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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
3,843 
1,445 
1,539 
510 
96 
95 
44 
_ 
114 
number 
48,996 
14,547 
14,947 
5,519 
2,653 
3,876 
4,029 
- 
3,425 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
4,577 
1,743 
1,795 
619 
109 
122 
50 
2 
137 
number 
85,449 
19,611 
18,646 
8,771 
(D) 
12,892 
8,562 
(D) 
5,769 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
838 
222 
368 
186 
12 
11 
11 
2 
26 
number 
224,076 
24,450 
21,760 
23,301 
33,565 
57,263 
38,393 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
649 
161 
325 
138 
1 
4 
- 
- 
20 
25 to 49 
87 
45 
19 
19 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 
50 to 99 
30 
7 
11 
9 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
18 
2 
- 
10 
3 
- 
1 
- 
2 
200 to 499 
10 
- 
2 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
500 or more 
44 
7 
11 
5 
6 
5 
7 
2 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
469 
140 
179 
115 
7 
4 
5 
1 
18 
number 
9,195 
1,812 
623 
469 
890 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
690 
188 
303 
144 
12 
11 
11 
2 
19 
number 
214,881 
22,638 
21,137 
22,832 
32,675 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
571 
157 
223 
138 
13 
10 
12 
2 
16 
number 
758,876 
109,583 
36,130 
36,707 
144,517 
150,124 
152,818 
(D) 
(D) 
$1,000 
93,527 
1 1 ,743 
7,195 
3,766 
16,169 
25,550 
14,572 
(D) 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
549 
146 
250 
121 
9 
5 
4 
- 
14 
number 
12,684 
4,057 
4,282 
2,692 
1,248 
155 
27 
- 
223 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
356 
96 
149 
88 
5 
4 
4 
- 
10 
number 
6,251 
2,451 
1,885 
1,391 
247 
98 
23 
- 
156 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
254 
65 
106 
68 
6 
3 
- 
- 
6 
number 
4,114 
1,390 
1,551 
788 
255 
37 
- 
" 
93 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
7,209 
2,200 
3,532 
1,176 
73 
80 
24 
2 
122 
number 
52,395 
14,677 
22,842 
11,404 
1,189 
839 
(D) 
(D) 
1,037 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
....farms 
6,993 
2,109 
3,437 
1,154 
71 
76 
24 
2 
120 
number 
45,170 
13,212 
20,299 
9,065 
773 
697 
(D) 
(D) 
878 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
1,463 
403 
681 
310 
14 
19 
3 
33 
number 
6,048 
1,269 
1,836 
2,611 
(D) 
147 
(D) 
- 
113 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
2,861 
895 
1,476 
406 
16 
16 
5 
_ 
47 
number 
38,732 
13,311 
18,356 
4,937 
238 
975 
156 
- 
759 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
1,233 
378 
628 
190 
6 
9 
4 
- 
18 
number 
12,780 
4,475 
5,998 
1,642 
60 
210 
90 
- 
305 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
3,060 
866 
1,579 
503 
24 
26 
3 
1 
58 
number 
4,231,250 
144,448 
280,846 
(D) 
359,815 
662,582 
105,133 
(D) 
1,694,543 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,991 
859 
1,569 
488 
13 
12 
- 
- 
50 
400 to 3,199 
18 
2 
4 
8 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
3,200 to 9,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
7 
1 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
29 
4 
2 
5 
11 
6 
1 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
11 
- 
2 
- 
- 
7 
1 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
448 
112 
196 
109 
6 
9 
1 
- 
15 
number 
1,816,370 
223,516 
(D) 
261,494 
294,020 
621,783 
(D) 
" 
187,603 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
470 
120 
220 
84 
15 
11 
4 
1 
15 
number 
2,948,403 
(D) 
165,426 
147,097 
393,712 
373,020 
174,127 
(D) 
853,488 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
75 
16 
21 
19 
4 
9 
2 
- 
4 
number 
3,559,590 
364,144 
(D) 
435,783 
426,000 
1,327,825 
(D) 
- 
643,600 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
539 
75 
105 
94 
132 
80 
25 
- 
28 
number 
225,882,950 
19,755,148 
20,966,211 
15,302,346 
69,365,883 
67,711,549 
24,741,002 
- 
8,040,811 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
147 
33 
67 
43 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2,000 to 59,999 
6 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
60,000 to 99,999 
8 
2 
1 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
378 
40 
37 
45 
131 
80 
25 
- 
20 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
430 
98 
169 
76 
44 
23 
9 
- 
11 
number 
6,999,565 
437,463 
1,185,520 
803,571 
2,254,809 
1,458,008 
694,179 
- 
166,015 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
219 
24 
48 
51 
47 
28 
12 
- 
9 
number 
24,455,703 
1,477,980 
2,888,417 
1,837,776 
7,039,707 
7,611,500 
3,061,737 
" 
538,586 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
15 
5 
1 
1 
- 
5 
2 
- 
1 
acres 
729 
97 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
339 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
40,643 
3,560 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
17,598 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
568 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
