Table 26. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Missouri: 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 
9,568 
3,416 
4,604 
1,216 
19 
5 
1 
- 
307 
$5,000 to $9,999 
9,930 
3,533 
4,754 
1,297 
18 
3 
2 
- 
323 
$10,000 to $19,999 
16,165 
5,730 
7,871 
2,113 
60 
8 
1 
- 
382 
$20,000 to $49,999 
27,076 
9,118 
12,699 
4,303 
219 
59 
7 
1 
670 
$50,000 to $99,999 
16,726 
5,311 
6,930 
3,353 
493 
201 
27 
- 
411 
$100,000 to $199,999 
9,985 
2,719 
3,174 
2,257 
978 
530 
63 
3 
261 
$200,000 to $499,999 
6,395 
983 
1,256 
1,095 
1,169 
1,448 
175 
4 
265 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
3,326 
131 
141 
147 
415 
1,373 
860 
58 
201 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
76,604 
23,633 
30,703 
12,708 
3,195 
3,544 
1,110 
65 
1,646 
number 
145,852 
37,832 
47,632 
24,346 
10,294 
14,363 
6,600 
665 
4,120 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
81,077 
25,679 
32,544 
12,923 
3,211 
3,523 
1,112 
63 
2,022 
number 
179,432 
51,624 
58,938 
29,853 
11,606 
15,377 
6,170 
461 
5,403 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
31,078 
1 1 ,252 
12,564 
4,661 
782 
783 
257 
15 
764 
number 
40,506 
14,940 
15,615 
6,194 
1,124 
1,153 
394 
24 
1,062 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
59,696 
19,182 
23,800 
9,765 
2,413 
2,377 
665 
34 
1,460 
number 
92,103 
29,218 
33,385 
16,150 
4,589 
4,769 
1,393 
137 
2,462 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
24,729 
5,286 
7,139 
4,700 
2,541 
3,163 
1,044 
53 
803 
number 
46,823 
7,466 
9,938 
7,509 
5,893 
9,455 
4,383 
300 
1,879 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
14,094 
2,227 
3,016 
2,578 
1,995 
2,713 
973 
37 
555 
number 
16,191 
2,464 
3,350 
2,883 
2,262 
3,164 
1,330 
83 
655 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
363 
2 
9 
17 
30 
126 
138 
10 
31 
number 
496 
(□) 
12 
23 
39 
160 
204 
(D) 
37 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
1,331 
262 
382 
252 
128 
191 
52 
2 
62 
number 
1,432 
287 
404 
287 
132 
195 
54 
(D) 
(D) 
Hay balers 
....farms 
32,074 
9,871 
11,329 
6,283 
1,763 
1,726 
339 
11 
752 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
39,025 
11,917 
13,703 
7,721 
2,197 
2,136 
412 
17 
922 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
44,084 
11,757 
15,518 
8,148 
2,863 
3,318 
1,073 
45 
1,362 
acres treated 
9,809,442 
1,115,716 
1,302,213 
1,055,307 
1,148,310 
2,546,121 
1,898,061 
227,166 
516,548 
Manure used 
....farms 
8,753 
1,978 
2,930 
2,010 
723 
664 
185 
11 
252 
acres treated 
648,298 
102,772 
122,132 
116,709 
84,639 
113,582 
61,599 
11,121 
35,744 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
10,733 
1,756 
2,845 
2,016 
1,171 
1,713 
735 
35 
462 
acres 
3,454,842 
164,162 
244,521 
201,572 
348,684 
1,047,745 
1,075,029 
142,733 
230,396 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
31,847 
7,089 
10,380 
6,146 
2,694 
3,253 
1,070 
45 
1,170 
acres 
9,957,304 
697,320 
885,165 
801,556 
1,179,190 
3,129,223 
2,437,841 
263,923 
563,086 
Nematodes 
....farms 
1,563 
262 
416 
306 
121 
202 
166 
12 
78 
acres 
512,511 
29,777 
38,294 
33,028 
43,631 
107,715 
188,592 
37,851 
33,623 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
2,580 
402 
657 
506 
190 
377 
316 
17 
115 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
703,820 
24,511 
36,922 
30,209 
51,737 
159,108 
299,809 
51,420 
50,104 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
916 
153 
214 
114 
67 
154 
159 
12 
43 
acres on which used 
381,534 
6,700 
9,603 
11,577 
13,460 
98,585 
180,228 
26,528 
34,853 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
5,808 
1,230 
1,733 
1,091 
563 
727 
216 
5 
243 
acres 
884,110 
92,379 
104,795 
91,557 
101,110 
257,754 
166,708 
9,425 
60,382 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
9,035 
2,276 
2,917 
1,596 
622 
878 
336 
9 
401 
acres 
2,058,741 
180,667 
213,076 
176,964 
192,686 
547,130 
526,407 
49,075 
172,736 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
3,268 
1,089 
1,226 
412 
131 
162 
37 
3 
208 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
274,123 
68,476 
65,863 
30,796 
15,932 
40,805 
(D) 
(D) 
35,189 
used 
....farms 
15,606 
2,952 
4,333 
2,961 
1,756 
2,242 
687 
20 
655 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,017,507 
253,735 
345,212 
296,638 
514,957 
1,313,813 
1,003,531 
78,339 
211,282 
used 
....farms 
7,978 
1,310 
1,783 
1,380 
1,034 
1,544 
564 
20 
343 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,706,746 
132,976 
150,752 
169,074 
321,342 
927,495 
776,569 
81,738 
146,800 
practices were used 
....farms 
14,191 
2,818 
4,362 
3,093 
1,265 
1,524 
553 
24 
552 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,140,274 
198,780 
274,106 
276,613 
347,405 
883,446 
835,603 
124,681 
199,640 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
4,464 
985 
1,249 
926 
428 
536 
177 
7 
156 
acres 
390,114 
33,885 
42,602 
39,635 
40,377 
105,349 
98,401 
9,615 
20,250 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
1,823 
506 
709 
359 
82 
93 
24 
- 
50 
Solar panels 
....farms 
826 
209 
336 
204 
30 
24 
4 
- 
19 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
192 
33 
72 
45 
2 
19 
7 
- 
14 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
21 
8 
4 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
536 
186 
221 
73 
14 
21 
8 
- 
13 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
38 
17 
10 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
4 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
227 
62 
66 
40 
16 
20 
5 
- 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
356 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
