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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
11 
2 
1 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
9 
1 
- 
1 
- 
3 
3 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
4,301 
783 
1,080 
716 
361 
733 
421 
16 
191 
acres 
960,721 
32,226 
51,526 
33,592 
60,460 
260,119 
402,744 
49,993 
70,061 
bushels 
81,645,799 
2,269,998 
3,389,406 
2,330,215 
4,069,142 
20,318,651 
38,042,859 
4,651,638 
6,573,890 
Irrigated 
farms 
248 
15 
16 
11 
8 
55 
96 
8 
39 
acres 
56,720 
485 
405 
381 
679 
7,244 
32,006 
7,277 
8,243 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,319 
404 
524 
297 
21 
28 
3 
- 
42 
25 to 99 acres 
1,246 
303 
390 
333 
94 
67 
9 
1 
49 
1 00 to 249 acres 
716 
64 
153 
75 
175 
188 
27 
- 
34 
250 to 499 acres 
461 
12 
12 
11 
57 
278 
68 
- 
23 
500 acres or more 
559 
- 
1 
- 
14 
172 
314 
15 
43 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
776 
123 
133 
148 
89 
173 
64 
1 
45 
acres 
48,509 
(D) 
3,314 
3,071 
5,944 
17,686 
11,759 
(D) 
2,994 
tons 
630,517 
(D) 
35,033 
38,408 
75,243 
226,938 
157,483 
(D) 
48,960 
Irrigated 
farms 
27 
5 
2 
3 
1 
10 
4 
2 
acres 
1,211 
39 
(D) 
29 
(D) 
472 
459 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
330 
83 
88 
106 
15 
14 
3 
- 
21 
25 to 99 acres 
281 
35 
38 
38 
60 
75 
21 
- 
14 
1 00 to 249 acres 
135 
5 
7 
4 
12 
76 
22 
- 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
24 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
13 
- 
1 
500 acres or more 
6 
- 
" 
- 
" 
5 
1 
- 
Cotton, all 
farms 
546 
28 
54 
35 
43 
163 
174 
11 
38 
acres 
376,997 
2,184 
5,394 
3,203 
9,782 
73,069 
201,161 
48,204 
34,000 
bales 
701,581 
3,613 
9,651 
4,833 
15,172 
128,532 
383,613 
91,216 
64,951 
Irrigated 
farms 
75 
- 
- 
2 
1 
11 
43 
8 
10 
acres 
28,037 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,141 
14,551 
7,883 
3,294 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
26 
7 
5 
8 
3 
1 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
84 
14 
32 
19 
5 
5 
2 
- 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
92 
7 
14 
4 
16 
37 
11 
- 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
123 
- 
2 
4 
15 
69 
25 
- 
8 
500 acres or more 
221 
- 
1 
- 
4 
51 
134 
11 
20 
Oats for grain 
farms 
98 
25 
25 
24 
2 
10 
1 
- 
11 
acres 
1,405 
228 
192 
134 
(D) 
633 
(D) 
- 
153 
bushels 
88,272 
18,238 
13,222 
10,214 
(D) 
28,200 
(D) 
- 
13,913 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
84 
24 
24 
24 
1 
3 
- 
- 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
12 
1 
1 
- 
1 
5 
1 
- 
3 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
22 
8 
7 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
acres 
26 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
pounds 
30,860 
7,000 
11,820 
4,420 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,620 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
22 
8 
7 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
6 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
645 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
cwt 
53,411 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
6 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
645 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
79 
6 
9 
3 
11 
17 
27 
1 
5 
acres 
11,496 
194 
582 
(D) 
1,459 
2,032 
6,450 
(D) 
533 
bushels 
840,448 
10,421 
35,229 
(D) 
104,660 
143,195 
486,145 
(D) 
44,953 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
7 
3 
1 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
35 
3 
8 
3 
5 
7 
5 
- 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
24 
- 
- 
- 
1 
9 
13 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 597 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
