Table 25. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Mississippi: 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 
3,091 
1,412 
1,214 
309 
4 
1 
- 
- 
151 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,061 
1,321 
1,317 
314 
4 
- 
- 
- 
105 
$10,000 to $19,999 
6,265 
2,743 
2,676 
651 
13 
2 
3 
2 
175 
$20,000 to $49,999 
1 1 ,727 
4,652 
5,042 
1,512 
129 
39 
5 
- 
348 
$50,000 to $99,999 
6,975 
2,491 
2,818 
1,062 
291 
92 
9 
- 
212 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,592 
1,001 
1,217 
665 
347 
214 
37 
2 
109 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,068 
355 
435 
285 
255 
489 
121 
7 
121 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,294 
35 
34 
32 
73 
346 
547 
83 
144 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
28,181 
9,854 
10,465 
4,056 
1,073 
1,149 
710 
92 
782 
number 
52,719 
15,701 
16,208 
7,476 
2,842 
3,737 
3,570 
1,120 
2,065 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
30,985 
11,009 
11,782 
4,219 
1,080 
1,136 
709 
90 
960 
number 
65,334 
20,578 
20,525 
8,665 
2,929 
4,507 
4,289 
1,079 
2,762 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
11,812 
4,760 
4,517 
1,630 
250 
210 
128 
16 
301 
number 
14,665 
5,941 
5,495 
2,040 
315 
281 
174 
19 
400 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
22,796 
8,169 
8,730 
3,179 
869 
712 
419 
57 
661 
number 
35,454 
12,302 
12,297 
5,129 
1,680 
1,482 
1,084 
397 
1,083 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
7,184 
1,690 
1,988 
983 
439 
932 
669 
77 
406 
number 
15,215 
2,335 
2,733 
1,496 
934 
2,744 
3,031 
663 
1,279 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
2,483 
262 
297 
235 
194 
662 
566 
69 
198 
number 
3,241 
296 
338 
265 
236 
789 
847 
184 
286 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
761 
67 
58 
51 
50 
200 
258 
25 
52 
number 
1,078 
93 
85 
75 
65 
269 
364 
49 
78 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
327 
81 
132 
67 
16 
18 
3 
- 
10 
number 
382 
92 
154 
81 
17 
23 
4 
- 
11 
Hay balers 
....farms 
8,335 
2,933 
3,109 
1,400 
343 
288 
85 
6 
171 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
10,134 
3,563 
3,727 
1,723 
420 
361 
116 
6 
218 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
14,168 
4,368 
5,171 
2,016 
456 
930 
665 
75 
487 
acres treated 
3,089,983 
223,150 
256,101 
135,649 
114,485 
545,536 
1,096,034 
322,829 
396,199 
Manure used 
....farms 
3,779 
1,130 
1,316 
646 
266 
229 
74 
3 
115 
acres treated 
380,456 
57,742 
63,246 
41,049 
39,028 
78,243 
(D) 
(D) 
35,925 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
5,637 
1,377 
1,435 
746 
327 
776 
574 
71 
331 
acres 
2,425,471 
50,145 
70,596 
42,433 
77,052 
465,195 
1,031,333 
310,100 
378,617 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
11,118 
3,026 
3,660 
1,626 
564 
1,009 
680 
75 
478 
acres 
3,780,101 
147,947 
205,514 
119,270 
149,473 
749,124 
1,456,372 
430,518 
521,883 
Nematodes 
....farms 
852 
174 
153 
121 
45 
130 
165 
16 
48 
acres 
319,154 
5,514 
8,022 
5,258 
9,215 
67,949 
169,894 
28,858 
24,444 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,578 
331 
303 
166 
94 
261 
280 
38 
105 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
709,504 
7,189 
16,448 
4,976 
22,081 
127,091 
330,635 
115,290 
85,794 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
1,038 
126 
138 
69 
63 
231 
304 
30 
77 
acres on which used 
548,525 
4,394 
9,227 
4,372 
12,460 
93,117 
286,631 
66,996 
71,328 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
404 
145 
110 
44 
24 
43 
17 
1 
20 
acres 
33,013 
3,718 
5,590 
(D) 
3,829 
6,593 
5,455 
(D) 
6,179 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
4,827 
1,512 
1,484 
639 
249 
393 
271 
25 
254 
acres 
1,661,892 
112,429 
108,828 
64,910 
51,172 
276,602 
607,305 
183,512 
257,134 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
1,257 
493 
461 
115 
25 
53 
39 
2 
69 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
187,943 
40,724 
53,528 
10,496 
(D) 
15,221 
19,679 
(D) 
46,299 
used 
....farms 
1,852 
414 
386 
227 
125 
316 
242 
17 
125 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
620,535 
14,463 
17,421 
12,793 
31,827 
167,647 
239,057 
27,187 
110,140 
used 
....farms 
1,510 
305 
250 
147 
115 
286 
253 
34 
120 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
908,660 
11,661 
16,089 
8,710 
25,944 
153,919 
387,352 
153,356 
151,629 
practices were used 
....farms 
4,931 
1,177 
1,246 
724 
257 
643 
517 
56 
311 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,157,189 
39,700 
62,991 
34,617 
64,434 
406,221 
964,877 
299,928 
284,421 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
1,019 
356 
316 
144 
34 
74 
37 
6 
52 
acres 
66,069 
8,486 
7,949 
4,494 
2,748 
16,444 
17,394 
3,170 
5,384 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
275 
80 
119 
39 
9 
12 
8 
2 
6 
Solar panels 
....farms 
225 
63 
103 
33 
6 
7 
6 
1 
6 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
16 
6 
7 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
6 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
23 
8 
7 
4 
3 
1 
" 
" 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
6 
4 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
342 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
