Table 2. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Alabama: 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 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,969 
1,256 
1,286 
332 
9 
1 
- 
- 
85 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,558 
1,447 
1,592 
436 
7 
1 
2 
- 
73 
$10,000 to $19,999 
7,054 
2,914 
3,144 
799 
37 
11 
1 
2 
146 
$20,000 to $49,999 
13,948 
5,373 
6,147 
1,987 
135 
26 
4 
4 
272 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,323 
2,980 
3,464 
1,342 
281 
76 
7 
3 
170 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,464 
1,346 
1,562 
870 
346 
200 
20 
- 
120 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,129 
425 
547 
370 
287 
334 
79 
7 
80 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
777 
41 
48 
48 
81 
249 
216 
20 
74 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
34,809 
12,485 
13,872 
5,339 
1,152 
870 
324 
34 
733 
number 
65,779 
20,926 
22,559 
10,516 
3,496 
3,571 
2,231 
449 
2,031 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
36,938 
13,387 
14,901 
5,457 
1,148 
861 
324 
31 
829 
number 
73,803 
24,758 
25,917 
11,135 
3,309 
3,669 
2,367 
341 
2,307 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
15,270 
5,968 
6,192 
2,215 
292 
192 
86 
10 
315 
number 
19,173 
7,479 
7,413 
2,849 
409 
313 
216 
53 
441 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
27,731 
10,081 
11,029 
4,133 
953 
650 
243 
24 
618 
number 
44,075 
15,319 
16,026 
6,808 
1,962 
1,678 
839 
200 
1,243 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
5,989 
1,487 
1,877 
996 
457 
631 
284 
15 
242 
number 
10,555 
1,960 
2,478 
1,478 
938 
1,678 
1,312 
88 
623 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
1,768 
295 
392 
274 
175 
355 
181 
8 
88 
number 
2,094 
330 
436 
301 
206 
446 
246 
12 
117 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
788 
72 
81 
56 
95 
250 
161 
4 
69 
number 
1,064 
87 
98 
66 
115 
330 
254 
6 
108 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
348 
77 
140 
75 
10 
25 
13 
- 
8 
number 
404 
89 
160 
89 
13 
26 
17 
- 
10 
Hay balers 
....farms 
11,281 
3,994 
4,230 
1,898 
461 
333 
123 
6 
236 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
13,947 
5,008 
5,184 
2,337 
539 
406 
144 
6 
323 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
17,100 
5,871 
6,736 
2,546 
549 
676 
292 
13 
417 
acres treated 
2,065,552 
298,164 
335,026 
193,936 
135,147 
417,622 
470,166 
40,638 
174,853 
Manure used 
....farms 
5,840 
1,740 
2,119 
1,143 
380 
250 
81 
2 
125 
acres treated 
588,142 
102,533 
119,872 
88,709 
61,930 
94,202 
(D) 
(D) 
40,772 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
5,997 
1,683 
1,854 
1,029 
402 
560 
244 
12 
213 
acres 
999,678 
58,637 
70,816 
49,700 
76,005 
280,320 
310,340 
32,515 
121,345 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
13,626 
4,188 
5,231 
2,187 
649 
718 
294 
14 
345 
acres 
1,933,831 
198,079 
258,793 
161,278 
153,614 
430,949 
504,549 
45,165 
181,404 
Nematodes 
....farms 
1,013 
228 
226 
169 
74 
157 
101 
3 
55 
acres 
261,403 
6,507 
9,989 
(□) 
13,691 
69,575 
112,740 
(D) 
33,367 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,710 
387 
410 
273 
121 
276 
152 
8 
83 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
395,174 
8,956 
14,527 
10,727 
25,582 
130,359 
141,807 
18,435 
44,781 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
1,082 
225 
178 
122 
94 
214 
151 
7 
91 
acres on which used 
322,155 
8,533 
8,447 
6,093 
19,183 
82,441 
136,790 
14,488 
46,180 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
873 
238 
302 
139 
53 
66 
42 
2 
31 
acres 
61,821 
8,999 
10,495 
10,223 
(D) 
7,239 
12,585 
(D) 
5,589 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
4,168 
1,440 
1,646 
586 
148 
171 
77 
2 
98 
acres 
336,939 
66,413 
73,104 
39,960 
(D) 
48,029 
64,503 
(D) 
24,961 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
746 
284 
249 
104 
25 
21 
16 
47 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
114,049 
23,140 
26,362 
9,310 
16,611 
7,677 
10,725 
20,224 
used 
....farms 
2,656 
636 
782 
385 
215 
351 
168 
5 
114 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
709,853 
35,400 
47,365 
27,321 
48,409 
192,612 
251,421 
14,336 
92,989 
used 
....farms 
1,441 
396 
364 
200 
117 
180 
109 
6 
69 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
311,942 
12,703 
10,345 
7,139 
26,191 
68,102 
131,504 
18,053 
37,905 
practices were used 
....farms 
3,909 
1,273 
1,250 
672 
169 
313 
130 
6 
96 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
379,522 
27,674 
27,769 
23,343 
30,419 
126,606 
104,725 
12,691 
26,295 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
1,798 
485 
586 
262 
92 
215 
83 
5 
70 
acres 
199,215 
12,094 
16,552 
9,756 
1 1 ,368 
66,611 
49,017 
7,310 
26,507 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
371 
117 
154 
69 
13 
13 
2 
- 
3 
Solar panels 
....farms 
235 
81 
100 
40 
1 
11 
1 
- 
1 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
15 
5 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
43 
11 
20 
6 
6 
" 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
20 
5 
8 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
52 
16 
21 
14 
1 
- 
" 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
22 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
