Table 35. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - North Dakota: 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 2,481 593 1,273 541 21 7 2-44 
50 to 99 acres 1,410 292 628 441 16 4 1 - 28 
100 to 199 acres 1,991 365 692 724 113 28 6 - 63 
200 to 499 acres 3,072 327 733 961 854 134 7 - 56 
500 to 999 acres 2,942 124 259 238 1,205 1,030 40 1 45 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 3,451 14 38 26 422 2,515 371 2 63 
2.000 acres or more 4,044 1 2 - 31 1,031 2,698 121 160 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ...farms 1,549 226 392 316 188 288 112 3 24 
acres 321,936 23,541 37,475 43,176 58,794 102,581 53,799 111 2,459 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 1,823 152 286 233 275 458 363 22 34 
acres 377,660 16,222 31,698 31,561 47,196 93,976 128,431 19,007 9,569 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 13,494 3,961 4,177 1,456 735 1,480 1,166 50 469 
acres 2,665,385 785,876 725,059 259,056 135,830 334,424 299,761 22,618 102,761 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 1,603 168 175 295 256 359 287 18 45 
acres 312,443 22,040 17,663 33,282 39,780 91,025 92,247 8,964 7,442 
Total woodland farms 2,851 572 958 448 216 354 225 4 74 
acres 271,799 45,196 87,091 39,182 27,043 38,816 26,336 170 7,965 
Woodland pastured farms 1,088 171 372 238 97 111 75 - 24 
acres 125,002 13,195 34,956 26,375 18,057 20,829 9,415 - 2,175 
Woodland not pastured farms 2,017 439 676 251 142 285 165 4 55 
acres 146,797 32,001 52,135 12,807 8,986 17,987 16,921 170 5,790 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 14,750 2,326 4,291 2,579 1,727 2,310 1,190 32 295 
acres 10,247,184 743,874 1,093,567 1,697,692 1,919,030 2,829,146 1,639,123 110,155 214,597 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 18,925 3,432 5,236 2,772 1,879 3,168 1,902 61 475 
acres 1,596,390 187,907 231,348 174,991 167,879 401,710 347,161 35,517 49,877 
Irrigated land farms 744 49 99 67 84 156 234 25 30 
acres 218,407 2,580 4,320 4,619 10,315 43,811 99,740 41,807 11,215 
Harvested cropland farms 729 41 92 67 84 156 234 25 30 
acres 217,057 1,944 4,297 (D) 9,898 (D) 99,536 41,807 11,215 
Pastureland and other land farms 33 10 7 2 7 3 4 
acres 1,350 636 23 (D) 417 (D) 204 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 13,150 3,892 4,029 1,330 662 1,502 1,227 46 462 
acres 2,163,579 717,375 653,876 207,425 104,954 195,144 185,614 7,733 91,458 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 13,335 626 1,371 1,503 2,157 4,317 2,934 116 311 
acres 20,632,487 184,187 432,486 407,332 1,543,724 6,477,901 9,795,997 1,077,443 713,417 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ...farms 118 5 19 31 28 23 11 1 
$1,000 9,754 (D) 856 973 2,170 2,956 2,668 (D) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 30,961 5,944 8,821 4,449 2,763 4,832 3,153 126 873 
$1,000 56,002,289 2,289,384 3,797,863 2,869,706 4,087,052 13,987,875 23,562,731 3,192,588 2,215,091 
Average per farm dollars 1,808,801 385,159 430,548 645,023 1,479,208 2,894,842 7,473,115 25,337,999 2,537,333 
Average per acre dollars 1,426 1,083 1,335 990 975 1,268 1,741 2,234 1,822 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 2,938 898 1,344 527 29 35 9 - 96 
$50,000 to $99,999 2,732 947 1,273 385 25 14 3 - 85 
$100,000 to $199,999 3,922 1,237 1,771 681 45 45 8 1 134 
$200,000 to $499,999 5,995 1,600 2,470 1,291 276 148 39 - 171 
$500,000 to $999,999 4,242 787 1,155 945 799 406 47 1 102 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 3,977 333 537 454 1,003 1,368 196 3 83 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 4,165 122 219 148 527 2,126 951 7 65 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 1,971 12 38 9 45 619 1,160 19 69 
$10,000,000 or more 1,019 8 14 9 14 71 740 95 68 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 30,956 5,943 8,818 4,448 2,763 4,832 3,153 126 873 
$1,000 9,297,134 279,378 563,358 426,538 728,969 2,584,726 3,936,669 424,442 353,053 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
480 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
