Table 5. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Arkansas: 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 
3,038 
1,127 
1,437 
339 
9 
2 
6 
1 
117 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,288 
1,216 
1,568 
416 
4 
9 
- 
- 
75 
$10,000 to $19,999 
6,432 
2,405 
3,046 
816 
34 
12 
1 
- 
118 
$20,000 to $49,999 
13,480 
4,625 
6,331 
1,965 
241 
79 
3 
- 
236 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,893 
2,968 
3,741 
1,521 
364 
96 
14 
5 
184 
$100,000 to $199,999 
5,033 
1,322 
1,630 
1,093 
490 
283 
57 
2 
156 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,799 
436 
516 
401 
379 
603 
292 
9 
163 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
2,107 
40 
47 
40 
90 
374 
1,133 
59 
324 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
36,430 
11,262 
14,042 
5,644 
1,540 
1,414 
1,470 
74 
984 
number 
73,304 
18,427 
22,170 
10,553 
4,254 
5,094 
8,172 
659 
3,975 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
38,294 
12,179 
14,924 
5,671 
1,483 
1,403 
1,460 
70 
1,104 
number 
80,054 
22,155 
24,826 
1 1 ,226 
3,925 
5,295 
7,906 
614 
4,107 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
14,672 
5,177 
5,967 
2,068 
420 
305 
330 
26 
379 
number 
17,975 
6,384 
7,033 
2,565 
567 
428 
453 
33 
512 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
28,333 
9,175 
11,077 
4,382 
1,200 
897 
792 
51 
759 
number 
43,923 
14,074 
15,546 
7,063 
2,290 
1,977 
1,465 
134 
1,374 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
7,618 
1,257 
1,726 
1,048 
544 
1,044 
1,386 
57 
556 
number 
18,156 
1,697 
2,247 
1,598 
1,068 
2,890 
5,988 
447 
2,221 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
3,461 
183 
278 
200 
240 
760 
1,320 
50 
430 
number 
4,544 
206 
307 
235 
269 
916 
1,840 
123 
648 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
625 
6 
15 
45 
33 
125 
305 
18 
78 
number 
860 
6 
15 
49 
38 
155 
432 
37 
128 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
279 
65 
108 
53 
14 
24 
9 
1 
5 
number 
331 
74 
135 
57 
19 
26 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
13,564 
4,703 
4,968 
2,512 
633 
383 
77 
5 
283 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
16,085 
5,497 
5,831 
3,056 
778 
467 
96 
8 
352 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
15,557 
4,137 
5,137 
2,336 
651 
1,088 
1,446 
55 
707 
acres treated 
5,505,592 
303,480 
343,093 
219,848 
184,191 
730,984 
2,494,230 
273,531 
956,235 
Manure used 
....farms 
6,237 
1,731 
2,157 
1,218 
494 
299 
151 
10 
177 
acres treated 
730,365 
132,041 
142,175 
103,061 
89,773 
100,020 
101,711 
16,952 
44,632 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
7,398 
1,406 
1,685 
922 
524 
917 
1,349 
51 
544 
acres 
3,674,791 
91,616 
102,082 
67,512 
103,819 
479,003 
1,891,130 
196,743 
742,886 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
14,384 
3,426 
4,466 
2,200 
898 
1,194 
1,453 
55 
692 
acres 
6,186,811 
264,236 
311,113 
218,501 
237,053 
878,464 
2,874,998 
300,176 
1,102,270 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
653 
71 
79 
79 
37 
89 
220 
20 
58 
acres 
415,881 
2,561 
4,829 
4,074 
6,938 
52,465 
231,416 
42,093 
71,505 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
2,377 
179 
269 
157 
167 
450 
855 
41 
259 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,752,635 
6,782 
15,057 
8,840 
35,772 
222,365 
944,290 
139,054 
380,475 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
963 
43 
82 
73 
57 
183 
394 
20 
111 
acres on which used 
676,603 
1,915 
3,597 
5,317 
12,219 
92,772 
375,956 
42,086 
142,741 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
863 
144 
201 
135 
75 
128 
109 
3 
68 
acres 
386,308 
8,629 
9,438 
10,740 
20,214 
76,104 
171,638 
12,680 
76,865 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
4,750 
942 
1,281 
563 
305 
549 
710 
19 
381 
acres 
3,025,901 
73,787 
110,586 
60,065 
100,898 
434,724 
1,437,193 
123,012 
685,636 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
612 
164 
220 
52 
19 
45 
51 
3 
58 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
119,551 
11,140 
21,462 
7,578 
1,961 
17,876 
33,944 
1,225 
24,365 
used 
.... farms 
2,474 
367 
473 
260 
172 
349 
596 
28 
229 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
981,157 
15,962 
23,456 
17,575 
32,618 
125,079 
471,343 
80,473 
214,651 
used 
.... farms 
1,790 
150 
153 
128 
115 
328 
662 
30 
224 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,590,692 
9,461 
13,366 
8,936 
31,399 
179,334 
894,057 
117,712 
336,427 
practices were used 
.... farms 
4,981 
665 
1,007 
632 
346 
748 
1,122 
35 
426 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,547,939 
42,604 
65,415 
50,086 
99,945 
554,364 
1,937,921 
161,726 
635,878 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
991 
288 
297 
174 
41 
64 
80 
- 
47 
acres 
136,859 
11,030 
10,432 
6,717 
6,323 
21,936 
61,306 
- 
19,115 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
372 
105 
129 
55 
18 
12 
30 
- 
23 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
200 
63 
82 
37 
6 
- 
4 
- 
8 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
15 
4 
6 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
7 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
62 
29 
26 
7 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
5 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
79 
2 
9 
6 
9 
11 
26 
- 
16 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 63 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
