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. 
Soybeans for beans - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: - Con. 
250 to 499 acres 
315 
7 
14 
10 
52 
183 
25 
1 
23 
500 acres or more 
361 
2 
- 
- 
15 
127 
178 
9 
30 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
11 
4 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
1 
_ 
1 
acres 
117 
39 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
80,625 
(D) 
4,508 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
9 
3 
3 
2 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
1 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
558 
72 
Ill 
132 
62 
127 
23 
_ 
31 
acres 
22,982 
723 
742 
1,588 
2,269 
12,188 
4,072 
- 
1,400 
pounds 
53,179,801 
1,472,462 
1,479,032 
3,006,154 
5,069,506 
27,784,795 
10,818,640 
- 
3,549,212 
Irrigated 
farms 
223 
21 
27 
34 
32 
76 
16 
- 
17 
acres 
9,914 
228 
227 
385 
835 
5,088 
1,943 
- 
1,209 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 0.9 acres 
7 
3 
4 
1 .0 to 1 .9 acres 
60 
11 
29 
12 
1 
- 
- 
- 
7 
2.0 to 2.9 acres 
38 
12 
11 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3.0 to 4.9 acres 
48 
9 
22 
12 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
5.0 to 9.9 acres 
80 
19 
22 
26 
6 
3 
- 
- 
4 
10.0 to 24.9 acres 
102 
10 
20 
54 
7 
8 
1 
- 
2 
25.0 acres or more 
223 
11 
4 
18 
45 
114 
22 
- 
9 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
1,601 
215 
264 
224 
195 
391 
209 
10 
93 
acres 
241,979 
9,715 
11,033 
9,991 
18,511 
69,406 
95,079 
10,150 
18,094 
bushels 
14,804,947 
452,986 
573,406 
542,419 
907,428 
4,105,943 
6,358,410 
721,649 
1,142,706 
Irrigated 
farms 
45 
5 
- 
4 
9 
16 
6 
- 
5 
acres 
1,977 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
167 
511 
976 
- 
227 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
369 
100 
98 
96 
31 
22 
22 
25 to 99 acres 
600 
95 
144 
101 
95 
116 
22 
- 
27 
1 00 to 249 acres 
338 
16 
21 
26 
57 
161 
36 
1 
20 
250 to 499 acres 
181 
4 
1 
1 
12 
76 
70 
3 
14 
500 acres or more 
113 
- 
- 
" 
- 
16 
81 
6 
10 
Forage-land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
25,929 
9,475 
10,162 
3,925 
695 
784 
165 
11 
712 
acres 
1,313,197 
384,772 
384,632 
240,635 
82,981 
112,199 
36,634 
6,406 
64,938 
tons, dry 
2,805,640 
748,339 
727,226 
480,504 
207,894 
341,121 
119,466 
15,089 
166,001 
Irrigated 
farms 
177 
28 
62 
47 
10 
15 
7 
3 
5 
acres 
4,045 
519 
298 
361 
177 
278 
902 
1,483 
27 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
11,725 
4,526 
5,338 
1,480 
106 
72 
11 
192 
25 to 99 acres 
10,664 
4,085 
3,963 
1,623 
290 
318 
51 
1 
333 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,904 
766 
753 
706 
224 
267 
51 
2 
135 
250 to 499 acres 
508 
86 
103 
103 
54 
90 
33 
4 
35 
500 acres or more 
128 
12 
5 
13 
21 
37 
19 
4 
17 
Alfalfa hay 
farms 
2,660 
782 
867 
478 
190 
194 
42 
2 
105 
acres 
71,321 
16,695 
16,307 
12,788 
6,873 
8,007 
(D) 
(D) 
5,315 
tons, dry 
215,171 
43,947 
39,938 
34,830 
24,187 
30,704 
(D) 
(D) 
21,594 
Irrigated 
farms 
31 
4 
9 
7 
3 
6 
2 
- 
acres 
(D) 
29 
21 
(D) 
10 
137 
(D) 
" 
Other tame hay 
farms 
19,310 
7,038 
7,577 
2,938 
509 
611 
127 
8 
502 
acres 
985,862 
291,481 
291,438 
183,290 
62,658 
84,694 
21,823 
4,866 
45,612 
tons, dry 
2,048,853 
572,527 
557,822 
367,128 
142,724 
235,573 
59,621 
10,182 
103,276 
Irrigated 
farms 
134 
23 
53 
37 
4 
6 
3 
3 
5 
acres 
2,878 
278 
241 
318 
41 
64 
(D) 
1,438 
(D) 
Field and grass seed crops, all 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Irrigated 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,656 
467 
522 
425 
75 
71 
34 
4 
58 
acres 
21,072 
1,369 
1,266 
1,984 
1,575 
3,006 
6,140 
3,910 
1,824 
Irrigated 
farms 
628 
147 
149 
203 
48 
29 
18 
2 
32 
acres 
10,114 
544 
(D) 
753 
663 
1,056 
3,679 
(D) 
867 
Farms by acres harvested: 
0.1 to 4.9 acres 
1,276 
389 
457 
328 
32 
22 
5 
43 
5.0 to 24.9 acres 
274 
73 
60 
83 
24 
21 
5 
- 
8 
25.0 to 99.9 acres 
66 
5 
5 
13 
14 
18 
8 
- 
3 
100.0 to 249.9 acres 
22 
- 
- 
1 
5 
8 
6 
- 
2 
250.0 acres or more 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
10 
4 
2 
Beans, snap 
farms 
714 
186 
240 
215 
24 
18 
12 
1 
18 
acres 
1,877 
97 
147 
104 
(D) 
507 
593 
(D) 
143 
Harvested for processing 
farms 
56 
17 
25 
7 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
acres 
631 
3 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
134 
(D) 
(D) 
Peas, green 
farms 
38 
9 
11 
14 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
61 
7 
4 
43 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
654 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
