Table 38. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Oregon: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
35,439 
12,343 
12,810 
5,900 
1,057 
1,324 
727 
92 
1,186 
percent 
100.0 
34.8 
36.1 
16.6 
3.0 
3.7 
2.1 
0.3 
3.3 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
16,301,578 
1,999,454 
1,294,859 
2,141,724 
2,084,602 
3,340,893 
2,975,880 
431,827 
2,032,339 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
460 
162 
101 
363 
1,972 
2,523 
4,093 
4,694 
1,714 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
35,439 
12,343 
12,810 
5,900 
1,057 
1,324 
727 
92 
1,186 
$1,000 
4,969,514 
168,970 
164,297 
166,344 
244,502 
784,177 
1,390,202 
1,292,663 
758,358 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
140,227 
13,690 
12,826 
28,194 
231,317 
592,279 
1,912,245 
14,050,688 
639,425 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
8,219 
3,288 
3,774 
1,015 
6 
8 
128 
$1,000 to $2,499 
5,219 
2,178 
2,402 
573 
2 
3 
- 
- 
61 
$2,500 to $4,999 
4,626 
1,975 
1,932 
643 
- 
- 
- 
- 
76 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,236 
1,711 
1,754 
660 
4 
- 
- 
- 
107 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,200 
1,581 
1,469 
1,011 
8 
3 
- 
- 
128 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,383 
806 
696 
788 
9 
4 
_ 
_ 
80 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,810 
452 
431 
786 
17 
10 
- 
- 
114 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,791 
300 
303 
409 
630 
21 
1 
- 
127 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,107 
51 
46 
13 
368 
521 
2 
- 
106 
$500,000 to $999,999 
859 
1 
- 
2 
9 
717 
29 
- 
101 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
989 
- 
3 
- 
4 
37 
695 
92 
158 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
691 
- 
3 
- 
4 
32 
549 
- 
103 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
169 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
140 
3 
22 
$5,000,000 or more 
129 
- 
- 
- 
" 
1 
6 
89 
33 
Total sales 
.... farms 
35,439 
12,343 
12,810 
5,900 
1,057 
1,324 
727 
92 
1,186 
$1,000 
4,883,674 
156,338 
156,319 
159,242 
235,862 
760,958 
1,373,252 
1,291,145 
750,559 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
2,479 
290 
337 
403 
304 
580 
369 
43 
153 
$1,000 
570,142 
12,574 
9,896 
15,264 
39,871 
161,196 
206,988 
61,748 
62,606 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,427 
73 
53 
109 
223 
493 
330 
38 
108 
$1,000 
551,707 
8,846 
6,204 
10,258 
37,839 
159,180 
206,180 
61,577 
61,624 
Corn 
... farms 
579 
48 
68 
105 
85 
113 
103 
21 
36 
$1,000 
96,711 
1,302 
1,799 
2,983 
8,072 
15,630 
27,526 
27,422 
1 1 ,977 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
294 
8 
8 
20 
46 
88 
80 
19 
25 
$1,000 
91,930 
(□) 
1,142 
1,560 
7,176 
15,119 
27,079 
(D) 
11,868 
Wheat 
... farms 
1,964 
214 
230 
278 
252 
498 
326 
35 
131 
$1,000 
424,690 
9,974 
7,357 
10,724 
28,444 
129,585 
162,428 
29,076 
47,101 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,171 
51 
45 
75 
171 
411 
291 
31 
96 
$1,000 
408,982 
6,891 
4,904 
7,098 
26,190 
127,162 
161,570 
28,956 
46,211 
Soybeans 
... farms 
4 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
... farms 
327 
38 
28 
41 
40 
106 
55 
4 
15 
$1,000 
20,357 
(D) 
(D) 
744 
(D) 
8,218 
(D) 
(D) 
488 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
97 
6 
4 
9 
43 
29 
2 
4 
$1,000 
16,929 
443 
- 
265 
(D) 
6,873 
6,484 
(D) 
406 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
501 
58 
51 
77 
62 
122 
83 
12 
36 
$1,000 
28,351 
(□) 
(D) 
812 
(D) 
(D) 
10,180 
(D) 
3,041 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
121 
2 
2 
10 
41 
47 
9 
10 
$1,000 
22,791 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
5,932 
9,458 
3,424 
2,705 
Tobacco 
... farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
2,015 
422 
535 
447 
91 
178 
195 
27 
120 
$1,000 
492,143 
3,792 
5,467 
7,556 
10,121 
41,763 
165,455 
119,498 
138,490 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
575 
16 
24 
36 
65 
158 
180 
26 
70 
$1,000 
480,568 
(D) 
2,042 
3,372 
9,525 
41,360 
165,101 
(D) 
137,924 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
4,280 
1,349 
1,323 
792 
207 
227 
132 
17 
233 
$1,000 
517,166 
31,887 
35,154 
29,328 
37,269 
98,008 
140,624 
41,063 
103,833 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,292 
174 
205 
238 
183 
206 
124 
15 
147 
$1,000 
482,959 
19,584 
23,362 
(D) 
36,839 
97,543 
140,460 
(D) 
102,517 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
3,180 
1,054 
950 
575 
156 
159 
91 
13 
182 
$1,000 
330,012 
24,728 
25,610 
21,973 
27,940 
67,272 
85,473 
14,769 
62,248 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
938 
134 
147 
177 
136 
139 
81 
12 
112 
$1,000 
303,804 
14,957 
17,031 
(D) 
27,681 
66,785 
85,251 
(D) 
61,032 
Berries 
... farms 
1,471 
406 
465 
284 
67 
96 
75 
10 
68 
$1,000 
187,153 
7,159 
9,544 
7,355 
9,329 
30,737 
55,151 
26,294 
41,585 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
403 
38 
58 
60 
47 
82 
66 
9 
43 
$1,000 
177,701 
(D) 
6,246 
5,073 
8,841 
30,490 
54,980 
(D) 
41,343 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 517 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
