Table 1 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - United States: 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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
192,850 
69,145 
88,393 
$5,000 to $9,999 
184,263 
66,893 
85,737 
$10,000 to $19,999 
317,670 
111,872 
147,657 
$20,000 to $49,999 
558,152 
186,869 
249,993 
$50,000 to $99,999 
350,713 
104,523 
139,343 
$100,000 to $199,999 
222,153 
49,553 
66,648 
$200,000 to $499,999 
172,528 
20,331 
29,291 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
110,176 
2,407 
4,257 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
1,587,889 
442,330 
568,910 
number 
3,297,894 
694,168 
885,574 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
1,670,342 
478,450 
611,459 
number 
4,178,300 
968,543 
1,159,160 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
779,195 
248,844 
293,823 
number 
1,107,528 
343,131 
385,535 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
1,143,817 
326,374 
410,094 
number 
1,886,032 
501,140 
587,738 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
548,284 
86,479 
128,061 
number 
1,184,740 
124,272 
185,887 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
295,742 
32,086 
48,949 
number 
346,632 
35,568 
53,820 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
15,089 
981 
1,187 
number 
20,227 
1,192 
1,426 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
64,162 
10,427 
15,558 
number 
72,389 
11,530 
17,199 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
577,443 
155,638 
192,426 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
731,771 
194,115 
239,511 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
877,907 
192,537 
266,651 
acres treated 
247,802,465 
12,771,799 
17,911,629 
Manure used 
....farms 
275,420 
54,325 
82,071 
acres treated 
22,072,968 
1,747,997 
2,290,506 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
361,286 
58,673 
83,633 
acres 
100,719,008 
2,918,476 
4,668,331 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
794,320 
158,627 
231,671 
acres 
285,510,954 
12,264,803 
18,214,499 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
58,865 
8,509 
12,058 
acres 
14,454,000 
393,534 
671,798 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
121,682 
18,806 
25,630 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
35,006,868 
549,777 
1,093,904 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
53,200 
8,643 
10,054 
acres on which used 
13,136,568 
267,290 
337,847 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
217,931 
37,619 
58,619 
acres 
48,566,201 
2,154,451 
3,438,131 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
216,314 
53,634 
70,369 
acres 
42,175,207 
2,914,176 
3,632,083 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
76,441 
21,350 
25,193 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
13,186,093 
2,072,612 
2,301,722 
used 
.... farms 
278,290 
44,212 
66,194 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
96,476,496 
3,165,802 
5,053,226 
used 
.... farms 
195,738 
25,082 
37,643 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
76,639,804 
1,926,558 
3,032,771 
practices were used 
.... farms 
405,692 
74,040 
108,813 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
105,707,971 
4,364,119 
6,727,378 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
133,124 
25,891 
34,041 
acres 
10,280,793 
666,495 
833,978 
ENERGY 
Flenewable energy producing systems ... 
