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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
.. farms 
8,542 
3,171 
3,036 
number 
108,585 
26,750 
25,049 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
.... farms 
12,974 
4,771 
4,701 
number 
326,826 
60,555 
51,218 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
.... farms 
15 
3 
4 
number 
2,428 
135 
410 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
.... farms 
2,217 
338 
594 
Farms with- 
number 
8,901,434 
356,270 
492,168 
1 to 24 
987 
233 
442 
25 to 49 
78 
16 
23 
50 to 99 
60 
11 
26 
1 00 to 1 99 
25 
2 
2 
200 to 499 
25 
6 
- 
500 or more 
1,042 
70 
101 
Used or to be used for breeding 
.... farms 
838 
150 
269 
number 
896,231 
10,699 
11,731 
Other hogs and pigs 
.... farms 
2,040 
283 
518 
number 
8,005,203 
345,571 
480,437 
Flogs and pigs sold 
.... farms 
1,833 
238 
397 
number 
34,456,613 
1,159,552 
1,982,724 
$1,000 
2,873,988 
117,062 
139,399 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
.... farms 
1,311 
342 
609 
number 
29,224 
9,189 
11,268 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
.... farms 
923 
250 
428 
number 
15,633 
4,986 
6,018 
Sheep and lambs sold 
.... farms 
752 
199 
349 
number 
14,523 
4,512 
5,299 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
.... farms 
10,261 
3,002 
4,752 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
66,870 
18,464 
26,210 
inventory 
.... farms 
9,785 
2,789 
4,599 
number 
55,143 
15,721 
22,969 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
.... farms 
1,955 
511 
839 
number 
7,037 
1,910 
2,472 
Goats, all inventory 
.... farms 
4,387 
1,190 
2,249 
number 
66,367 
18,682 
30,846 
Goats, all sold 
.... farms 
2,346 
657 
1,170 
number 
30,589 
8,023 
13,025 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
4,996 
1,318 
2,275 
Farms with- 
number 
13,091,384 
526,016 
546,743 
1 to 399 
4,605 
1,288 
2,236 
400 to 3,199 
40 
2 
11 
3,200 to 9,999 
74 
7 
8 
10,000 to 19,999 
101 
11 
9 
20,000 to 49,999 
148 
10 
11 
50,000 to 99,999 
23 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
5 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
.... farms 
763 
184 
292 
number 
6,239,251 
685,571 
1,038,605 
Layers sold (see text) 
.... farms 
1,109 
213 
428 
number 
10,310,945 
522,598 
549,419 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
.... farms 
268 
38 
83 
number 
11,734,548 
1,364,283 
1,901,986 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
.... farms 
1,969 
245 
306 
Farms with- 
number 
801,883,037 
58,646,796 
69,508,830 
1 to 1,999 
271 
66 
117 
2,000 to 59,999 
53 
7 
5 
60,000 to 99,999 
37 
10 
10 
100,000 or more 
1,608 
162 
174 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
.... farms 
829 
143 
226 
number 
17,191,277 
1,247,033 
1,116,354 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
.... farms 
590 
70 
103 
number 
54,109,724 
2,741,193 
3,593,212 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
.... farms 
250 
31 
28 
acres 
16,695 
832 
232 
bushels 
985,012 
54,814 
10,294 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
1,386 
291 
273 
157 
10 
218 
17,614 
9,296 
9,161 
9,311 
3,834 
7,570 
2,034 
443 
428 
248 
19 
330 
35,978 
27,525 
59,633 
63,262 
8,192 
20,463 
1 
- 
2 
2 
- 
3 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
93 
518 
210 
240 
168 
27 
122 
713,509 
1,019,901 
1,698,418 
1,594,977 
1,202,780 
1,823,411 
271 
11 
15 
1 
_ 
14 
36 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
14 
3 
4 
1 
- 
1 
14 
3 
- 
3 
- 
1 
4 
6 
7 
1 
- 
1 
179 
186 
212 
162 
27 
105 
200 
34 
62 
56 
21 
46 
16,308 
43,717 
85,502 
143,109 
246,431 
338,734 
480 
207 
238 
168 
27 
119 
697,201 
976,184 
1,612,916 
1,451,868 
956,349 
1,484,677 
416 
206 
251 
173 
27 
125 
2,737,290 
4,089,909 
5,914,083 
5,861,061 
4,416,276 
8,295,718 
200,117 
347,437 
532,506 
546,163 
427,644 
563,659 
293 
28 
19 
3 
_ 
17 
6,428 
1,093 
566 
60 
- 
620 
197 
23 
9 
3 
- 
13 
2,893 
875 
399 
26 
- 
436 
153 
23 
14 
3 
- 
11 
3,138 
418 
845 
39 
- 
272 
1,933 
162 
131 
59 
2 
220 
16,522 
1,767 
1,054 
(D) 
(D) 
2,390 
1,861 
150 
122 
53 
2 
209 
12,195 
1,123 
835 
(D) 
(D) 
1,854 
502 
46 
21 
1 
1 
34 
1,830 
510 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
186 
782 
64 
32 
4 
- 
66 
12,882 
1,278 
537 
64 
- 
2,078 
445 
30 
19 
1 
- 
24 
8,194 
479 
522 
(D) 
' 
(D) 
1,115 
122 
59 
26 
3 
78 
1,699,606 
2,374,126 
1,705,326 
1,118,829 
(D) 
(D) 
971 
33 
13 
3 
_ 
61 
19 
4 
1 
- 
- 
3 
53 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
53 
11 
5 
8 
- 
4 
19 
68 
31 
4 
- 
5 
- 
1 
9 
11 
- 
2 
- 
" 
- 
- 
3 
2 
231 
20 
9 
12 
3 
12 
1,796,634 
628,565 
298,110 
502,550 
945,270 
343,946 
279 
97 
47 
19 
3 
23 
1,558,465 
2,442,693 
1,702,605 
825,500 
2,233,260 
476,405 
98 
20 
11 
12 
2 
4 
3,442,816 
1,422,960 
877,200 
631,300 
(D) 
(D) 
500 
538 
251 
61 
3 
65 
99,514,922 
272,543,941 
182,885,255 
61,359,260 
12,467,308 
44,956,725 
82 
4 
_ 
_ 
_ 
2 
31 
7 
1 
- 
- 
2 
14 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
373 
526 
248 
61 
3 
61 
204 
72 
89 
52 
6 
37 
2,084,362 
2,259,647 
5,484,214 
2,572,653 
1,179,765 
1,247,249 
139 
82 
99 
60 
8 
29 
4,606,496 
7,659,470 
18,335,824 
8,977,180 
3,290,305 
4,906,044 
37 
31 
58 
37 
28 
686 
1,041 
3,973 
7,909 
- 
2,022 
44,220 
64,983 
255,138 
431,013 
- 
124,550 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 471 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
