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 Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 30,748 11,871 14,123 4,018 91 35 15 4 591 
50 to 99 acres 7,280 2,662 2,924 1,355 91 57 5 - 186 
100 to 199 acres 3,502 1,036 1,199 927 117 111 10 - 102 
200 to 499 acres 1,842 351 457 397 289 229 38 2 79 
500 to 999 acres 701 37 29 20 160 381 48 1 25 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 450 - 1 1 12 291 121 1 23 
2.000 acres or more 385 - - - 2 31 294 16 42 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 5,852 1,980 2,365 997 133 156 63 8 150 
acres 407,005 114,748 125,838 71,838 24,140 34,243 16,438 3,753 16,007 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 1,652 537 674 248 35 75 31 2 50 
acres 52,616 11,656 13,933 7,840 3,328 (D) 5,104 (D) (D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 8,939 3,610 3,610 1,144 87 144 61 9 274 
acres 322,744 133,382 122,851 34,805 4,884 (D) 3,962 (D) (D) 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 95 43 35 9 4 1 - - 3 
acres 539 124 224 9 178 (D) - - (D) 
Total woodland farms 42,898 16,061 18,871 5,846 449 554 198 10 909 
acres 2,303,156 849,074 866,059 324,597 51,106 82,531 40,152 3,527 86,110 
Woodland pastured farms 22,524 8,341 9,808 3,340 229 259 91 5 451 
acres 737,308 259,362 268,351 127,516 19,841 30,329 12,386 1,030 18,493 
Woodland not pastured farms 28,260 10,667 12,471 3,625 319 413 146 7 612 
acres 1,565,848 589,712 597,708 197,081 31,265 52,202 27,766 2,497 67,617 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 47,710 17,122 21,155 7,066 518 640 200 11 998 
acres 2,915,268 926,541 995,264 515,275 112,764 190,107 79,183 3,776 92,358 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 42,220 15,561 18,420 5,923 498 631 283 17 887 
acres 319,696 122,305 116,862 46,445 7,079 10,662 5,755 401 10,187 
Irrigated land farms 2,146 468 590 428 114 198 184 18 146 
acres 146,442 3,160 3,328 3,931 4,551 18,999 73,087 18,390 20,996 
Harvested cropland farms 2,061 440 557 407 113 198 183 18 145 
acres 145,995 (D) 3,175 3,844 (D) 18,999 (D) 18,390 20,943 
Pastureland and other land farms 111 39 41 24 1 - 2 - 4 
acres 447 (D) 153 87 (D) - (D) - 53 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 3,437 1,578 1,237 278 40 103 75 7 119 
acres 179,740 76,954 67,779 13,331 2,893 4,418 5,274 920 8,171 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 3,041 380 571 467 354 692 414 19 144 
acres 2,070,554 43,583 71,575 55,654 128,803 551,431 915,669 133,523 170,316 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 68 15 17 29 3 1 1 - 2 
$1,000 1,525 23 27 336 (D) (D) (D) - (D) 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 68,050 24,430 29,761 9,705 839 1,188 547 27 1,553 
$1,000 38,748,784 10,068,239 11,642,313 4,979,947 1,493,393 3,835,935 4,354,111 652,705 1,722,141 
Average per farm dollars 569,416 412,126 391,194 513,132 1,779,967 3,228,902 7,959,984 24,174,256 1,108,912 
Average per acre dollars 3,565 3,578 3,901 3,526 3,361 3,275 3,171 3,743 3,484 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 4,282 1,479 2,056 607 4 4 1 - 131 
$50,000 to $99,999 6,104 2,173 2,950 827 4 3 2 145 
$100,000 to $199,999 14,241 5,318 6,754 1,871 29 11 1 2 255 
$200,000 to $499,999 25,458 9,641 11,701 3,454 113 61 7 - 481 
$500,000 to $999,999 10,470 3,899 4,253 1,775 175 121 17 4 226 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 4,334 1,417 1,445 803 246 241 46 1 135 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 2,277 434 515 311 227 554 123 2 111 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 608 62 77 47 34 151 191 1 45 
$10,000,000 or more 276 7 10 10 7 42 159 17 24 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 68,046 24,430 29,759 9,703 839 1,188 547 27 1,553 
$1,000 4,712,059 1,189,381 1,391,119 626,034 186,838 483,384 569,233 67,437 198,632 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 591 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
