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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
10 
1 
1 
4 
4 
acres 
606 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
294 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
10 
1 
2 
6 
1 
. 
. 
. 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
2 
- 
- 
3 
4 
2 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
22,977 
1,449 
3,377 
3,018 
4,090 
6,701 
3,362 
246 
acres 
9,087,851 
137,368 
334,981 
286,960 
871,094 
2,887,593 
3,566,439 
512,185 
bushels 
1,188,509,521 
12,049,155 
30,983,612 
19,809,197 
79,674,150 
348,400,828 
539,806,851 
84,994,787 
Irrigated 
farms 
13,799 
479 
1,279 
967 
2,213 
5,026 
3,083 
233 
acres 
5,287,913 
42,097 
109,645 
70,881 
311,362 
1,509,009 
2,499,933 
404,750 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,291 
267 
578 
350 
44 
19 
8 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
4,817 
682 
1,484 
1,549 
636 
291 
40 
13 
1 00 to 249 acres 
6,061 
401 
1,079 
979 
2,143 
1,156 
152 
13 
250 to 499 acres 
5,157 
94 
219 
127 
1,100 
3,106 
351 
26 
500 acres or more 
5,651 
5 
17 
13 
167 
2,129 
2,811 
192 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
4,232 
141 
405 
499 
810 
1,276 
812 
124 
acres 
446,386 
8,589 
22,146 
25,566 
54,883 
120,374 
124,521 
62,119 
tons 
4,605,604 
56,735 
158,447 
166,179 
386,102 
1,136,345 
1,471,949 
884,377 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,223 
20 
39 
63 
159 
394 
383 
80 
acres 
117,057 
765 
2,027 
1,540 
7,012 
22,599 
42,251 
29,121 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
871 
56 
136 
175 
204 
215 
72 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
2,031 
56 
215 
254 
419 
640 
343 
23 
1 00 to 249 acres 
955 
25 
51 
65 
164 
310 
258 
39 
250 to 499 acres 
271 
4 
2 
5 
23 
97 
99 
22 
500 acres or more 
104 
- 
1 
- 
- 
14 
40 
38 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas .... 
farms 
578 
15 
52 
38 
75 
187 
152 
21 
acres 
132,697 
764 
2,647 
1,580 
8,131 
33,911 
56,800 
13,987 
cwt 
3,050,199 
17,855 
62,203 
31,401 
159,248 
716,465 
1,357,160 
349,649 
Irrigated 
farms 
560 
13 
50 
31 
74 
184 
149 
21 
acres 
127,509 
(D) 
(D) 
1,369 
(D) 
33,441 
54,679 
12,006 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
33 
3 
13 
9 
1 
6 
25 to 99 acres 
156 
10 
31 
26 
35 
39 
10 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
213 
2 
8 
3 
38 
100 
50 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
106 
- 
- 
- 
1 
35 
50 
8 
500 acres or more 
70 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
42 
12 
Oats for grain 
farms 
476 
28 
63 
102 
95 
128 
47 
3 
acres 
17,788 
457 
1,626 
2,352 
3,405 
5,736 
3,711 
219 
bushels 
905,529 
25,064 
75,617 
96,627 
159,245 
292,741 
218,263 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
39 
- 
3 
1 
11 
16 
7 
1 
acres 
1,569 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
480 
711 
169 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
255 
21 
41 
71 
49 
52 
14 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
184 
7 
22 
30 
38 
62 
21 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
33 
- 
- 
1 
7 
13 
10 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
633 
36 
101 
121 
94 
152 
97 
8 
acres 
60,010 
2,129 
4,908 
6,336 
7,918 
20,181 
12,244 
2,139 
bushels 
3,622,070 
104,554 
276,361 
313,558 
451,457 
1,200,589 
841,872 
122,786 
Irrigated 
farms 
111 
- 
9 
9 
11 
36 
37 
2 
acres 
8,710 
- 
(D) 
290 
627 
1,677 
2,481 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
147 
9 
34 
44 
24 
18 
11 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
309 
20 
58 
56 
40 
69 
54 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
128 
7 
9 
21 
26 
41 
16 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
33 
- 
- 
- 
3 
16 
12 
1 
500 acres or more 
16 
- 
- 
- 
1 
8 
4 
2 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
18,539 
1,222 
2,662 
2,467 
3,243 
5,520 
2,723 
147 
acres 
4,983,253 
103,927 
245,088 
217,258 
614,514 
1,822,929 
1,617,111 
136,349 
bushels 
193,014,515 
3,036,673 
7,293,266 
5,404,494 
18,992,512 
67,999,926 
74,490,487 
6,348,548 
Irrigated 
farms 
9,384 
276 
689 
529 
1,403 
3,693 
2,343 
115 
acres 
2,075,317 
18,347 
49,810 
31,109 
141,238 
701,197 
937,665 
82,440 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,085 
224 
458 
284 
53 
40 
7 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
4,619 
658 
1,261 
1,346 
672 
474 
91 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5,810 
280 
793 
755 
1,662 
1,707 
442 
25 
250 to 499 acres 
4,293 
56 
141 
80 
792 
2,274 
787 
36 
500 acres or more 
2,732 
4 
9 
2 
64 
1,025 
1,396 
73 
Sugarbeets for sugar 
farms 
172 
1 
11 
- 
19 
58 
62 
9 
acres 
51,671 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,692 
9,879 
25,213 
10,315 
tons 
1,449,966 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
38,087 
245,431 
720,399 
320,340 
Irrigated 
farms 
172 
1 
11 
- 
19 
58 
62 
9 
acres 
51,671 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,692 
9,879 
25,213 
10,315 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
144 
1 
7 
14 
13 
46 
55 
_ 
acres 
39,115 
(D) 
880 
1,936 
2,433 
13,970 
19,061 
- 
pounds 
27,474,025 
(D) 
(D) 
1,296,152 
1,650,574 
9,322,162 
14,238,520 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
734 
491,231 
72,790,941 
31 9 
340,236 
23 
122 
138 
134 
317 
165 
28,188 
345,470 
85 
1 1 ,742 
11 
81 
43 
19 
11 
38 
14,877 
356,218 
38 
14,877 
1 
5 
11 
12 
9 
10 
282 
(D) 
6 
3 
1 
24 
4,155 
310,893 
7 
2,614 
6 
10 
6 
1 
1 
555 
226,077 
9,448,609 
336 
113,511 
16 
107 
146 
127 
159 
12 
4,143 
115,340 
12 
4,143 
8 
(D) 
505,688 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 389 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
