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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
3 
1 
4 
2 
- 
1 
acres 
111 
- 
- 
55 
(D) 
41 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
118 
22 
28 
28 
14 
14 
3 
- 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
79 
8 
- 
9 
15 
26 
10 
- 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
1 
- 
- 
2 
17 
14 
- 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
8 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
2 
" 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
5,366 
945 
1,152 
805 
551 
910 
689 
37 
277 
acres 
803,020 
23,562 
27,590 
25,859 
46,441 
176,941 
347,555 
56,330 
98,742 
bushels 
93,402,417 
1,974,549 
2,492,468 
2,193,763 
4,516,356 
19,711,173 
42,534,571 
8,041,006 
11,938,531 
Irrigated 
farms 
399 
44 
53 
48 
32 
76 
89 
11 
46 
acres 
26,656 
732 
592 
646 
744 
4,467 
10,988 
1,832 
6,655 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
2,129 
643 
821 
424 
109 
61 
18 
- 
53 
25 to 99 acres 
1,452 
254 
278 
334 
241 
221 
66 
3 
55 
1 00 to 249 acres 
882 
45 
51 
45 
183 
341 
142 
4 
71 
250 to 499 acres 
486 
3 
2 
2 
18 
242 
165 
8 
46 
500 acres or more 
417 
- 
- 
- 
- 
45 
298 
22 
52 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
602 
127 
98 
106 
40 
114 
59 
9 
49 
acres 
46,650 
2,432 
1,322 
1,955 
2,399 
12,667 
14,249 
9,077 
2,549 
tons 
732,594 
38,024 
16,776 
26,819 
38,128 
191,389 
224,133 
162,350 
34,975 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
- 
- 
4 
1 
4 
8 
1 
8 
acres 
903 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
34 
558 
(D) 
273 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
317 
94 
85 
83 
11 
12 
6 
1 
25 
25 to 99 acres 
148 
29 
12 
21 
23 
37 
9 
- 
17 
1 00 to 249 acres 
97 
4 
1 
2 
5 
57 
23 
- 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
- 
- 
- 
1 
8 
13 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
16 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
8 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
1,432 
82 
Ill 
161 
193 
360 
408 
26 
91 
acres 
580,801 
4,680 
10,020 
13,073 
35,191 
127,590 
287,582 
42,391 
60,274 
bales 
1,134,034 
9,137 
18,788 
21,427 
58,625 
244,980 
568,740 
84,340 
127,997 
Irrigated 
farms 
100 
2 
3 
2 
4 
25 
43 
4 
17 
acres 
16,104 
(D) 
78 
(D) 
176 
2,152 
8,121 
2,648 
2,883 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
100 
37 
15 
31 
5 
6 
3 
- 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
274 
31 
59 
89 
49 
28 
8 
- 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
331 
10 
32 
36 
92 
100 
45 
1 
15 
250 to 499 acres 
285 
4 
5 
- 
33 
134 
92 
2 
15 
500 acres or more 
442 
- 
- 
5 
14 
92 
260 
23 
48 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
10 
- 
3 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
95 
- 
3 
92 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
cwt 
1,707 
- 
33 
1,674 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
3 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats for grain 
farms 
443 
92 
114 
65 
49 
73 
37 
- 
13 
acres 
13,390 
1,039 
1,263 
1,118 
1,323 
2,731 
1,813 
- 
4,103 
bushels 
1,043,595 
58,162 
57,510 
72,886 
97,861 
218,494 
156,788 
- 
381,894 
Irrigated 
farms 
19 
- 
8 
4 
4 
2 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
87 
- 
34 
25 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
312 
82 
104 
53 
33 
25 
10 
- 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
111 
10 
10 
10 
15 
42 
20 
- 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
17 
- 
- 
2 
1 
6 
7 
- 
1 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
636 
31 
56 
61 
76 
154 
196 
13 
49 
acres 
105,739 
698 
1,837 
1,414 
5,641 
20,162 
49,642 
10,432 
15,913 
pounds 
415,209,198 
2,336,824 
6,489,301 
5,022,117 
21,009,519 
70,321,374 
205,773,082 
41,255,900 
63,001,081 
Irrigated 
farms 
57 
2 
3 
2 
1 
10 
22 
2 
15 
acres 
5,105 
(D) 
22 
(D) 
(D) 
306 
2,540 
(D) 
1,701 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
105 
21 
29 
39 
3 
2 
2 
- 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
190 
10 
24 
22 
54 
59 
14 
- 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
213 
- 
3 
- 
19 
82 
95 
- 
14 
250 to 499 acres 
91 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
69 
6 
7 
500 acres or more 
37 
- 
" 
- 
2 
16 
7 
12 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
594 
53 
70 
63 
91 
147 
115 
1 
54 
acres 
49,819 
2,038 
2,210 
(D) 
4,820 
16,111 
16,456 
(D) 
6,097 
bushels 
3,007,013 
119,846 
123,026 
(D) 
267,208 
953,592 
1,073,064 
(D) 
365,653 
Irrigated 
farms 
26 
2 
3 
1 
2 
5 
8 
5 
acres 
735 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
90 
424 
- 
142 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
175 
24 
45 
41 
23 
18 
5 
- 
19 
25 to 99 acres 
247 
26 
22 
20 
59 
62 
37 
- 
21 
1 00 to 249 acres 
126 
3 
3 
2 
8 
46 
55 
1 
8 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
472 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
