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 
CROPS HARVESTED - Con. 
Barley for grain - Con. 
Irrigated 
farms 
18 
7 
- 
4 
2 
1 
1 
- 
3 
acres 
124 
7 
- 
31 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
14 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
260 
66 
42 
56 
38 
44 
5 
- 
9 
25 to 99 acres 
224 
30 
15 
25 
51 
61 
30 
1 
11 
1 00 to 249 acres 
80 
1 
4 
- 
7 
30 
27 
2 
9 
250 to 499 acres 
23 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
17 
- 
2 
500 acres or more 
7 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
4 
2 
1 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,857 
514 
573 
438 
352 
563 
240 
12 
165 
acres 
338,132 
14,148 
14,298 
13,482 
26,284 
99,305 
120,983 
17,864 
31,768 
bushels 
33,984,647 
1,308,292 
1,225,694 
1,208,557 
2,393,156 
9,550,149 
12,608,046 
2,162,551 
3,528,202 
Irrigated 
farms 
185 
20 
19 
9 
16 
56 
43 
4 
18 
acres 
15,501 
79 
152 
263 
380 
3,534 
7,166 
2,192 
1,735 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
1,177 
352 
374 
252 
87 
54 
8 
- 
50 
25 to 99 acres 
898 
132 
174 
161 
167 
189 
29 
1 
45 
1 00 to 249 acres 
413 
28 
23 
24 
87 
165 
48 
1 
37 
250 to 499 acres 
215 
2 
2 
1 
10 
127 
58 
1 
14 
500 acres or more 
154 
- 
- 
- 
1 
28 
97 
9 
19 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
1,636 
261 
240 
225 
247 
444 
107 
5 
107 
acres 
113,059 
8,179 
4,187 
4,558 
10,800 
39,528 
26,966 
7,930 
10,911 
tons 
1,707,869 
108,077 
60,430 
63,116 
156,987 
623,824 
420,027 
107,342 
168,066 
Irrigated 
farms 
63 
2 
2 
5 
4 
30 
13 
1 
6 
acres 
4,113 
(D) 
(D) 
54 
97 
1,592 
1,755 
(D) 
178 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
686 
174 
191 
175 
67 
53 
10 
- 
16 
25 to 99 acres 
641 
73 
46 
49 
163 
241 
15 
- 
54 
1 00 to 249 acres 
232 
8 
3 
1 
17 
138 
37 
1 
27 
250 to 499 acres 
55 
6 
- 
- 
- 
10 
31 
- 
8 
500 acres or more 
22 
- 
- 
- 
" 
2 
14 
4 
2 
Cotton, all 
farms 
267 
23 
26 
28 
14 
91 
64 
1 
20 
acres 
89,072 
610 
1,547 
2,234 
1,925 
33,326 
39,936 
(D) 
(D) 
bales 
191,513 
1,184 
2,704 
4,209 
4,090 
69,547 
90,312 
(D) 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
15 
- 
1 
- 
2 
4 
4 
4 
acres 
829 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
99 
297 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
42 
16 
12 
11 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
45 
7 
7 
6 
7 
8 
3 
- 
7 
1 00 to 249 acres 
55 
- 
7 
11 
6 
24 
5 
- 
2 
250 to 499 acres 
55 
- 
- 
- 
- 
32 
20 
- 
3 
500 acres or more 
70 
- 
" 
- 
1 
26 
36 
1 
6 
Oats for grain 
farms 
144 
37 
31 
34 
18 
14 
5 
1 
4 
acres 
3,456 
363 
(D) 
365 
434 
396 
1,031 
(D) 
38 
bushels 
238,928 
20,677 
(D) 
22,719 
32,788 
29,838 
80,912 
(D) 
3,100 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
121 
35 
27 
32 
14 
8 
1 
- 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
19 
2 
3 
2 
4 
6 
2 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
" 
Peanuts for nuts 
farms 
170 
16 
17 
11 
11 
52 
46 
1 
16 
acres 
20,208 
358 
401 
(D) 
755 
7,208 
8,293 
(D) 
2,199 
pounds 
81,182,563 
709,495 
1,416,165 
(D) 
2,888,835 
28,152,857 
34,951,750 
(D) 
9,298,235 
Irrigated 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
4 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
32 
9 
11 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
25 to 99 acres 
48 
7 
6 
4 
7 
16 
4 
- 
4 
1 00 to 249 acres 
74 
- 
- 
- 
3 
33 
33 
- 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
15 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
9 
- 
3 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
96 
12 
19 
12 
8 
21 
15 
- 
9 
acres 
4,043 
(D) 
541 
240 
289 
870 
1,321 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
258,000 
18,705 
21,177 
(D) 
25,799 
50,841 
102,580 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
55 
9 
13 
8 
5 
11 
1 
- 
8 
25 to 99 acres 
28 
3 
5 
3 
2 
7 
8 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
11 
- 
1 
1 
1 
3 
5 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
1 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
2,512 
397 
482 
392 
292 
560 
247 
11 
131 
acres 
578,852 
25,876 
30,142 
24,812 
51,159 
176,731 
204,501 
19,742 
45,889 
bushels 
22,680,879 
872,420 
1,028,014 
834,240 
1,811,220 
6,766,269 
8,327,529 
1,009,588 
2,031,599 
Irrigated 
farms 
118 
10 
9 
11 
16 
33 
27 
2 
10 
acres 
10,298 
261 
(D) 
286 
434 
2,067 
4,520 
(D) 
1,393 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
541 
128 
165 
134 
40 
49 
1 
- 
24 
25 to 99 acres 
842 
196 
237 
168 
83 
108 
14 
- 
36 
1 00 to 249 acres 
453 
64 
66 
80 
102 
93 
29 
1 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 653 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
