Table 34. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - North Carolina: 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
...farms 
2,475 
647 
688 
599 
144 
126 
100 
11 
160 
$1,000 
580,230 
14,648 
20,384 
17,917 
24,974 
44,913 
111,680 
89,953 
255,761 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
699 
80 
125 
141 
113 
93 
70 
8 
69 
$1,000 
558,671 
8,751 
14,090 
11,795 
24,421 
44,266 
111,130 
89,902 
254,316 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
1,151 
438 
396 
190 
33 
23 
19 
1 
51 
$1,000 
67,097 
6,559 
7,723 
5,008 
(D) 
10,509 
24,609 
(D) 
5,998 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
201 
29 
55 
33 
30 
20 
18 
1 
15 
$1,000 
58,357 
3,051 
4,965 
3,085 
(D) 
10,443 
(D) 
(D) 
5,585 
Cut Christmas trees 
...farms 
1,135 
436 
385 
187 
33 
23 
19 
1 
51 
$1,000 
67,064 
(D) 
7,705 
(□) 
(D) 
10,509 
24,609 
(D) 
5,998 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
201 
29 
55 
33 
30 
20 
18 
1 
15 
$1,000 
58,357 
(D) 
4,965 
3,085 
(D) 
10,443 
(□) 
(D) 
5,585 
Short-rotation woody crops 
...farms 
18 
2 
13 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
33 
(D) 
18 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
...farms 
10,811 
3,864 
3,854 
1,610 
356 
426 
333 
25 
343 
$1,000 
225,162 
17,959 
19,735 
14,067 
12,891 
34,086 
83,283 
16,282 
26,859 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
702 
29 
42 
33 
93 
195 
230 
19 
61 
$1,000 
170,777 
2,277 
2,922 
2,755 
9,807 
30,523 
81,881 
16,166 
24,445 
Maple syrup (see text) 
...farms 
9 
- 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
8 
- 
(Z) 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
...farms 
15,312 
5,601 
5,619 
2,421 
508 
486 
279 
19 
379 
$1,000 
332,733 
61,534 
52,132 
35,381 
27,464 
57,956 
68,181 
6,643 
23,443 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
1,072 
198 
129 
174 
134 
190 
159 
17 
71 
$1,000 
214,044 
19,077 
14,191 
14,408 
21,776 
52,628 
65,659 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk from cows (see text) 
...farms 
283 
28 
28 
23 
37 
91 
54 
8 
14 
$1,000 
179,265 
2,172 
1,559 
1,429 
6,334 
39,434 
73,097 
50,529 
4,711 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
243 
17 
14 
13 
35 
89 
54 
8 
13 
$1,000 
178,682 
2,007 
1,485 
1,239 
(D) 
(D) 
73,097 
50,529 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
...farms 
1,833 
238 
397 
416 
206 
251 
173 
27 
125 
$1,000 
2,873,988 
117,062 
139,399 
200,117 
347,437 
532,506 
546,163 
427,644 
563,659 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
1,122 
76 
107 
203 
196 
233 
169 
27 
111 
$1,000 
2,871,888 
116,556 
138,917 
199,275 
347,324 
532,461 
546,142 
427,644 
563,570 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
...farms 
2,964 
834 
1,454 
561 
51 
25 
4 
- 
35 
$1,000 
7,251 
1,800 
2,807 
1,998 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
- 
109 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
10 
- 
6 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
735 
- 
340 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
...farms 
2,220 
602 
955 
537 
58 
26 
2 
1 
39 
$1,000 
23,548 
4,222 
8,259 
5,733 
3,293 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
960 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
105 
15 
40 
26 
19 
3 
2 
$1,000 
10,713 
929 
3,193 
1,900 
3,176 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
...farms 
5,400 
1,011 
1,581 
1,345 
739 
404 
149 
25 
146 
$1,000 
4,837,026 
309,414 
364,462 
565,453 
1,266,934 
1,076,231 
460,590 
467,228 
326,714 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
2,690 
276 
323 
696 
719 
397 
149 
25 
105 
$1,000 
4,833,671 
(D) 
363,311 
564,166 
1,266,874 
(D) 
460,590 
467,228 
326,665 
Aquaculture 
...farms 
228 
64 
67 
42 
10 
19 
3 
- 
23 
$1,000 
23,365 
1,133 
(D) 
1,125 
1,841 
8,047 
(D) 
- 
6,722 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
63 
3 
7 
10 
9 
17 
3 
- 
14 
$1,000 
22,000 
521 
(D) 
914 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
6,698 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
...farms 
1,525 
525 
598 
335 
19 
17 
2 
- 
29 
$1,000 
8,089 
1,216 
(D) 
1,278 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
111 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
...farms 
16 
6 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
4,933 
415 
447 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
- 
Value of- 
Government payments 
...farms 
14,417 
4,354 
3,744 
2,167 
1,095 
1,449 
956 
56 
596 
$1,000 
120,129 
13,802 
11,793 
8,460 
1 1 ,624 
27,061 
35,833 
3,451 
8,105 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
...farms 
912 
167 
212 
164 
69 
135 
120 
2 
43 
$1,000 
37,702 
(D) 
911 
1,303 
1,999 
10,106 
18,348 
(D) 
3,794 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
...farms 
4,475 
1,331 
1,718 
1,061 
123 
94 
51 
6 
91 
$1,000 
31,826 
4,576 
4,762 
7,682 
4,725 
3,806 
4,429 
502 
1,344 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
...farms 
50,218 
16,594 
18,477 
8,372 
1,951 
1,885 
1,207 
108 
1,624 
$1,000 
10,061,152 
571,419 
664,247 
782,578 
1,491,471 
1,956,381 
2,186,416 
1,134,534 
1,274,105 
Average per farm 
. dollars 
200,350 
34,435 
35,950 
93,476 
764,465 
1,037,868 
1,811,447 
10,504,949 
784,547 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
...farms 
29,487 
9,257 
10,174 
5,002 
1,329 
1,629 
1,106 
72 
918 
$1,000 
555,515 
25,552 
27,871 
22,149 
33,326 
110,458 
223,354 
48,817 
63,987 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
21,781 
8,148 
8,905 
3,805 
314 
141 
27 
1 
440 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,231 
976 
1,141 
1,055 
491 
302 
63 
1 
202 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
462 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
