Table 15. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Indiana: 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 
Low 
Moderate 
farms - 
sales - GCFI 
sales - GCFI 
GCFI 
Off-farm 
less than 
$150,000 
$350,000 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
occupation 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
to $999,999 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
6,263 
1,738 
3,446 
814 
27 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,512 
1,513 
3,008 
816 
17 
8 
$10,000 to $19,999 
8,796 
2,495 
4,846 
1,197 
43 
13 
$20,000 to $49,999 
14,384 
3,839 
7,395 
2,427 
248 
81 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,365 
1,953 
3,736 
1,711 
525 
162 
$100,000 to $199,999 
5,506 
995 
1,820 
1,088 
898 
461 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,360 
500 
988 
533 
1,049 
1,767 
$500,000 or more 
4,502 
99 
218 
122 
303 
1,687 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
39,901 
8,864 
15,448 
5,561 
2,756 
4,045 
number 
85,048 
13,684 
23,774 
9,998 
7,491 
14,403 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
45,322 
10,266 
18,196 
6,444 
2,892 
4,073 
number 
123,402 
22,971 
36,941 
15,431 
10,989 
19,304 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
21,152 
5,536 
9,138 
2,852 
1,003 
1,369 
number 
29,812 
7,876 
12,154 
4,039 
1,503 
2,142 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
30,589 
6,907 
11,852 
4,443 
2,141 
2,905 
number 
48,187 
10,681 
16,816 
6,956 
3,821 
5,276 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
19,720 
2,804 
5,112 
2,654 
2,433 
3,890 
number 
45,403 
4,414 
7,971 
4,436 
5,665 
11,886 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
15,584 
1,905 
3,393 
1,940 
2,014 
3,710 
number 
17,275 
2,048 
3,641 
2,099 
2,237 
4,053 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
Hay balers 
....farms 
number 
....farms 
1,067 
1,160 
15,258 
131 
144 
3,248 
353 
379 
6,387 
1 *Ji 
104 
112 
1,012 
168 
181 
1,049 
number 
18,980 
4,055 
7,718 
3,415 
1,317 
1,415 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
30,260 
5,088 
10,237 
4,804 
2,872 
4,065 
acres treated 
9,732,948 
402,468 
720,008 
414,038 
868,806 
2,873,492 
Manure used 
....farms 
10,403 
1,408 
4,067 
1,975 
877 
1,103 
acres treated 
640,150 
28,748 
71,528 
54,026 
62,169 
142,177 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
12,114 
1,503 
3,202 
1,810 
1,333 
2,296 
acres 
4,024,293 
119,987 
235,246 
129,835 
302,597 
1,138,032 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
27,317 
4,421 
8,614 
4,264 
2,824 
4,063 
acres 
11,309,277 
421,334 
753,839 
437,610 
1,003,302 
3,385,090 
Nematodes 
....farms 
2,210 
321 
577 
323 
242 
393 
acres 
667,152 
26,487 
42,310 
25,078 
50,613 
175,625 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
2,650 
331 
727 
398 
230 
432 
acres 
720,191 
15,406 
31,815 
18,627 
39,152 
168,823 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
495 
106 
183 
65 
36 
28 
acres on which used 
25,882 
1,872 
3,609 
1,705 
1,744 
1,810 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
22,645 
3,943 
8,105 
3,300 
1,976 
3,001 
acres 
5,672,188 
247,599 
449,727 
234,998 
504,725 
1,699,224 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
10,250 
2,051 
3,721 
1,473 
711 
1,199 
acres 
1,894,351 
97,156 
150,691 
86,839 
135,691 
486,178 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
3,213 
803 
1,139 
380 
168 
359 
acres 
127,617 
21,890 
25,390 
9,431 
10,161 
23,483 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
16,693 
2,557 
4,928 
2,396 
1,837 
2,844 
acres 
4,952,131 
199,217 
362,709 
193,067 
476,681 
1,525,154 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
9,122 
1,200 
2,293 
1,227 
1,066 
1,833 
acres 
3,055,030 
87,110 
145,397 
86,199 
230,267 
916,118 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
16,042 
2,394 
5,304 
2,973 
1,590 
2,088 
acres 
3,677,690 
164,318 
292,368 
188,584 
326,771 
1,024,822 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
5,271 
694 
1,466 
939 
571 
900 
acres 
596,062 
22,915 
47,173 
27,472 
48,350 
166,907 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
2,397 
311 
1,213 
404 
101 
175 
Solar panels 
....farms 
1,314 
85 
843 
297 
25 
11 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
425 
40 
159 
64 
31 
55 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
9 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
540 
166 
220 
46 
26 
49 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
14 
5 
4 
1 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
282 
41 
78 
41 
25 
58 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
8 
220 
- 
- 
150 
3 
- 
199 
16 
1 
377 
21 
3 
254 
41 
4 
199 
295 
7 
221 
1,672 
104 
297 
2,014 
108 
1,105 
10,974 
1,269 
3,455 
2,023 
111 
1,317 
12,144 
1,046 
4,576 
635 
50 
569 
1,136 
114 
848 
1,393 
77 
871 
2,822 
252 
1,563 
1,968 
101 
758 
8,186 
680 
2,165 
1,909 
70 
643 
2,309 
122 
766 
88 
4 
42 
97 
7 
48 
412 
14 
393 
551 
19 
490 
2,009 
87 
1,098 
3,438,229 
352,924 
662,983 
580 
44 
349 
182,317 
37,887 
61,298 
1,364 
66 
540 
1,598,377 
186,654 
313,565 
2,010 
87 
1,034 
4,145,520 
397,307 
765,275 
248 
18 
88 
270,636 
42,423 
33,980 
375 
27 
130 
335,542 
60,789 
50,037 
41 
6 
30 
8,174 
5,424 
1,544 
1,430 
59 
831 
1,983,153 
164,786 
387,976 
615 
31 
449 
714,551 
75,706 
147,539 
195 
12 
157 
17,280 
3,236 
16,746 
1,411 
58 
662 
1,702,823 
161,168 
331,312 
1,064 
54 
385 
1,252,906 
141,343 
195,690 
1,048 
45 
600 
1,316,048 
105,683 
259,096 
467 
33 
201 
194,460 
34,963 
53,822 
109 
13 
71 
7 
1 
45 
59 
3 
14 
- 
5 
- 
20 
3 
10 
_ 
- 
3 
29 
2 
8 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
202 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
