Table 24. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Minnesota: 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 
4,959 
1,558 
2,423 
710 
13 
16 
3 
- 
236 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,317 
1,657 
2,863 
626 
9 
4 
4 
2 
152 
$10,000 to $19,999 
8,799 
2,563 
4,490 
1,341 
44 
31 
9 
- 
321 
$20,000 to $49,999 
15,500 
4,132 
7,346 
3,145 
321 
98 
46 
2 
410 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11,465 
2,341 
4,731 
2,804 
892 
331 
67 
17 
282 
$100,000 to $199,999 
9,630 
1,352 
2,771 
2,164 
1,881 
1,058 
143 
15 
246 
$200,000 to $499,999 
10,246 
642 
1,489 
989 
2,254 
3,825 
721 
23 
303 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
8,621 
107 
340 
301 
656 
3,344 
3,287 
189 
397 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
57,769 
9,445 
18,194 
9,892 
5,857 
8,497 
4,200 
239 
1,445 
number 
130,403 
14,208 
27,790 
17,412 
13,832 
27,792 
22,245 
2,389 
4,735 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
61,683 
10,900 
20,405 
10,160 
5,764 
8,467 
4,162 
228 
1,597 
number 
217,404 
29,899 
52,554 
33,523 
26,291 
42,659 
24,157 
1,617 
6,704 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
30,427 
6,303 
10,539 
5,221 
2,540 
3,449 
1,473 
80 
822 
number 
51,318 
10,597 
16,588 
9,011 
4,510 
6,281 
2,648 
189 
1,494 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
45,097 
7,919 
14,495 
7,718 
4,661 
6,281 
2,782 
157 
1,084 
number 
80,891 
13,842 
22,971 
14,671 
9,610 
1 1 ,994 
5,367 
338 
2,098 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
36,003 
3,528 
7,867 
5,805 
5,356 
8,183 
4,042 
201 
1,021 
number 
85,195 
5,460 
12,995 
9,841 
12,171 
24,384 
16,142 
1,090 
3,112 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
26,182 
2,167 
4,516 
3,775 
3,945 
7,121 
3,743 
137 
778 
number 
30,048 
2,404 
4,941 
4,237 
4,453 
8,065 
4,736 
254 
958 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
3,455 
358 
723 
649 
501 
752 
288 
34 
150 
number 
3,761 
382 
783 
720 
544 
825 
303 
36 
168 
Hay balers 
....farms 
25,658 
4,364 
8,089 
5,242 
3,064 
3,339 
959 
44 
557 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
33,837 
5,588 
10,450 
7,066 
4,234 
4,479 
1,227 
55 
738 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
41,374 
4,417 
10,242 
7,125 
5,683 
8,442 
4,076 
178 
1,211 
acres treated 
14,897,415 
345,757 
854,054 
672,666 
1,350,542 
4,531,994 
5,682,492 
669,207 
790,703 
Manure used 
....farms 
16,582 
1,651 
3,923 
3,085 
2,518 
3,474 
1,414 
82 
435 
acres treated 
1,580,164 
48,068 
107,771 
115,347 
200,993 
486,591 
446,777 
87,810 
86,807 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
19,634 
1,408 
3,744 
2,553 
2,902 
5,313 
2,913 
133 
668 
acres 
6,294,083 
100,737 
301,186 
199,109 
496,554 
1,943,912 
2,621,968 
282,429 
348,188 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
41,571 
4,502 
10,411 
7,043 
5,699 
8,451 
4,074 
175 
1,216 
acres 
17,838,092 
389,528 
969,365 
721,983 
1,555,807 
5,446,178 
7,032,727 
808,987 
913,517 
Nematodes 
....farms 
3,526 
259 
702 
444 
464 
937 
551 
20 
149 
acres 
795,308 
16,402 
51,252 
25,393 
64,611 
261,938 
285,515 
33,790 
56,407 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
4,652 
303 
836 
554 
461 
1,155 
1,066 
47 
230 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,795,593 
10,772 
54,750 
40,075 
78,800 
428,828 
938,851 
106,795 
136,722 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
675 
70 
151 
63 
48 
136 
161 
9 
37 
acres on which used 
160,997 
2,871 
4,382 
2,342 
4,480 
39,742 
84,103 
12,896 
10,181 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
21,521 
2,380 
4,918 
2,960 
3,090 
5,180 
2,250 
90 
653 
acres 
6,461,173 
154,535 
369,636 
228,703 
612,874 
2,231,183 
2,352,385 
215,579 
296,278 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
12,487 
1,767 
3,035 
1,800 
1,484 
2,562 
1,400 
36 
403 
acres 
4,548,977 
146,966 
241,140 
170,631 
320,300 
1,249,866 
1,975,957 
155,244 
288,873 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
2,719 
516 
902 
308 
226 
397 
233 
12 
125 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
244,482 
32,417 
61,730 
19,568 
24,201 
34,464 
52,950 
2,901 
16,251 
used 
....farms 
4,701 
538 
1,084 
670 
542 
1,130 
537 
27 
173 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
818,754 
32,622 
65,212 
34,535 
77,329 
270,132 
278,141 
29,248 
31,535 
used 
....farms 
14,110 
1,191 
2,575 
1,946 
2,163 
3,793 
1,964 
77 
401 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,109,886 
96,223 
241,224 
188,897 
484,794 
1,987,038 
2,649,731 
209,735 
252,244 
practices were used 
....farms 
32,653 
3,824 
8,635 
6,217 
4,296 
5,808 
2,766 
126 
981 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
11,517,373 
276,015 
689,838 
539,376 
1,033,300 
3,337,986 
4,366,590 
606,310 
667,958 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
5,661 
850 
1,398 
1,021 
734 
949 
462 
30 
217 
acres 
408,190 
22,222 
29,659 
31,791 
38,646 
100,719 
125,891 
29,864 
29,398 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
1,702 
250 
515 
230 
158 
340 
163 
7 
39 
Solar panels 
....farms 
397 
83 
155 
90 
24 
28 
7 
- 
10 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
592 
76 
103 
64 
61 
181 
84 
4 
19 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
724 
115 
249 
75 
64 
131 
75 
2 
13 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
8 
4 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
5 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
" 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
328 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
