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 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves sold - Con. 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
...farms 
12,357 
1,166 
2,148 
number 
726,994 
20,866 
32,132 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
....farms 
23,505 
2,956 
5,986 
number 
1,057,703 
47,963 
79,467 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
....farms 
3,219 
270 
479 
number 
273,446 
6,875 
16,775 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
....farms 
2,270 
226 
995 
Farms with- 
number 
311,651 
(D) 
24,978 
1 to 24 
1,698 
177 
854 
25 to 49 
164 
22 
61 
50 to 99 
138 
17 
46 
100 to 199 
78 
7 
15 
200 to 499 
70 
1 
13 
500 or more 
122 
2 
6 
Used or to be used for breeding 
....farms 
1,103 
106 
422 
number 
43,716 
(D) 
3,916 
Other hogs and pigs 
....farms 
1,996 
198 
858 
number 
267,935 
(D) 
21,062 
Hogs and pigs sold 
....farms 
2,210 
206 
1,003 
number 
934,000 
9,421 
(D) 
$1,000 
90,589 
(D) 
6,987 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) .... 
....farms 
2,590 
477 
1,236 
number 
80,081 
14,493 
29,939 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
....farms 
2,169 
407 
1,030 
number 
50,763 
9,295 
18,764 
Sheep and lambs sold 
....farms 
1,805 
342 
830 
number 
78,076 
10,046 
22,461 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
....farms 
17,054 
3,482 
8,646 
Owned horses and ponies 
number 
103,481 
20,134 
46,110 
inventory 
....farms 
16,315 
3,265 
8,326 
number 
87,546 
17,653 
39,445 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
....farms 
2,285 
455 
1,021 
number 
7,081 
1,248 
2,888 
Goats, all inventory 
....farms 
2,419 
409 
1,264 
number 
61,111 
6,113 
19,498 
Goats, all sold 
....farms 
948 
173 
422 
number 
29,984 
2,576 
7,562 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
....farms 
7,348 
1,274 
3,425 
Farms with- 
number 
5,413,563 
66,505 
147,106 
1 to 399 
7,235 
1,265 
3,404 
400 to 3,199 
55 
7 
16 
3,200 to 9,999 
19 
- 
3 
10,000 to 19,999 
23 
2 
2 
20,000 to 49,999 
6 
- 
- 
50,000 to 99,999 
6 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
4 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
....farms 
869 
170 
336 
number 
908,883 
5,773 
103,665 
Layers sold (see text) 
....farms 
1,010 
151 
434 
number 
3,001,436 
34,252 
82,303 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
sold 
....farms 
133 
16 
65 
number 
1,749,705 
752 
146,243 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens 
sold 
....farms 
1,499 
203 
676 
Farms with- 
number 
48,766,897 
2,825,263 
5,901,123 
1 to 1,999 
1,348 
196 
654 
2,000 to 59,999 
42 
2 
5 
60,000 to 99,999 
2 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
107 
5 
17 
Turkeys inventory (see text) 
....farms 
631 
85 
288 
number 
3,468,522 
(D) 
72,697 
Turkeys sold (see text) 
....farms 
400 
42 
181 
number 
7,273,226 
(D) 
201,404 
CROPS HARVESTED 
Barley for grain 
....farms 
847 
92 
113 
acres 
20,315 
(D) 
1,931 
bushels 
886,356 
(D) 
71,372 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
2,575 
2,891 
2,104 
938 
116 
419 
69,194 
101,054 
115,896 
189,744 
128,090 
70,018 
4,848 
4,156 
3,499 
1,252 
127 
681 
86,316 
144,803 
262,429 
237,575 
109,623 
89,527 
524 
652 
874 
277 
15 
128 
14,569 
29,288 
87,644 
81,843 
17,798 
18,654 
620 
169 
132 
59 
2 
67 
19,351 
34,243 
61,383 
108,563 
(D) 
47,573 
492 
93 
41 
14 
_ 
27 
49 
14 
9 
3 
- 
6 
44 
11 
12 
3 
1 
4 
19 
15 
14 
2 
- 
6 
10 
17 
17 
8 
- 
4 
6 
19 
39 
29 
1 
20 
322 
99 
83 
32 
2 
37 
3,371 
3,684 
8,283 
15,263 
(D) 
5,268 
539 
155 
127 
58 
2 
59 
15,980 
30,559 
53,100 
93,300 
(D) 
42,305 
557 
165 
148 
59 
2 
70 
44,032 
64,989 
181,610 
341,536 
(D) 
165,688 
6,012 
8,250 
18,497 
31,003 
(D) 
14,930 
632 
95 
87 
15 
1 
47 
25,264 
4,452 
3,730 
(D) 
(D) 
1,172 
533 
79 
76 
13 
31 
16,024 
3,195 
2,098 
652 
- 
735 
466 
75 
55 
9 
- 
28 
15,892 
(D) 
4,337 
836 
- 
(D) 
3,496 
670 
343 
105 
6 
306 
28,015 
4,451 
1,806 
525 
31 
2,409 
3,396 
635 
327 
99 
4 
263 
23,238 
3,386 
1,422 
484 
20 
1,898 
633 
102 
32 
7 
- 
35 
2,173 
280 
100 
36 
- 
356 
525 
104 
54 
18 
_ 
45 
19,127 
8,492 
5,116 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
252 
50 
25 
4 
1 
21 
6,624 
3,496 
3,290 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,760 
479 
231 
42 
3 
134 
228,336 
188,484 
516,058 
260,396 
(D) 
(D) 
1,721 
466 
208 
38 
1 
132 
25 
2 
3 
1 
- 
1 
7 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
7 
4 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
“ 
- 
1 
2 
1 
268 
50 
28 
3 
2 
12 
23,865 
(D) 
62,680 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
279 
75 
42 
9 
2 
18 
160,793 
215,556 
290,601 
248,391 
(D) 
(D) 
31 
9 
6 
2 
1 
3 
25,534 
(D) 
162,490 
(□) 
(D) 
(D) 
414 
122 
50 
13 
21 
11,184,883 
17,233,475 
8,045,693 
2,131,538 
- 
1,444,922 
359 
80 
34 
9 
_ 
16 
27 
6 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
26 
36 
15 
4 
- 
4 
167 
41 
18 
8 
5 
19 
172,009 
168,136 
137,077 
136,692 
2,657,749 
(D) 
111 
29 
18 
6 
5 
8 
590,570 
468,489 
402,535 
402,734 
4,980,644 
(D) 
198 
221 
136 
43 
1 
43 
3,064 
5,017 
4,718 
2,386 
(D) 
1,972 
133,618 
203,563 
216,713 
114,705 
(D) 
96,720 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
694 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