.... farms 
57,299 
14,200 
20,273 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
36,331 
9,603 
13,402 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
9,054 
1,923 
2,537 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
537 
168 
90 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
9,403 
2,482 
3,640 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
1,323 
497 
346 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
4,099 
799 
1,159 
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 
27,631 
520 
354 
92 
6 
6,709 
25,775 
454 
269 
58 
7 
5,070 
47,211 
1,606 
810 
168 
11 
8,335 
94,892 
7,564 
3,382 
661 
60 
14,731 
71,617 
16,468 
6,903 
1,259 
128 
10,472 
47,940 
28,624 
17,739 
3,386 
243 
8,020 
23,098 
31,135 
48,388 
11,159 
785 
8,341 
4,047 
8,972 
40,493 
37,038 
4,472 
8,490 
270,168 
88,586 
114,074 
52,605 
5,528 
45,688 
506,892 
255,997 
424,685 
303,404 
71,740 
155,434 
269,619 
89,473 
113,277 
52,169 
5,419 
50,476 
640,233 
339,765 
517,538 
314,425 
61,116 
177,520 
126,184 
31,455 
37,273 
16,988 
2,125 
22,503 
181,362 
51,400 
64,131 
34,405 
8,796 
38,768 
187,373 
66,693 
79,193 
35,267 
3,967 
34,856 
314,138 
135,648 
163,474 
88,303 
22,385 
73,206 
89,998 
68,939 
100,164 
47,505 
4,494 
22,644 
144,733 
152,717 
289,933 
191,717 
29,935 
65,546 
40,791 
43,691 
77,328 
38,321 
2,237 
12,339 
45,775 
49,969 
90,750 
50,604 
4,298 
15,848 
1,688 
2,016 
4,446 
3,428 
258 
1,085 
2,076 
2,531 
5,803 
5,124 
493 
1,582 
1 1 ,924 
7,647 
9,951 
5,013 
763 
2,879 
13,390 
8,566 
11,154 
5,999 
1,109 
3,442 
107,917 
43,286 
45,200 
15,668 
1,283 
16,025 
139,441 
56,889 
58,568 
20,299 
1,889 
21,059 
147,978 
77,025 
106,596 
49,550 
4,434 
33,136 
14,188,099 
24,132,317 
71,491,496 
75,120,818 
13,215,416 
18,970,891 
53,328 
28,281 
32,878 
14,083 
1,480 
8,974 
2,119,109 
2,574,812 
5,181,969 
4,947,898 
1,493,154 
1,717,523 
58,061 
38,937 
64,168 
35,618 
3,540 
18,656 
3,628,078 
7,475,639 
27,188,003 
36,622,325 
8,327,703 
9,890,453 
133,834 
77,584 
106,864 
49,488 
4,359 
31,893 
15,105,280 
28,310,778 
85,322,619 
90,432,732 
14,543,191 
21,317,052 
9,571 
5,930 
10,821 
7,369 
1,046 
3,561 
495,164 
1,069,911 
3,773,886 
5,126,546 
1,537,212 
1,385,949 
18,866 
11,079 
21,879 
15,866 
1,712 
7,844 
783,543 
1,979,226 
8,871,225 
14,494,221 
3,422,971 
3,812,001 
7,595 
5,115 
9,395 
7,414 
1,058 
3,926 
370,455 
757,739 
3,080,602 
5,028,769 
1,554,807 
1,739,059 
31,865 
24,467 
39,018 
16,324 
1,126 
8,893 
2,155,229 
4,718,613 
16,419,861 
14,866,503 
1,738,467 
3,074,946 
34,250 
14,641 
21,856 
11,570 
952 
9,042 
2,477,948 
3,109,090 
9,897,730 
13,378,674 
1,969,854 
4,795,652 
11,136 
4,672 
6,831 
3,144 
237 
3,878 
1,550,977 
1,151,152 
2,286,141 
1,771,068 
268,376 
1,784,045 
44,277 
34,100 
52,615 
24,066 
1,443 
1 1 ,383 
4,096,073 
9,807,500 
32,230,311 
32,177,720 
3,628,900 
6,316,964 
29,272 
26,502 
44,371 
22,675 
1,641 
8,552 
2,912,938 
6,982,945 
24,222,344 
28,054,137 
4,122,964 
5,385,147 
78,552 
43,528 
54,868 
26,383 
2,773 
16,735 
6,626,274 
11,342,767 
29,585,238 
32,146,368 
6,195,635 
8,720,192 
25,715 
14,586 
17,840 
8,139 
846 
6,066 
764,624 
1,050,104 
2,645,468 
2,624,071 
695,109 
1,000,944 
10,476 
3,358 
4,391 
2,040 
241 
2,320 
7,464 
1,748 
1,742 
693 
109 
1,570 
1,485 
701 
1,253 
656 
57 
442 
68 
18 
32 
53 
58 
50 
1,107 
580 
906 
428 
18 
242 
275 
50 
51 
18 
3 
83 
734 
369 
547 
271 
12 
208 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 7 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
