Table 16. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Iowa: 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 
6,676 
2,077 
3,271 
899 
36 
39 
11 
- 
343 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,788 
1,832 
2,924 
759 
23 
26 
10 
2 
212 
$10,000 to $19,999 
9,778 
2,965 
4,910 
1,422 
87 
68 
10 
2 
314 
$20,000 to $49,999 
17,040 
4,651 
7,923 
3,066 
480 
254 
64 
4 
598 
$50,000 to $99,999 
12,323 
2,766 
4,981 
2,446 
1,102 
516 
87 
6 
419 
$100,000 to $199,999 
10,862 
1,399 
2,962 
1,884 
2,154 
1,857 
249 
12 
345 
$200,000 to $499,999 
14,063 
735 
1,688 
920 
2,666 
6,357 
1,151 
57 
489 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
12,104 
145 
442 
271 
788 
5,667 
3,952 
232 
607 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
67,630 
10,550 
19,546 
8,796 
6,879 
14,253 
5,402 
304 
1,900 
number 
137,117 
15,246 
29,264 
14,343 
14,051 
36,551 
20,327 
2,200 
5,135 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
70,810 
11,741 
21,055 
9,095 
6,885 
14,232 
5,384 
301 
2,117 
number 
232,016 
27,575 
46,979 
25,406 
27,311 
65,423 
29,549 
1,992 
7,781 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
27,050 
5,597 
8,796 
3,649 
2,291 
4,321 
1,551 
63 
782 
number 
41,846 
8,489 
12,484 
5,641 
3,725 
7,448 
2,690 
114 
1,255 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
48,404 
8,158 
14,017 
6,348 
5,013 
9,728 
3,561 
187 
1,392 
number 
80,260 
12,590 
20,146 
10,681 
9,007 
17,944 
7,038 
445 
2,409 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
45,484 
4,177 
8,822 
5,289 
6,396 
13,809 
5,242 
276 
1,473 
number 
109,910 
6,496 
14,349 
9,084 
14,579 
40,031 
19,821 
1,433 
4,117 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
33,430 
2,229 
4,423 
3,186 
5,015 
12,411 
4,843 
186 
1,137 
number 
36,451 
2,374 
4,733 
3,426 
5,429 
13,448 
5,473 
280 
1,288 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
2,580 
158 
369 
312 
328 
868 
399 
49 
97 
number 
2,709 
166 
389 
338 
345 
901 
420 
50 
100 
Flay balers 
....farms 
21,739 
2,883 
5,766 
3,528 
2,614 
4,723 
1,583 
82 
560 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
26,276 
3,424 
6,849 
4,324 
3,203 
5,804 
1,899 
103 
670 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
54,093 
5,830 
12,348 
7,000 
7,012 
14,451 
5,301 
226 
1,925 
acres treated 
19,641,333 
502,109 
1,104,454 
661,912 
1,802,601 
7,818,464 
6,201,433 
570,309 
980,051 
Manure used 
....farms 
19,443 
1,357 
3,772 
2,289 
2,590 
6,019 
2,644 
149 
623 
acres treated 
2,347,716 
42,050 
119,507 
80,221 
201,423 
832,076 
798,470 
135,669 
138,300 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
27,915 
2,376 
5,346 
2,833 
3,668 
8,764 
3,666 
158 
1,104 
acres 
9,204,573 
209,133 
475,730 
243,384 
742,027 
3,567,840 
3,131,375 
332,729 
502,355 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
53,988 
5,913 
12,309 
6,814 
7,009 
14,447 
5,304 
226 
1,966 
acres 
23,200,379 
575,385 
1,225,439 
718,599 
2,089,705 
9,370,454 
7,390,189 
680,398 
1,150,210 
Nematodes 
....farms 
4,353 
415 
1,043 
491 
526 
1,221 
456 
18 
183 
acres 
1,045,726 
30,205 
82,257 
34,267 
95,831 
428,009 
286,489 
25,065 
63,603 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
5,302 
384 
1,150 
477 
517 
1,668 
806 
36 
264 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,702,624 
25,652 
87,928 
39,164 
99,064 
632,954 
619,192 
92,603 
106,067 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
352 
66 
114 
75 
30 
29 
17 
1 
20 
acres on which used 
13,981 
1,601 
3,949 
3,167 
2,257 
1,833 
712 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
40,926 
5,026 
9,192 
4,689 
5,206 
11,141 
3,930 
158 
1,584 
acres 
12,631,135 
363,183 
708,688 
398,667 
1,160,808 
5,218,687 
3,843,516 
296,593 
640,993 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
10,084 
1,751 
2,797 
1,384 
955 
2,025 
715 
35 
422 
acres 
1,669,073 
103,761 
140,658 
98,975 
151,992 
624,461 
408,885 
34,679 
105,662 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
3,301 
617 
831 
344 
311 
715 
306 
14 
163 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
332,222 
34,562 
42,884 
20,023 
31,284 
114,289 
61,509 
2,892 
24,779 
used 
....farms 
22,621 
2,276 
4,559 
2,518 
2,838 
6,829 
2,662 
89 
850 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,950,836 
181,499 
360,534 
201,191 
595,846 
2,865,422 
2,182,743 
213,158 
350,443 
used 
....farms 
24,911 
2,161 
4,354 
2,737 
3,540 
7,887 
3,150 
134 
948 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
8,760,348 
195,348 
387,463 
228,613 
787,800 
3,512,985 
2,938,716 
271,478 
437,945 
practices were used 
....farms 
25,559 
2,681 
6,091 
3,733 
3,230 
6,492 
2,293 
109 
930 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
7,882,556 
203,665 
478,343 
294,414 
739,659 
3,158,786 
2,406,003 
210,800 
390,886 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
7,195 
960 
1,614 
1,058 
894 
1,718 
666 
41 
244 
acres 
379,614 
22,764 
36,676 
29,419 
43,513 
133,263 
85,381 
9,160 
19,438 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
2,463 
356 
691 
266 
235 
565 
265 
17 
68 
Solar panels 
....farms 
406 
75 
144 
80 
33 
50 
11 
1 
12 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
916 
94 
167 
69 
92 
291 
158 
14 
31 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
1,172 
182 
387 
121 
116 
238 
99 
4 
25 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
18 
5 
4 
2 
- 
6 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
216 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
