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 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation Large-scale family 
farming excluding retirement farms - GCFI 
f arms Mid-size $1 ,000,000 or more 
family 
Low Moderate farms - 
sales - GCFI sales - GCFI GCFI Large - Very large - 
Off-farm less than $150,000 $350,000 $1,000,000 $5,000,000 Non-family 
Item All farms Retirement occupation $150,000 to $349,999 to $999,999 to $4,999,999 or more farms 
LAND USE - Con. 
Total cropland - Con. 
Harvested cropland - Con. 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 24,180 6,538 12,444 4,374 211 96 27 1 489 
50 to 99 acres 8,013 1,918 2,932 2,397 473 86 24 3 180 
100 to 199 acres 8,506 1,180 1,910 2,665 2,053 427 49 1 221 
200 to 499 acres 7,394 520 701 792 2,633 2,251 199 4 294 
500 to 999 acres 2,427 29 33 11 198 1,414 572 17 153 
1.000 to 1,999 acres 1,087 - 4 - 13 355 596 34 85 
2.000 acres or more 476 .... 7 304 98 67 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without 
additional improvements (see text) ... farms 6,691 1,241 2,174 1,603 872 522 135 16 128 
acres 162,095 23,794 36,490 38,179 26,539 21,377 9,795 2,120 3,801 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 2,731 664 1,021 564 185 147 62 8 80 
acres 65,303 13,254 14,931 15,644 6,034 6,419 4,482 1,959 2,580 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and 
not pastured or grazed (see text) farms 14,911 4,875 6,224 1,813 561 520 296 26 596 
acres 523,107 170,498 195,325 56,337 21,287 24,767 18,127 2,350 34,416 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 1,193 315 429 318 60 31 9 - 31 
acres 11,213 2,830 4,074 2,992 664 269 110 - 274 
Total woodland farms 41,454 9,981 15,590 7,246 3,570 2,793 1,019 81 1,174 
acres 2,526,754 594,368 755,471 393,145 243,155 254,435 135,717 21,592 128,871 
Woodland pastured farms 11,586 2,421 4,045 2,745 1,154 762 184 12 263 
acres 472,079 90,150 115,849 107,925 68,659 55,338 15,138 1,273 17,747 
Woodland not pastured farms 35,273 8,633 13,339 5,713 3,023 2,479 952 79 1,055 
acres 2,054,675 504,218 639,622 285,220 174,496 199,097 120,579 20,319 111,124 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) farms 32,089 6,235 12,715 6,431 3,102 2,211 622 35 738 
acres 1,034,738 176,989 277,240 209,558 131,806 137,112 53,965 9,596 38,472 
Land in farmsteads, homes, buildings, 
livestock facilities, ponds, roads, 
wasteland, etc farms 53,998 12,370 20,576 9,537 4,674 3,767 1,437 137 1,500 
acres 1,096,443 210,912 259,158 148,954 114,696 138,670 135,212 24,387 64,454 
Irrigated land farms 3,240 439 769 815 267 390 319 41 200 
acres 421,721 7,045 9,071 8,435 16,992 67,808 187,060 84,484 40,826 
Harvested cropland farms 3,176 435 741 791 264 386 319 41 199 
acres 419,439 (D) 8,803 7,967 16,653 67,394 186,823 (D) 40,669 
Pastureland and other land farms 118 8 38 38 13 9 5 1 6 
acres 2,282 (D) 268 468 339 414 237 (D) 157 
CONSERVATION AND CROP INSURANCE 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Programs farms 11,555 4,068 4,826 1,056 363 435 278 30 499 
acres 351,457 135,498 140,462 30,493 8,261 9,541 6,566 595 20,041 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
programs (see text) farms 14,652 1,694 3,071 2,397 2,550 2,853 1,368 136 583 
acres 4,945,810 175,677 305,624 246,664 545,383 1,357,160 1,570,555 340,632 404,115 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Total organic commodity sales (see text) ... farms 1,180 132 227 454 230 80 20 2 35 
$1,000 121,527 (D) 5,402 17,239 38,495 30,839 20,922 (D) 3,800 
VALUE OF LAND AND BUILDINGS 
Estimated market value of land and 
buildings farms 69,754 15,753 27,048 12,401 5,736 4,754 1,827 172 2,063 
$1,000 57,166,991 6,005,767 9,381,618 5,844,005 6,623,697 11,664,038 11,586,143 2,430,299 3,631,424 
Average per farm dollars 819,551 381,246 346,851 471,253 1,154,759 2,453,521 6,341,622 14,129,643 1,760,264 
Average per acre dollars 3,924 3,400 3,851 3,429 3,691 4,094 4,439 4,704 4,073 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $49,999 4,359 1,143 2,271 713 49 27 8 - 148 
$50,000 to $99,999 4,984 1,447 2,466 855 56 23 6 - 131 
$100,000 to $199,999 12,713 3,578 6,475 2,136 176 78 14 1 255 
$200,000 to $499,999 23,294 6,198 10,784 4,644 871 233 35 4 525 
$500,000 to $999,999 11,571 2,300 3,578 2,761 1,908 620 57 5 342 
$1,000,000 to $1,999,999 6,886 868 1,163 1,087 1,923 1,464 145 7 229 
$2,000,000 to $4,999,999 4,209 200 287 190 708 1,863 687 17 257 
$5,000,000 to $9,999,999 1,188 13 14 10 41 393 573 36 108 
$10,000,000 or more 550 6 10 5 4 53 302 102 68 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment farms 69,754 15,753 27,048 12,401 5,736 4,754 1,827 172 2,063 
$1,000 9,037,376 777,661 1,309,345 976,421 1,170,360 2,045,626 1,832,829 377,323 547,811 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 689 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
