Table 10. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Florida: 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 
7,822 
3,031 
3,157 
1,349 
11 
9 
3 
- 
262 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,145 
2,500 
2,343 
1,021 
42 
26 
9 
- 
204 
$10,000 to $19,999 
9,341 
3,653 
3,603 
1,621 
87 
50 
10 
- 
317 
$20,000 to $49,999 
12,960 
4,629 
4,857 
2,518 
222 
181 
44 
3 
506 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6,130 
1,911 
2,005 
1,293 
229 
283 
81 
6 
322 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,876 
679 
781 
578 
220 
251 
136 
8 
223 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,794 
299 
383 
228 
139 
285 
234 
30 
196 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
667 
27 
16 
20 
22 
112 
225 
105 
140 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
31,324 
10,860 
10,229 
6,115 
867 
1,060 
707 
149 
1,337 
number 
52,787 
14,267 
13,907 
9,038 
1,926 
3,053 
3,423 
2,286 
4,887 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
33,473 
11,832 
1 1 ,275 
6,137 
856 
1,051 
680 
148 
1,494 
number 
62,514 
18,532 
16,587 
10,373 
2,247 
3,506 
3,802 
2,212 
5,255 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
18,609 
6,793 
6,259 
3,536 
411 
469 
289 
69 
783 
number 
24,507 
8,361 
7,390 
4,488 
687 
985 
741 
377 
1,478 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
19,049 
6,598 
6,191 
3,470 
558 
709 
490 
104 
929 
number 
29,246 
8,858 
7,812 
4,863 
1,071 
1,631 
1,700 
1,102 
2,209 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
4,444 
1,023 
1,051 
799 
289 
434 
392 
86 
370 
number 
8,761 
1,313 
1,385 
1,022 
489 
890 
1,361 
733 
1,568 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
493 
88 
91 
66 
57 
88 
60 
10 
33 
number 
607 
97 
110 
82 
63 
117 
87 
13 
38 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
258 
34 
33 
22 
25 
90 
52 
2 
- 
number 
284 
(D) 
33 
22 
25 
99 
66 
(D) 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
163 
41 
35 
13 
6 
20 
12 
7 
29 
number 
192 
42 
35 
13 
8 
29 
20 
10 
35 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
3,444 
1,225 
1,056 
586 
155 
158 
95 
17 
152 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
4,223 
1,442 
1,266 
769 
199 
213 
123 
22 
189 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
17,539 
5,662 
5,448 
3,109 
643 
890 
593 
124 
1,070 
acres treated 
2,235,849 
185,995 
187,812 
145,223 
116,159 
261,307 
430,271 
247,412 
661,670 
Manure used 
....farms 
3,039 
979 
1,033 
707 
78 
72 
56 
7 
107 
acres treated 
136,125 
21,762 
25,141 
19,176 
17,095 
20,111 
15,689 
8,126 
9,025 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
10,017 
2,661 
2,572 
1,957 
521 
771 
546 
119 
870 
acres 
1,301,710 
58,151 
57,628 
50,567 
47,134 
148,264 
331,642 
221,873 
386,451 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
13,898 
4,041 
4,171 
2,621 
580 
833 
575 
118 
959 
acres 
1,846,661 
110,422 
117,548 
88,733 
70,237 
212,679 
404,716 
281,712 
560,614 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
2,292 
523 
442 
369 
158 
248 
236 
60 
256 
acres 
407,959 
11,948 
12,402 
8,823 
12,009 
44,949 
124,814 
82,262 
110,752 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
4,913 
1,230 
1,147 
840 
284 
479 
353 
83 
497 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
740,656 
22,196 
25,136 
14,110 
19,394 
90,420 
166,657 
155,636 
247,107 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
2,227 
553 
513 
342 
132 
255 
186 
42 
204 
acres on which used 
499,590 
13,230 
13,077 
8,794 
8,095 
52,119 
114,408 
133,401 
156,466 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
730 
185 
150 
113 
40 
77 
50 
17 
98 
acres 
84,528 
3,499 
3,636 
2,294 
2,242 
9,681 
12,115 
21,806 
29,255 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
4,788 
1,401 
1,393 
996 
149 
232 
161 
44 
412 
acres 
1,093,362 
62,980 
68,915 
73,989 
36,981 
121,448 
146,246 
110,890 
471,913 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
989 
297 
287 
245 
25 
35 
25 
5 
70 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
226,300 
24,476 
25,463 
47,496 
(D) 
48,330 
27,350 
(D) 
23,486 
used 
.... farms 
1,304 
367 
328 
263 
39 
130 
101 
16 
60 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
193,495 
5,753 
5,719 
6,379 
4,018 
30,970 
62,784 
11,390 
66,482 
used 
.... farms 
1,106 
290 
273 
214 
66 
98 
86 
11 
68 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
109,335 
5,120 
7,100 
3,553 
7,108 
24,500 
39,985 
6,968 
15,001 
practices were used 
.... farms 
3,648 
1,001 
931 
615 
197 
272 
291 
70 
271 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
909,263 
20,805 
20,720 
16,725 
20,814 
63,303 
173,696 
135,265 
457,935 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
1,239 
356 
297 
225 
64 
111 
82 
19 
85 
acres 
137,830 
7,957 
7,729 
7,225 
6,687 
27,769 
44,784 
13,931 
21,748 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
748 
250 
274 
148 
21 
16 
1 
1 
37 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
646 
212 
231 
135 
21 
13 
1 
1 
32 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
38 
16 
14 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
4 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
20 
9 
9 
- 
" 
2 
" 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
18 
4 
3 
9 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
49 
15 
18 
14 
" 
2 
" 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 133 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
