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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Land in vegetables (see text) - Con. 
Tomatoes in the open farms 
233 
62 
86 
68 
3 
9 
1 
- 
4 
acres 
91 
20 
28 
22 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
- 
4 
Harvested for processing farms 
39 
8 
22 
9 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
7 
1 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in orchards farms 
372 
77 
200 
48 
11 
17 
3 
- 
16 
acres 
1,286 
321 
493 
161 
40 
112 
6 
- 
155 
Irrigated farms 
131 
28 
68 
20 
- 
2 
2 
- 
11 
acres 
339 
91 
130 
75 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
34 
Farms by bearing and nonbearing acres: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
298 
65 
167 
39 
8 
13 
3 
- 
3 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
67 
10 
33 
7 
3 
2 
- 
- 
12 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
7 
2 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250.0 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Apples farms 
146 
29 
83 
24 
1 
4 
1 
- 
4 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
298 
39 
105 
66 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Grapes farms 
210 
44 
104 
23 
9 
13 
2 
- 
15 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
572 
127 
231 
58 
(D) 
40 
(D) 
- 
75 
Peaches, all farms 
62 
16 
30 
13 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
31 
(D) 
10 
5 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Almonds farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Pecans farms 
17 
7 
7 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
105 
48 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Walnuts, English farms 
8 
2 
4 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bearing and nonbearing acres 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land in berries (see text) farms 
140 
33 
62 
33 
1 
9 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
144 
32 
50 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
1 Landlord production expenses are included with total farm production expenses. 
2 Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1,000. 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 391 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
