Table 7. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Colorado: 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 
3,507 
1,233 
1,581 
537 
6 
5 
1 
- 
144 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,222 
1,138 
1,432 
524 
8 
2 
- 
- 
118 
$10,000 to $19,999 
5,427 
1,905 
2,471 
860 
28 
20 
5 
- 
138 
$20,000 to $49,999 
9,341 
2,868 
4,129 
1,871 
123 
49 
7 
1 
293 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,892 
1,572 
2,138 
1,579 
220 
126 
17 
- 
240 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,750 
766 
1,013 
1,047 
390 
270 
60 
3 
201 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,038 
420 
459 
587 
618 
613 
156 
13 
172 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,716 
63 
61 
119 
205 
565 
450 
89 
164 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
27,914 
7,317 
9,673 
5,986 
1,544 
1,594 
685 
106 
1,009 
number 
69,097 
13,129 
16,586 
13,653 
6,429 
8,696 
5,545 
1,313 
3,746 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
26,709 
7,292 
9,024 
5,546 
1,483 
1,563 
680 
100 
1,021 
number 
59,252 
13,409 
15,015 
11,896 
5,235 
6,339 
3,614 
834 
2,910 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
12,607 
3,932 
4,500 
2,514 
477 
485 
225 
39 
435 
number 
16,910 
5,225 
5,655 
3,368 
726 
833 
398 
72 
633 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
16,074 
4,308 
5,279 
3,436 
966 
935 
395 
74 
681 
number 
23,882 
6,045 
6,836 
5,301 
1,757 
1,767 
848 
209 
1,119 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
8,965 
1,467 
1,877 
1,953 
1,184 
1,314 
606 
86 
478 
number 
18,460 
2,139 
2,524 
3,227 
2,752 
3,739 
2,368 
553 
1,158 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
3,317 
270 
382 
593 
612 
819 
418 
33 
190 
number 
4,357 
325 
436 
726 
812 
1,115 
634 
50 
259 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
2,563 
543 
705 
647 
217 
239 
94 
19 
99 
number 
2,876 
599 
747 
729 
262 
272 
129 
27 
111 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
9,067 
2,305 
2,495 
2,151 
763 
703 
226 
26 
398 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
11,292 
2,721 
2,938 
2,737 
1,073 
944 
317 
42 
520 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
9,708 
1,878 
2,483 
1,889 
1,066 
1,280 
584 
71 
457 
acres treated 
4,145,816 
146,689 
209,216 
294,150 
566,105 
1,236,927 
1,164,086 
137,472 
391,171 
Manure used 
....farms 
3,650 
840 
1,141 
751 
268 
332 
144 
31 
143 
acres treated 
343,410 
24,306 
34,034 
32,888 
28,372 
95,732 
53,443 
22,215 
52,420 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
4,221 
631 
815 
782 
512 
745 
437 
52 
247 
acres 
1,285,988 
40,011 
46,388 
81,700 
125,103 
339,823 
426,518 
74,664 
151,781 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
10,446 
2,066 
2,675 
2,094 
1,099 
1,292 
592 
74 
554 
acres 
5,904,526 
216,038 
308,561 
471,907 
813,082 
1,755,415 
1,624,124 
169,174 
546,225 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
477 
49 
37 
105 
45 
99 
103 
11 
28 
acres 
114,493 
1,946 
1,030 
8,885 
4,572 
25,055 
52,594 
7,309 
13,102 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
940 
151 
132 
141 
90 
162 
165 
25 
74 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
279,614 
4,144 
11,701 
5,888 
16,182 
47,730 
107,899 
28,188 
57,882 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
380 
79 
61 
66 
33 
51 
60 
6 
24 
acres on which used 
55,184 
965 
1,325 
1,683 
4,411 
6,706 
24,837 
4,423 
10,834 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
719 
143 
184 
143 
74 
86 
46 
10 
33 
acres 
66,950 
7,004 
5,189 
7,582 
11,005 
18,311 
12,169 
1,496 
4,194 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
3,064 
948 
1,175 
564 
117 
108 
47 
11 
94 
acres 
234,802 
33,329 
36,200 
41,053 
27,650 
47,182 
28,162 
3,506 
17,720 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
1,704 
419 
525 
355 
120 
120 
34 
4 
127 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,396,407 
128,624 
228,156 
164,628 
(D) 
259,474 
268,176 
(D) 
196,138 
used 
.... farms 
3,159 
477 
687 
542 
417 
579 
249 
31 
177 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,760,309 
67,485 
140,207 
155,737 
370,587 
921,319 
791,218 
62,423 
251,333 
used 
.... farms 
2,413 
238 
307 
418 
392 
554 
319 
32 
153 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,888,607 
38,507 
71,561 
143,602 
246,423 
521,672 
610,074 
65,142 
191,626 
practices were used 
.... farms 
5,218 
916 
1,116 
1,241 
633 
699 
312 
45 
256 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,826,497 
116,460 
117,464 
239,272 
369,773 
492,677 
327,147 
52,378 
1 1 1 ,326 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
1,270 
232 
340 
300 
117 
116 
87 
19 
59 
acres 
126,293 
9,071 
9,193 
20,159 
19,040 
19,353 
24,031 
10,380 
15,066 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
2,013 
561 
652 
422 
121 
117 
44 
4 
92 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
1,636 
457 
546 
342 
99 
83 
33 
3 
73 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
339 
99 
103 
73 
19 
27 
9 
1 
8 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
5 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
153 
55 
51 
22 
10 
4 
- 
- 
11 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
47 
17 
10 
14 
4 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
51 
13 
11 
10 
6 
1 
4 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 91 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
