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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
17,338 
1,388 
2,994 
2,214 
2,074 
4,510 
3,030 
333 
795 
workers 
50,495 
3,177 
6,785 
4,991 
4,474 
10,740 
11,302 
5,050 
3,976 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
8,431 
374 
796 
734 
832 
2,423 
2,380 
317 
575 
workers 
19,663 
565 
1,254 
1,034 
1,211 
4,190 
6,003 
3,122 
2,284 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
12,436 
1,095 
2,435 
1,697 
1,541 
3,092 
1,909 
203 
464 
workers 
30,832 
2,612 
5,531 
3,957 
3,263 
6,550 
5,299 
1,928 
1,692 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
131 
9 
10 
18 
8 
29 
35 
8 
14 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
22 
3 
4 
4 
7 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
17,535 
2,224 
6,274 
3,031 
1,866 
2,571 
1,085 
55 
429 
workers 
37,809 
4,439 
14,445 
6,601 
3,917 
5,154 
2,094 
108 
1,051 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,520 
594 
2,032 
706 
28 
30 
21 
4 
105 
1 0 to 49 acres 
8,125 
1,739 
4,809 
1,268 
66 
27 
33 
10 
173 
50 to 69 acres 
1,667 
387 
862 
325 
22 
7 
1 
4 
59 
70 to 99 acres 
2,691 
604 
1,382 
560 
33 
13 
4 
12 
83 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,097 
465 
990 
491 
39 
16 
9 
6 
81 
140 to 1 79 acres 
3,287 
669 
1,383 
895 
181 
36 
12 
8 
103 
180 to 219 acres 
1,569 
266 
629 
448 
130 
27 
10 
3 
56 
220 to 259 acres 
1,521 
259 
578 
437 
160 
29 
13 
4 
41 
260 to 499 acres 
6,645 
937 
1,723 
1,664 
1,421 
628 
67 
21 
184 
500 to 999 acres 
7,717 
528 
943 
1,078 
1,825 
2,811 
299 
38 
195 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5,844 
231 
324 
529 
712 
2,501 
1,285 
60 
202 
2,000 acres or more 
5,286 
159 
186 
392 
653 
1,517 
1,898 
169 
312 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
20,838 
1,530 
3,541 
2,925 
3,595 
5,791 
2,721 
68 
667 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
191 
44 
72 
44 
2 
3 
8 
4 
14 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
189 
36 
124 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
382 
58 
169 
95 
8 
10 
3 
2 
37 
Other crop farming (1119) 
9,534 
2,487 
4,072 
1,837 
386 
339 
54 
3 
356 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
9,534 
2,487 
4,072 
1,837 
386 
339 
54 
3 
356 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
11,788 
1,502 
4,637 
2,810 
1,015 
1,095 
421 
23 
285 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
1,083 
44 
90 
86 
101 
203 
287 
196 
76 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
247 
9 
34 
47 
43 
57 
29 
9 
19 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
644 
36 
174 
113 
65 
95 
95 
26 
40 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
282 
55 
157 
38 
3 
7 
12 
6 
4 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
837 
149 
524 
152 
1 
1 
1 
- 
9 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,954 
888 
2,247 
625 
51 
41 
21 
2 
79 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,280 
2,241 
6,682 
4,871 
2,937 
3,889 
1,831 
252 
577 
number 
6,385,675 
134,593 
284,695 
345,980 
498,515 
1,210,249 
1,405,764 
1,845,516 
660,363 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,222 
492 
1,914 
600 
50 
90 
27 
49 
10 to 49 
7,844 
1,120 
3,175 
2,138 
665 
500 
103 
3 
140 
50 to 99 
3,688 
313 
897 
1,085 
660 
558 
112 
1 
62 
1 00 to 1 99 
3,203 
221 
469 
753 
673 
822 
203 
2 
60 
200 to 499 
2,937 
61 
197 
234 
731 
1,146 
479 
3 
86 
500 or more 
2,386 
34 
30 
61 
158 
773 
907 
243 
180 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
19,600 
1,866 
5,480 
4,386 
2,660 
3,313 
1,364 
87 
444 
number 
1,784,740 
66,087 
161,964 
191,158 
253,844 
521,541 
416,548 
89,029 
84,569 
Beef cows 
farms 
19,313 
1,849 
5,412 
4,336 
2,612 
3,265 
1,333 
78 
428 
number 
1,730,112 
65,927 
161,161 
189,817 
250,972 
513,953 
404,162 
67,025 
77,095 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,121 
469 
1,728 
689 
94 
74 
30 
3 
34 
10 to 49 
8,090 
990 
2,767 
2,306 
937 
749 
195 
4 
142 
50 to 99 
3,344 
253 
594 
875 
636 
744 
174 
5 
63 
100 to 199 
2,515 
109 
256 
401 
596 
783 
287 
8 
75 
200 to 499 
1,709 
25 
64 
61 
331 
746 
389 
19 
74 
500 or more 
534 
3 
3 
4 
18 
169 
258 
39 
40 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
559 
31 
125 
112 
96 
113 
46 
11 
25 
number 
54,628 
160 
803 
1,341 
2,872 
7,588 
12,386 
22,004 
7,474 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
264 
24 
101 
66 
33 
27 
4 
1 
8 
10 to 49 
132 
7 
22 
42 
39 
14 
2 
- 
6 
50 to 99 
81 
- 
2 
4 
21 
47 
3 
- 
4 
100 to 199 
39 
- 
- 
- 
3 
22 
13 
- 
1 
200 to 499 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
17 
1 
3 
500 or more 
19 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
9 
3 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
19,526 
1,696 
5,219 
3,984 
2,654 
3,518 
1,739 
251 
465 
number 
4,600,935 
68,506 
122,731 
154,822 
244,671 
688,708 
989,216 
1,756,487 
575,794 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
20,967 
1,874 
5,600 
4,218 
2,871 
3,817 
1,817 
255 
515 
number 
7,567,890 
73,693 
181,150 
181,897 
296,008 
857,183 
1,431,278 
3,497,059 
1,049,622 
$1,000 
10,098,166 
69,783 
159,864 
146,092 
277,261 
942,884 
1,890,442 
5,078,268 
1,533,573 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 387 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
