Table 3. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Alaska: 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 
104 
18 
53 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
56 
12 
22 
19 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$10,000 to $19,999 
96 
25 
33 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$20,000 to $49,999 
192 
48 
65 
67 
3 
2 
- 
- 
7 
$50,000 to $99,999 
156 
43 
49 
44 
5 
1 
- 
- 
14 
$100,000 to $199,999 
72 
18 
23 
21 
2 
1 
1 
- 
6 
$200,000 to $499,999 
69 
12 
13 
17 
5 
5 
1 
- 
16 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
17 
1 
2 
4 
10 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
576 
132 
190 
171 
15 
14 
2 
- 
52 
number 
1,180 
234 
338 
316 
39 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
167 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
462 
121 
153 
136 
14 
10 
2 
_ 
26 
number 
1,113 
283 
329 
306 
46 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
70 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
252 
66 
79 
81 
8 
3 
1 
- 
14 
number 
364 
96 
105 
116 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
27 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
289 
80 
100 
80 
7 
8 
2 
- 
12 
number 
543 
143 
171 
145 
13 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
27 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
134 
32 
41 
35 
6 
9 
1 
- 
10 
number 
206 
44 
53 
45 
18 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
16 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
29 
8 
5 
6 
2 
2 
- 
- 
6 
number 
45 
9 
10 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
" 
8 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
18 
6 
1 
5 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
number 
19 
6 
(D) 
5 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
4 
Hay balers 
....farms 
221 
61 
77 
58 
5 
7 
- 
- 
13 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
333 
93 
104 
96 
7 
16 
17 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
316 
56 
117 
96 
12 
13 
2 
- 
20 
acres treated 
30,152 
3,798 
6,699 
6,892 
4,286 
6,865 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Manure used 
....farms 
115 
22 
44 
36 
3 
4 
- 
6 
acres treated 
1,843 
457 
363 
275 
28 
524 
- 
- 
196 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
58 
10 
20 
19 
2 
2 
2 
- 
3 
acres 
548 
86 
62 
88 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
9 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
127 
21 
40 
38 
6 
8 
2 
- 
12 
acres 
15,518 
1,033 
3,819 
1,568 
(D) 
6,047 
(D) 
- 
903 
Nematodes 
....farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
9 
3 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
“ 
- 
- 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
5 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
acres on which used 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
36 
11 
12 
9 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
576 
219 
195 
144 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
15 
7 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
881 
769 
8 
(D) 
" 
- 
“ 
“ 
(D) 
used 
....farms 
34 
4 
11 
16 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,280 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
....farms 
19 
1 
5 
7 
- 
3 
- 
- 
3 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,464 
(D) 
(D) 
62 
" 
(D) 
“ 
" 
27 
practices were used 
....farms 
178 
36 
49 
68 
8 
8 
1 
- 
8 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
9,564 
1,240 
1,601 
1,086 
(D) 
1,214 
(D) 
- 
458 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
52 
11 
14 
18 
3 
1 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
3,325 
(D) 
723 
583 
20 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
66 
15 
20 
21 
1 
1 
- 
- 
8 
Solar panels 
....farms 
57 
14 
17 
20 
1 
1 
- 
- 
4 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
11 
1 
5 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
2 
2 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
2 
- 
1 
" 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
36 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
