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 
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 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
.... farms 
12,718 
3,874 
3,875 
2,262 
702 
1,014 
352 
33 
workers 
46,561 
10,482 
10,081 
7,035 
2,545 
4,879 
4,019 
2,535 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
.... farms 
5,164 
1,036 
1,074 
973 
479 
834 
326 
33 
workers 
16,171 
2,176 
2,183 
2,050 
1,023 
2,502 
2,139 
1,619 
Less than 150 days 
.... farms 
9,714 
3,223 
3,152 
1,668 
407 
614 
213 
23 
workers 
30,390 
8,306 
7,898 
4,985 
1,522 
2,377 
1,880 
916 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
.... farms 
466 
57 
60 
61 
52 
150 
52 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
.... farms 
56 
17 
18 
7 
12 
1 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
.... farms 
21,418 
6,947 
9,440 
3,627 
442 
386 
73 
1 
workers 
48,244 
14,652 
22,270 
8,090 
1,001 
798 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,343 
880 
1,765 
586 
25 
13 
3 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
14,425 
4,887 
6,932 
2,244 
70 
40 
7 
3 
50 to 69 acres 
4,620 
1,755 
1,954 
708 
52 
19 
3 
1 
70 to 99 acres 
4,749 
1,928 
2,007 
614 
47 
23 
4 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,576 
1,847 
1,834 
679 
71 
38 
1 
- 
140 to 1 79 acres 
2,905 
1,151 
1,153 
453 
44 
24 
3 
2 
180 to 219 acres 
2,207 
841 
820 
386 
49 
39 
4 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,481 
535 
492 
294 
62 
33 
5 
1 
260 to 499 acres 
4,176 
1,414 
1,226 
893 
235 
208 
24 
3 
500 to 999 acres 
2,173 
484 
404 
447 
247 
408 
43 
2 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,009 
143 
123 
106 
124 
293 
135 
5 
2,000 acres or more 
366 
23 
26 
11 
24 
76 
140 
15 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,210 
490 
588 
393 
194 
301 
143 
6 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) .... 
831 
249 
285 
231 
20 
18 
9 
3 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,038 
342 
462 
151 
13 
15 
9 
1 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,460 
457 
546 
261 
49 
49 
22 
9 
Other crop farming (1119) 
11,506 
4,651 
4,761 
1,395 
102 
184 
55 
1 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
399 
51 
70 
98 
48 
99 
12 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
112 
14 
17 
25 
6 
28 
13 
1 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,995 
4,586 
4,674 
1,272 
48 
57 
30 
. 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
18,149 
6,904 
7,527 
2,751 
290 
226 
26 
3 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
373 
163 
96 
52 
24 
20 
2 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
691 
81 
38 
78 
118 
254 
70 
3 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
323 
64 
150 
86 
8 
4 
3 
3 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,668 
302 
576 
399 
198 
117 
21 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,564 
448 
825 
271 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,217 
1,737 
2,882 
1,353 
34 
25 
12 
1 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
.... farms 
23,911 
8,320 
9,468 
3,782 
705 
812 
187 
7 
number 
1,631,882 
386,498 
351,655 
272,797 
139,067 
255,404 
107,158 
19,813 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,723 
1,596 
2,421 
617 
21 
11 
5 
10 to 49 
11,270 
4,407 
4,983 
1,497 
68 
69 
17 
- 
50 to 99 
3,749 
1,407 
1,285 
779 
93 
61 
14 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
2,297 
631 
562 
591 
235 
164 
16 
- 
200 to 499 
1,483 
253 
206 
279 
236 
355 
46 
2 
500 or more 
389 
26 
11 
19 
52 
152 
89 
5 
Cows and heifers that calved 
.... farms 
20,326 
7,225 
7,888 
3,262 
556 
669 
161 
6 
number 
751,425 
196,725 
173,982 
126,553 
59,414 
95,352 
43,749 
8,544 
Beef cows 
.... farms 
19,596 
7,144 
7,783 
3,156 
453 
437 
99 
2 
number 
657,320 
193,669 
172,807 
123,678 
50,851 
61,018 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
5,579 
1,969 
2,801 
678 
26 
33 
7 
10 to 49 
10,468 
4,168 
4,195 
1,574 
127 
128 
28 
- 
50 to 99 
2,216 
727 
591 
604 
92 
81 
17 
1 
100 to 199 
961 
245 
161 
265 
121 
80 
17 
- 
200 to 499 
331 
31 
34 
35 
85 
97 
21 
1 
500 or more 
41 
4 
1 
- 
2 
18 
9 
- 
Milk cows 
.... farms 
1,168 
194 
212 
186 
129 
294 
83 
4 
number 
94,105 
3,056 
1,175 
2,875 
8,563 
34,334 
(D) 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
435 
116 
184 
109 
7 
5 
1 
10 to 49 
159 
57 
23 
63 
10 
5 
- 
- 
50 to 99 
258 
20 
5 
13 
108 
94 
1 
- 
100 to 199 
219 
1 
- 
1 
3 
177 
18 
- 
200 to 499 
79 
- 
- 
- 
1 
13 
52 
- 
500 or more 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
4 
Other cattle (see text) 
.... farms 
19,895 
6,828 
7,699 
3,197 
676 
779 
178 
7 
number 
880,457 
189,773 
177,673 
146,244 
79,653 
160,052 
63,409 
1 1 ,269 
Cattle and calves sold 
.... farms 
20,091 
7,109 
7,587 
3,180 
677 
793 
171 
8 
number 
845,381 
179,222 
163,943 
122,896 
82,639 
167,066 
60,735 
20,289 
$1,000 
707,976 
136,400 
125,476 
90,737 
74,197 
158,106 
62,080 
17,110 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
Non-family 
farms 
606 
4,985 
409 
2,479 
414 
2,506 
29 
502 
1,300 
70 
242 
128 
126 
106 
75 
68 
59 
173 
138 
80 
51 
95 
16 
45 
67 
357 
21 
8 
328 
422 
16 
49 
5 
52 
19 
630 
99,490 
52 
229 
110 
98 
106 
35 
559 
47,106 
522 
37,131 
65 
248 
103 
72 
27 
7 
66 
9,975 
13 
1 
17 
19 
13 
3 
52,384 
566 
48,591 
43,871 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 651 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
