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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
9,924 
3,562 
3,656 
1,612 
282 
388 
107 
6 
311 
number 
170,549 
42,587 
40,074 
28,845 
1 1 ,382 
21,810 
8,519 
10,309 
7,023 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
18,033 
6,394 
6,701 
2,841 
660 
760 
162 
8 
507 
number 
674,832 
136,635 
123,869 
94,051 
71,257 
145,256 
52,216 
9,980 
41,568 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
554 
212 
110 
78 
46 
57 
9 
1 
41 
number 
30,298 
7,991 
3,397 
(D) 
4,202 
6,899 
3,541 
(D) 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
1,265 
241 
555 
337 
51 
35 
9 
3 
34 
Farms with- 
number 
239,899 
12,499 
9,206 
21,907 
21,294 
17,299 
38,383 
116,975 
2,336 
1 to 24 
1,022 
208 
486 
263 
16 
21 
2 
- 
26 
25 to 49 
116 
19 
39 
38 
15 
2 
- 
- 
3 
50 to 99 
60 
8 
21 
24 
5 
1 
- 
- 
1 
100 to 199 
20 
3 
7 
1 
6 
1 
- 
- 
2 
200 to 499 
16 
- 
1 
4 
2 
7 
1 
- 
1 
500 or more 
31 
3 
1 
7 
7 
3 
6 
3 
1 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
706 
140 
306 
192 
24 
19 
2 
1 
22 
number 
8,460 
673 
1,305 
4,732 
397 
403 
(D) 
(D) 
388 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
1,035 
189 
450 
279 
48 
26 
9 
3 
31 
number 
231,439 
1 1 ,826 
7,901 
17,175 
20,897 
16,896 
(D) 
(D) 
1,948 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
919 
171 
387 
239 
52 
33 
9 
3 
25 
number 
559,658 
52,240 
12,804 
39,344 
84,013 
55,688 
78,113 
233,394 
4,062 
$1,000 
67,702 
9,089 
2,055 
5,206 
11,381 
9,976 
8,810 
20,708 
477 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
2,315 
616 
1,102 
479 
35 
27 
3 
1 
52 
number 
84,983 
22,567 
26,924 
25,145 
3,060 
3,471 
(□) 
(D) 
3,732 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
1,835 
482 
867 
387 
31 
25 
1 
1 
41 
number 
50,236 
13,344 
15,418 
15,124 
(D) 
2,367 
(D) 
(D) 
2,175 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
1,462 
387 
655 
344 
24 
20 
1 
31 
number 
48,843 
12,028 
15,111 
15,101 
(D) 
2,752 
- 
(D) 
2,422 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
12,058 
3,392 
5,569 
2,353 
223 
204 
29 
3 
285 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
86,840 
22,901 
33,756 
22,544 
2,133 
1,501 
152 
12 
3,841 
inventory 
....farms 
11,546 
3,207 
5,366 
2,280 
211 
189 
27 
2 
264 
number 
69,797 
19,035 
28,802 
16,499 
1,235 
1,243 
(D) 
(D) 
2,835 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
2,441 
605 
1,112 
568 
50 
39 
2 
65 
number 
6,904 
1,621 
3,044 
1,490 
(D) 
224 
(D) 
- 
406 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
3,376 
884 
1,713 
659 
30 
25 
1 
_ 
64 
number 
50,831 
13,515 
23,174 
11,681 
(D) 
786 
(D) 
- 
1,001 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
1,607 
423 
810 
312 
21 
11 
- 
30 
number 
28,191 
6,155 
10,953 
5,076 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
831 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
5,656 
1,339 
2,841 
1,176 
99 
65 
10 
- 
126 
Farms with- 
number 
2,897,238 
144,629 
173,683 
525,753 
409,940 
271,223 
92,495 
“ 
1,279,515 
1 to 399 
5,523 
1,329 
2,825 
1,121 
64 
56 
7 
- 
121 
400 to 3,199 
42 
2 
7 
19 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
25 
3 
5 
11 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
3 
4 
23 
8 
3 
- 
- 
1 
20,000 to 49,999 
17 
2 
- 
2 
10 
- 
3 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
100,000 or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
701 
158 
321 
177 
18 
8 
- 
- 
19 
number 
1,301,917 
111,595 
106,298 
422,496 
159,668 
145,527 
- 
- 
356,333 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
937 
170 
413 
258 
38 
24 
4 
- 
30 
number 
2,687,902 
124,184 
133,211 
532,252 
389,491 
243,210 
339,464 
926,090 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
142 
28 
46 
50 
5 
8 
- 
- 
5 
number 
2,809,131 
315,282 
(D) 
943,604 
299,000 
351,020 
- 
- 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
807 
136 
200 
226 
130 
75 
9 
- 
31 
Farms with- 
number 
237,669,378 
27,218,897 
26,489,676 
32,690,022 
64,887,982 
55,900,787 
16,579,525 
13,902,489 
1 to 1,999 
309 
69 
129 
96 
4 
2 
- 
- 
9 
2,000 to 59,999 
22 
- 
1 
16 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
60,000 to 99,999 
9 
3 
2 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
467 
64 
68 
111 
120 
73 
9 
- 
22 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
663 
126 
237 
161 
55 
42 
13 
- 
29 
number 
5,160,805 
281,985 
259,268 
778,320 
1,567,619 
1,073,187 
719,414 
- 
481,012 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
429 
52 
110 
113 
69 
51 
14 
- 
20 
number 
18,223,608 
1,106,610 
802,591 
2,272,603 
5,126,885 
4,959,742 
2,792,484 
- 
1,162,693 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
594 
97 
61 
81 
96 
139 
83 
5 
32 
acres 
37,023 
2,147 
1,619 
1,632 
3,514 
9,372 
13,557 
1,918 
3,264 
bushels 
2,905,047 
145,929 
98,771 
95,105 
271,291 
738,373 
1,144,404 
163,059 
248,115 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
652 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
