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 
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 
33 
5 
•- 
5 
12 
7 
3 
1 
- 
acres 
51 
7 
- 
(D) 
12 
21 
5 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,982 
230 
364 
440 
502 
342 
31 
- 
73 
25 to 99 acres 
597 
21 
14 
42 
115 
282 
85 
- 
38 
1 00 to 249 acres 
41 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
25 
- 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Corn for grain farms 
16,800 
2,690 
3,961 
3,808 
3,153 
2,100 
478 
19 
591 
acres 
998,376 
68,488 
98,849 
105,278 
150,805 
300,759 
193,203 
14,305 
66,689 
bushels 
125,500,345 
7,798,781 
11,462,652 
11,980,711 
18,891,536 
38,522,067 
26,301,269 
1,944,652 
8,598,677 
Irrigated farms 
335 
21 
57 
97 
89 
41 
13 
2 
15 
acres 
5,099 
(D) 
236 
520 
1,116 
1,884 
891 
(D) 
267 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8,736 
1,795 
2,761 
2,293 
1,442 
264 
20 
- 
161 
25 to 99 acres 
5,624 
783 
1,036 
1,403 
1,252 
851 
71 
1 
227 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,717 
106 
158 
107 
427 
619 
150 
8 
142 
250 to 499 acres 
464 
6 
6 
5 
31 
271 
99 
3 
43 
500 acres or more 
259 
- 
- 
- 
1 
95 
138 
7 
18 
Corn for silage or greenchop farms 
9,752 
707 
1,160 
2,163 
3,256 
1,740 
344 
19 
363 
acres 
412,695 
14,198 
18,663 
41,115 
100,814 
119,310 
67,854 
23,868 
26,873 
tons 
7,205,366 
228,576 
297,407 
645,666 
1,787,901 
2,069,667 
1,245,901 
487,479 
442,769 
Irrigated farms 
216 
4 
26 
64 
78 
29 
5 
4 
6 
acres 
1,794 
6 
58 
176 
233 
453 
179 
669 
20 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,959 
500 
915 
1,647 
1,583 
165 
12 
1 
136 
25 to 99 acres 
3,955 
201 
242 
492 
1,597 
1,217 
70 
- 
136 
1 00 to 249 acres 
684 
6 
3 
24 
76 
341 
165 
- 
69 
250 to 499 acres 
113 
- 
- 
- 
- 
13 
77 
6 
17 
500 acres or more 
41 
- 
- 
- 
" 
4 
20 
12 
5 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas farms 
21 
6 
3 
6 
- 
2 
2 
- 
2 
acres 
608 
(D) 
5 
40 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
14,617 
675 
95 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
4 
2 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
17 
5 
3 
5 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
100 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Oats for grain farms 
4,524 
1,016 
1,312 
1,123 
485 
336 
67 
1 
184 
acres 
65,158 
9,417 
11,907 
12,783 
10,600 
11,219 
4,572 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
3,802,765 
518,408 
645,717 
732,017 
651,105 
706,164 
289,978 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
39 
3 
12 
15 
5 
2 
- 
2 
acres 
113 
3 
47 
46 
7 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3,890 
960 
1,250 
1,039 
334 
170 
17 
- 
120 
25 to 99 acres 
578 
54 
59 
83 
142 
145 
36 
- 
59 
1 00 to 249 acres 
50 
2 
3 
1 
9 
20 
10 
- 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Sorghum for grain farms 
75 
5 
10 
15 
15 
13 
9 
- 
8 
acres 
2,170 
311 
249 
187 
181 
276 
486 
- 
480 
bushels 
165,396 
(D) 
11,789 
15,776 
(D) 
26,621 
34,367 
- 
26,266 
Irrigated farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
57 
4 
7 
13 
13 
11 
4 
- 
5 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
- 
3 
2 
2 
1 
3 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans farms 
7,718 
989 
1,653 
1,534 
1,337 
1,503 
354 
12 
336 
acres 
519,718 
30,679 
48,248 
43,387 
67,520 
170,618 
117,396 
8,324 
33,546 
bushels 
25,008,038 
1,420,942 
2,240,667 
2,011,727 
3,270,949 
8,114,088 
5,916,938 
408,239 
1,624,488 
Irrigated farms 
129 
11 
25 
26 
31 
22 
7 
3 
4 
acres 
1,162 
53 
108 
220 
253 
324 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3,420 
571 
1,020 
891 
531 
296 
24 
- 
87 
25 to 99 acres 
3,011 
363 
548 
604 
615 
649 
80 
2 
150 
1 00 to 249 acres 
865 
52 
78 
37 
177 
353 
102 
2 
64 
250 to 499 acres 
275 
3 
6 
2 
13 
165 
57 
4 
25 
500 acres or more 
147 
- 
1 
" 
1 
40 
91 
4 
10 
Sunflower seed, all farms 
30 
8 
5 
7 
1 
6 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
657 
16 
57 
78 
(D) 
353 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
593,682 
18,696 
(D) 
90,278 
(D) 
285,488 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated farms 
6 
4 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
10 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
21 
8 
4 
5 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
8 
- 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
542 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
