Table 4. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Arizona: 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 
4,109 
1,485 
890 
1,646 
9 
6 
- 
- 
73 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,372 
1,135 
892 
1,251 
5 
2 
- 
- 
87 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,754 
1,174 
1,090 
1,367 
17 
7 
- 
- 
99 
$20,000 to $49,999 
4,202 
1,470 
1,104 
1,417 
43 
31 
4 
2 
131 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,138 
739 
535 
679 
29 
51 
9 
2 
94 
$100,000 to $199,999 
1,079 
245 
229 
304 
92 
96 
23 
3 
87 
$200,000 to $499,999 
702 
75 
200 
96 
55 
116 
75 
16 
69 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
361 
4 
4 
16 
11 
63 
108 
88 
67 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
14,890 
4,614 
3,679 
5,236 
224 
342 
208 
106 
481 
number 
27,694 
7,381 
5,665 
8,380 
664 
1,185 
1,298 
1,241 
1,880 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
6,582 
2,045 
1,770 
1,613 
197 
297 
190 
96 
374 
number 
13,200 
2,899 
2,363 
2,330 
535 
1,030 
1,294 
1,461 
1,288 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
3,545 
1,261 
995 
845 
61 
99 
63 
32 
189 
number 
4,546 
1,552 
1,183 
1,021 
86 
151 
139 
140 
274 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
3,146 
868 
784 
749 
131 
191 
142 
75 
206 
number 
5,159 
1,078 
914 
956 
197 
439 
475 
599 
501 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
1,370 
233 
216 
255 
117 
183 
157 
81 
128 
number 
3,495 
269 
266 
353 
252 
440 
680 
722 
513 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
107 
13 
11 
18 
3 
12 
21 
14 
15 
number 
135 
13 
13 
20 
3 
14 
24 
30 
18 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
265 
7 
8 
11 
37 
76 
62 
20 
44 
number 
392 
9 
14 
11 
58 
93 
105 
35 
67 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
226 
38 
38 
38 
24 
31 
26 
8 
23 
number 
298 
43 
42 
46 
24 
50 
38 
15 
40 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
710 
160 
98 
163 
34 
95 
72 
20 
68 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
952 
173 
116 
221 
45 
148 
104 
37 
108 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
2,382 
557 
548 
459 
138 
254 
178 
67 
181 
acres treated 
771,781 
9,522 
12,743 
15,630 
31,570 
94,189 
217,320 
185,812 
204,995 
Manure used 
....farms 
813 
270 
190 
186 
23 
45 
47 
12 
40 
acres treated 
89,675 
1,718 
2,252 
2,633 
2,163 
10,604 
31,553 
14,710 
24,042 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
1,321 
222 
216 
275 
83 
190 
137 
58 
140 
acres 
538,806 
4,605 
4,661 
8,491 
15,136 
62,259 
143,793 
155,816 
144,045 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
2,012 
425 
421 
366 
129 
250 
180 
65 
176 
acres 
752,808 
10,751 
9,081 
14,358 
30,048 
86,789 
219,597 
186,551 
195,633 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
298 
32 
32 
51 
22 
45 
52 
30 
34 
acres 
140,349 
889 
1,218 
1,351 
4,658 
10,467 
40,103 
55,494 
26,169 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
346 
48 
101 
71 
11 
35 
21 
33 
26 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
94,860 
826 
951 
771 
1,168 
4,113 
7,259 
70,480 
9,292 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
456 
37 
47 
62 
42 
79 
96 
38 
55 
acres on which used 
225,994 
1,249 
2,226 
2,018 
6,768 
19,430 
77,423 
65,393 
51,487 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
144 
47 
27 
38 
4 
9 
2 
4 
13 
acres 
11,007 
792 
(D) 
1,464 
614 
2,990 
(D) 
833 
3,490 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
695 
229 
187 
180 
13 
22 
28 
9 
27 
acres 
79,664 
3,459 
3,035 
2,918 
453 
9,017 
28,340 
14,093 
18,349 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
128 
34 
30 
40 
8 
7 
1 
2 
6 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
72,186 
11,037 
9,842 
4,264 
(D) 
33,956 
(D) 
(D) 
3,402 
used 
.... farms 
1,531 
475 
246 
693 
16 
31 
22 
9 
39 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
28,727 
1,704 
1,846 
2,424 
2,325 
3,887 
4,080 
6,852 
5,609 
used 
.... farms 
785 
217 
102 
300 
24 
59 
38 
13 
32 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
100,734 
2,516 
808 
3,415 
3,682 
16,505 
32,142 
16,325 
25,341 
practices were used 
.... farms 
2,174 
568 
351 
693 
79 
155 
131 
53 
144 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
435,532 
6,379 
5,764 
7,627 
16,547 
40,889 
129,991 
130,515 
97,820 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
362 
130 
65 
101 
11 
11 
13 
5 
26 
acres 
17,704 
(D) 
867 
1,404 
726 
3,069 
4,958 
(D) 
1,314 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
794 
258 
199 
198 
44 
30 
5 
2 
58 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
739 
244 
183 
183 
37 
30 
5 
1 
56 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
135 
48 
34 
32 
11 
- 
- 
- 
10 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
8 
6 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
17 
2 
" 
14 
" 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 49 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
