Table 44. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Texas: 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 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS - Con. 
Total - Con. 
Total sales - Con. 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
... farms 
1,828 
429 
521 
311 
112 
172 
112 
19 
152 
$1,000 
1,011,669 
13,392 
22,924 
11,937 
22,563 
85,933 
182,891 
181,812 
490,217 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
841 
83 
142 
102 
108 
164 
111 
18 
113 
$1,000 
998,706 
9,414 
17,887 
(D) 
22,455 
85,759 
(D) 
(D) 
489,777 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
108 
42 
48 
12 
1 
2 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
2,446 
(D) 
597 
216 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
9 
4 
2 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,373 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
92 
37 
44 
7 
1 
3 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,637 
622 
579 
199 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
6 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
623 
198 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
16 
5 
4 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
809 
(D) 
18 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
59,289 
21,980 
24,151 
8,126 
1,325 
1,471 
607 
33 
1,596 
$1,000 
958,088 
162,607 
184,399 
91,410 
65,091 
138,628 
179,619 
54,271 
82,062 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2,849 
400 
466 
317 
428 
642 
380 
24 
192 
$1,000 
573,051 
34,327 
43,473 
22,686 
50,200 
123,758 
175,657 
54,115 
68,834 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
116,891 
41,827 
48,320 
17,513 
2,375 
2,422 
1,035 
203 
3,196 
$1,000 
13,013,127 
557,404 
598,705 
354,973 
289,403 
678,497 
1,100,256 
2,265,054 
7,168,835 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
11,347 
1,990 
2,149 
1,990 
1,588 
1,781 
887 
203 
759 
$1,000 
12,023,950 
190,270 
224,038 
171,732 
273,469 
664,808 
1,097,002 
2,265,054 
7,137,576 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
698 
50 
87 
58 
92 
168 
116 
90 
37 
$1,000 
1,698,264 
5,412 
6,974 
3,590 
15,630 
81,710 
235,051 
1,240,546 
109,351 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
614 
42 
49 
35 
87 
164 
116 
90 
31 
$1,000 
1,697,009 
5,310 
6,708 
3,203 
15,431 
81,628 
235,051 
1,240,546 
109,133 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
2,906 
513 
1,680 
575 
26 
20 
8 
4 
80 
$1,000 
239,358 
(D) 
3,750 
1,939 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
206,898 
14,223 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
54 
5 
8 
11 
4 
3 
3 
4 
16 
$1,000 
233,268 
480 
599 
741 
633 
869 
9,054 
206,898 
13,994 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
19,241 
6,145 
9,183 
3,148 
242 
150 
30 
4 
339 
$1,000 
122,053 
19,675 
26,333 
18,570 
12,924 
13,213 
15,618 
11,821 
3,900 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
324 
27 
47 
65 
88 
58 
17 
2 
20 
$1,000 
64,317 
2,594 
4,726 
4,750 
10,869 
12,250 
15,484 
(D) 
(D) 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
15,402 
4,183 
7,340 
3,021 
217 
201 
91 
13 
336 
$1,000 
149,103 
25,729 
48,700 
25,716 
10,330 
19,063 
11,556 
454 
7,555 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
489 
60 
153 
102 
62 
67 
18 
3 
24 
$1,000 
70,744 
6,502 
14,085 
7,314 
8,774 
17,860 
10,848 
414 
4,948 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
10,806 
3,190 
4,815 
1,925 
356 
244 
41 
17 
218 
$1,000 
2,624,759 
155,222 
150,709 
105,419 
564,525 
763,410 
228,567 
391,560 
265,348 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
1,052 
146 
115 
128 
329 
221 
37 
17 
59 
$1,000 
2,615,424 
152,360 
147,139 
102,818 
564,484 
763,388 
228,565 
391,560 
265,111 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
257 
59 
82 
47 
9 
23 
15 
3 
19 
$1,000 
82,033 
1,481 
1,279 
659 
1,122 
8,672 
29,251 
26,056 
13,514 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
72 
8 
5 
4 
6 
20 
14 
3 
12 
$1,000 
81,216 
1,382 
987 
344 
(D) 
8,630 
(D) 
26,056 
13,490 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
4,417 
1,235 
1,890 
944 
97 
85 
30 
4 
132 
$1,000 
79,891 
9,930 
15,146 
7,332 
5,052 
16,057 
15,031 
14 
1 1 ,329 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
283 
55 
71 
40 
34 
41 
17 
- 
25 
$1,000 
60,737 
4,998 
7,239 
3,233 
4,210 
15,572 
14,874 
- 
10,612 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
52,385 
16,771 
15,776 
8,863 
3,209 
3,736 
1,464 
150 
2,416 
$1,000 
643,993 
110,264 
100,683 
76,957 
79,719 
136,555 
88,344 
7,037 
44,434 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
8,087 
1,112 
1,816 
1,374 
1,131 
1,646 
626 
16 
366 
$1,000 
386,896 
7,516 
12,164 
15,053 
47,350 
145,381 
120,577 
4,356 
34,499 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
7,954 
2,570 
3,569 
1,468 
107 
66 
18 
2 
154 
$1,000 
27,966 
6,865 
5,993 
6,293 
3,801 
1,945 
(D) 
(D) 
1,971 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
248,809 
87,905 
107,232 
34,835 
4,530 
4,984 
2,018 
281 
7,024 
$1,000 
25,404,943 
1,699,479 
2,149,227 
1,325,880 
1,365,553 
2,860,056 
3,185,406 
4,304,319 
8,515,024 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
102,106 
19,333 
20,043 
38,062 
301,446 
573,848 
1,578,496 
15,317,860 
1,212,276 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
93,004 
30,420 
36,356 
14,384 
3,158 
3,948 
1,692 
192 
2,854 
$1,000 
1,136,833 
96,467 
107,181 
75,035 
81,005 
244,459 
319,849 
79,085 
133,752 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
70,363 
25,805 
31,437 
10,640 
571 
359 
44 
7 
1,500 
$5,000 to $24,999 
14,854 
4,176 
4,371 
3,224 
1,385 
881 
148 
21 
648 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 601 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
