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 
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 
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 
Ethanol 
Con. 
farms 
Other 
farms 
8 
1 
6 
" 
- 
1 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
262 
43 
43 
31 
41 
63 
24 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
24,898 
5,498 
10,760 
4,752 
1,134 
1,194 
547 
127 
Part owners 
farms 
18,836 
1,008 
3,082 
2,508 
3,346 
5,498 
2,753 
182 
Tenants 
farms 
6,235 
332 
1,999 
1,533 
790 
950 
352 
30 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
44,095 
6,581 
13,930 
7,340 
4,529 
6,739 
3,313 
310 
acres 
29,288,230 
2,612,673 
2,943,633 
3,070,400 
3,231,802 
7,427,272 
6,716,520 
1,227,959 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
43,734 
6,506 
13,842 
7,260 
4,480 
6,692 
3,300 
309 
acres 
25,457,753 
1,672,481 
2,113,452 
2,490,881 
2,879,872 
6,866,823 
6,411,053 
1,193,335 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
25,221 
1,373 
5,124 
4,069 
4,147 
6,467 
3,112 
212 
acres 
20,096,249 
427,586 
1,232,711 
1,627,652 
2,735,449 
6,588,819 
5,805,400 
539,005 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
25,071 
1,340 
5,081 
4,041 
4,136 
6,448 
3,105 
212 
acres 
19,874,030 
413,151 
1,185,200 
1,601,353 
2,697,355 
6,543,844 
5,774,276 
537,005 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
10,912 
2,518 
3,537 
1,770 
917 
1,175 
532 
58 
acres 
4,052,696 
954,627 
877,692 
605,818 
390,024 
605,424 
336,591 
36,624 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
75,855 
9,978 
24,274 
12,414 
7,429 
11,584 
6,430 
768 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
28,505 
4,106 
8,443 
5,635 
3,394 
4,478 
1,671 
124 
2 operators 
18,111 
2,388 
6,602 
2,767 
1,634 
2,546 
1,394 
105 
3 operators 
2,712 
301 
635 
342 
212 
530 
435 
71 
4 operators 
449 
32 
111 
28 
24 
71 
116 
20 
5 or more operators 
192 
11 
50 
21 
6 
17 
36 
19 
Total women operators 
...number 
20,231 
3,246 
7,892 
3,168 
1,543 
2,459 
1,311 
122 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
18,495 
2,953 
7,256 
2,910 
1,465 
2,262 
1,200 
85 
2 operators 
750 
121 
279 
123 
32 
83 
48 
10 
3 operators 
61 
14 
22 
4 
2 
9 
5 
2 
4 operators 
9 
1 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
3 
1 
" 
- 
" 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
45,878 
5,672 
14,099 
8,091 
5,133 
7,488 
3,586 
332 
Female 
4,091 
1,166 
1,742 
702 
137 
154 
66 
7 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,819 
3,867 
- 
8,793 
5,270 
7,111 
3,530 
311 
Other 
20,150 
2,971 
15,841 
- 
- 
531 
122 
28 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
36,652 
4,717 
10,764 
6,467 
4,251 
6,400 
3,053 
207 
Not on farm operated 
13,317 
2,121 
5,077 
2,326 
1,019 
1,242 
599 
132 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
21,662 
4,589 
688 
3,913 
3,209 
5,312 
2,879 
274 
Any 
28,307 
2,249 
15,153 
4,880 
2,061 
2,330 
773 
65 
1 to 49 days 
4,440 
690 
790 
1,163 
679 
729 
230 
17 
50 to 99 days 
1,586 
286 
312 
486 
232 
190 
36 
3 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,353 
540 
1,307 
772 
313 
288 
55 
4 
200 days or more 
18,928 
733 
12,744 
2,459 
837 
1,123 
452 
41 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,710 
105 
891 
405 
119 
91 
23 
6 
3 or 4 years 
2,289 
140 
1,074 
589 
195 
168 
32 
3 
5 to 9 years 
5,977 
514 
2,940 
1,188 
469 
513 
119 
26 
1 0 years or more 
39,993 
6,079 
10,936 
6,611 
4,487 
6,870 
3,478 
304 
Average years on present farm 
25.2 
32.3 
18.0 
24.1 
28.9 
29.7 
31.0 
30.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,125 
70 
638 
231 
75 
60 
7 
4 
3 or 4 years 
1,745 
94 
861 
471 
139 
99 
13 
2 
5 to 9 years 
5,160 
409 
2,642 
1,027 
397 
417 
85 
15 
1 0 years or more 
41,939 
6,265 
11,700 
7,064 
4,659 
7,066 
3,547 
318 
Average years operating any farm .. 
27.3 
35.5 
19.8 
26.5 
30.8 
31.2 
32.5 
32.8 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
456 
- 
146 
184 
61 
54 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
4,291 
- 
1,603 
1,088 
619 
710 
167 
4 
35 to 44 years 
6,199 
45 
2,700 
1,193 
610 
916 
509 
26 
45 to 49 years 
4,536 
116 
1,912 
774 
417 
721 
411 
36 
50 to 54 years 
7,407 
240 
2,821 
1,236 
777 
1,334 
696 
53 
55 to 59 years 
7,260 
327 
2,669 
1,135 
827 
1,312 
677 
76 
60 to 64 years 
6,643 
839 
2,067 
1,074 
754 
1,096 
548 
49 
Non-family 
farms 
13 
886 
459 
249 
1,353 
2,057,971 
1,345 
1,829,856 
717 
1,139,627 
708 
1,121,846 
405 
245,896 
2,978 
654 
675 
186 
47 
32 
490 
364 
54 
3 
1 
1 
1,477 
117 
937 
657 
793 
801 
798 
796 
142 
41 
74 
539 
70 
88 
208 
1,228 
23.0 
40 
66 
168 
1,320 
26.6 
11 
100 
200 
149 
250 
237 
216 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 385 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
