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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Sorghum for grain - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
13 
1 
3 
9 
500 acres or more 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
2 
1 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
1,760 
366 
369 
260 
149 
301 
212 
12 
91 
acres 
369,462 
22,028 
21,138 
18,730 
25,017 
97,956 
133,564 
12,793 
38,236 
bushels 
12,267,729 
529,640 
572,667 
472,909 
736,665 
3,208,360 
4,979,683 
473,030 
1,294,775 
Irrigated 
farms 
107 
12 
11 
7 
9 
22 
35 
3 
8 
acres 
10,538 
166 
197 
210 
317 
2,540 
4,919 
723 
1,466 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
355 
139 
131 
65 
4 
3 
1 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
582 
160 
173 
125 
48 
52 
7 
- 
17 
1 00 to 249 acres 
371 
57 
57 
64 
64 
78 
24 
4 
23 
250 to 499 acres 
220 
8 
8 
5 
28 
99 
62 
- 
10 
500 acres or more 
232 
2 
- 
1 
5 
69 
118 
8 
29 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
45 
12 
26 
5 
_ 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
1,293 
332 
(D) 
47 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
pounds 
326,350 
(D) 
116,350 
9,100 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
9 
2 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
28 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
37 
8 
24 
5 
. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
25 to 99 acres 
5 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
136 
10 
5 
5 
13 
61 
25 
4 
13 
acres 
12,155 
212 
129 
88 
692 
3,946 
3,490 
2,629 
970 
pounds 
25,920,734 
430,434 
336,684 
202,200 
1,015,078 
8,170,982 
8,478,812 
5,067,919 
2,218,625 
Irrigated 
farms 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
4 
acres 
371 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
41 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
1 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
4 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 0.0 to 24.9 acres 
10 
2 
- 
4 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
25.0 acres or more 
117 
4 
4 
1 
13 
58 
25 
4 
8 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,152 
191 
235 
160 
101 
214 
180 
9 
62 
acres 
215,708 
9,234 
12,161 
8,261 
1 1 ,938 
48,262 
85,764 
16,064 
24,024 
bushels 
11,268,376 
358,100 
508,515 
363,864 
590,209 
2,399,198 
4,775,174 
984,847 
1,288,469 
Irrigated 
farms 
79 
8 
7 
10 
3 
20 
25 
2 
4 
acres 
9,288 
65 
165 
387 
(D) 
2,681 
4,489 
(D) 
544 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
219 
72 
90 
51 
2 
2 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
390 
96 
115 
86 
42 
31 
10 
- 
10 
1 00 to 249 acres 
280 
21 
20 
21 
51 
106 
38 
2 
21 
250 to 499 acres 
148 
2 
10 
2 
5 
60 
57 
- 
12 
500 acres or more 
115 
- 
- 
1 
15 
75 
7 
17 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
7,929 
2,872 
3,344 
1,058 
162 
198 
89 
2 
204 
acres 
335,811 
102,882 
110,908 
49,671 
18,586 
26,203 
13,371 
(D) 
(D) 
tons, dry 
722,352 
198,310 
202,105 
99,169 
50,383 
96,982 
40,658 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
204 
42 
65 
38 
10 
22 
19 
8 
acres 
5,520 
659 
1,104 
327 
529 
980 
1,037 
- 
884 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,217 
1,571 
1,980 
496 
36 
33 
9 
92 
25 to 99 acres 
2,894 
1,084 
1,123 
429 
63 
86 
37 
- 
72 
1 00 to 249 acres 
673 
194 
214 
112 
40 
52 
29 
1 
31 
250 to 499 acres 
117 
19 
24 
18 
20 
16 
12 
- 
8 
500 acres or more 
28 
4 
3 
3 
3 
11 
2 
1 
1 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
127 
45 
52 
19 
3 
2 
3 
- 
3 
acres 
2,087 
738 
746 
364 
102 
(D) 
92 
- 
(D) 
tons, dry 
4,488 
1,111 
1,512 
865 
310 
(D) 
575 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
acres 
32 
(D) 
" 
- 
(D) 
" 
Other tame hay 
farms 
6,429 
2,296 
2,683 
877 
140 
184 
74 
2 
173 
acres 
269,752 
82,947 
89,105 
40,787 
15,173 
(D) 
7,542 
(D) 
10,668 
tons, dry 
608,467 
168,462 
171,067 
85,828 
42,136 
(D) 
27,522 
(D) 
25,990 
Irrigated 
farms 
163 
33 
51 
31 
8 
17 
16 
7 
acres 
4,473 
598 
989 
279 
491 
596 
736 
" 
784 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
23 
6 
3 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
816 
(D) 
(D) 
418 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
- 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,407 
526 
463 
257 
28 
52 
24 
13 
44 
acres 
25,373 
2,096 
1,587 
1,955 
651 
2,800 
3,420 
8,562 
4,304 
Irrigated 
farms 
480 
152 
127 
119 
9 
28 
15 
10 
20 
acres 
17,242 
586 
315 
829 
183 
1,819 
1,704 
8,233 
3,574 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
965 
388 
382 
161 
11 
8 
1 
- 
14 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
570 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
