Table 39. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Pennsylvania: 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 24,756 7,169 10,794 5,240 734 195 57 22 545 
50 to 99 acres 8,415 1,848 2,359 2,104 1,690 221 13 1 179 
100 to 199 acres 5,168 824 1,013 1,443 1,064 620 45 1 158 
200 to 499 acres 3,392 260 325 454 933 1,044 137 2 237 
500 to 999 acres 867 16 11 11 90 468 171 11 89 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 298 - 2 3 3 110 155 4 21 
2.000 acres or more 85 - - - - 4 57 11 13 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ...farms 4,962 1,231 1,661 1,105 563 219 63 7 113 
acres 118,049 27,716 29,911 22,377 12,157 10,296 3,846 1,721 10,025 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 2,560 735 1,006 553 103 58 15 1 89 
acres 45,692 13,646 13,509 10,398 2,249 1,123 (D) (D) (D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 11,720 4,316 4,559 1,623 385 294 120 9 414 
acres 383,267 152,963 133,685 45,791 9,859 12,050 (D) (D) 20,227 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 1,972 566 568 498 202 67 22 2 47 
acres 42,044 11,091 10,026 10,506 5,182 2,864 (D) (D) (D) 
Total woodland farms 35,896 10,394 13,433 6,628 2,430 1,568 372 25 1,046 
acres 1,804,157 506,973 536,214 332,707 108,922 111,799 52,761 8,387 146,394 
Woodland pastured farms 8,420 2,200 3,210 1,798 690 272 41 2 207 
acres 134,964 39,550 39,133 28,026 13,306 8,537 (D) (D) 4,411 
Woodland not pastured farms 32,282 9,450 12,052 5,850 2,131 1,459 359 24 957 
acres 1,669,193 467,423 497,081 304,681 95,616 103,262 (D) (D) 141,983 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 35,646 8,580 13,127 7,501 3,489 1,727 311 15 896 
acres 814,210 206,837 232,841 177,657 83,935 61,948 19,529 2,423 29,040 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 45,840 12,043 16,743 9,060 3,817 2,236 545 59 1,337 
acres 540,025 152,057 157,124 94,059 42,351 44,009 16,133 3,728 30,564 
Irrigated land farms 4,539 527 1,179 1,614 561 304 125 33 196 
acres 38,990 1,863 3,266 6,534 5,900 7,931 6,267 2,114 5,115 
Harvested cropland farms 4,475 521 1,155 1,587 560 303 125 33 191 
acres 38,224 (D) 3,020 6,274 5,860 (D) 6,267 2,114 5,066 
Pastureland and other land farms 104 10 40 40 5 3 - - 6 
acres 766 (D) 246 260 40 (D) - - 49 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 6,547 2,663 2,330 686 248 265 94 4 257 
acres 194,234 92,484 63,146 17,663 5,236 4,217 2,453 81 8,954 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 5,092 662 870 946 832 1,082 380 23 297 
acres 1,181,661 46,172 65,882 76,294 134,196 393,283 333,604 30,609 101,621 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ...farms 600 55 96 240 141 37 12 3 16 
$1,000 78,525 2,018 2,398 10,664 26,765 10,694 9,090 5,883 11,013 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 59,309 15,517 21,713 11,998 4,753 2,825 680 62 1,761 
$1,000 41,795,782 6,986,284 9,105,437 6,845,680 5,702,537 6,866,567 3,680,777 471,453 2,137,047 
Average per farm dollars 704,712 450,234 419,354 570,568 1,199,776 2,430,643 5,412,907 7,604,087 1,213,541 
Average per acre dollars 5,425 4,611 5,439 5,437 6,468 5,969 5,613 5,290 4,460 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 3,268 939 1,370 745 66 33 9 2 104 
$50,000 to $99,999 3,240 1,009 1,506 522 44 18 5 1 135 
$100,000 to $199,999 8,411 2,629 3,847 1,539 149 51 8 2 186 
$200,000 to $499,999 21,263 6,454 9,395 4,221 549 162 26 3 453 
$500,000 to $999,999 12,532 3,040 3,938 3,181 1,632 367 35 3 336 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 6,565 1,086 1,260 1,354 1,618 915 92 7 233 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 3,303 333 364 408 642 1,050 268 11 227 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 517 24 23 28 46 176 142 13 65 
$10,000,000 or more 210 3 10 - 7 53 95 20 22 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 59,306 15,515 21,713 11,997 4,753 2,825 680 62 1,761 
$1,000 5,321,820 811,767 1,077,653 899,225 756,157 902,833 473,484 108,427 292,273 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
536 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
