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 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 20,886 8,071 9,088 3,015 163 64 13 5 467 
50 to 99 acres 4,720 1,690 1,735 858 185 94 5 1 152 
100 to 199 acres 2,883 763 762 750 245 230 13 1 119 
200 to 499 acres 1,627 278 280 304 265 354 46 4 96 
500 to 999 acres 509 20 12 15 68 293 55 3 43 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 316 3 1 1 10 117 153 4 27 
2.000 acres or more 100 - - - - 1 70 11 18 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 3,469 1,089 1,407 662 87 97 31 2 94 
acres 148,345 40,091 41,656 26,463 10,072 14,768 7,987 (D) (D) 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 1,144 396 426 203 21 46 6 1 45 
acres 22,639 5,998 6,376 4,442 736 2,355 (D) (D) 1,197 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 5,535 2,138 2,033 803 104 183 47 4 223 
acres 177,209 67,777 50,865 20,857 3,428 15,946 (D) (D) (D) 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 797 296 246 142 38 31 9 - 35 
acres 24,077 6,051 4,891 4,067 2,175 3,284 1,391 - 2,218 
Total woodland farms 29,638 10,670 11,779 4,621 673 813 201 11 870 
acres 2,465,061 781,014 735,233 355,116 111,389 201,312 90,220 11,474 179,303 
Woodland pastured farms 12,531 4,451 5,032 2,050 312 304 48 3 331 
acres 464,186 143,693 131,635 85,756 28,504 31,416 (D) (D) 22,274 
Woodland not pastured farms 22,938 8,313 9,028 3,513 539 656 182 10 697 
acres 2,000,875 637,321 603,598 269,360 82,885 169,896 (D) (D) 157,029 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 32,250 10,947 13,363 5,378 757 815 161 9 820 
acres 2,435,064 654,884 658,304 442,081 193,391 247,038 84,556 20,129 134,681 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 30,470 10,718 12,052 4,994 739 848 229 26 864 
acres 411,758 127,845 112,069 68,432 16,112 30,578 19,840 5,105 31,777 
Irrigated land farms 2,456 563 677 542 167 236 105 21 145 
acres 68,651 2,833 2,606 3,052 3,465 16,059 23,877 9,056 7,703 
Harvested cropland farms 2,383 543 650 527 164 233 105 20 141 
acres 66,710 (D) 2,354 2,809 3,307 15,645 23,877 (D) 7,655 
Pastureland and other land farms 114 30 39 23 6 8 - 1 7 
acres 1,941 (D) 252 243 158 414 - (D) 48 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 2,688 1,078 867 319 99 175 45 2 103 
acres 58,283 25,314 15,155 4,661 (D) 5,156 1,457 (D) 5,312 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 2,747 441 480 449 333 637 255 18 134 
acres 1,056,366 50,463 48,785 41,997 91,046 331,357 352,891 47,361 92,466 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 145 33 30 35 23 15 - - 9 
$1,000 11,994 425 196 744 4,746 5,246 - - 637 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 46,030 15,888 18,736 7,421 1,050 1,214 372 33 1,316 
$1,000 35,752,388 9,424,763 9,809,517 5,549,446 2,177,498 3,635,703 2,309,150 432,037 2,414,275 
Average per farm dollars 776,719 593,200 523,565 747,803 2,073,808 2,994,813 6,207,393 13,092,019 1,834,555 
Average per acre dollars 4,306 4,418 4,763 4,539 4,163 3,548 3,359 4,115 4,415 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 2,824 882 1,378 471 7 5 2 1 78 
$50,000 to $99,999 3,008 1,123 1,431 377 10 3 2 - 62 
$100,000 to $199,999 6,636 2,441 3,045 937 32 30 2 1 148 
$200,000 to $499,999 15,671 5,681 7,079 2,417 111 49 8 1 325 
$500,000 to $999,999 9,213 3,435 3,564 1,594 221 141 18 1 239 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 4,971 1,552 1,560 1,032 294 322 24 3 184 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 2,900 666 579 514 309 509 140 6 177 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 554 83 71 63 42 124 107 5 59 
$10,000,000 or more 253 25 29 16 24 31 69 15 44 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 46,026 15,885 18,736 7,421 1,050 1,214 371 33 1,316 
$1,000 3,339,696 805,528 869,447 496,119 210,145 415,354 293,749 59,427 189,927 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
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2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 647 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
