Table 6. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - California: 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 
10,455 
3,848 
4,278 
1,868 
54 
50 
10 
2 
345 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8,336 
3,110 
3,218 
1,549 
79 
47 
5 
- 
328 
$10,000 to $19,999 
13,025 
4,648 
4,782 
2,623 
239 
174 
49 
- 
510 
$20,000 to $49,999 
18,826 
6,150 
6,236 
4,092 
691 
558 
157 
6 
936 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11,191 
2,943 
3,071 
2,286 
904 
847 
320 
21 
799 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,916 
1,162 
1,294 
1,128 
815 
1,139 
621 
88 
669 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,289 
316 
499 
402 
452 
1,273 
1,267 
262 
818 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
3,813 
25 
59 
74 
73 
535 
1,258 
978 
811 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
55,175 
15,286 
14,609 
10,235 
2,864 
3,989 
3,384 
1,302 
3,506 
number 
132,455 
21,963 
20,792 
17,103 
6,727 
12,041 
18,623 
17,624 
17,582 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
53,296 
14,860 
14,207 
9,256 
2,798 
3,896 
3,331 
1,285 
3,663 
number 
147,163 
23,860 
21,981 
16,782 
7,956 
14,480 
21,999 
19,978 
20,127 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
31,264 
10,026 
8,722 
5,508 
1,337 
1,699 
1,442 
663 
1,867 
number 
49,313 
12,871 
10,840 
7,476 
2,210 
3,307 
4,173 
3,612 
4,824 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
30,456 
6,751 
6,850 
5,010 
2,159 
3,178 
2,813 
1,104 
2,591 
number 
68,295 
9,305 
9,272 
7,473 
4,437 
7,944 
11,106 
9,130 
9,628 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
10,631 
1,291 
1,443 
1,357 
802 
1,518 
1,971 
979 
1,270 
number 
29,555 
1,684 
1,869 
1,833 
1,309 
3,229 
6,720 
7,236 
5,675 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,710 
79 
108 
129 
173 
379 
380 
196 
266 
number 
2,497 
88 
124 
150 
213 
536 
669 
298 
419 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
475 
9 
13 
9 
24 
68 
210 
58 
84 
number 
870 
18 
16 
12 
30 
86 
386 
130 
192 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
1,629 
317 
282 
235 
132 
185 
223 
84 
171 
number 
2,188 
359 
315 
286 
174 
246 
380 
179 
249 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
3,674 
886 
719 
587 
255 
362 
385 
207 
273 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
4,822 
1,037 
826 
754 
370 
538 
556 
352 
389 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
32,646 
6,704 
7,766 
5,655 
2,103 
3,401 
2,846 
1,079 
3,092 
acres treated 
6,314,533 
126,539 
160,390 
157,694 
199,739 
697,964 
1,520,153 
1,882,744 
1,569,310 
Manure used 
....farms 
6,794 
1,364 
1,790 
1,286 
405 
552 
651 
255 
491 
acres treated 
712,975 
18,995 
27,870 
36,405 
25,710 
69,645 
177,803 
210,954 
145,593 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
25,064 
4,522 
5,273 
4,088 
1,901 
3,105 
2,518 
936 
2,721 
acres 
5,293,093 
83,677 
117,599 
93,542 
148,372 
564,313 
1,236,266 
1,668,000 
1,381,324 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
32,402 
6,959 
7,904 
5,296 
2,110 
3,341 
2,741 
1,006 
3,045 
acres 
6,116,162 
126,371 
160,690 
148,052 
194,804 
717,849 
1,493,063 
1,728,372 
1,546,961 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
4,485 
586 
796 
718 
304 
598 
578 
299 
606 
acres 
725,589 
8,774 
14,133 
9,583 
13,720 
53,594 
151,306 
281,157 
193,322 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
14,196 
2,809 
3,155 
2,111 
977 
1,721 
1,389 
440 
1,594 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,038,769 
43,070 
53,095 
36,002 
62,564 
240,621 
493,357 
554,599 
555,461 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
9,810 
1,731 
1,925 
1,403 
840 
1,304 
1,165 
382 
1,060 
acres on which used 
1,460,135 
40,866 
44,612 
37,541 
49,101 
136,222 
341,805 
456,670 
353,318 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
1,913 
345 
354 
215 
105 
208 
231 
169 
286 
acres 
476,794 
10,898 
6,198 
5,333 
6,245 
25,934 
107,715 
215,892 
98,579 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
7,166 
1,504 
1,638 
1,168 
387 
805 
677 
269 
718 
acres 
1,872,676 
41,209 
61,834 
50,019 
57,745 
237,546 
492,281 
454,535 
477,507 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
1,603 
354 
459 
261 
92 
152 
90 
31 
164 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
929,985 
71,276 
148,267 
82,996 
53,773 
95,147 
60,793 
48,175 
369,558 
used 
.... farms 
4,213 
1,000 
1,059 
999 
176 
231 
303 
106 
339 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
205,383 
7,967 
8,736 
10,772 
11,439 
16,563 
57,869 
60,843 
31,194 
used 
.... farms 
1,945 
214 
365 
372 
97 
155 
326 
165 
251 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
566,983 
5,056 
8,181 
28,837 
9,841 
28,052 
126,967 
172,851 
187,198 
practices were used 
.... farms 
11,762 
1,812 
2,089 
2,282 
714 
1,332 
1,529 
751 
1,253 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,083,056 
62,514 
60,952 
81,928 
103,301 
369,339 
769,812 
893,734 
741,476 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
4,899 
981 
1,197 
953 
312 
413 
355 
128 
560 
acres 
340,532 
10,047 
12,598 
10,936 
13,183 
32,026 
72,277 
78,576 
110,889 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
5,845 
1,862 
2,030 
1,007 
167 
227 
166 
74 
312 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
5,445 
1,743 
1,918 
920 
151 
209 
156 
64 
284 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
324 
95 
95 
72 
8 
12 
10 
6 
26 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
41 
11 
6 
11 
- 
- 
5 
2 
6 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
104 
46 
26 
17 
8 
3 
- 
3 
1 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
190 
65 
50 
57 
6 
3 
1 
1 
7 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
165 
40 
55 
39 
7 
3 
5 
5 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 77 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
