Table 33. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New York: 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 13,805 4,409 5,428 3,167 263 134 26 5 373 
50 to 99 acres 4,523 1,292 1,311 1,378 338 79 4 2 119 
100 to 199 acres 3,918 716 746 1,243 873 190 26 - 124 
200 to 499 acres 2,867 289 269 497 831 732 116 7 126 
500 to 999 acres 820 13 17 26 88 383 214 3 76 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 423 2 1 7 8 110 223 17 55 
2.000 acres or more 213 - - 1 - 4 90 97 21 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ...farms 3,850 835 1,097 1,043 448 233 68 20 106 
acres 113,918 20,488 21,949 24,072 18,664 15,203 7,373 1,900 4,269 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 2,298 703 712 555 118 92 28 12 78 
acres 55,109 14,082 12,907 10,131 4,317 3,974 4,056 2,223 3,419 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 6,227 1,856 2,093 1,331 337 242 127 23 218 
acres 214,488 65,796 60,064 37,357 12,790 11,354 10,864 3,767 12,496 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 1,386 323 325 406 121 86 62 12 51 
acres 49,865 5,830 9,727 9,220 6,301 5,943 7,352 1,400 4,092 
Total woodland farms 23,576 6,256 7,539 5,372 1,848 1,218 534 99 710 
acres 1,613,045 373,146 397,195 316,605 145,532 135,605 110,620 45,252 89,090 
Woodland pastured farms 5,286 1,338 1,633 1,444 426 196 73 10 166 
acres 146,995 35,059 34,201 35,425 19,485 9,820 5,075 674 7,256 
Woodland not pastured farms 21,433 5,691 6,829 4,782 1,704 1,161 518 97 651 
acres 1,466,050 338,087 362,994 281,180 126,047 125,785 105,545 44,578 81,834 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 20,430 4,983 6,894 5,077 1,619 940 311 51 555 
acres 724,581 147,997 171,761 173,982 86,322 66,819 37,035 5,782 34,883 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 28,023 7,225 9,123 6,570 2,086 1,400 599 113 907 
acres 628,909 132,946 131,221 119,389 57,575 63,600 58,187 21,846 44,145 
Irrigated land farms 3,404 591 846 1,071 278 254 124 23 217 
acres 59,807 (D) 3,531 5,844 3,947 9,755 20,195 (D) 6,166 
Harvested cropland farms 3,308 573 803 1,050 272 251 122 23 214 
acres 58,463 (D) 3,025 5,534 (D) 9,704 (D) (D) 6,090 
Pastureland and other land farms 124 24 53 29 6 3 2 1 6 
acres 1,344 336 506 310 (D) 51 (D) (D) 76 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 1,477 478 366 236 115 115 80 16 71 
acres 48,182 17,567 12,242 6,169 2,912 3,398 2,828 332 2,734 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 2,523 217 255 390 387 618 408 81 167 
acres 1,012,605 15,623 17,322 31,515 59,489 220,260 374,586 192,731 101,079 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ...farms 864 99 157 316 180 52 18 3 39 
$1,000 97,177 (D) 4,337 14,491 29,790 19,214 17,339 (D) 8,238 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 35,537 9,266 11,633 8,294 2,564 1,733 730 136 1,181 
$1,000 18,677,798 2,645,642 3,278,038 3,056,037 1,803,535 2,499,988 2,614,080 1,389,254 1,391,225 
Average per farm dollars 525,587 285,521 281,788 368,464 703,407 1,442,578 3,580,932 10,215,102 1,178,006 
Average per acre dollars 2,600 2,392 2,811 2,605 2,261 2,543 2,612 2,799 3,024 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 2,582 719 1,097 591 58 29 5 - 83 
$50,000 to $99,999 3,142 968 1,411 652 33 8 7 1 62 
$100,000 to $199,999 8,344 2,722 3,448 1,848 118 40 5 2 161 
$200,000 to $499,999 12,737 3,586 4,202 3,468 900 231 19 1 330 
$500,000 to $999,999 5,115 992 1,075 1,256 969 550 64 - 209 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 2,126 225 307 381 382 512 153 8 158 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 1,075 49 84 88 95 311 309 24 115 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 304 5 8 6 9 48 131 49 48 
$10,000,000 or more 112 - 1 4 - 4 37 51 15 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 35,537 9,266 11,633 8,294 2,564 1,733 730 136 1,181 
$1,000 4,163,633 515,287 593,739 631,474 462,806 655,574 671,071 347,281 286,401 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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452 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
