Table 17. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Kansas: 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 
5,756 
1,828 
2,897 
791 
12 
5 
4 
1 
218 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,922 
1,562 
2,574 
638 
8 
10 
- 
- 
130 
$10,000 to $19,999 
7,910 
2,348 
4,034 
1,220 
34 
19 
3 
1 
251 
$20,000 to $49,999 
14,320 
4,143 
6,935 
2,546 
235 
80 
13 
3 
365 
$50,000 to $99,999 
9,168 
2,201 
3,837 
2,147 
497 
204 
34 
5 
243 
$100,000 to $199,999 
7,159 
1,241 
2,156 
1,643 
1,248 
562 
118 
6 
185 
$200,000 to $499,999 
7,120 
658 
1,008 
982 
1,789 
2,081 
342 
17 
243 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
5,417 
129 
215 
251 
580 
2,332 
1,471 
97 
342 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
47,487 
9,727 
16,942 
8,171 
4,203 
5,136 
1,949 
126 
1,233 
number 
137,246 
19,914 
32,811 
21,271 
17,456 
25,799 
13,350 
1,436 
5,209 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
46,686 
9,898 
16,581 
7,711 
4,133 
5,037 
1,917 
123 
1,286 
number 
117,907 
20,593 
31,014 
18,980 
14,250 
19,438 
8,936 
756 
3,940 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
15,434 
4,096 
6,033 
2,447 
947 
1,089 
393 
31 
398 
number 
20,779 
5,510 
7,639 
3,426 
1,373 
1,573 
620 
68 
570 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
28,824 
6,621 
10,582 
4,968 
2,360 
2,587 
928 
73 
705 
number 
43,308 
9,773 
14,421 
7,877 
4,024 
4,218 
1,685 
175 
1,135 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
25,497 
3,460 
5,981 
4,573 
3,839 
4,828 
1,840 
104 
872 
number 
53,820 
5,310 
8,954 
7,677 
8,853 
13,647 
6,631 
513 
2,235 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
18,270 
2,043 
3,204 
3,067 
3,285 
4,344 
1,656 
55 
616 
number 
23,021 
2,382 
3,738 
3,618 
4,119 
5,734 
2,469 
100 
861 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
97 
3 
10 
- 
17 
34 
29 
1 
3 
number 
(D) 
3 
10 
- 
17 
45 
44 
(D) 
3 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
2,431 
331 
714 
403 
295 
386 
212 
12 
78 
number 
2,616 
347 
765 
440 
316 
412 
234 
18 
84 
Hay balers 
....farms 
17,728 
3,273 
5,377 
3,309 
2,104 
2,378 
813 
36 
438 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
22,238 
4,103 
6,714 
4,136 
2,712 
2,918 
1,015 
48 
592 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
32,538 
5,164 
9,610 
5,727 
4,030 
5,000 
1,864 
85 
1,058 
acres treated 
16,925,603 
746,290 
1,269,514 
1,168,694 
2,440,656 
5,797,621 
4,255,322 
262,214 
985,292 
Manure used 
....farms 
4,582 
655 
1,136 
727 
579 
830 
466 
39 
150 
acres treated 
570,047 
24,849 
39,623 
36,223 
61,098 
126,948 
164,316 
53,201 
63,789 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
9,626 
1,037 
1,898 
1,551 
1,409 
2,246 
1,035 
55 
395 
acres 
3,462,433 
111,470 
186,476 
210,415 
374,443 
1,154,726 
1,066,671 
78,887 
279,345 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
32,857 
5,084 
9,285 
6,129 
4,205 
5,069 
1,892 
90 
1,103 
acres 
21,834,196 
926,057 
1,501,639 
1,542,822 
3,157,189 
7,485,083 
5,637,948 
339,236 
1,244,222 
Nematodes 
....farms 
838 
103 
204 
122 
97 
196 
76 
6 
34 
acres 
247,381 
1 1 ,483 
21,708 
13,306 
35,989 
93,957 
47,150 
6,579 
17,209 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
4,292 
330 
818 
611 
638 
1,129 
554 
23 
189 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,026,089 
36,006 
99,306 
91,931 
245,763 
717,775 
653,736 
29,733 
151,839 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
386 
66 
106 
42 
29 
65 
55 
4 
19 
acres on which used 
61,841 
2,478 
5,268 
3,046 
2,865 
20,073 
22,755 
2,681 
2,675 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
1,475 
295 
386 
239 
178 
220 
94 
5 
58 
acres 
177,269 
17,856 
23,551 
17,143 
21,448 
50,749 
30,670 
4,493 
11,359 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
3,467 
799 
1,270 
606 
305 
286 
84 
11 
106 
acres 
742,458 
86,635 
112,956 
74,190 
135,782 
178,827 
87,697 
27,191 
39,180 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
2,673 
706 
911 
427 
199 
225 
68 
2 
135 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
430,844 
81,857 
77,430 
60,433 
53,041 
75,544 
60,215 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
....farms 
17,123 
2,003 
3,903 
2,863 
2,643 
3,618 
1,414 
53 
626 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,403,753 
302,676 
560,678 
531,972 
1,408,873 
3,759,863 
3,077,568 
154,003 
608,120 
used 
....farms 
9,851 
1,124 
1,845 
1,695 
1,560 
2,258 
948 
43 
378 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,055,766 
186,771 
293,313 
328,346 
778,924 
2,100,596 
1,852,157 
141,725 
373,934 
practices were used 
....farms 
16,205 
2,657 
4,419 
3,401 
2,182 
2,271 
712 
42 
521 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
6,276,913 
390,469 
577,489 
703,664 
1,166,925 
2,035,474 
1,027,684 
66,532 
308,676 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
2,498 
413 
615 
431 
304 
441 
183 
10 
101 
acres 
322,454 
24,269 
27,033 
29,768 
40,212 
100,301 
67,535 
5,688 
27,648 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
1,239 
230 
395 
189 
151 
152 
81 
1 
40 
Solar panels 
....farms 
763 
130 
245 
126 
96 
93 
51 
1 
21 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
264 
52 
71 
44 
23 
40 
19 
- 
15 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
9 
2 
2 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
198 
41 
77 
19 
22 
23 
13 
- 
3 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
24 
5 
6 
5 
5 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
230 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
