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 Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 65,643 26,171 29,446 8,097 297 227 46 7 1,352 
50 to 99 acres 15,920 5,945 6,122 2,873 255 175 28 5 517 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 9,111 2,701 2,887 2,299 500 251 57 11 405 
200 to 499 acres 7,190 1,168 1,569 1,707 1,333 846 160 32 375 
500 to 999 acres 3,376 196 271 303 862 1,250 244 38 212 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 2,239 25 56 33 331 1,131 448 31 184 
2.000 acres or more 1,519 2 6 2 30 410 802 81 186 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 19,124 6,016 8,299 3,063 407 500 268 36 535 
acres 2,845,326 512,930 753,061 398,587 220,121 428,882 279,936 68,616 183,193 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 17,621 5,038 5,889 3,045 1,121 1,316 475 49 688 
acres 4,200,627 397,036 455,293 776,030 661,245 1,020,535 530,019 63,150 297,319 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 25,894 9,542 9,259 3,392 759 1,046 462 76 1,358 
acres 4,694,923 1,485,589 1,274,723 608,344 249,022 341,929 291,146 48,235 395,935 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 6,097 1,643 1,649 1,141 500 573 262 25 304 
acres 948,329 109,210 118,099 152,233 134,460 205,378 126,446 17,373 85,130 
Total woodland farms 66,928 25,416 29,428 8,941 682 642 232 24 1,563 
acres 7,951,154 2,346,876 2,858,278 1,148,879 407,981 418,436 290,974 13,971 465,759 
Woodland pastured farms 47,781 18,362 20,635 6,498 498 461 153 15 1,159 
acres 5,759,183 1,683,611 2,002,125 868,274 329,880 299,463 233,982 6,124 335,724 
Woodland not pastured farms 25,209 9,365 11,388 3,281 263 243 99 14 556 
acres 2,191,971 663,265 856,153 280,605 78,101 118,973 56,992 7,847 130,035 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 177,868 64,186 76,282 25,485 2,912 2,990 1,177 171 4,665 
acres 90,287,767 15,810,294 18,622,934 15,124,564 8,933,937 14,308,046 7,620,165 1,157,999 8,709,828 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 134,352 48,275 58,592 18,248 2,248 2,457 1,037 181 3,314 
acres 2,766,980 696,892 787,149 409,680 192,143 223,452 130,039 60,803 266,822 
Irrigated land farms 18,169 3,730 5,193 2,975 1,636 2,313 1,153 166 1,003 
acres 4,489,163 130,521 222,189 210,550 468,290 1,254,470 1,282,323 411,064 509,756 
Harvested cropland farms 15,184 2,900 3,769 2,440 1,595 2,271 1,139 161 909 
acres 4,174,843 91,565 149,590 165,868 430,043 1,208,385 1,252,938 393,698 482,756 
Pastureland and other land farms 4,142 1,050 1,752 724 161 196 87 15 157 
acres 314,320 38,956 72,599 44,682 38,247 46,085 29,385 17,366 27,000 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 13,390 5,245 4,295 1,577 495 623 290 39 826 
acres 3,203,342 1,195,684 899,447 387,117 153,682 185,683 116,744 15,231 249,754 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 20,730 3,787 4,414 4,023 2,528 3,254 1,378 127 1,219 
acres 20,783,561 1,436,820 2,126,027 2,529,140 2,867,800 5,315,054 4,019,878 445,056 2,043,786 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 238 50 45 49 25 30 18 5 16 
$1,000 71,926 418 952 1,570 3,059 9,811 13,271 33,618 9,228 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 248,809 87,905 107,232 34,835 4,530 4,984 2,018 281 7,024 
$1,000 218,109,336 51,484,442 60,199,787 33,916,878 14,089,985 23,329,398 15,797,695 3,181,129 16,110,021 
Average per farm dollars 876,614 585,683 561,398 973,644 3,110,372 4,680,858 7,828,392 11,320,745 2,293,568 
Average per acre dollars 1,676 2,229 2,239 1,694 1,135 1,120 1,201 1,622 1,366 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 21,996 8,162 10,381 2,801 29 33 15 4 571 
$50,000 to $99,999 25,589 9,352 12,375 3,200 70 48 8 2 534 
$100,000 to $199,999 46,137 17,026 22,232 5,713 147 94 14 6 905 
$200,000 to $499,999 74,336 27,842 34,410 9,610 531 354 58 8 1,523 
$500,000 to $999,999 37,637 13,885 15,092 5,961 906 607 88 20 1,078 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 21,420 6,827 7,516 3,717 1,059 1,118 245 30 908 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 14,569 3,751 3,945 2,666 1,025 1,569 681 76 856 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 4,458 758 886 779 469 637 520 57 352 
$10,000,000 or more 2,667 302 395 388 294 524 389 78 297 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 248,792 87,900 107,221 34,835 4,530 4,983 2,018 281 7,024 
$1,000 17,958,942 3,965,269 4,894,211 2,420,796 1,155,907 2,234,744 1,806,057 391,921 1,090,038 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 605 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
