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 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large- Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 5,223 1,610 2,246 1,005 108 66 29 4 155 
50 to 99 acres 507 122 136 138 31 39 13 2 26 
100 to 199 acres 369 45 71 113 31 59 30 1 19 
200 to 499 acres 292 17 27 45 69 63 45 4 22 
500 to 999 acres 124 2 1 - 20 61 24 2 14 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 50 - - - - 15 30 4 1 
2.000 acres or more 10 - 1 - - 1 8 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ...farms 805 238 299 205 11 17 8 1 26 
acres 16,926 3,273 3,836 3,532 (D) 3,565 (D) (D) 1,421 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 426 90 145 120 19 26 8 1 17 
acres 5,122 624 1,147 1,201 563 969 (D) (D) 364 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 925 227 295 199 55 53 32 7 57 
acres 21,321 2,615 4,135 4,741 1,838 2,635 2,637 615 2,105 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 237 73 61 57 10 12 7 1 16 
acres 4,389 689 738 1,268 (D) 367 631 (D) 440 
Total woodland farms 4,512 1,292 1,779 922 122 136 83 10 168 
acres 132,940 25,445 33,054 23,623 5,264 12,061 (D) (D) 14,044 
Woodland pastured farms 942 281 391 202 12 12 10 - 34 
acres 10,923 2,895 3,175 2,421 67 404 213 - 1,748 
Woodland not pastured farms 3,885 1,106 1,518 783 114 132 78 10 144 
acres 122,017 22,550 29,879 21,202 5,197 11,657 (D) (D) 12,296 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 4,362 1,219 1,777 1,042 77 74 27 4 142 
acres 64,304 15,628 20,578 17,018 1,981 3,260 (D) (D) 3,734 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 6,930 1,892 2,711 1,503 202 229 119 13 261 
acres 61,062 12,074 13,535 10,343 2,581 5,941 (D) (D) 6,898 
Irrigated land farms 1,769 291 459 375 154 208 150 17 115 
acres 88,376 1,949 4,433 3,356 5,185 20,178 35,748 8,890 8,637 
Harvested cropland farms 1,705 277 438 357 154 206 149 17 107 
acres 87,770 1,809 4,273 3,272 5,178 (D) (D) 8,890 8,578 
Pastureland and other land farms 98 22 33 26 3 4 1 - 9 
acres 606 140 160 84 7 (D) (D) - 59 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 157 41 35 31 10 18 16 - 6 
acres 2,620 644 523 398 129 788 81 - 57 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 627 59 101 112 86 147 90 7 25 
acres 178,379 4,708 11,291 12,790 22,954 57,328 58,871 3,872 6,565 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ...farms 72 15 22 26 3 4 1 - 1 
$1,000 3,047 (D) 99 602 637 1,600 (D) - (D) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 9,071 2,461 3,509 1,953 280 328 190 18 332 
$1,000 9,147,216 1,527,324 2,096,563 1,628,950 658,616 1,278,652 1,122,892 199,686 634,534 
Average per farm dollars 1,008,402 620,611 597,482 834,076 2,352,200 3,898,331 5,909,957 11,093,668 1,911,246 
Average per acre dollars 12,792 15,455 16,190 14,652 11,736 10,515 9,557 7,513 11,800 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 577 184 228 131 3 4 3 1 23 
$50,000 to $99,999 399 97 191 92 4 3 1 - 11 
$100,000 to $199,999 796 261 320 175 14 8 2 - 16 
$200,000 to $499,999 3,013 902 1,363 605 41 21 11 - 70 
$500,000 to $999,999 2,364 681 929 544 62 55 18 - 75 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 964 207 326 219 57 63 35 1 56 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 656 107 131 153 68 103 42 5 47 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 201 21 14 27 23 47 43 3 23 
$10,000,000 or more 101 1 7 7 8 24 35 8 11 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 9,071 2,461 3,509 1,953 280 328 190 18 332 
$1,000 739,015 100,938 152,615 116,766 55,761 110,611 121,565 31,731 49,028 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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424 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
