Table 8. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Connecticut: 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 
896 
312 
393 
141 
1 
1 
- 
- 
48 
$5,000 to $9,999 
568 
168 
289 
81 
1 
- 
- 
- 
29 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,144 
330 
524 
241 
4 
1 
- 
- 
44 
$20,000 to $49,999 
1,571 
449 
693 
342 
20 
13 
1 
1 
52 
$50,000 to $99,999 
944 
252 
359 
230 
40 
14 
4 
- 
45 
$100,000 to $199,999 
501 
98 
152 
129 
48 
33 
13 
2 
26 
$200,000 to $499,999 
276 
37 
55 
56 
24 
50 
21 
3 
30 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
77 
2 
6 
9 
1 
12 
21 
12 
14 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
4,101 
1,061 
1,594 
932 
123 
116 
59 
18 
198 
number 
8,053 
1,600 
2,416 
1,625 
361 
503 
511 
344 
693 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
4,608 
1,260 
1,830 
973 
127 
119 
55 
16 
228 
number 
1 1 ,243 
2,669 
3,821 
2,232 
490 
640 
507 
200 
684 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
3,390 
972 
1,364 
698 
75 
80 
40 
12 
149 
number 
5,961 
1,587 
2,153 
1,142 
194 
219 
195 
120 
351 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
2,491 
596 
965 
535 
106 
102 
52 
10 
125 
number 
4,392 
955 
1,487 
905 
232 
297 
201 
57 
258 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
570 
100 
145 
140 
41 
61 
36 
5 
42 
number 
890 
127 
181 
185 
64 
124 
111 
23 
75 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
40 
2 
11 
4 
2 
5 
10 
1 
5 
number 
40 
(D) 
11 
4 
(D) 
5 
10 
(D) 
5 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
107 
20 
20 
33 
3 
15 
11 
2 
3 
number 
138 
28 
22 
42 
5 
21 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
1,357 
367 
544 
288 
32 
42 
22 
1 
61 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
1,652 
422 
653 
358 
48 
66 
(D) 
(D) 
71 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
1,942 
435 
700 
441 
89 
94 
55 
15 
113 
acres treated 
80,096 
7,892 
9,260 
9,941 
5,909 
14,408 
15,356 
5,743 
11,587 
Manure used 
....farms 
961 
231 
358 
237 
32 
38 
13 
2 
50 
acres treated 
27,092 
2,505 
4,561 
4,143 
1,786 
(D) 
4,562 
(D) 
3,056 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
1,096 
238 
289 
293 
70 
66 
38 
14 
88 
acres 
30,727 
1,545 
1,882 
2,431 
2,554 
6,525 
6,239 
2,492 
7,059 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
1,398 
348 
389 
311 
88 
96 
54 
15 
97 
acres 
54,508 
3,571 
3,764 
4,481 
3,951 
11,228 
13,069 
4,934 
9,510 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
203 
47 
33 
55 
10 
20 
14 
6 
18 
acres 
5,657 
278 
121 
346 
348 
1,498 
1,680 
697 
689 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
609 
149 
141 
155 
41 
39 
26 
8 
50 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
13,448 
858 
550 
1,218 
864 
2,172 
4,241 
2,127 
1,418 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
173 
33 
38 
41 
13 
22 
12 
3 
11 
acres on which used 
4,107 
582 
(D) 
342 
182 
1,219 
1,171 
(D) 
220 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
170 
43 
45 
23 
11 
21 
12 
2 
13 
acres 
2,634 
(D) 
405 
306 
(D) 
691 
550 
(D) 
40 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
290 
67 
120 
57 
8 
23 
4 
1 
10 
acres 
4,000 
514 
1,116 
574 
180 
539 
(D) 
(D) 
332 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
412 
117 
139 
93 
14 
6 
5 
1 
37 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
19,398 
5,783 
4,757 
5,147 
(D) 
627 
866 
(D) 
1,383 
used 
.... farms 
310 
48 
102 
79 
13 
17 
27 
2 
22 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
11,818 
522 
465 
499 
489 
919 
4,300 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
.... farms 
298 
64 
90 
76 
14 
21 
16 
2 
15 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
9,396 
522 
637 
584 
(D) 
2,568 
2,792 
(D) 
1,749 
practices were used 
.... farms 
1,019 
223 
291 
263 
60 
70 
40 
9 
63 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
25,804 
2,117 
2,530 
3,342 
(D) 
5,712 
5,657 
(D) 
3,329 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
617 
119 
153 
170 
41 
51 
29 
3 
51 
acres 
20,453 
1,233 
1,399 
2,074 
1,362 
3,272 
4,110 
2,551 
4,452 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
279 
102 
81 
65 
5 
5 
5 
1 
15 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
221 
89 
61 
47 
4 
4 
2 
- 
14 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
11 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
34 
16 
14 
4 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
3 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
13 
3 
3 
5 
" 
" 
1 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 105 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
