Table 30. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New Hampshire: 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 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems ■ 
Ethanol 
■ Con. 
farms 
Other 
farms 
17 
11 
4 
" 
" 
- 
" 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,487 
1,061 
1,375 
887 
47 
22 
5 
2 
88 
Part owners 
farms 
677 
132 
233 
164 
60 
37 
18 
2 
31 
Tenants 
farms 
227 
20 
55 
118 
14 
1 
2 
" 
17 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
4,166 
1,194 
1,608 
1,052 
107 
59 
23 
4 
119 
acres 
422,443 
109,020 
109,010 
97,649 
19,252 
20,968 
6,938 
3,045 
56,561 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
4,164 
1,193 
1,608 
1,051 
107 
59 
23 
4 
119 
acres 
414,109 
106,452 
105,455 
96,031 
19,164 
20,617 
(D) 
(D) 
56,407 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
905 
152 
288 
282 
74 
39 
20 
2 
48 
acres 
60,802 
6,328 
13,137 
16,755 
(D) 
5,801 
6,207 
(D) 
5,392 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
904 
152 
288 
282 
74 
38 
20 
2 
48 
acres 
59,956 
(D) 
(D) 
16,690 
5,281 
5,500 
6,207 
(D) 
(D) 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
180 
40 
77 
41 
14 
3 
_ 
_ 
5 
acres 
9,180 
2,568 
3,555 
1,683 
568 
(D) 
- 
" 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
... number 
7,300 
1,935 
2,716 
1,916 
209 
131 
65 
24 
304 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,937 
608 
688 
528 
54 
13 
4 
- 
42 
2 operators 
2,104 
498 
914 
551 
52 
31 
9 
- 
49 
3 operators 
294 
101 
53 
80 
12 
10 
6 
- 
32 
4 operators 
25 
2 
4 
4 
1 
4 
5 
1 
4 
5 or more operators 
31 
4 
4 
6 
2 
2 
1 
3 
9 
Total women operators 
... number 
3,098 
728 
1,181 
923 
77 
47 
22 
5 
115 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,619 
632 
1,052 
770 
70 
27 
12 
2 
54 
2 operators 
195 
39 
59 
60 
2 
10 
5 
- 
20 
3 operators 
23 
6 
2 
11 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
1 
" 
" 
" 
" 
3 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,033 
957 
1,183 
628 
97 
54 
23 
4 
87 
Female 
1,358 
256 
480 
541 
24 
6 
2 
49 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,107 
665 
- 
1,169 
121 
58 
22 
2 
70 
Other 
2,284 
548 
1,663 
- 
" 
2 
3 
2 
66 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,917 
1,130 
1,524 
1,020 
98 
52 
20 
1 
72 
Not on farm operated 
474 
83 
139 
149 
23 
8 
5 
3 
64 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,572 
736 
92 
516 
85 
49 
18 
2 
74 
Any 
2,819 
477 
1,571 
653 
36 
11 
7 
2 
62 
1 to 49 days 
354 
142 
100 
90 
8 
1 
2 
1 
10 
50 to 99 days 
306 
103 
71 
119 
3 
1 
- 
- 
9 
100 to 199 days 
495 
117 
202 
171 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 
200 days or more 
1,664 
115 
1,198 
273 
25 
9 
3 
1 
40 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
211 
43 
111 
40 
- 
- 
- 
- 
17 
3 or 4 years 
276 
15 
138 
103 
1 
- 
- 
- 
19 
5 to 9 years 
664 
110 
295 
215 
19 
9 
1 
- 
15 
10 years or more 
3,240 
1,045 
1,119 
811 
101 
51 
24 
4 
85 
Average years on present farm 
20.5 
27.8 
16.3 
18.2 
23.3 
28.1 
(D) 
(D) 
18.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
133 
24 
66 
32 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
3 or 4 years 
242 
11 
123 
98 
1 
- 
- 
- 
9 
5 to 9 years 
557 
98 
268 
156 
12 
8 
1 
- 
14 
1 0 years or more 
3,459 
1,080 
1,206 
883 
108 
52 
24 
4 
102 
Average years operating any farm ... 
22.4 
29.8 
18.3 
20.0 
24.9 
29.7 
(D) 
(D) 
20.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
15 
- 
3 
12 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
25 to 34 years 
186 
- 
84 
78 
9 
2 
- 
1 
12 
35 to 44 years 
449 
10 
215 
178 
21 
7 
3 
- 
15 
45 to 49 years 
432 
11 
244 
147 
8 
2 
3 
- 
17 
50 to 54 years 
676 
52 
329 
228 
26 
7 
- 
2 
32 
55 to 59 years 
661 
93 
304 
201 
16 
18 
7 
- 
22 
60 to 64 years 
634 
169 
263 
153 
16 
11 
5 
- 
17 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
412 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
