Table 47. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Virginia: 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 
1,417 
375 
448 
327 
75 
77 
28 
10 
77 
$1,000 
251,871 
7,242 
8,636 
7,011 
10,576 
26,563 
44,553 
105,358 
41,932 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
312 
36 
45 
42 
59 
56 
25 
10 
39 
$1,000 
239,644 
3,692 
4,811 
3,339 
10,280 
26,281 
44,474 
105,358 
41,409 
Cut Christmas trees and 
short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
512 
199 
217 
69 
3 
6 
2 
- 
16 
$1,000 
7,873 
(D) 
1,973 
990 
630 
1,054 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
33 
6 
9 
7 
3 
5 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
4,735 
(D) 
818 
522 
630 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cut Christmas trees 
.. farms 
489 
188 
208 
68 
3 
6 
2 
- 
14 
$1,000 
7,549 
1,946 
1,945 
(D) 
630 
1,054 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
31 
6 
9 
5 
3 
5 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
4,576 
711 
818 
(D) 
630 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Short-rotation woody crops 
.. farms 
34 
13 
13 
4 
- 
- 
4 
$1,000 
325 
(D) 
29 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crops and hay (see text) 
.. farms 
13,014 
4,903 
5,392 
1,747 
226 
288 
93 
6 
359 
$1,000 
139,830 
32,608 
34,422 
16,621 
7,721 
20,445 
16,372 
2,115 
9,526 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
490 
64 
70 
52 
62 
126 
70 
6 
40 
$1,000 
63,043 
5,499 
5,037 
3,955 
5,523 
17,941 
15,927 
2,115 
7,045 
Maple syrup (see text) 
.. farms 
31 
5 
14 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
78 
(□) 
21 
31 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Cattle and calves 
.. farms 
20,091 
7,109 
7,587 
3,180 
677 
793 
171 
8 
566 
$1,000 
707,976 
136,400 
125,476 
90,737 
74,197 
158,106 
62,080 
17,110 
43,871 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
2,894 
574 
536 
584 
411 
468 
124 
8 
189 
$1,000 
497,354 
55,959 
53,727 
52,588 
68,744 
149,888 
60,967 
17,110 
38,371 
Milk from cows (see text) 
.. farms 
737 
68 
32 
85 
122 
290 
82 
4 
54 
$1,000 
347,204 
7,446 
1,344 
5,520 
26,004 
129,051 
106,783 
32,826 
38,230 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
677 
53 
10 
63 
122 
290 
82 
4 
53 
$1,000 
345,790 
6,995 
(D) 
4,988 
26,004 
129,051 
106,783 
32,826 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs 
.. farms 
919 
171 
387 
239 
52 
33 
9 
3 
25 
$1,000 
67,702 
9,089 
2,055 
5,206 
11,381 
9,976 
8,810 
20,708 
477 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
51 
6 
4 
9 
10 
11 
6 
3 
2 
$1,000 
65,123 
8,576 
(D) 
4,575 
10,976 
9,893 
(D) 
20,708 
(D) 
Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and 
milk (see text) 
... farms 
2,870 
777 
1,368 
596 
43 
31 
- 
1 
54 
$1,000 
11,634 
2,520 
3,702 
3,252 
(D) 
1,354 
- 
(D) 
444 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
19 
2 
2 
6 
1 
5 
- 
3 
$1,000 
2,651 
(D) 
(D) 
525 
(D) 
1,183 
- 
- 
212 
Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and 
donkeys 
.. farms 
2,626 
670 
1,205 
586 
51 
41 
2 
- 
71 
$1,000 
32,006 
5,553 
9,469 
6,024 
(D) 
1,807 
(D) 
- 
8,366 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
72 
15 
16 
23 
5 
7 
1 
- 
5 
$1,000 
14,932 
(□) 
2,069 
1,695 
491 
1,575 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Poultry and eggs 
.. farms 
4,042 
850 
1,673 
930 
261 
168 
31 
3 
126 
$1,000 
1,161,564 
98,880 
93,950 
159,709 
278,374 
235,638 
92,333 
56,611 
146,071 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
848 
105 
105 
228 
201 
135 
26 
3 
45 
$1,000 
1,158,149 
98,329 
92,758 
158,448 
278,076 
235,601 
92,325 
56,611 
146,002 
Aquaculture 
.. farms 
160 
29 
59 
28 
7 
10 
12 
1 
14 
$1,000 
54,665 
(D) 
2,255 
688 
(D) 
(D) 
22,169 
(D) 
12,722 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.. farms 
58 
7 
10 
5 
7 
6 
12 
1 
10 
$1,000 
53,707 
(D) 
1,712 
442 
(D) 
(D) 
22,169 
(D) 
12,692 
Other animals and other animal 
products (see text) 
... farms 
1,391 
433 
606 
284 
18 
11 
3 
- 
36 
$1,000 
10,389 
1,593 
1,265 
1,140 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
19 
4 
2 
4 
3 
2 
- 
4 
$1,000 
7,317 
590 
(D) 
252 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
- 
(D) 
Value of- 
Government payments 
... farms 
10,664 
3,786 
3,024 
1,729 
566 
859 
294 
11 
395 
$1,000 
82,318 
13,403 
9,923 
8,952 
9,179 
20,800 
14,849 
978 
4,234 
Landlord's share of total 
sales (see text) 
... farms 
772 
189 
312 
161 
25 
60 
13 
- 
12 
$1,000 
10,461 
1,321 
1,230 
1,740 
1,029 
3,470 
1,441 
- 
230 
Agricultural products sold directly to 
individuals for human 
consumption (see text) 
... farms 
3,581 
943 
1,537 
796 
136 
76 
11 
2 
80 
$1,000 
41,728 
4,019 
4,936 
5,770 
4,173 
5,094 
(D) 
(D) 
1,014 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES 
Total farm production expenses 1 
... farms 
46,030 
15,888 
18,736 
7,421 
1,050 
1,214 
372 
33 
1,316 
$1,000 
3,494,672 
423,027 
438,547 
390,236 
409,075 
698,230 
523,446 
267,317 
344,794 
Average per farm 
..dollars 
75,922 
26,626 
23,407 
52,585 
389,595 
575,148 
1,407,114 
8,100,512 
262,002 
Fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners purchased 
... farms 
22,925 
7,454 
8,687 
3,756 
808 
1,108 
349 
27 
736 
$1,000 
235,173 
25,140 
24,037 
17,115 
16,002 
56,950 
63,004 
13,028 
19,896 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
17,142 
6,171 
7,481 
2,744 
200 
96 
15 
- 
435 
$5,000 to $24,999 
4,114 
1,184 
1,118 
904 
381 
345 
31 
3 
148 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 643 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
