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 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,954 
2,507 
3,064 
3,413 
2,546 
1,993 
627 
62 
workers 
65,487 
7,082 
8,528 
10,338 
7,364 
9,352 
7,955 
7,007 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
7,148 
829 
963 
1,371 
1,267 
1,549 
578 
61 
workers 
26,601 
1,510 
1,791 
2,533 
2,431 
4,369 
4,436 
5,022 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
10,805 
1,947 
2,435 
2,575 
1,785 
1,168 
400 
41 
workers 
38,886 
5,572 
6,737 
7,805 
4,933 
4,983 
3,519 
1,985 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
402 
31 
42 
60 
70 
69 
82 
12 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
38 
3 
19 
11 
2 
1 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,483 
6,975 
11,080 
6,251 
2,782 
1,438 
214 
7 
workers 
78,159 
16,270 
29,120 
17,142 
9,091 
3,962 
461 
13 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,575 
1,193 
2,679 
1,332 
79 
63 
34 
6 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,721 
5,060 
8,281 
3,532 
302 
144 
40 
12 
50 to 69 acres 
6,622 
1,817 
2,556 
1,421 
604 
69 
10 
4 
70 to 99 acres 
7,471 
2,119 
2,671 
1,459 
948 
117 
10 
1 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,845 
1,964 
2,276 
1,407 
755 
239 
8 
1 
140 to 179 acres 
3,903 
1,160 
1,167 
859 
394 
197 
15 
3 
180 to 219 acres 
2,660 
713 
716 
631 
302 
190 
18 
2 
220 to 259 acres 
1,866 
425 
439 
424 
283 
196 
17 
3 
260 to 499 acres 
4,224 
825 
733 
756 
801 
769 
92 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
1,768 
220 
172 
153 
254 
640 
176 
7 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
515 
21 
15 
20 
31 
191 
184 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
139 
- 
8 
4 
" 
10 
76 
11 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
8,445 
1,948 
3,005 
2,055 
542 
493 
123 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
1,711 
307 
593 
655 
52 
47 
16 
1 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,969 
610 
786 
364 
53 
62 
26 
2 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
3,020 
729 
1,065 
777 
93 
100 
68 
26 
Other crop farming (1119) 
17,328 
6,727 
7,300 
2,654 
154 
58 
10 
1 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
143 
6 
20 
110 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
17,185 
6,721 
7,280 
2,544 
149 
58 
10 
1 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7,665 
2,096 
3,524 
1,530 
214 
124 
19 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
726 
99 
150 
170 
163 
101 
13 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
6,598 
222 
355 
1,089 
3,003 
1,420 
256 
16 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
765 
70 
255 
172 
94 
106 
35 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,141 
268 
709 
468 
280 
239 
96 
13 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,073 
520 
1,124 
396 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,868 
1,921 
2,847 
1,668 
103 
73 
18 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,189 
4,776 
7,844 
5,332 
3,975 
2,131 
411 
17 
number 
1,626,374 
110,399 
158,459 
221,806 
383,016 
397,971 
209,158 
53,102 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,045 
1,916 
3,610 
1,264 
90 
32 
8 
1 0 to 49 
9,076 
2,301 
3,520 
2,532 
345 
121 
27 
- 
50 to 99 
4,387 
402 
489 
1,134 
2,061 
200 
18 
- 
100 to 199 
2,980 
127 
189 
271 
1,309 
926 
32 
- 
200 to 499 
1,422 
30 
35 
118 
161 
825 
147 
- 
500 or more 
279 
- 
1 
13 
9 
27 
179 
17 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
18,960 
3,661 
5,628 
3,696 
3,390 
1,711 
345 
17 
number 
680,584 
46,669 
61,435 
69,693 
171,719 
166,104 
97,996 
27,081 
Beef cows 
farms 
11,880 
3,416 
5,031 
2,410 
429 
267 
59 
2 
number 
148,249 
37,542 
48,571 
34,381 
9,357 
10,387 
2,063 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,978 
2,059 
3,292 
1,240 
159 
86 
10 
1 
1 0 to 49 
4,522 
1,286 
1,669 
1,073 
227 
121 
38 
1 
50 to 99 
290 
62 
59 
83 
31 
31 
6 
- 
100 to 199 
73 
9 
10 
14 
9 
20 
3 
- 
200 to 499 
15 
- 
1 
- 
3 
8 
2 
- 
500 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
7,829 
337 
749 
1,481 
3,113 
1,546 
307 
17 
number 
532,335 
9,127 
12,864 
35,312 
162,362 
155,717 
95,933 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,077 
136 
447 
395 
64 
14 
3 
1 0 to 49 
2,823 
132 
217 
979 
1,375 
50 
3 
- 
50 to 99 
2,725 
67 
78 
105 
1,606 
776 
18 
- 
100 to 199 
882 
2 
1 
2 
68 
668 
59 
- 
200 to 499 
246 
- 
6 
- 
- 
38 
175 
- 
500 or more 
76 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
49 
17 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
21,574 
3,807 
6,215 
4,630 
3,833 
2,054 
395 
17 
number 
945,790 
63,730 
97,024 
152,113 
211,297 
231,867 
111,162 
26,021 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
19,381 
3,314 
5,241 
4,065 
3,692 
2,068 
397 
17 
number 
880,431 
53,946 
71,774 
134,207 
192,439 
230,301 
103,217 
25,783 
$1,000 
717,085 
42,832 
61,859 
96,718 
150,677 
193,219 
86,948 
16,289 
Non-family 
farms 
742 
7,861 
530 
4,509 
454 
3,352 
36 
1 
736 
2,100 
189 
350 
141 
146 
195 
108 
88 
79 
246 
146 
43 
30 
278 
40 
66 
162 
424 
2 
422 
158 
30 
237 
31 
68 
29 
238 
703 
92,463 
125 
fgjcll] 
83 
126 
106 
33 
512 
39,887 
266 
(D) 
131 
107 
18 
8 
1 
1 
279 
(D) 
18 
67 
75 
82 
27 
10 
623 
52,576 
68,764 
68,544 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
540 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
