<P> Because of the predominance of family farms, the types of farming conducted on US family farms are essentially those of US agriculture overall . A USDA survey conducted in 2011 estimated that family farms account for 85 percent of US farm production and 85 percent of US gross farm income . Mid-size and larger family farms account for 60 percent of US farm production and dominate US production of cotton, cash grain and hogs . Small family farms account for 26 percent of US farm production overall, and higher percentages of production of poultry, beef cattle, some other livestock and hay . </P> <P> Several kinds of US family farms are recognized in USDA farm typology: </P> <P> Small family farms are defined as those with annual gross cash farm income (GCFI) of less than $350,000; in 2011, these accounted for 89.71 percent of all US farms . Because low net farm incomes tend to predominate on such farms, most farm families on small family farms are extremely dependent on off - farm income . Small family farms in which the principal operator was mostly employed off - farm accounted for 41.87 percent of all farms and 14.6 percent of total US farm area; median net farm income was $788 . Retirement family farms were small farms accounting for 16.29 percent of all farms and 6.5 percent of total US farm area; median net farm income was $5,002 . </P> <P> The other small family farm categories are those in which farming occupies at least 50 percent of the principal operator's working time . These are: </P>

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