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 (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 
1,149 
251 
349 
272 
71 
81 
52 
6 
67 
$1,000 
294,740 
6,305 
9,293 
8,277 
12,770 
33,707 
85,461 
106,391 
32,538 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
346 
32 
47 
63 
58 
71 
49 
6 
20 
$1,000 
284,898 
3,919 
5,775 
5,362 
12,545 
33,537 
85,389 
106,391 
31,980 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
111 
42 
46 
15 
- 
1 
- 
- 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
235 
540 
221 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
39 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
5 
- 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
697 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
108 
41 
44 
15 
- 
1 
- 
- 
7 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
221 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
39 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
5 
- 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
697 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
5 
1 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
12,119 
4,561 
5,639 
1,486 
91 
97 
33 
3 
209 
$1,000 
46,215 
14,496 
15,970 
7,288 
2,693 
3,712 
663 
60 
1,331 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
92 
16 
14 
22 
16 
16 
4 
- 
4 
$1,000 
8,779 
1,489 
1,122 
1,485 
1,805 
2,315 
281 
- 
281 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(□) 
(□) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
32,852 
12,215 
13,516 
5,114 
462 
617 
204 
8 
716 
$1,000 
735,511 
184,203 
181,091 
103,855 
37,371 
113,396 
91,472 
609 
23,514 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2,398 
552 
559 
502 
217 
340 
138 
4 
86 
$1,000 
401,569 
55,861 
58,724 
41,541 
32,611 
107,303 
89,935 
538 
15,056 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
469 
46 
62 
90 
85 
122 
40 
1 
23 
$1,000 
145,445 
(D) 
5,115 
5,537 
16,585 
52,403 
45,929 
(D) 
10,520 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
378 
24 
31 
54 
85 
121 
40 
1 
22 
$1,000 
143,943 
(D) 
4,808 
4,884 
16,585 
(D) 
45,929 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
812 
159 
386 
175 
29 
28 
6 
1 
28 
$1,000 
48,245 
(D) 
2,520 
10,955 
5,896 
12,034 
3,911 
(D) 
6,111 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
46 
7 
5 
4 
3 
18 
4 
1 
4 
$1,000 
46,257 
(D) 
2,016 
10,386 
5,637 
11,826 
(D) 
(D) 
5,975 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
3,502 
964 
1,811 
620 
35 
16 
1 
1 
54 
$1,000 
8,906 
2,480 
3,449 
1,758 
(D) 
226 
(D) 
(D) 
266 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
12 
2 
2 
1 
4 
2 
1 
$1,000 
1,264 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
552 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
3,737 
1,014 
1,843 
741 
38 
31 
9 
- 
61 
$1,000 
21,326 
4,844 
8,174 
4,602 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,272 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
52 
16 
11 
10 
6 
4 
1 
- 
4 
$1,000 
6,032 
1,341 
1,130 
719 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
925 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
3,889 
932 
1,814 
894 
100 
60 
15 
3 
71 
$1,000 
552,015 
52,348 
41,870 
105,589 
113,343 
136,742 
56,709 
32,318 
13,095 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
457 
70 
63 
162 
83 
53 
14 
3 
9 
$1,000 
549,360 
51,677 
40,736 
104,843 
113,321 
136,731 
(D) 
32,318 
(D) 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
66 
16 
26 
11 
1 
2 
1 
- 
9 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
170 
233 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3,291 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
16 
- 
1 
2 
1 
2 
1 
- 
9 
$1,000 
6,885 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
3,291 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
1,488 
421 
702 
308 
17 
14 
3 
- 
23 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
1,210 
1,343 
578 
1,194 
10 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
19 
3 
5 
5 
4 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
3,124 
- 
(D) 
357 
530 
1,139 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
16,173 
6,056 
5,671 
2,393 
494 
773 
344 
15 
427 
$1,000 
67,665 
13,231 
13,006 
5,877 
3,676 
12,339 
14,081 
1,636 
3,819 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
2,182 
363 
642 
345 
163 
345 
232 
8 
84 
$1,000 
110,198 
2,192 
4,572 
3,488 
6,411 
29,324 
51,702 
3,842 
8,667 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
3,679 
1,116 
1,659 
729 
46 
43 
7 
- 
79 
$1,000 
19,182 
4,142 
3,960 
4,178 
1,584 
3,755 
74 
- 
1,488 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
68,050 
24,430 
29,761 
9,705 
839 
1,188 
547 
27 
1,553 
$1,000 
3,174,788 
397,868 
480,113 
322,091 
228,357 
583,630 
751,930 
214,813 
195,985 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
46,654 
16,286 
16,132 
33,188 
272,178 
491,271 
1,374,644 
7,956,022 
126,198 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
32,670 
11,162 
13,254 
5,132 
697 
1,098 
521 
24 
782 
$1,000 
411,915 
33,778 
39,830 
22,850 
20,817 
87,219 
143,392 
30,151 
33,878 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
25,417 
9,473 
1 1 ,439 
3,776 
128 
70 
4 
- 
527 
$5,000 to $24,999 
5,047 
1,557 
1,605 
1,231 
262 
229 
25 
- 
138 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 587 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
