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 
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 
15 
1 
2 
3 
2 
2 
2 
- 
3 
acres 
518 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
58 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
590 
82 
89 
164 
163 
61 
13 
- 
18 
25 to 99 acres 
236 
10 
24 
32 
55 
72 
25 
- 
18 
1 00 to 249 acres 
19 
- 
- 
2 
3 
2 
4 
1 
7 
250 to 499 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
" 
- 
Corn for grain 
farms 
27,809 
3,991 
7,096 
5,429 
4,645 
4,112 
1,503 
116 
917 
acres 
3,306,621 
162,333 
285,510 
231,283 
409,017 
902,195 
962,314 
112,360 
241,609 
bushels 
397,056,812 
17,579,343 
31,004,148 
23,303,338 
47,244,495 
109,251,555 
123,948,110 
14,754,576 
29,971,247 
Irrigated 
farms 
766 
73 
92 
69 
83 
182 
180 
17 
70 
acres 
137,430 
2,755 
3,217 
2,137 
6,310 
28,398 
71,947 
6,382 
16,284 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8,658 
1,843 
3,532 
2,271 
691 
143 
20 
- 
158 
25 to 99 acres 
11,405 
1,796 
2,885 
2,668 
2,429 
1,170 
116 
9 
332 
1 00 to 249 acres 
4,808 
326 
635 
471 
1,300 
1,491 
360 
13 
212 
250 to 499 acres 
1,656 
25 
40 
19 
211 
897 
351 
25 
88 
500 acres or more 
1,282 
1 
4 
- 
14 
411 
656 
69 
127 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
14,477 
1,137 
1,871 
2,993 
3,631 
3,055 
1,158 
123 
509 
acres 
953,876 
29,212 
40,929 
65,936 
137,040 
228,748 
273,681 
109,747 
68,583 
tons 
14,047,188 
339,663 
474,097 
745,068 
1,770,659 
3,313,881 
4,430,823 
1,904,812 
1,068,185 
Irrigated 
farms 
203 
14 
10 
30 
27 
52 
42 
13 
15 
acres 
15,460 
105 
89 
280 
598 
2,785 
6,445 
4,377 
781 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
5,918 
737 
1,324 
2,069 
1,256 
357 
41 
- 
134 
25 to 99 acres 
6,332 
360 
510 
870 
2,230 
1,951 
191 
4 
216 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1,560 
38 
35 
54 
130 
683 
518 
5 
97 
250 to 499 acres 
424 
2 
2 
- 
15 
50 
305 
21 
29 
500 acres or more 
243 
- 
- 
- 
" 
14 
103 
93 
33 
Dry edible beans, excluding limas 
farms 
14 
- 
3 
3 
- 
- 
5 
- 
3 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
3 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
cwt 
103,832 
- 
(D) 
30 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
1 
acres 
5,015 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
8 
- 
1 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
25 to 99 acres 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 249 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Oats for grain 
farms 
6,403 
839 
1,140 
1,757 
1,409 
915 
161 
5 
177 
acres 
130,374 
12,092 
14,570 
24,900 
32,904 
27,525 
10,818 
1,985 
5,580 
bushels 
7,713,979 
629,098 
749,012 
1,392,517 
1,962,787 
1,734,537 
745,865 
138,179 
361,984 
Irrigated 
farms 
34 
2 
- 
11 
7 
6 
2 
2 
4 
acres 
1,145 
(□) 
- 
88 
144 
147 
(D) 
(D) 
104 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,745 
705 
1,015 
1,522 
908 
443 
49 
1 
102 
25 to 99 acres 
1,585 
131 
117 
233 
489 
459 
87 
1 
68 
1 00 to 249 acres 
57 
3 
8 
2 
12 
12 
15 
- 
5 
250 to 499 acres 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 
2 
500 acres or more 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
- 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
33 
9 
9 
6 
3 
2 
3 
- 
1 
acres 
717 
148 
232 
98 
52 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
bushels 
29,737 
6,199 
7,386 
4,692 
1,520 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Irrigated 
farms 
3 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
22 
6 
5 
5 
3 
1 
2 
- 
- 
25 to 99 acres 
11 
3 
4 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 00 to 249 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
250 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
17,391 
2,543 
4,406 
3,029 
2,765 
2,928 
1,056 
49 
615 
acres 
1,699,728 
108,281 
182,058 
136,204 
207,068 
477,756 
443,980 
28,910 
115,471 
bushels 
67,454,065 
3,930,528 
6,783,204 
4,642,185 
8,127,809 
19,172,296 
18,769,632 
1,281,914 
4,746,497 
Irrigated 
farms 
373 
39 
61 
25 
44 
86 
73 
7 
38 
acres 
40,489 
1,203 
1,905 
629 
2,691 
8,619 
17,934 
2,578 
4,930 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
4,891 
1,026 
1,880 
1,030 
585 
244 
21 
2 
103 
25 to 99 acres 
8,146 
1,305 
2,158 
1,749 
1,419 
1,054 
194 
5 
262 
1 00 to 249 acres 
2,877 
199 
354 
240 
701 
970 
266 
13 
134 
250 to 499 acres 
933 
12 
14 
10 
57 
532 
239 
8 
61 
500 acres or more 
544 
1 
- 
- 
3 
128 
336 
21 
55 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
57 
6 
15 
7 
9 
13 
2 
_ 
5 
acres 
2,404 
86 
367 
325 
225 
832 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
pounds 
2,440,816 
(D) 
420,940 
337,200 
274,812 
764,314 
(D) 
- 
103,350 
Irrigated 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 24 acres 
31 
6 
12 
1 
6 
3 
- 
- 
3 
25 to 99 acres 
21 
- 
2 
6 
3 
8 
- 
- 
2 
1 00 to 249 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 695 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
