Table 31 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New Jersey: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
9,071 
2,461 
3,509 
1,953 
280 
328 
190 
18 
332 
percent 
100.0 
27.1 
38.7 
21.5 
3.1 
3.6 
2.1 
0.2 
3.7 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
715,057 
98,821 
129,495 
111,178 
56,118 
121,604 
117,489 
26,580 
53,772 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
79 
40 
37 
57 
200 
371 
618 
1,477 
162 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
9,071 
2,461 
3,509 
1,953 
280 
328 
190 
18 
332 
$1,000 
1,014,532 
30,253 
48,188 
45,307 
60,763 
184,256 
324,638 
201,187 
119,940 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
111,843 
12,293 
13,733 
23,199 
217,009 
561,756 
1,708,623 
11,177,043 
361,266 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
2,232 
604 
1,067 
480 
6 
4 
1 
70 
$1,000 to $2,499 
1,521 
529 
711 
257 
1 
- 
1 
- 
22 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,039 
406 
438 
171 
- 
2 
- 
- 
22 
$5,000 to $9,999 
962 
349 
397 
193 
- 
- 
- 
- 
23 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,050 
263 
432 
304 
4 
2 
- 
- 
45 
$25,000 to $49,999 
611 
159 
219 
193 
4 
2 
_ 
_ 
34 
$50,000 to $99,999 
526 
102 
147 
241 
6 
3 
2 
- 
25 
$100,000 to $249,999 
433 
40 
75 
114 
160 
3 
2 
- 
39 
$250,000 to $499,999 
267 
9 
23 
- 
99 
122 
2 
12 
$500,000 to $999,999 
212 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
190 
5 
- 
17 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
218 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
177 
18 
23 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
150 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
140 
- 
10 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
47 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
37 
- 
10 
$5,000,000 or more 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18 
3 
Total sales 
.... farms 
9,071 
2,461 
3,509 
1,953 
280 
328 
190 
18 
332 
$1,000 
1,006,936 
29,773 
47,261 
44,320 
(D) 
182,429 
322,710 
(D) 
119,510 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
1,547 
364 
480 
329 
112 
141 
68 
3 
50 
$1,000 
126,967 
6,377 
12,153 
(D) 
16,565 
37,183 
40,736 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
460 
37 
64 
79 
87 
114 
58 
1 
20 
$1,000 
114,832 
3,650 
7,882 
6,125 
16,098 
36,537 
40,514 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn 
... farms 
1,000 
197 
299 
211 
95 
105 
54 
2 
37 
$1,000 
66,692 
2,529 
6,515 
4,552 
9,630 
19,055 
22,084 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
283 
14 
44 
21 
64 
79 
47 
1 
13 
$1,000 
58,101 
1,149 
4,348 
1,515 
8,991 
18,274 
21,899 
(D) 
(D) 
Wheat 
... farms 
360 
43 
74 
75 
41 
67 
41 
1 
18 
$1,000 
9,844 
359 
775 
(D) 
968 
3,054 
3,234 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
56 
- 
2 
3 
22 
25 
4 
$1,000 
5,476 
- 
(D) 
- 
169 
1,991 
2,784 
- 
(D) 
Soybeans 
... farms 
775 
158 
205 
151 
82 
107 
53 
1 
18 
$1,000 
48,777 
3,388 
4,745 
3,740 
5,849 
14,461 
15,082 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
242 
23 
17 
20 
46 
79 
46 
11 
$1,000 
40,064 
1,800 
1,915 
1,490 
4,942 
13,751 
14,884 
- 
1,281 
Sorghum 
... farms 
32 
4 
14 
7 
2 
2 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
300 
11 
46 
127 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
... farms 
40 
11 
5 
6 
1 
10 
5 
- 
2 
$1,000 
549 
25 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
147 
36 
32 
38 
13 
16 
6 
6 
$1,000 
804 
65 
(D) 
134 
93 
193 
(D) 
- 
59 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
276 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
1,133 
255 
328 
227 
81 
105 
82 
3 
52 
$1,000 
191,704 
4,322 
5,727 
5,911 
(D) 
36,994 
89,367 
(D) 
24,903 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
349 
23 
23 
38 
57 
93 
80 
3 
32 
$1,000 
182,258 
(D) 
2,639 
3,121 
9,264 
36,726 
(D) 
(D) 
24,638 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
770 
192 
252 
136 
34 
73 
41 
5 
37 
$1,000 
145,351 
(D) 
2,927 
2,850 
(D) 
23,407 
51,527 
34,750 
23,727 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
162 
7 
12 
16 
20 
49 
34 
5 
19 
$1,000 
139,619 
981 
1,140 
1,374 
3,358 
23,026 
51,408 
34,750 
23,581 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
410 
101 
143 
73 
24 
35 
17 
- 
17 
$1,000 
35,774 
1,126 
1,477 
1,436 
2,231 
8,216 
20,216 
- 
1,072 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
73 
2 
4 
7 
15 
23 
15 
- 
7 
$1,000 
32,362 
(D) 
336 
568 
2,110 
8,020 
(D) 
- 
989 
Berries 
... farms 
478 
120 
139 
84 
21 
55 
32 
5 
22 
$1,000 
109,576 
(D) 
1,450 
1,414 
(D) 
15,191 
31,310 
34,750 
22,655 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
97 
5 
8 
9 
6 
30 
22 
5 
12 
$1,000 
106,951 
810 
804 
802 
1,183 
14,849 
31,176 
34,750 
22,577 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 419 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
