Right you are. Three-fourths of farms don not sell enough product to support the producer, who is more of a hobbyist that relies on non-farm income.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=58288
“more of a hobbyist that relies on non-farm income.”
My buddy’s dad became a “gentleman farmer” on his 50 acre farm he got after he retired from teaching. All of his kids say his mom was actually the force behind that idea, just to get him off the couch and out of the house.