Table 19. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Louisiana: 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 
2,152 
866 
958 
241 
4 
1 
- 
- 
82 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,225 
889 
1,019 
240 
- 
2 
- 
- 
75 
$10,000 to $19,999 
4,337 
1,734 
1,932 
517 
10 
2 
1 
- 
141 
$20,000 to $49,999 
8,095 
2,920 
3,714 
1,172 
61 
26 
- 
- 
202 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,473 
1,776 
2,472 
888 
128 
58 
8 
- 
143 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,794 
698 
1,056 
528 
150 
159 
69 
2 
132 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,835 
330 
384 
287 
152 
392 
185 
7 
98 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,182 
21 
63 
29 
35 
254 
603 
24 
153 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
20,517 
6,470 
8,003 
3,139 
519 
862 
847 
33 
644 
number 
36,005 
9,149 
11,545 
5,032 
1,279 
2,823 
3,943 
334 
1,900 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
23,303 
7,450 
9,430 
3,404 
517 
850 
840 
32 
780 
number 
50,885 
13,884 
16,625 
6,669 
1,646 
3,572 
5,335 
439 
2,715 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
9,748 
3,385 
4,087 
1,427 
144 
187 
194 
10 
314 
number 
12,130 
4,270 
4,891 
1,752 
183 
247 
294 
52 
441 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
16,324 
5,368 
6,683 
2,435 
361 
500 
442 
23 
512 
number 
24,692 
7,946 
9,404 
3,659 
745 
953 
966 
137 
882 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
6,051 
1,213 
1,754 
823 
328 
752 
794 
28 
359 
number 
14,063 
1,668 
2,330 
1,258 
718 
2,372 
4,075 
250 
1,392 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
1,857 
101 
134 
113 
160 
516 
644 
17 
172 
number 
2,382 
108 
149 
130 
186 
644 
893 
32 
240 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
414 
21 
20 
16 
38 
96 
183 
4 
36 
number 
574 
27 
30 
21 
53 
121 
259 
5 
58 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
209 
49 
73 
43 
3 
11 
17 
- 
13 
number 
252 
58 
86 
47 
4 
16 
24 
- 
17 
Hay balers 
....farms 
5,993 
1,962 
2,436 
1,061 
127 
161 
58 
1 
187 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
7,509 
2,432 
3,049 
1,349 
170 
214 
(D) 
(D) 
213 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
10,085 
2,766 
3,459 
1,488 
369 
777 
776 
22 
428 
acres treated 
2,625,512 
133,898 
167,091 
104,994 
91,017 
491,097 
1,179,029 
82,727 
375,659 
Manure used 
....farms 
1,664 
480 
640 
281 
74 
101 
50 
2 
36 
acres treated 
145,776 
22,427 
31,128 
16,039 
9,528 
(D) 
28,369 
(D) 
7,813 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
4,798 
906 
1,212 
618 
313 
687 
749 
23 
290 
acres 
2,222,104 
35,050 
53,917 
36,537 
79,558 
444,043 
1,154,189 
73,346 
345,464 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
8,459 
1,959 
2,818 
1,218 
388 
794 
832 
26 
424 
acres 
3,087,652 
96,409 
147,016 
95,421 
106,071 
586,873 
1,506,397 
114,274 
435,191 
Nematodes 
....farms 
592 
89 
102 
61 
42 
98 
163 
3 
34 
acres 
236,018 
2,772 
3,982 
3,599 
11,613 
44,721 
128,498 
12,245 
28,588 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,966 
241 
308 
190 
140 
411 
501 
12 
163 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,161,858 
10,246 
17,283 
10,097 
37,105 
254,724 
638,664 
38,455 
155,284 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
1,313 
129 
158 
110 
88 
275 
421 
10 
122 
acres on which used 
695,807 
6,812 
8,405 
6,211 
22,232 
128,731 
391,126 
21,908 
110,382 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
318 
113 
120 
38 
11 
13 
8 
1 
14 
acres 
39,232 
5,959 
9,712 
4,441 
(D) 
6,862 
4,656 
(D) 
4,785 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
7,289 
1,996 
2,661 
1,081 
238 
459 
451 
13 
390 
acres 
2,395,260 
167,541 
201,757 
133,035 
92,580 
432,394 
920,409 
72,057 
375,487 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
753 
252 
289 
58 
21 
40 
29 
5 
59 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
145,463 
27,828 
43,599 
6,656 
(D) 
20,698 
20,155 
(D) 
14,396 
used 
....farms 
1,468 
297 
315 
178 
75 
199 
287 
3 
114 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
479,652 
9,515 
10,664 
8,024 
13,214 
76,876 
280,270 
890 
80,199 
used 
....farms 
1,190 
132 
138 
77 
92 
278 
365 
14 
94 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
913,285 
9,213 
11,420 
5,526 
26,337 
179,286 
495,339 
79,268 
106,896 
practices were used 
....farms 
3,268 
640 
646 
452 
215 
498 
549 
13 
255 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,734,569 
25,678 
34,555 
37,800 
57,760 
342,432 
912,993 
55,711 
267,640 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
591 
185 
177 
89 
18 
36 
46 
5 
35 
acres 
59,206 
4,524 
5,875 
3,741 
2,561 
10,256 
20,805 
3,555 
7,889 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
370 
91 
162 
86 
8 
13 
4 
- 
6 
Solar panels 
....farms 
353 
87 
157 
80 
7 
13 
4 
- 
5 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
7 
- 
5 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
258 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
