 933 
acres 994,306 95,933 148,025 131,277 123,248 248,536 169,388 30,557 47,342 
Irrigated land farms 17,136 930 2,263 1,766 2,618 5,420 3,215 261 663 
acres 8,296,573 84,539 204,391 160,655 542,311 2,443,249 3,732,102 588,025 541,301 
Harvested cropland farms 16,860 881 2,125 1,720 2,602 5,404 3,211 260 657 
acres 8,225,973 81,188 196,999 151,556 531,889 2,425,890 3,718,037 585,047 535,367 
Pastureland and other land farms 1,000 121 249 141 140 211 96 7 35 
acres 70,600 3,351 7,392 9,099 10,422 17,359 14,065 2,978 5,934 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 10,456 2,198 3,173 1,336 909 1,522 812 65 441 
acres 854,538 212,653 236,636 108,149 75,409 98,768 64,823 8,920 49,180 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 23,380 1,672 3,734 3,428 4,081 6,348 3,144 233 740 
acres 15,486,999 303,955 654,614 673,082 1,761,594 5,266,224 5,381,701 644,989 800,840 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 171 15 33 51 19 37 9 2 5 
$1,000 39,729 117 722 1,593 (D) 9,245 4,644 (D) 768 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 49,969 6,838 15,841 8,793 5,270 7,642 3,652 339 1,594 
$1,000 107,896,486 3,890,630 8,066,235 7,024,359 12,114,204 33,788,451 33,141,066 4,185,287 5,686,254 
Average per farm dollars 2,159,268 568,972 509,200 798,858 2,298,710 4,421,415 9,074,772 12,345,978 3,567,286 
Average per acre dollars 2,380 1,865 2,445 1,717 2,172 2,520 2,720 2,419 1,926 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 3,814 755 2,057 798 44 23 16 5 116 
$50,000 to $99,999 3,084 669 1,701 556 57 22 8 2 69 
$100,000 to $199,999 5,746 1,252 3,023 1,133 81 63 13 6 175 
$200,000 to $499,999 10,048 2,097 4,790 2,243 333 229 50 18 288 
$500,000 to $999,999 6,446 1,044 2,199 1,745 749 420 82 24 183 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 6,675 620 1,327 1,485 1,630 1,165 204 35 209 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 8,091 341 637 734 1,987 3,257 833 61 241 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 3,903 52 88 81 330 1,954 1,179 53 166 
$10,000,000 or more 2,162 8 19 18 59 509 1,267 135 147 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 49,967 6,838 15,841 8,793 5,270 7,642 3,652 339 1,592 
$1,000 11,503,486 383,852 978,244 790,983 1,214,258 3,381,684 3,469,948 621,695 662,822 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 383 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
