Table 1 1 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Georgia: 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 
3,937 
1,827 
1,561 
408 
7 
4 
1 
- 
129 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,190 
1,831 
1,817 
425 
13 
- 
1 
1 
102 
$10,000 to $19,999 
6,899 
2,876 
2,973 
818 
21 
16 
3 
- 
192 
$20,000 to $49,999 
12,089 
4,830 
4,854 
1,778 
237 
81 
11 
3 
295 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6,934 
2,505 
2,528 
1,230 
319 
143 
17 
3 
189 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,840 
1,060 
1,078 
754 
389 
358 
57 
3 
141 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,836 
459 
447 
336 
296 
901 
206 
9 
182 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,531 
43 
47 
42 
116 
522 
537 
88 
136 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
32,908 
11,651 
11,169 
4,897 
1,367 
1,981 
820 
100 
923 
number 
64,831 
18,685 
17,240 
9,348 
3,696 
7,157 
4,489 
1,055 
3,161 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
35,583 
12,879 
12,476 
4,951 
1,327 
1,973 
807 
101 
1,069 
number 
75,010 
23,332 
20,964 
9,892 
3,702 
8,051 
4,793 
1,014 
3,262 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
15,242 
6,111 
5,485 
2,115 
411 
478 
185 
27 
430 
number 
19,481 
7,809 
6,703 
2,664 
568 
662 
313 
70 
692 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
25,360 
9,099 
8,818 
3,585 
1,078 
1,339 
590 
80 
771 
number 
39,887 
13,477 
12,177 
5,835 
2,128 
2,934 
1,510 
330 
1,496 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
7,472 
1,528 
1,614 
1,027 
544 
1,561 
720 
86 
392 
number 
15,642 
2,046 
2,084 
1,393 
1,006 
4,455 
2,970 
614 
1,074 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
2,410 
311 
403 
324 
216 
639 
365 
42 
110 
number 
2,762 
341 
440 
355 
243 
751 
441 
60 
131 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
1,989 
102 
124 
87 
154 
833 
523 
47 
119 
number 
2,392 
109 
132 
96 
179 
1,002 
667 
74 
133 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
349 
73 
88 
63 
22 
40 
31 
10 
22 
number 
397 
80 
106 
65 
23 
41 
39 
16 
27 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
8,936 
3,176 
2,758 
1,517 
434 
540 
211 
26 
274 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
11,099 
3,951 
3,348 
1,929 
557 
684 
253 
32 
345 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
17,221 
5,344 
5,556 
2,449 
695 
1,710 
779 
87 
601 
acres treated 
3,393,219 
236,770 
222,735 
157,832 
143,869 
1,000,621 
1,076,115 
289,352 
265,925 
Manure used 
....farms 
6,562 
2,068 
1,979 
1,211 
424 
488 
170 
12 
210 
acres treated 
633,534 
99,601 
85,874 
78,922 
60,772 
149,785 
106,586 
12,225 
39,769 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
8,719 
1,942 
2,202 
1,224 
555 
1,549 
738 
80 
429 
acres 
2,178,419 
74,657 
78,396 
78,286 
103,220 
750,341 
708,795 
191,799 
192,925 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
15,329 
4,338 
4,646 
2,310 
789 
1,768 
781 
86 
611 
acres 
3,395,168 
194,235 
198,808 
160,651 
162,747 
1,036,353 
1,089,406 
295,510 
257,458 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
2,547 
355 
390 
276 
183 
696 
459 
56 
132 
acres 
1,112,678 
17,729 
15,777 
18,336 
32,170 
300,723 
507,804 
156,926 
63,213 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
3,674 
659 
747 
412 
234 
820 
528 
69 
205 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
961,566 
16,202 
21,268 
20,243 
26,498 
269,658 
375,810 
139,933 
91,954 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
2,562 
284 
307 
184 
176 
890 
499 
50 
172 
acres on which used 
1,128,744 
12,294 
13,808 
9,085 
28,172 
384,191 
475,896 
112,204 
93,094 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
1,397 
299 
278 
176 
69 
317 
158 
14 
86 
acres 
107,145 
7,317 
8,054 
6,329 
2,520 
25,838 
36,490 
6,956 
13,641 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
2,779 
810 
885 
398 
105 
280 
135 
17 
149 
acres 
221,416 
29,282 
26,763 
18,060 
9,176 
44,481 
54,004 
17,810 
21,840 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
4,966 
1,948 
1,901 
637 
113 
133 
56 
5 
173 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
729,393 
222,296 
218,788 
61,076 
19,121 
60,506 
45,876 
6,850 
94,880 
used 
.... farms 
2,743 
568 
573 
387 
203 
552 
265 
28 
167 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
699,406 
24,638 
24,769 
20,900 
23,643 
255,494 
240,852 
38,875 
70,235 
used 
.... farms 
2,355 
343 
366 
256 
157 
711 
370 
35 
117 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
905,147 
15,694 
12,979 
12,703 
31,345 
329,553 
377,213 
62,470 
63,190 
practices were used 
.... farms 
6,001 
1,457 
1,617 
837 
342 
953 
489 
65 
241 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,346,435 
49,692 
50,893 
47,430 
68,636 
415,705 
444,071 
180,800 
89,208 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
2,235 
535 
503 
284 
128 
436 
193 
17 
139 
acres 
370,137 
16,129 
13,703 
10,395 
16,132 
130,912 
118,445 
17,572 
46,849 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
343 
114 
138 
56 
5 
10 
10 
1 
9 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
247 
81 
107 
36 
4 
8 
3 
1 
7 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
10 
6 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
50 
24 
17 
5 
" 
- 
" 
- 
4 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
13 
4 
3 
4 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
36 
8 
14 
5 
1 
1 
6 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 147 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
