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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
18,022 
6,897 
7,238 
2,829 
214 
310 
109 
7 
418 
number 
218,287 
71,195 
67,995 
39,499 
7,418 
14,208 
10,854 
472 
6,646 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
29,018 
10,865 
11,833 
4,512 
428 
565 
188 
7 
620 
number 
742,395 
185,017 
184,077 
106,736 
38,968 
110,517 
93,001 
505 
23,574 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
50 
17 
18 
5 
2 
4 
4 
- 
- 
number 
3,661 
379 
1,114 
(D) 
(D) 
720 
1,243 
- 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
1,297 
286 
629 
262 
40 
35 
7 
1 
37 
number 
147,795 
6,595 
9,332 
20,576 
19,621 
32,411 
(D) 
(D) 
22,643 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
1,103 
246 
566 
222 
29 
11 
1 
- 
28 
25 to 49 
92 
19 
45 
22 
2 
1 
1 
- 
2 
50 to 99 
40 
14 
6 
13 
2 
4 
1 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
19 
3 
7 
1 
3 
2 
- 
- 
3 
200 to 499 
11 
3 
1 
- 
1 
6 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
32 
1 
4 
4 
3 
11 
4 
1 
4 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
643 
153 
290 
148 
16 
19 
2 
1 
14 
number 
15,466 
(D) 
1,209 
2,047 
146 
3,731 
(D) 
(D) 
106 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
1,135 
243 
551 
225 
40 
34 
7 
1 
34 
number 
132,329 
(D) 
8,123 
18,529 
19,475 
28,680 
(D) 
(D) 
22,537 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
812 
159 
386 
175 
29 
28 
6 
1 
28 
number 
344,574 
8,075 
(D) 
63,777 
(D) 
97,546 
35,380 
(D) 
44,881 
$1,000 
48,245 
(D) 
2,520 
10,955 
5,896 
12,034 
3,911 
(D) 
6,111 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
1,476 
392 
714 
299 
27 
18 
2 
1 
23 
number 
43,836 
10,753 
16,798 
10,909 
2,776 
1,920 
(D) 
(D) 
636 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
1,066 
284 
513 
215 
24 
12 
1 
17 
number 
23,445 
5,634 
8,996 
6,103 
1,446 
906 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
942 
247 
454 
189 
24 
10 
1 
17 
number 
24,388 
6,691 
8,833 
6,124 
1,407 
1,025 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
16,108 
4,795 
8,154 
2,578 
124 
145 
58 
2 
252 
number 
96,541 
27,024 
44,393 
19,303 
1,536 
1,737 
(D) 
(D) 
2,154 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
....farms 
15,419 
4,500 
7,857 
2,512 
117 
142 
56 
2 
233 
number 
85,802 
24,498 
40,089 
16,775 
1,039 
1,376 
(D) 
(D) 
1,682 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
3,320 
880 
1,643 
673 
36 
24 
8 
56 
number 
10,415 
2,936 
4,281 
2,468 
318 
159 
28 
" 
225 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
4,929 
1,397 
2,561 
843 
25 
17 
3 
1 
82 
number 
91,716 
29,973 
41,332 
17,117 
1,374 
410 
(D) 
(D) 
1,469 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
2,788 
776 
1,461 
480 
18 
7 
1 
1 
44 
number 
46,168 
14,688 
20,585 
7,772 
1,251 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,560 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
6,487 
1,761 
3,363 
1,192 
50 
11 
8 
1 
101 
number 
1,675,399 
210,340 
293,951 
441,994 
473,179 
(D) 
73,239 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
6,394 
1,745 
3,345 
1,159 
32 
9 
4 
- 
100 
400 to 3,199 
15 
6 
4 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
10 
3 
2 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
5 
8 
19 
6 
1 
3 
- 
- 
20,000 to 49,999 
24 
2 
4 
4 
11 
1 
1 
- 
1 
50,000 to 99,999 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
1,033 
268 
464 
272 
2 
3 
5 
1 
18 
number 
1,025,297 
104,675 
248,011 
283,826 
(D) 
(D) 
118,730 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
1,021 
218 
531 
228 
23 
4 
5 
1 
11 
number 
1,530,044 
209,743 
218,982 
407,755 
441,516 
(D) 
94,577 
(D) 
(D) 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
138 
24 
58 
45 
1 
3 
4 
- 
3 
number 
1,749,134 
(D) 
464,766 
592,445 
(D) 
199,074 
196,400 
- 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
600 
114 
169 
183 
64 
51 
8 
- 
11 
number 
165,803,445 
16,066,361 
10,678,160 
31,390,602 
35,257,562 
51,432,618 
19,644,000 
- 
1,334,142 
Farms with- 
1 to 1,999 
276 
63 
133 
71 
1 
2 
- 
- 
6 
2,000 to 59,999 
5 
1 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
9 
- 
- 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
310 
50 
35 
101 
62 
49 
8 
- 
5 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
491 
107 
265 
108 
1 
1 
- 
- 
9 
number 
3,985 
985 
1,956 
983 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
58 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
109 
24 
53 
29 
1 
- 
- 
2 
number 
2,989 
540 
742 
1,603 
(D) 
- 
- 
" 
(D) 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
23 
3 
1 
5 
3 
3 
5 
1 
2 
acres 
2,101 
(D) 
(D) 
105 
59 
119 
1,343 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
136,962 
2,100 
(D) 
5,117 
(D) 
7,222 
88,324 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
596 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
