Table 43. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Tennessee: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
68,050 
24,430 
29,761 
9,705 
839 
1,188 
547 
27 
1,553 
percent 
100.0 
35.9 
43.7 
14.3 
1.2 
1.7 
0.8 
(Z) 
2.3 
Land in farms 
....acres 
10,867,812 
2,813,743 
2,984,697 
1,412,197 
444,350 
1,171,126 
1,373,051 
174,398 
494,250 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
160 
115 
100 
146 
530 
986 
2,510 
6,459 
318 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
68,050 
24,430 
29,761 
9,705 
839 
1,188 
547 
27 
1,553 
$1,000 
3,678,702 
329,310 
346,711 
304,255 
288,190 
805,626 
1,084,368 
268,527 
251,715 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
54,059 
13,480 
11,650 
31,350 
343,493 
678,136 
1,982,391 
9,945,459 
162,083 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
18,763 
6,687 
9,621 
2,076 
6 
9 
364 
$1,000 to $2,499 
9,988 
3,724 
4,885 
1,219 
- 
- 
- 
- 
160 
$2,500 to $4,999 
8,846 
3,396 
4,193 
1,082 
2 
1 
- 
- 
172 
$5,000 to $9,999 
9,319 
3,823 
4,125 
1,155 
1 
- 
- 
- 
215 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,999 
4,066 
4,071 
1,621 
1 
2 
- 
- 
238 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,753 
1,690 
1,698 
1,228 
2 
1 
- 
_ 
134 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,174 
612 
682 
814 
4 
2 
- 
- 
60 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,576 
309 
342 
360 
495 
7 
1 
- 
62 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,002 
80 
108 
48 
243 
484 
" 
39 
$500,000 to $999,999 
802 
25 
21 
85 
20 
604 
11 
- 
36 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
828 
18 
15 
17 
65 
78 
535 
27 
73 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
632 
18 
15 
16 
63 
51 
419 
- 
50 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
147 
- 
- 
- 
2 
21 
107 
- 
17 
$5,000,000 or more 
49 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
9 
27 
6 
Total sales 
....farms 
68,050 
24,430 
29,761 
9,705 
839 
1,188 
547 
27 
1,553 
$1,000 
3,611,037 
316,079 
333,705 
298,378 
284,514 
793,286 
1,070,287 
266,891 
247,896 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
5,691 
1,144 
1,589 
994 
446 
824 
442 
16 
236 
$1,000 
1,301,303 
34,305 
51,743 
34,370 
72,066 
334,059 
596,488 
70,896 
107,376 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
2,376 
175 
257 
251 
370 
751 
433 
15 
124 
$1,000 
1,254,383 
(D) 
33,428 
22,782 
70,629 
332,570 
596,241 
(D) 
106,003 
Corn 
....farms 
4,219 
765 
1,050 
687 
366 
731 
420 
16 
184 
$1,000 
545,802 
13,813 
21,549 
13,990 
26,602 
134,148 
258,705 
32,719 
44,276 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1,597 
72 
116 
74 
214 
614 
401 
15 
91 
$1,000 
511,478 
(□) 
10,570 
5,884 
23,180 
131,520 
258,265 
(D) 
43,000 
Wheat 
....farms 
1,467 
148 
199 
192 
153 
388 
294 
13 
80 
$1,000 
135,500 
(D) 
3,268 
2,468 
5,769 
29,778 
68,884 
8,855 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
640 
11 
12 
7 
46 
239 
267 
13 
45 
$1,000 
121,865 
707 
1,059 
446 
3,294 
25,974 
68,101 
8,855 
13,429 
Soybeans 
....farms 
3,633 
578 
822 
552 
369 
722 
417 
15 
158 
$1,000 
612,286 
18,032 
26,501 
17,804 
39,081 
168,817 
264,780 
28,541 
48,731 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
1,843 
104 
147 
123 
291 
656 
410 
15 
97 
$1,000 
580,877 
10,572 
15,893 
9,566 
36,828 
166,977 
264,624 
28,541 
47,875 
Sorghum 
....farms 
82 
4 
9 
4 
13 
18 
27 
1 
6 
$1,000 
4,986 
69 
(D) 
(D) 
585 
785 
2,998 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
33 
1 
3 
8 
20 
1 
$1,000 
4,031 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
577 
2,792 
- 
(D) 
Barley 
....farms 
21 
3 
- 
4 
3 
3 
5 
1 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
$1,000 
476 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Rice 
....farms 
6 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
57 
14 
10 
13 
2 
13 
5 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
1,298 
(D) 
71 
28 
(D) 
509 
652 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
8 
- 
- 
4 
4 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,033 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
... farms 
934 
203 
201 
235 
82 
142 
45 
1 
25 
$1,000 
108,224 
5,049 
6,550 
8,106 
1 1 ,484 
42,251 
28,751 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
364 
25 
31 
51 
67 
132 
43 
1 
14 
$1,000 
97,988 
2,257 
3,730 
4,499 
1 1 ,054 
41,895 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
546 
28 
54 
35 
43 
163 
174 
11 
38 
$1,000 
253,428 
1,358 
3,105 
1,445 
4,949 
45,736 
141,126 
32,718 
22,991 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
438 
12 
18 
6 
36 
156 
169 
11 
30 
$1,000 
250,711 
1,044 
2,171 
753 
4,829 
45,514 
141,001 
32,718 
22,682 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
1,273 
383 
400 
332 
38 
44 
26 
2 
48 
$1,000 
72,885 
2,706 
1,871 
3,964 
(D) 
13,028 
16,465 
(D) 
18,767 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
106 
8 
4 
18 
21 
28 
16 
2 
9 
$1,000 
66,224 
859 
392 
1,420 
(D) 
12,859 
16,384 
(D) 
18,458 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
647 
234 
223 
127 
20 
12 
7 
_ 
24 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,035 
835 
441 
2,241 
(D) 
- 
1,343 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
22 
5 
4 
3 
1 
6 
1 
- 
2 
$1,000 
5,470 
(D) 
293 
269 
(D) 
2,150 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
279 
115 
94 
47 
5 
6 
2 
- 
10 
$1,000 
(□) 
(D) 
641 
430 
28 
1,416 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
11 
3 
3 
1 
- 
3 
1 
- 
$1,000 
2,960 
(D) 
221 
(D) 
- 
1,350 
(D) 
- 
- 
Berries 
....farms 
427 
143 
149 
88 
18 
9 
5 
- 
15 
$1,000 
3,895 
(D) 
394 
405 
414 
825 
78 
- 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
9 
1 
- 
2 
1 
3 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
2,330 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
756 
- 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
586 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
