Table 41. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - South Carolina: 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
658 
199 
206 
122 
24 
36 
26 
4 
41 
$1,000 
165,740 
5,170 
6,793 
3,167 
5,102 
17,448 
45,491 
70,680 
11,889 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
207 
32 
40 
25 
24 
34 
26 
4 
22 
$1,000 
159,604 
2,945 
4,661 
(D) 
5,102 
(D) 
45,491 
70,680 
11,441 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
149 
55 
61 
27 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 
$1,000 
1,790 
661 
799 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
7 
2 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
761 
(D) 
531 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
91 
42 
33 
12 
- 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
666 
414 
132 
108 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
60 
13 
28 
15 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
1,124 
247 
668 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
5 
- 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
581 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
5,224 
1,822 
2,114 
622 
128 
218 
173 
10 
137 
$1,000 
176,190 
14,263 
14,339 
7,178 
7,029 
35,510 
69,331 
13,696 
14,845 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
527 
49 
32 
32 
54 
157 
155 
10 
38 
$1,000 
146,858 
3,918 
2,921 
2,594 
6,054 
34,557 
68,986 
13,696 
14,131 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
5,778 
2,159 
2,331 
777 
133 
144 
63 
2 
169 
$1,000 
92,352 
21,097 
21,294 
9,351 
6,405 
13,455 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
288 
44 
49 
36 
38 
60 
34 
2 
25 
$1,000 
46,080 
3,506 
4,722 
2,792 
4,642 
11,863 
9,056 
(D) 
(D) 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
75 
5 
4 
7 
4 
24 
20 
11 
$1,000 
56,008 
433 
124 
447 
876 
11,937 
27,709 
- 
14,483 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
65 
2 
2 
3 
4 
24 
20 
- 
10 
$1,000 
55,773 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
876 
11,937 
27,709 
- 
(D) 
Flogs and pigs 
.. farms 
571 
157 
223 
138 
13 
10 
12 
2 
16 
$1,000 
93,527 
11,743 
7,195 
3,766 
16,169 
25,550 
14,572 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
53 
7 
11 
10 
7 
6 
8 
2 
2 
$1,000 
92,387 
11,471 
6,907 
3,391 
16,104 
25,533 
14,530 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
1,440 
428 
707 
256 
10 
11 
4 
- 
24 
$1,000 
2,477 
858 
945 
336 
63 
207 
12 
- 
56 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Florses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
1,601 
449 
744 
338 
15 
19 
3 
- 
33 
$1,000 
16,406 
4,305 
5,304 
4,894 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
76 
21 
19 
30 
6 
- 
$1,000 
6,393 
1,520 
1,325 
2,522 
- 
1,026 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
2,210 
528 
847 
382 
204 
132 
43 
6 
68 
$1,000 
1,476,817 
108,599 
138,494 
111,952 
399,644 
389,990 
155,608 
75,790 
96,741 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
634 
68 
70 
90 
196 
126 
43 
6 
35 
$1,000 
1,475,032 
108,136 
137,757 
111,581 
399,619 
389,969 
155,608 
75,790 
96,573 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
57 
13 
21 
10 
1 
2 
- 
- 
10 
$1,000 
5,138 
318 
490 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
3,311 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
10 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
4,799 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
601 
187 
264 
111 
8 
16 
3 
- 
12 
$1,000 
3,786 
278 
684 
302 
(D) 
1,449 
(D) 
- 
62 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
17 
- 
4 
2 
2 
7 
1 
- 
1 
$1,000 
2,829 
- 
264 
(D) 
(D) 
1,426 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
6,788 
2,548 
2,170 
789 
268 
415 
270 
15 
313 
$1,000 
46,616 
8,554 
7,480 
2,997 
2,313 
8,194 
11,998 
1,529 
3,550 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
287 
67 
112 
71 
4 
11 
13 
- 
9 
$1,000 
5,157 
253 
353 
188 
52 
537 
3,454 
" 
321 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
1,581 
554 
584 
321 
23 
36 
14 
3 
46 
$1,000 
27,375 
2,225 
2,059 
1,969 
1,031 
2,710 
12,626 
700 
4,055 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
25,266 
9,056 
10,699 
3,287 
487 
577 
321 
33 
806 
$1,000 
2,575,752 
214,762 
262,365 
172,821 
369,014 
556,336 
507,226 
290,767 
202,461 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
101,945 
23,715 
24,522 
52,577 
757,729 
964,187 
1,580,144 
8,811,130 
251,192 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
12,682 
4,258 
5,104 
1,792 
314 
486 
305 
25 
398 
$1,000 
196,212 
13,714 
16,032 
9,293 
10,464 
39,551 
70,146 
19,710 
17,302 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
9,768 
3,653 
4,416 
1,352 
63 
46 
9 
- 
229 
$5,000 to $24,999 
1,741 
529 
589 
364 
99 
75 
15 
1 
69 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 559 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
