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 
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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Rice - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
116 
3 
1 
16 
73 
10 
500 acres or more 
87 
- 
1 
- 
3 
28 
44 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
4,521 
453 
529 
609 
675 
1,234 
648 
37 
acres 
1,898,726 
47,708 
64,249 
79,505 
183,727 
549,331 
665,954 
36,288 
bushels 
114,949,113 
2,580,931 
3,402,135 
3,727,379 
9,162,218 
32,529,930 
44,248,053 
2,848,814 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,348 
78 
86 
149 
219 
407 
263 
29 
acres 
330,580 
5,959 
7,961 
12,903 
31,850 
87,435 
102,079 
25,703 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
299 
86 
95 
66 
14 
11 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
1,092 
206 
240 
261 
149 
143 
49 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,292 
125 
140 
196 
274 
372 
99 
3 
250 to 499 acres 
782 
28 
33 
71 
134 
319 
130 
10 
500 acres or more 
1,056 
8 
21 
15 
104 
389 
368 
22 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
451 
42 
66 
48 
62 
120 
82 
3 
acres 
107,909 
2,339 
7,267 
5,008 
10,517 
39,470 
37,186 
2,225 
bushels 
2,790,641 
69,383 
137,477 
55,977 
237,887 
996,083 
1,086,729 
91,107 
Irrigated 
farms 
117 
5 
12 
6 
14 
33 
34 
3 
acres 
18,284 
202 
724 
256 
1,278 
7,445 
5,563 
1,883 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
52 
12 
19 
10 
5 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
141 
23 
20 
22 
20 
25 
18 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
127 
7 
18 
12 
21 
42 
21 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
78 
- 
7 
2 
13 
31 
21 
- 
500 acres or more 
53 
- 
2 
2 
3 
19 
22 
3 
Sugarcane for sugar 
farms 
117 
5 
4 
4 
13 
24 
49 
4 
acres 
44,577 
1,502 
483 
28 
1,861 
4,136 
24,933 
(D) 
tons 
(D) 
9,088 
20,932 
(D) 
73,763 
133,904 
902,789 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
104 
- 
3 
2 
13 
23 
47 
4 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,861 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
198 
7 
8 
13 
20 
66 
43 
3 
acres 
88,623 
607 
490 
1,237 
3,135 
22,668 
33,740 
1,077 
pounds 
103,518,889 
970,064 
657,489 
1,711,036 
4,339,887 
25,390,981 
33,863,742 
1,310,037 
Irrigated 
farms 
88 
3 
5 
6 
14 
35 
14 
1 
acres 
13,087 
425 
(□) 
386 
1,616 
5,594 
3,314 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
2 
1 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
46 
4 
3 
9 
4 
12 
4 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
52 
3 
3 
- 
13 
23 
7 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
40 
- 
- 
3 
2 
18 
12 
- 
500 acres or more 
52 
- 
" 
- 
1 
13 
17 
2 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
7,409 
1,189 
1,440 
1,239 
981 
1,363 
701 
58 
acres 
2,993,969 
164,741 
237,470 
229,698 
391,924 
802,303 
837,787 
91,180 
bushels 
97,403,853 
4,766,088 
6,426,427 
5,709,263 
11,332,060 
26,101,507 
30,430,223 
4,124,759 
Irrigated 
farms 
1,514 
77 
114 
148 
257 
478 
279 
34 
acres 
412,221 
5,707 
8,973 
15,858 
41,185 
106,884 
129,071 
58,681 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
550 
176 
202 
112 
25 
17 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
1,900 
498 
515 
414 
160 
168 
45 
5 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,009 
316 
467 
420 
273 
314 
98 
6 
250 to 499 acres 
1,258 
138 
161 
193 
240 
345 
110 
6 
500 acres or more 
1,692 
61 
95 
100 
283 
519 
447 
41 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
86,456 
31,934 
35,547 
12,197 
1,743 
1,901 
794 
128 
acres 
5,069,579 
1,352,577 
1,483,283 
775,720 
318,899 
482,434 
318,697 
100,720 
tons, dry 
9,543,773 
2,239,795 
2,455,138 
1,273,124 
716,192 
1,120,639 
860,142 
395,307 
Irrigated 
farms 
5,226 
1,180 
1,706 
868 
333 
489 
289 
82 
acres 
436,761 
33,276 
56,452 
36,204 
41,285 
87,853 
80,469 
57,712 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
38,062 
14,945 
17,875 
4,301 
158 
116 
19 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
36,139 
14,068 
14,412 
5,484 
571 
489 
154 
13 
1 00 to 249 acres 
9,233 
2,539 
2,728 
1,978 
631 
689 
250 
23 
250 to 499 acres 
2,067 
308 
422 
368 
271 
363 
179 
24 
500 acres or more 
955 
74 
110 
66 
112 
244 
192 
66 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
2,090 
629 
712 
344 
86 
151 
73 
21 
acres 
138,995 
20,559 
19,782 
15,531 
12,278 
27,900 
17,025 
21,571 
tons, dry 
535,768 
37,037 
42,234 
33,265 
54,742 
124,543 
95,425 
133,237 
Irrigated 
farms 
739 
135 
227 
129 
45 
101 
53 
17 
acres 
69,490 
2,470 
5,095 
5,596 
7,046 
17,216 
10,360 
19,674 
Other tame hay 
farms 
59,856 
22,200 
24,664 
8,498 
1,235 
1,262 
519 
67 
acres 
3,280,190 
917,674 
998,782 
522,724 
199,233 
280,637 
192,036 
33,283 
tons, dry 
6,168,433 
1,641,100 
1,787,984 
907,983 
461,935 
620,674 
416,795 
77,325 
Irrigated 
farms 
3,143 
824 
1,138 
506 
183 
189 
126 
37 
acres 
169,421 
22,379 
36,171 
18,449 
15,292 
25,935 
25,377 
13,426 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
105 
30 
42 
19 
5 
6 
2 
1 
acres 
6,419 
1,352 
2,110 
980 
1,117 
263 
(□) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
20 
2 
4 
7 
3 
2 
1 
1 
acres 
1,436 
(□) 
173 
216 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
2,296 
761 
622 
404 
88 
138 
155 
29 
acres 
124,133 
4,330 
2,607 
3,019 
3,722 
13,501 
42,494 
33,855 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
336 
271,964 
16,449,653 
117 
56,690 
28 
3,897 
115,998 
10 
933 
38 
25,669 
35,275,653 
10 
1,388 
438 
238,866 
8,513,526 
127 
45,862 
2,212 
237,249 
483,436 
279 
43,510 
74 
4,349 
15,285 
32 
2,033 
1,411 
135,821 
254,637 
140 
12,392 
99 
20,605 
-continued 
612 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
