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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
56,401 
16,890 
18,513 
9,482 
2,792 
3,887 
1,824 
272 
2,741 
workers 
160,392 
35,229 
38,941 
21,936 
8,066 
14,408 
12,930 
12,218 
16,664 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
24,788 
5,367 
6,346 
4,306 
1,928 
3,122 
1,684 
261 
1,774 
workers 
63,248 
7,821 
9,844 
7,163 
3,604 
8,179 
8,408 
7,776 
10,453 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
39,622 
12,955 
13,923 
6,494 
1,575 
2,046 
910 
123 
1,596 
workers 
97,144 
27,408 
29,097 
14,773 
4,462 
6,229 
4,522 
4,442 
6,211 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1,019 
217 
214 
159 
96 
145 
99 
15 
74 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
406 
117 
145 
73 
33 
23 
2 
- 
13 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
114,685 
39,053 
52,719 
16,088 
1,674 
1,704 
555 
41 
2,851 
workers 
259,072 
83,480 
122,994 
37,422 
3,413 
3,470 
1,140 
82 
7,071 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
20,825 
6,386 
1 1 ,262 
2,668 
56 
71 
17 
5 
360 
1 0 to 49 acres 
72,856 
25,791 
36,966 
8,810 
139 
82 
35 
7 
1,026 
50 to 69 acres 
19,018 
7,407 
8,912 
2,232 
75 
45 
17 
4 
326 
70 to 99 acres 
19,480 
7,975 
8,652 
2,263 
84 
52 
6 
1 
447 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
20,550 
8,289 
8,989 
2,545 
89 
68 
14 
3 
553 
140 to 1 79 acres 
14,820 
6,136 
6,157 
1,950 
85 
34 
12 
7 
439 
180 to 219 acres 
10,449 
4,309 
4,150 
1,550 
72 
53 
18 
7 
290 
220 to 259 acres 
7,287 
2,952 
2,868 
1,141 
76 
36 
6 
4 
204 
260 to 499 acres 
24,266 
9,275 
9,222 
4,052 
453 
245 
69 
18 
932 
500 to 999 acres 
17,309 
5,452 
5,530 
3,539 
970 
808 
129 
37 
844 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
11,139 
2,567 
2,762 
2,173 
1,117 
1,444 
341 
42 
693 
2,000 acres or more 
10,810 
1,366 
1,762 
1,912 
1,314 
2,046 
1,354 
146 
910 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
7,938 
1,257 
1,607 
1,371 
1,002 
1,450 
709 
22 
520 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,578 
579 
465 
290 
56 
47 
71 
16 
54 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
4,736 
1,973 
1,904 
554 
69 
75 
35 
- 
126 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,750 
421 
522 
287 
101 
162 
94 
17 
146 
Other crop farming (1119) 
56,173 
20,739 
22,995 
7,037 
1,398 
1,546 
477 
13 
1,968 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
4,504 
347 
612 
904 
958 
1,151 
288 
- 
244 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
51,669 
20,392 
22,383 
6,133 
440 
395 
189 
13 
1,724 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
127,726 
46,996 
56,796 
17,912 
1,291 
1,153 
431 
68 
3,079 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
898 
299 
258 
135 
24 
28 
20 
31 
103 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
656 
60 
86 
54 
76 
151 
106 
88 
35 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
1,184 
228 
716 
203 
6 
2 
3 
4 
22 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
3,980 
1,128 
1,504 
647 
329 
221 
33 
17 
101 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
15,603 
5,457 
7,760 
2,080 
62 
25 
3 
2 
214 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
26,587 
8,768 
12,619 
4,265 
116 
124 
36 
3 
656 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
151,362 
53,375 
65,597 
22,244 
2,511 
2,514 
1,080 
201 
3,840 
number 
11,159,747 
1,560,958 
1,761,668 
1,055,487 
541,019 
1,009,671 
1,132,966 
1,340,415 
2,757,563 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
49,970 
17,553 
25,743 
5,702 
90 
60 
16 
806 
1 0 to 49 
72,247 
27,983 
31,476 
10,324 
428 
322 
96 
2 
1,616 
50 to 99 
14,875 
5,164 
5,264 
3,260 
363 
253 
62 
- 
509 
1 00 to 1 99 
7,488 
1,937 
2,182 
2,003 
524 
382 
97 
5 
358 
200 to 499 
4,533 
669 
813 
894 
900 
762 
210 
6 
279 
500 or more 
2,249 
69 
119 
61 
206 
735 
599 
188 
272 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
134,451 
48,246 
57,181 
20,071 
2,355 
2,215 
852 
127 
3,404 
number 
4,764,269 
1,046,772 
1,139,858 
690,991 
342,392 
517,926 
400,139 
338,377 
287,814 
Beef cows 
farms 
133,924 
48,194 
57,089 
20,032 
2,304 
2,113 
764 
48 
3,380 
number 
4,329,341 
1,044,697 
1,137,326 
689,466 
336,170 
492,010 
337,130 
31,128 
261,414 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
54,413 
20,057 
26,951 
6,294 
110 
87 
26 
1 
887 
10 to 49 
60,792 
23,447 
25,170 
9,485 
570 
455 
125 
10 
1,530 
50 to 99 
10,495 
3,328 
3,390 
2,543 
394 
313 
108 
8 
411 
100 to 199 
4,826 
1,039 
1,143 
1,346 
522 
380 
118 
6 
272 
200 to 499 
2,679 
302 
414 
345 
642 
573 
194 
13 
196 
500 or more 
719 
21 
21 
19 
66 
305 
193 
10 
84 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
985 
157 
217 
101 
89 
171 
117 
85 
48 
number 
434,928 
2,075 
2,532 
1,525 
6,222 
25,916 
63,009 
307,249 
26,400 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
366 
112 
167 
62 
3 
8 
3 
11 
10 to 49 
144 
31 
40 
30 
26 
6 
2 
- 
9 
50 to 99 
80 
8 
4 
7 
38 
22 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
145 
6 
6 
2 
22 
91 
6 
- 
12 
200 to 499 
94 
- 
- 
- 
- 
44 
45 
- 
5 
500 or more 
156 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
61 
85 
10 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
115,614 
40,764 
49,160 
17,060 
2,222 
2,285 
990 
192 
2,941 
number 
6,395,478 
514,186 
621,810 
364,496 
198,627 
491,745 
732,827 
1,002,038 
2,469,749 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
116,891 
41,827 
48,320 
17,513 
2,375 
2,422 
1,035 
203 
3,196 
number 
10,784,116 
765,620 
833,917 
497,476 
349,061 
726,550 
1,039,892 
1,761,184 
4,810,416 
$1,000 
13,013,127 
557,404 
598,705 
354,973 
289,403 
678,497 
1,100,256 
2,265,054 
7,168,835 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 609 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
