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.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
.... farms 
15,071 
4,702 
5,374 
2,571 
518 
869 
506 
27 
workers 
42,737 
10,002 
12,474 
6,567 
1,943 
3,861 
3,547 
1,828 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
4,323 
849 
1,057 
769 
303 
610 
455 
26 
workers 
9,998 
1,152 
1,635 
1,235 
672 
1,613 
1,917 
795 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
12,574 
4,104 
4,697 
2,104 
389 
577 
332 
21 
workers 
32,739 
8,850 
10,839 
5,332 
1,271 
2,248 
1,630 
1,033 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
.... farms 
502 
72 
75 
80 
60 
111 
76 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
78 
13 
20 
24 
5 
12 
3 
" 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
29,557 
9,675 
14,014 
4,393 
296 
424 
135 
5 
workers 
67,735 
20,211 
33,327 
10,822 
630 
869 
289 
14 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,230 
898 
1,720 
530 
9 
2 
2 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
23,563 
8,358 
11,745 
2,976 
55 
16 
10 
4 
50 to 69 acres 
7,704 
2,820 
3,701 
976 
32 
6 
1 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
7,519 
3,123 
3,213 
1,007 
27 
18 
3 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
7,261 
2,949 
3,067 
1,021 
26 
22 
5 
1 
140 to 1 79 acres 
4,553 
1,831 
1,875 
678 
16 
22 
4 
2 
180 to 219 acres 
3,185 
1,238 
1,268 
530 
31 
31 
1 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
2,055 
795 
775 
371 
40 
9 
4 
1 
260 to 499 acres 
5,224 
1,768 
1,781 
1,110 
241 
151 
17 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,268 
558 
506 
418 
262 
375 
47 
1 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
956 
84 
99 
80 
83 
443 
123 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
532 
8 
11 
8 
17 
93 
330 
16 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,149 
798 
1,220 
710 
320 
588 
336 
13 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
768 
247 
259 
179 
20 
23 
9 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
605 
236 
266 
77 
- 
5 
1 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,034 
248 
341 
220 
55 
61 
46 
5 
Other crop farming (1119) 
15,889 
6,397 
7,169 
1,654 
98 
163 
66 
3 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
573 
135 
133 
133 
53 
88 
15 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
221 
19 
39 
20 
20 
61 
48 
2 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
15,095 
6,243 
6,997 
1,501 
25 
14 
3 
1 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
34,457 
13,301 
15,097 
4,974 
154 
158 
42 
- 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
37 
17 
14 
1 
2 
2 
1 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1 21 2) 
472 
57 
85 
77 
82 
112 
32 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
251 
52 
122 
61 
3 
7 
2 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,480 
359 
615 
336 
82 
51 
9 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,139 
635 
1,159 
316 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,769 
2,083 
3,414 
1,100 
20 
18 
3 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
38,826 
14,127 
16,588 
5,917 
475 
639 
217 
8 
number 
1,856,316 
544,332 
559,432 
328,577 
86,877 
174,333 
99,014 
3,631 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
8,066 
2,595 
4,277 
1,036 
9 
9 
2 
- 
10 to 49 
20,582 
8,239 
9,106 
2,639 
75 
89 
24 
1 
50 to 99 
5,898 
2,187 
2,092 
1,267 
87 
87 
33 
1 
1 00 to 1 99 
2,912 
882 
870 
733 
165 
124 
27 
4 
200 to 499 
1,133 
207 
231 
235 
116 
236 
61 
1 
500 or more 
235 
17 
12 
7 
23 
94 
70 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
34,031 
12,600 
14,310 
5,248 
390 
527 
187 
8 
number 
922,608 
291,264 
289,195 
171,985 
(D) 
63,549 
33,662 
(D) 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
33,556 
12,524 
14,192 
5,161 
338 
444 
156 
7 
number 
874,630 
289,223 
286,664 
169,085 
32,387 
46,804 
20,600 
835 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
10,871 
3,831 
5,479 
1,348 
9 
30 
6 
- 
10 to 49 
18,385 
7,394 
7,519 
2,710 
146 
158 
44 
1 
50 to 99 
3,056 
1,028 
932 
791 
66 
115 
31 
2 
100 to 199 
974 
234 
233 
281 
75 
70 
31 
3 
200 to 499 
238 
36 
25 
31 
40 
58 
37 
1 
500 or more 
32 
1 
4 
- 
2 
13 
7 
- 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
979 
190 
291 
207 
85 
122 
41 
1 
number 
47,978 
2,041 
2,531 
2,900 
(D) 
16,745 
13,062 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
563 
152 
252 
138 
1 
- 
1 
- 
10 to 49 
116 
20 
21 
54 
11 
4 
2 
- 
50 to 99 
125 
16 
16 
13 
60 
17 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
122 
2 
2 
2 
13 
86 
9 
- 
200 to 499 
44 
- 
- 
- 
- 
15 
21 
- 
500 or more 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
1 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
32,663 
11,867 
13,805 
5,033 
447 
602 
205 
8 
number 
933,708 
253,068 
270,237 
156,592 
(D) 
110,784 
65,352 
(D) 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
32,852 
12,215 
13,516 
5,114 
462 
617 
204 
8 
number 
960,682 
256,212 
252,072 
146,235 
46,386 
124,725 
103,855 
977 
$1,000 
735,511 
184,203 
181,091 
103,855 
37,371 
113,396 
91,472 
609 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
504 
2,515 
254 
979 
350 
1,536 
22 
1 
615 
1,573 
69 
399 
168 
128 
170 
125 
86 
60 
156 
101 
42 
49 
164 
29 
20 
58 
339 
16 
12 
311 
731 
26 
4 
25 
26 
131 
855 
60,120 
138 
409 
144 
107 
46 
11 
761 
32,542 
734 
29,032 
168 
413 
91 
47 
10 
5 
42 
3,510 
19 
4 
3 
8 
8 
696 
27,578 
716 
30,220 
23,514 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 595 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
