Table 27. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Montana: 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 
2,917 
1,003 
1,219 
550 
7 
6 
1 
- 
131 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,236 
809 
955 
398 
4 
2 
- 
- 
68 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,779 
1,198 
1,801 
643 
19 
5 
- 
- 
113 
$20,000 to $49,999 
5,958 
1,859 
2,364 
1,355 
118 
40 
5 
- 
217 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,115 
978 
1,309 
1,163 
366 
103 
10 
- 
186 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,541 
572 
713 
924 
738 
336 
41 
- 
217 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,504 
261 
345 
540 
833 
1,144 
139 
5 
237 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,955 
42 
58 
80 
238 
847 
466 
29 
195 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
21,570 
4,589 
6,050 
4,596 
2,257 
2,433 
649 
33 
963 
number 
69,642 
9,150 
11,754 
12,208 
10,574 
15,241 
5,860 
329 
4,526 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
19,952 
4,401 
5,242 
4,086 
2,199 
2,392 
641 
31 
960 
number 
50,175 
8,358 
8,948 
9,329 
7,380 
9,445 
3,447 
191 
3,077 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
8,083 
2,214 
2,287 
1,567 
674 
782 
215 
4 
340 
number 
10,915 
2,983 
2,842 
2,142 
971 
1,144 
345 
4 
484 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
12,160 
2,600 
3,125 
2,565 
1,354 
1,471 
391 
18 
636 
number 
17,803 
3,581 
3,994 
3,818 
2,211 
2,390 
750 
42 
1,017 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
10,313 
1,238 
1,508 
2,103 
1,968 
2,225 
616 
30 
625 
number 
21,457 
1,794 
2,112 
3,369 
4,198 
5,911 
2,352 
145 
1,576 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
5,449 
387 
462 
934 
1,222 
1,621 
459 
18 
346 
number 
7,022 
435 
522 
1,084 
1,474 
2,178 
765 
41 
523 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
3,422 
521 
734 
743 
588 
488 
170 
12 
166 
number 
3,858 
554 
786 
802 
675 
579 
238 
17 
207 
Hay balers 
....farms 
10,215 
1,864 
2,166 
2,244 
1,506 
1,473 
425 
23 
514 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
12,811 
2,208 
2,611 
2,856 
1,915 
1,896 
600 
37 
688 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
9,667 
1,435 
1,759 
1,738 
1,604 
1,987 
549 
27 
568 
acres treated 
7,608,547 
181,749 
257,778 
429,414 
1,078,643 
2,900,257 
1,722,489 
255,154 
783,063 
Manure used 
....farms 
2,429 
496 
621 
458 
238 
332 
122 
12 
150 
acres treated 
182,819 
15,406 
15,852 
16,294 
20,546 
52,814 
33,508 
5,826 
22,573 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
1,595 
245 
250 
264 
211 
330 
143 
13 
139 
acres 
677,931 
16,800 
13,331 
54,738 
83,926 
204,365 
212,111 
8,584 
84,076 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
10,440 
1,594 
2,004 
1,881 
1,673 
2,065 
571 
25 
627 
acres 
9,850,643 
273,554 
364,344 
604,962 
1,343,589 
3,756,525 
2,400,779 
134,450 
972,440 
Nematodes 
....farms 
178 
26 
22 
39 
28 
34 
20 
- 
9 
acres 
75,477 
2,859 
712 
2,836 
14,351 
25,932 
28,360 
- 
427 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,105 
103 
94 
165 
182 
350 
129 
5 
77 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
944,792 
9,113 
14,932 
34,875 
108,456 
406,301 
283,533 
10,197 
77,385 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
258 
64 
47 
25 
16 
53 
33 
- 
20 
acres on which used 
68,782 
856 
962 
1,607 
2,432 
20,584 
39,352 
- 
2,989 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
229 
49 
53 
36 
22 
37 
19 
2 
11 
acres 
36,688 
3,268 
6,518 
2,028 
5,891 
5,403 
6,012 
(D) 
(□) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
1,229 
287 
343 
224 
121 
128 
57 
2 
67 
acres 
228,633 
17,000 
21,084 
27,235 
(D) 
60,729 
33,615 
(D) 
36,961 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
948 
241 
234 
173 
98 
86 
32 
2 
82 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,280,318 
131,073 
(D) 
173,082 
141,962 
253,100 
182,871 
(D) 
259,093 
used 
....farms 
4,241 
384 
459 
624 
815 
1,276 
379 
12 
292 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,859,498 
147,367 
161,035 
271,456 
872,218 
2,869,730 
1,791,144 
97,999 
648,549 
used 
....farms 
1,873 
171 
188 
357 
378 
508 
128 
8 
135 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,753,711 
40,117 
63,363 
111,693 
261,564 
696,526 
406,196 
32,563 
141,689 
practices were used 
....farms 
4,504 
607 
742 
1,080 
876 
725 
192 
15 
267 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,892,025 
70,729 
100,813 
244,684 
425,730 
541,413 
285,840 
22,320 
200,496 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
976 
184 
178 
175 
160 
179 
46 
1 
53 
acres 
128,183 
(D) 
11,415 
11,527 
28,337 
45,630 
12,482 
(D) 
10,087 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
1,087 
190 
264 
214 
158 
147 
46 
1 
67 
Solar panels 
....farms 
847 
142 
194 
177 
129 
127 
28 
1 
49 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
189 
26 
56 
41 
22 
17 
12 
- 
15 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
124 
32 
35 
18 
8 
13 
9 
- 
9 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
39 
6 
10 
14 
2 
4 
1 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
22 
10 
2 
5 
1 
1 
" 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
370 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
