Table 13. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Idaho: 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 
2,787 
913 
1,346 
415 
9 
4 
3 
1 
96 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,536 
870 
1,237 
354 
11 
2 
- 
- 
62 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,710 
1,161 
1,831 
611 
19 
2 
2 
- 
84 
$20,000 to $49,999 
5,876 
1,706 
2,749 
1,137 
87 
28 
4 
- 
165 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,610 
986 
1,379 
847 
174 
87 
18 
1 
118 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,506 
437 
644 
624 
433 
215 
68 
3 
82 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,170 
154 
286 
380 
426 
590 
185 
18 
131 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,621 
22 
32 
57 
155 
457 
561 
172 
165 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
19,651 
4,744 
6,953 
3,688 
1,271 
1,340 
826 
191 
638 
number 
58,225 
8,315 
11,710 
8,415 
5,132 
7,666 
8,742 
4,048 
4,197 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
18,724 
4,635 
6,534 
3,368 
1,221 
1,308 
822 
188 
648 
number 
47,619 
8,790 
10,813 
7,553 
4,555 
5,713 
5,373 
2,069 
2,753 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
8,178 
2,398 
3,109 
1,357 
392 
342 
258 
64 
258 
number 
11,020 
3,201 
3,798 
1,778 
607 
557 
468 
174 
437 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
1 1 ,798 
2,889 
3,860 
2,146 
851 
879 
599 
148 
426 
number 
18,769 
4,166 
5,043 
3,414 
1,614 
1,639 
1,540 
493 
860 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
7,391 
975 
1,416 
1,422 
1,033 
1,194 
771 
172 
408 
number 
17,830 
1,423 
1,972 
2,361 
2,334 
3,517 
3,365 
1,402 
1,456 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
3,178 
231 
346 
539 
506 
747 
511 
97 
201 
number 
4,324 
273 
394 
626 
616 
1,040 
828 
206 
341 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
2,954 
593 
847 
587 
292 
300 
168 
49 
118 
number 
3,405 
639 
919 
659 
337 
360 
248 
91 
152 
Hay balers 
....farms 
7,999 
1,815 
2,361 
1,603 
785 
717 
368 
78 
272 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
9,734 
2,115 
2,729 
1,936 
1,019 
976 
488 
125 
346 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
10,293 
1,779 
3,038 
1,837 
1,048 
1,237 
751 
166 
437 
acres treated 
3,562,999 
92,744 
136,843 
176,296 
314,570 
771,184 
1,077,103 
613,799 
380,460 
Manure used 
....farms 
3,434 
659 
1,025 
648 
323 
378 
233 
64 
104 
acres treated 
285,392 
11,810 
19,484 
18,274 
21,341 
48,721 
71,691 
65,557 
28,514 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
3,846 
445 
704 
563 
487 
758 
547 
114 
228 
acres 
1,463,898 
17,938 
24,452 
39,515 
78,938 
241,252 
485,129 
429,203 
147,471 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
10,869 
2,060 
3,293 
1,867 
1,035 
1,235 
752 
167 
460 
acres 
3,743,665 
114,852 
141,816 
178,523 
295,401 
797,964 
1,160,488 
651,836 
402,785 
Nematodes 
....farms 
887 
49 
70 
69 
98 
201 
258 
59 
83 
acres 
331,325 
1,632 
1,665 
2,457 
14,291 
35,617 
127,137 
104,155 
44,371 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,791 
154 
242 
176 
215 
438 
354 
69 
143 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
919,710 
4,068 
12,323 
9,056 
35,466 
195,373 
338,581 
205,692 
119,151 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
752 
59 
94 
50 
56 
185 
195 
49 
64 
acres on which used 
287,909 
1,437 
2,073 
1,344 
4,971 
40,861 
103,369 
93,531 
40,323 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
561 
100 
136 
88 
30 
104 
60 
7 
36 
acres 
70,812 
2,626 
4,112 
2,744 
3,209 
21,935 
23,378 
2,856 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
2,315 
564 
894 
397 
140 
172 
72 
13 
63 
acres 
260,078 
14,474 
27,211 
24,902 
27,612 
79,536 
52,779 
13,523 
20,041 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
576 
166 
178 
81 
47 
47 
14 
4 
39 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
215,341 
30,963 
21,848 
48,792 
(D) 
32,183 
37,502 
(D) 
21,806 
used 
....farms 
1,023 
119 
196 
182 
106 
186 
147 
21 
66 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
467,634 
4,706 
10,962 
16,441 
17,903 
120,363 
228,821 
28,153 
40,285 
used 
....farms 
1,559 
172 
241 
225 
215 
302 
247 
43 
114 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
700,590 
8,162 
11,577 
24,422 
59,662 
185,227 
259,895 
76,246 
75,399 
practices were used 
....farms 
6,408 
950 
1,280 
1,192 
879 
1,021 
610 
158 
318 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,273,369 
54,425 
75,425 
109,585 
194,739 
441,780 
658,277 
469,555 
269,583 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
1,099 
231 
295 
179 
104 
130 
69 
24 
67 
acres 
103,467 
6,970 
6,579 
5,697 
9,344 
21,089 
21,034 
19,640 
13,114 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
561 
151 
177 
112 
38 
24 
13 
8 
38 
Solar panels 
....farms 
335 
98 
107 
72 
20 
10 
6 
4 
18 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
122 
34 
26 
20 
17 
5 
5 
3 
12 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
8 
1 
- 
4 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
72 
19 
37 
9 
1 
4 
1 
- 
1 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
64 
21 
12 
14 
4 
3 
1 
1 
8 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
16 
1 
2 
7 
" 
2 
" 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
