Table 50. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Wisconsin: 2012 
[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 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
69,754 
15,753 
27,048 
12,401 
5,736 
4,754 
1,827 
172 
2,063 
percent 
100.0 
22.6 
38.8 
17.8 
8.2 
6.8 
2.6 
0.2 
3.0 
Land in farms 
....acres 
14,568,926 
1,766,555 
2,436,173 
1,704,388 
1,794,427 
2,849,341 
2,609,791 
516,629 
891,622 
Average size of farm 
....acres 
209 
112 
90 
137 
313 
599 
1,428 
3,004 
432 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
69,754 
15,753 
27,048 
12,401 
5,736 
4,754 
1,827 
172 
2,063 
$1,000 
11,981,780 
367,508 
592,458 
636,421 
1,399,953 
2,666,881 
3,491,971 
1,655,683 
1,170,904 
Average per farm 
.. dollars 
171,772 
23,329 
21,904 
51,320 
244,064 
560,976 
1,911,314 
9,626,062 
567,574 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1 1 ,324 
3,384 
6,406 
1,277 
7 
4 
246 
$1,000 to $2,499 
7,665 
2,527 
4,135 
800 
- 
- 
- 
- 
203 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,579 
2,067 
3,543 
819 
6 
1 
- 
- 
143 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,826 
2,031 
3,537 
1,096 
1 
1 
- 
- 
160 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,779 
2,223 
3,666 
1,685 
6 
6 
- 
- 
193 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,745 
1,474 
2,327 
1,770 
5 
1 
_ 
_ 
168 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6,453 
1,208 
2,136 
2,895 
59 
2 
- 
- 
153 
$100,000 to $249,999 
7,471 
672 
1,068 
1,964 
3,523 
28 
- 
- 
216 
$250,000 to $499,999 
4,957 
148 
201 
35 
2,008 
2,389 
3 
" 
173 
$500,000 to $999,999 
2,665 
14 
20 
44 
88 
2,256 
72 
_ 
171 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,290 
5 
9 
16 
33 
66 
1,752 
172 
237 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,620 
5 
8 
16 
31 
56 
1,355 
- 
149 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
446 
- 
1 
- 
2 
10 
385 
5 
43 
$5,000,000 or more 
224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
167 
45 
Total sales 
....farms 
69,754 
15,753 
27,048 
12,401 
5,736 
4,754 
1,827 
172 
2,063 
$1,000 
1 1 ,744,476 
345,398 
564,485 
617,950 
1,366,098 
2,605,791 
3,438,384 
1,649,279 
1,157,092 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
....farms 
33,244 
5,351 
9,557 
6,681 
4,809 
4,166 
1,525 
117 
1,038 
$1,000 
3,382,513 
174,047 
303,047 
215,520 
382,835 
933,482 
1,019,154 
100,715 
253,714 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
12,447 
1,134 
1,971 
1,683 
2,420 
3,215 
1,349 
107 
568 
$1,000 
3,049,116 
111,674 
197,037 
135,748 
334,511 
910,051 
1,014,424 
100,468 
245,202 
Corn 
....farms 
28,802 
4,331 
7,716 
5,803 
4,493 
4,006 
1,429 
100 
924 
$1,000 
2,345,697 
112,227 
199,503 
143,579 
260,204 
641,974 
730,087 
78,392 
179,731 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
9,158 
645 
1,165 
902 
1,896 
2,787 
1,226 
90 
447 
$1,000 
2,018,541 
56,474 
104,187 
63,418 
209,472 
612,206 
724,377 
78,085 
170,323 
Wheat 
....farms 
5,127 
666 
946 
711 
806 
1,180 
561 
44 
213 
$1,000 
124,468 
7,921 
10,945 
7,689 
13,732 
35,412 
34,680 
5,269 
8,819 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
579 
15 
22 
8 
33 
199 
219 
27 
56 
$1,000 
58,241 
1,016 
1,326 
459 
2,222 
16,099 
26,275 
4,823 
6,022 
Soybeans 
....farms 
17,106 
2,517 
4,379 
2,987 
2,673 
2,852 
1,043 
44 
611 
$1,000 
879,153 
51,538 
89,254 
59,481 
102,735 
249,813 
248,610 
16,354 
61,367 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
4,249 
195 
359 
156 
762 
1,647 
834 
41 
255 
$1,000 
646,541 
15,063 
27,642 
10,139 
61,019 
219,675 
242,456 
16,282 
54,266 
Sorghum 
....farms 
162 
23 
42 
40 
23 
12 
11 
6 
5 
$1,000 
1,490 
(D) 
313 
273 
350 
74 
89 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
12 
2 
3 
6 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
643 
- 
(D) 
150 
300 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Barley 
....farms 
782 
88 
108 
187 
198 
123 
40 
1 
37 
$1,000 
3,390 
(D) 
333 
542 
778 
788 
468 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
5 
- 
2 
- 
1 
2 
$1,000 
298 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Rice 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
....farms 
6,366 
854 
1,184 
1,702 
1,354 
872 
201 
6 
193 
$1,000 
28,315 
2,013 
2,698 
3,956 
5,036 
5,422 
5,219 
506 
3,466 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
44 
- 
2 
3 
3 
8 
16 
3 
9 
$1,000 
7,721 
- 
(D) 
171 
190 
854 
3,448 
(D) 
2,467 
Tobacco 
... farms 
181 
24 
59 
27 
39 
15 
10 
_ 
7 
$1,000 
3,315 
259 
774 
429 
760 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
93 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
13 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
6 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,254 
(□) 
(D) 
174 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
....farms 
2,880 
433 
704 
788 
259 
383 
173 
22 
118 
$1,000 
555,432 
8,324 
10,500 
16,758 
16,654 
68,310 
180,379 
203,901 
50,605 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
699 
41 
45 
82 
91 
223 
142 
21 
54 
$1,000 
525,517 
(D) 
4,040 
7,101 
13,076 
64,482 
179,657 
(D) 
49,527 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
....farms 
1,475 
359 
475 
356 
84 
82 
61 
3 
55 
$1,000 
219,271 
6,072 
7,704 
6,771 
8,268 
35,375 
102,413 
29,293 
23,375 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
316 
27 
48 
51 
42 
61 
57 
3 
27 
$1,000 
209,449 
2,978 
4,443 
4,169 
7,974 
35,101 
102,350 
29,293 
23,142 
Fruits and tree nuts 
....farms 
713 
217 
274 
144 
41 
12 
6 
- 
19 
$1,000 
20,981 
3,335 
3,586 
2,856 
2,717 
2,329 
2,721 
- 
3,437 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
86 
14 
22 
20 
16 
6 
3 
- 
5 
$1,000 
15,219 
1,150 
1,589 
1,607 
2,585 
2,289 
2,702 
- 
3,296 
Berries 
....farms 
903 
171 
250 
255 
53 
73 
56 
3 
42 
$1,000 
198,290 
2,737 
4,118 
3,916 
5,550 
33,046 
99,693 
29,293 
19,938 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
....farms 
226 
12 
25 
28 
26 
56 
54 
3 
22 
$1,000 
193,654 
(D) 
2,696 
2,300 
5,356 
32,763 
(D) 
29,293 
19,845 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
684 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
