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 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
9,285 
3,620 
4,106 
1,208 
77 
50 
7 
- 
217 
50 to 99 acres 
1,476 
539 
552 
256 
35 
37 
7 
- 
50 
100 to 199 acres 
923 
253 
327 
213 
45 
39 
7 
1 
38 
200 to 499 acres 
691 
138 
111 
127 
163 
92 
23 
3 
34 
500 to 999 acres 
330 
17 
17 
4 
40 
207 
22 
2 
21 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
290 
- 
- 
- 
2 
105 
144 
4 
35 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
140 
2 
2 
104 
16 
16 
additional improvements (see text) . 
.. farms 
1,664 
576 
718 
246 
34 
25 
17 
- 
48 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
56,904 
16,721 
15,271 
5,978 
2,448 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
were abandoned 
.. farms 
1,272 
417 
559 
180 
20 
27 
17 
3 
49 
acres 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
34,051 
11,635 
11,658 
3,273 
1,715 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
not pastured or grazed (see text) ... 
.. farms 
4,383 
1,826 
1,694 
449 
58 
106 
48 
6 
196 
acres 
211,356 
65,918 
76,093 
23,264 
5,363 
12,741 
(D) 
(D) 
20,820 
In cultivated summer fallow 
.. farms 
825 
305 
289 
128 
21 
26 
14 
42 
acres 
30,271 
7,169 
7,347 
3,129 
1,564 
2,697 
5,064 
- 
3,301 
Total woodland 
.. farms 
16,295 
6,166 
6,805 
1,999 
273 
338 
181 
16 
517 
acres 
2,036,260 
634,842 
635,104 
235,517 
53,447 
127,609 
84,241 
15,080 
250,420 
Woodland pastured 
.. farms 
5,711 
2,184 
2,459 
781 
61 
65 
20 
- 
141 
acres 
181,880 
65,005 
73,651 
21,506 
4,314 
6,935 
1,652 
- 
8,817 
Woodland not pastured 
.. farms 
13,090 
4,944 
5,359 
1,596 
244 
317 
176 
16 
438 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
1,854,380 
569,837 
561,453 
214,011 
49,133 
120,674 
82,589 
15,080 
241,603 
pastured (see text) 
.. farms 
14,084 
5,001 
6,273 
2,019 
178 
193 
81 
9 
330 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
acres 
633,296 
206,213 
220,064 
97,665 
26,146 
35,494 
12,457 
1,867 
33,390 
wasteland, etc 
.. farms 
16,379 
5,957 
6,866 
2,164 
325 
369 
188 
21 
489 
acres 
334,400 
94,805 
92,372 
40,635 
10,319 
22,400 
10,270 
6,055 
57,544 
Irrigated land 
.. farms 
1,973 
524 
612 
343 
76 
137 
157 
19 
105 
acres 
159,239 
5,261 
6,013 
4,127 
3,738 
21,576 
70,475 
28,855 
19,194 
Harvested cropland 
.. farms 
1,777 
474 
503 
319 
74 
136 
157 
19 
95 
acres 
154,682 
4,357 
5,112 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
70,414 
28,855 
17,392 
Pastureland and other land 
.. farms 
251 
60 
128 
35 
2 
7 
5 
- 
14 
acres 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
4,557 
904 
901 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
61 
1,802 
Programs 
.. farms 
2,627 
1,205 
906 
176 
35 
95 
70 
4 
136 
acres 
137,515 
59,889 
48,722 
8,274 
(D) 
6,008 
2,636 
(D) 
8,832 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) 
.. farms 
2,006 
380 
369 
309 
211 
357 
255 
18 
107 
acres 
1,038,092 
50,433 
44,131 
40,351 
76,361 
245,357 
426,294 
51,325 
103,840 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) . 
.. farms 
34 
12 
10 
4 
2 
- 
- 
2 
4 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
$1,000 
(D) 
80 
28 
33 
(D) 
(D) 
103 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings 
.. farms 
25,266 
9,056 
10,699 
3,287 
487 
577 
321 
33 
806 
$1,000 
14,818,960 
3,914,600 
4,210,124 
1,689,866 
527,928 
1,384,041 
1,575,475 
296,038 
1,220,889 
Average per farm 
.dollars 
586,518 
432,266 
393,506 
514,106 
1,084,040 
2,398,685 
4,908,020 
8,970,841 
1,514,751 
Average per acre 
.dollars 
2,981 
3,238 
3,388 
3,307 
2,724 
2,650 
2,356 
2,622 
2,390 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 
2,619 
972 
1,221 
320 
13 
4 
2 
- 
87 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,633 
960 
1,216 
374 
8 
8 
- 
- 
67 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,809 
1,749 
2,341 
566 
19 
17 
3 
1 
113 
$200,000 to $499,999 
8,322 
3,203 
3,620 
1,124 
111 
54 
8 
1 
201 
$500,000 to $999,999 
3,783 
1,363 
1,491 
544 
163 
72 
12 
3 
135 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 
1,758 
556 
555 
250 
113 
164 
42 
2 
76 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 
970 
212 
215 
81 
51 
203 
132 
4 
72 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 
273 
34 
31 
15 
8 
47 
90 
12 
36 
$10,000,000 or more 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
99 
7 
9 
13 
1 
8 
32 
10 
19 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
.. farms 
25,266 
9,056 
10,699 
3,287 
487 
577 
321 
33 
806 
$1,000 
1,829,250 
380,037 
437,448 
192,978 
91,185 
214,604 
315,386 
80,236 
117,377 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 563 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
