Table 9. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Delaware: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farminq 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 
90 
25 
46 
15 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
130 
36 
60 
27 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
$10,000 to $19,999 
323 
96 
130 
86 
5 
- 
- 
- 
6 
$20,000 to $49,999 
535 
126 
206 
156 
20 
3 
3 
- 
21 
$50,000 to $99,999 
559 
121 
149 
210 
52 
6 
1 
1 
19 
$100,000 to $199,999 
321 
84 
77 
76 
40 
22 
5 
- 
17 
$200,000 to $499,999 
294 
45 
43 
46 
56 
70 
18 
- 
16 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
199 
5 
3 
6 
13 
70 
82 
8 
12 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
1,914 
413 
486 
487 
182 
167 
104 
9 
66 
number 
5,520 
895 
887 
992 
606 
854 
823 
180 
283 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
2,047 
442 
559 
514 
176 
169 
105 
9 
73 
number 
5,509 
975 
1,001 
1,083 
642 
775 
696 
69 
268 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
1,149 
274 
360 
284 
89 
57 
41 
3 
41 
number 
1,664 
378 
442 
419 
156 
109 
80 
7 
73 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
1,290 
267 
306 
307 
146 
122 
80 
8 
54 
number 
2,215 
440 
417 
475 
275 
264 
203 
22 
119 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
730 
103 
105 
129 
109 
148 
98 
8 
30 
number 
1,630 
157 
142 
189 
211 
402 
413 
40 
76 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
574 
71 
57 
85 
90 
145 
96 
7 
23 
number 
663 
78 
63 
86 
103 
163 
130 
13 
27 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
53 
6 
20 
14 
- 
5 
7 
- 
1 
number 
56 
(D) 
20 
17 
- 
5 
7 
- 
(D) 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
431 
96 
129 
108 
27 
33 
21 
- 
17 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
555 
115 
157 
141 
34 
46 
36 
26 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
1,087 
194 
227 
211 
129 
165 
105 
7 
49 
acres treated 
350,514 
12,303 
11,140 
13,234 
26,585 
89,617 
150,074 
26,254 
21,307 
Manure used 
....farms 
548 
122 
126 
104 
36 
85 
51 
1 
23 
acres treated 
67,494 
3,558 
2,405 
4,124 
2,824 
(D) 
31,155 
(D) 
3,492 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
604 
77 
83 
111 
71 
120 
103 
7 
32 
acres 
215,943 
4,748 
4,198 
5,935 
11,850 
48,231 
108,719 
16,153 
16,109 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
1,014 
160 
198 
206 
128 
166 
105 
8 
43 
acres 
397,644 
14,114 
11,673 
14,876 
29,297 
99,046 
175,350 
28,368 
24,920 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
124 
13 
21 
16 
18 
19 
28 
4 
5 
acres 
26,017 
387 
1,248 
990 
1,849 
3,398 
9,441 
(D) 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
238 
19 
25 
41 
25 
59 
51 
5 
13 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
70,117 
1,463 
982 
1,009 
2,184 
12,676 
38,106 
8,926 
4,771 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
33 
4 
3 
2 
2 
4 
11 
4 
3 
acres on which used 
13,126 
(D) 
279 
(D) 
(D) 
886 
2,939 
7,913 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
150 
23 
28 
25 
23 
27 
18 
1 
5 
acres 
12,070 
579 
618 
(D) 
1,687 
2,917 
3,211 
(D) 
1,040 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
740 
158 
180 
168 
64 
79 
49 
2 
40 
acres 
114,415 
6,850 
5,720 
7,385 
(D) 
25,671 
50,814 
(D) 
7,817 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
194 
46 
39 
20 
33 
16 
28 
4 
8 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
109,650 
3,539 
2,729 
1,210 
8,641 
10,737 
56,664 
18,267 
7,863 
used 
.... farms 
705 
115 
92 
147 
95 
137 
88 
7 
24 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
219,138 
7,011 
6,557 
8,377 
16,589 
59,774 
93,896 
17,383 
9,551 
used 
.... farms 
292 
24 
29 
61 
47 
60 
57 
2 
12 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
81,402 
(D) 
1,436 
2,511 
6,444 
16,277 
45,467 
(D) 
6,666 
practices were used 
.... farms 
609 
101 
108 
143 
67 
95 
60 
5 
30 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
106,915 
7,249 
3,868 
5,280 
7,235 
25,563 
39,237 
9,477 
9,006 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
393 
48 
63 
62 
58 
78 
59 
2 
23 
acres 
70,126 
(D) 
2,338 
3,053 
6,056 
17,700 
30,258 
(D) 
4,550 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
78 
15 
38 
18 
1 
1 
3 
- 
2 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
65 
12 
30 
17 
1 
1 
2 
- 
2 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
5 
- 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
10 
2 
6 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
2 
2 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 119 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
