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. 
Sorghum for grain - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
8 
1 
6 
1 
500 acres or more 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
3,656 
581 
836 
555 
369 
724 
418 
15 
158 
acres 
1,229,385 
42,554 
59,193 
44,780 
91,714 
338,413 
501,554 
52,361 
98,816 
bushels 
45,165,597 
1,426,282 
1,996,979 
1,390,461 
2,951,683 
12,626,479 
19,315,048 
2,000,129 
3,458,536 
Irrigated 
farms 
114 
1 
7 
7 
9 
23 
45 
2 
20 
acres 
24,483 
(D) 
408 
(D) 
1,211 
2,855 
14,574 
(D) 
3,516 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
592 
172 
263 
105 
8 
16 
2 
26 
25 to 99 acres 
1,118 
284 
399 
292 
56 
43 
9 
- 
35 
1 00 to 249 acres 
705 
94 
133 
135 
164 
127 
25 
- 
27 
250 to 499 acres 
471 
24 
32 
23 
97 
249 
36 
- 
10 
500 acres or more 
770 
7 
9 
- 
44 
289 
346 
15 
60 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
10 
4 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
_ 
_ 
acres 
610 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
pounds 
246,455 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5 
2 
1 
1 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
935 
203 
201 
236 
82 
142 
45 
1 
25 
acres 
23,801 
1,281 
1,614 
1,942 
2,196 
9,303 
6,380 
(D) 
(D) 
pounds 
49,576,260 
2,466,613 
3,112,469 
3,880,369 
5,165,074 
19,567,189 
12,820,109 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
173 
16 
28 
26 
28 
48 
17 
10 
acres 
3,595 
143 
155 
165 
577 
1,616 
730 
- 
210 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
21 
10 
5 
5 
1 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
89 
23 
30 
33 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
84 
33 
26 
24 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
150 
53 
48 
41 
4 
1 
1 
- 
2 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
179 
51 
43 
65 
7 
6 
2 
- 
5 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
187 
28 
38 
56 
32 
26 
3 
- 
4 
25.0 acres or more 
225 
5 
11 
12 
38 
109 
39 
1 
10 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,493 
154 
207 
199 
154 
390 
294 
13 
82 
acres 
328,209 
7,178 
9,848 
8,235 
15,914 
74,613 
161,417 
19,437 
31,567 
bushels 
20,315,789 
390,825 
547,217 
431,993 
892,556 
4,424,013 
10,228,173 
1,292,297 
2,108,715 
Irrigated 
farms 
32 
2 
3 
4 
1 
6 
12 
- 
4 
acres 
2,961 
(D) 
26 
(D) 
(D) 
381 
1,719 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
258 
63 
79 
80 
7 
16 
1 
. 
12 
25 to 99 acres 
470 
68 
102 
102 
75 
94 
16 
- 
13 
1 00 to 249 acres 
374 
23 
22 
15 
65 
172 
55 
1 
21 
250 to 499 acres 
208 
- 
4 
2 
7 
93 
90 
- 
12 
500 acres or more 
183 
- 
- 
" 
15 
132 
12 
24 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
39,339 
14,649 
16,932 
5,707 
458 
586 
202 
8 
797 
acres 
1,742,486 
565,899 
612,435 
314,313 
60,146 
99,996 
36,973 
1,685 
51,039 
tons, dry 
3,729,026 
1,177,691 
1,262,585 
670,659 
143,778 
250,383 
101,886 
4,086 
117,958 
Irrigated 
farms 
297 
108 
90 
60 
5 
12 
7 
- 
15 
acres 
4,460 
1,340 
683 
1,488 
199 
304 
198 
- 
248 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
18,352 
7,028 
8,769 
2,160 
58 
39 
15 
1 
282 
25 to 99 acres 
16,748 
6,466 
6,889 
2,587 
186 
204 
47 
3 
366 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3,626 
1,049 
1,168 
836 
151 
210 
89 
- 
123 
250 to 499 acres 
519 
96 
103 
109 
47 
100 
40 
4 
20 
500 acres or more 
94 
10 
3 
15 
16 
33 
11 
" 
6 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
1,140 
388 
425 
207 
27 
38 
13 
_ 
42 
acres 
14,296 
4,554 
4,717 
2,314 
448 
781 
416 
- 
1,066 
tons, dry 
42,391 
13,814 
12,635 
6,332 
1,542 
2,694 
1,722 
- 
3,652 
Irrigated 
farms 
25 
5 
9 
7 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
231 
109 
48 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
Other tame hay 
farms 
32,185 
11,935 
13,628 
4,840 
404 
525 
181 
8 
664 
acres 
1,520,537 
497,354 
533,304 
282,332 
51,093 
83,414 
27,786 
1,135 
44,119 
tons, dry 
3,225,384 
1,040,541 
1,110,949 
598,420 
114,392 
192,584 
67,758 
2,210 
98,530 
Irrigated 
farms 
259 
100 
77 
49 
4 
9 
6 
- 
14 
acres 
3,748 
1,120 
627 
1,305 
147 
166 
153 
" 
230 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
5 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
68 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
" 
" 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,284 
394 
403 
329 
38 
44 
26 
2 
48 
acres 
29,325 
1,440 
1,232 
1,671 
(D) 
3,412 
9,530 
(D) 
9,896 
Irrigated 
farms 
397 
95 
115 
127 
16 
17 
7 
2 
18 
acres 
7,520 
197 
(D) 
576 
446 
890 
556 
(D) 
3,796 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
916 
297 
339 
230 
9 
6 
5 
30 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
598 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
