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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
7,800 
749 
2,405 
1,827 
1,084 
1,114 
429 
28 
164 
number 
427,682 
20,411 
50,605 
59,720 
70,987 
110,897 
77,499 
19,108 
18,455 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
18,631 
1,604 
4,688 
3,609 
2,622 
3,615 
1,761 
252 
480 
number 
7,140,208 
53,282 
130,545 
122,177 
225,021 
746,286 
1,353,779 
3,477,951 
1,031,167 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
2,232 
70 
141 
150 
285 
582 
671 
218 
115 
number 
5,041,822 
5,048 
9,611 
8,287 
26,307 
159,344 
702,887 
3,246,915 
883,423 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
1,476 
66 
384 
238 
170 
281 
230 
40 
67 
Farms with- 
number 
2,992,576 
20,308 
84,150 
115,473 
150,240 
274,181 
644,894 
1,384,077 
319,253 
1 to 24 
451 
41 
246 
102 
21 
22 
7 
- 
12 
25 to 49 
64 
- 
17 
23 
13 
7 
3 
- 
1 
50 to 99 
84 
4 
29 
16 
11 
21 
- 
1 
2 
100 to 199 
98 
6 
24 
22 
26 
16 
4 
- 
- 
200 to 499 
189 
7 
32 
31 
31 
60 
24 
2 
2 
500 or more 
590 
8 
36 
44 
68 
155 
192 
37 
50 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
578 
29 
140 
118 
70 
88 
84 
21 
28 
number 
391,551 
557 
5,461 
2,991 
2,438 
15,331 
84,005 
223,193 
57,575 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
1,383 
64 
340 
213 
159 
274 
227 
40 
66 
number 
2,601,025 
19,751 
78,689 
112,482 
147,802 
258,850 
560,889 
1,160,884 
261,678 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
1,552 
59 
422 
243 
171 
304 
249 
40 
64 
number 
10,620,451 
37,542 
193,069 
264,429 
330,637 
740,878 
2,215,722 
5,577,522 
1,260,652 
$1,000 
1,085,828 
5,993 
24,153 
31,787 
46,333 
99,193 
224,283 
531,100 
122,985 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
1,464 
215 
700 
300 
123 
82 
32 
2 
10 
number 
71,771 
7,186 
20,145 
20,990 
9,276 
8,060 
1,894 
(D) 
(D) 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
1,250 
181 
585 
254 
115 
78 
25 
2 
10 
number 
46,151 
4,330 
13,346 
13,497 
6,618 
5,132 
(D) 
(D) 
1,581 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
1,234 
171 
571 
261 
115 
71 
28 
2 
15 
number 
73,502 
7,850 
15,952 
17,730 
10,894 
(D) 
9,750 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
9,125 
1,326 
3,792 
1,533 
739 
965 
486 
83 
201 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
64,326 
10,166 
25,374 
11,614 
4,624 
5,886 
4,278 
840 
1,544 
inventory 
....farms 
8,864 
1,278 
3,708 
1,507 
717 
938 
463 
80 
173 
number 
58,428 
9,376 
23,245 
10,105 
4,351 
5,431 
3,966 
772 
1,182 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
1,928 
257 
878 
384 
150 
139 
70 
15 
35 
number 
12,471 
2,531 
3,351 
1,717 
2,247 
756 
1,546 
177 
146 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
1,509 
205 
879 
284 
57 
41 
20 
_ 
23 
number 
25,840 
3,270 
11,548 
6,756 
1,579 
1,493 
938 
- 
256 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
893 
115 
490 
192 
45 
25 
9 
- 
17 
number 
18,342 
2,805 
6,325 
5,470 
1,440 
1,735 
451 
- 
116 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
2,858 
417 
1,434 
583 
154 
171 
52 
7 
40 
Farms with- 
number 
9,351,688 
10,065 
36,682 
21,416 
19,076 
121,434 
2,094,131 
7,048,168 
716 
1 to 399 
2,825 
417 
1,429 
575 
149 
168 
44 
3 
40 
400 to 3,199 
17 
- 
5 
8 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
4 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
416 
96 
180 
96 
16 
14 
5 
4 
5 
number 
2,579,664 
4,353 
4,753 
3,972 
694 
363 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
347 
47 
173 
79 
10 
19 
12 
4 
3 
number 
6,367,793 
(D) 
10,180 
15,924 
(D) 
113,153 
1,283,873 
4,931,928 
155 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
37 
20 
5 
8 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
number 
1,638,307 
1,462 
207 
7,413 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
366 
36 
188 
91 
19 
19 
5 
2 
6 
Farms with- 
number 
4,777,716 
3,139 
22,282 
36,225 
5,306 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,113 
1 to 1,999 
355 
36 
188 
85 
19 
16 
4 
1 
6 
2,000 to 59,999 
6 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
- 
- 
" 
- 
3 
1 
1 
- 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
219 
22 
126 
58 
3 
7 
2 
1 
- 
number 
195,598 
122 
1,022 
262 
117 
75 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
99 
13 
37 
29 
5 
1 
4 
2 
8 
number 
1,639,432 
114 
(D) 
395 
154 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
26 
3 
2 
6 
6 
5 
4 
- 
- 
acres 
1,731 
(D) 
(D) 
78 
504 
303 
700 
- 
- 
bushels 
59,684 
(D) 
(D) 
2,945 
13,297 
22,937 
18,704 
- 
- 
388 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
