Table 28. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Nebraska: 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 
3,415 
805 
1,813 
594 
29 
14 
2 
- 
158 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,939 
763 
1,608 
455 
14 
13 
- 
1 
85 
$10,000 to $19,999 
5,138 
1,154 
2,674 
1,047 
95 
28 
10 
- 
130 
$20,000 to $49,999 
9,307 
1,866 
4,332 
2,276 
363 
184 
26 
9 
251 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7,256 
1,246 
2,672 
1,970 
781 
353 
40 
6 
188 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,860 
604 
1,618 
1,444 
1,622 
1,168 
212 
8 
184 
$200,000 to $499,999 
8,105 
329 
918 
786 
1,828 
3,281 
710 
48 
205 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
6,947 
71 
206 
221 
538 
2,601 
2,652 
267 
391 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
41,628 
4,926 
11,788 
7,385 
5,083 
7,443 
3,585 
335 
1,083 
number 
117,647 
9,035 
21,126 
16,404 
15,559 
28,636 
19,320 
2,904 
4,663 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
40,668 
5,037 
11,418 
6,973 
4,907 
7,349 
3,554 
332 
1,098 
number 
129,522 
12,036 
23,949 
19,539 
18,449 
31,218 
17,828 
2,102 
4,401 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
14,466 
2,458 
4,500 
2,611 
1,541 
2,031 
864 
66 
395 
number 
23,015 
3,896 
6,429 
4,346 
2,526 
3,475 
1,538 
112 
693 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
26,142 
3,251 
7,294 
4,692 
3,285 
4,597 
2,122 
196 
705 
number 
44,601 
5,189 
10,483 
8,162 
6,223 
8,640 
4,138 
446 
1,320 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
26,607 
1,885 
4,608 
4,156 
4,417 
6,980 
3,463 
305 
793 
number 
61,906 
2,951 
7,037 
7,031 
9,700 
19,103 
12,152 
1,544 
2,388 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
17,894 
908 
1,985 
2,345 
3,142 
5,707 
3,056 
202 
549 
number 
19,931 
1,013 
2,124 
2,622 
3,470 
6,300 
3,466 
277 
659 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
2,508 
159 
497 
456 
338 
572 
329 
60 
97 
number 
2,697 
174 
540 
481 
363 
607 
360 
71 
101 
Hay balers 
....farms 
15,357 
1,516 
3,541 
3,122 
2,339 
3,123 
1,230 
109 
377 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
18,213 
1,787 
4,199 
3,662 
2,774 
3,654 
1,524 
147 
466 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
28,783 
2,343 
5,627 
4,373 
4,662 
7,094 
3,471 
272 
941 
acres treated 
14,811,337 
302,152 
699,544 
669,697 
1,643,623 
4,872,375 
5,108,873 
720,806 
794,267 
Manure used 
....farms 
5,977 
409 
1,064 
909 
957 
1,478 
837 
104 
219 
acres treated 
557,693 
12,396 
33,109 
48,737 
61,126 
162,658 
145,366 
49,622 
44,679 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
1 1 ,484 
676 
1,753 
1,301 
1,740 
3,317 
2,080 
176 
441 
acres 
5,513,780 
87,604 
213,345 
161,519 
479,066 
1,623,090 
2,272,148 
357,568 
319,440 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
29,502 
2,603 
5,929 
4,487 
4,661 
7,089 
3,461 
272 
1,000 
acres 
17,616,379 
419,937 
852,774 
832,896 
2,012,165 
5,738,820 
6,073,351 
764,261 
922,175 
Nematodes 
....farms 
1,786 
95 
325 
208 
240 
504 
293 
34 
87 
acres 
618,211 
9,718 
36,816 
23,881 
52,715 
204,443 
219,017 
24,779 
46,842 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
3,771 
163 
499 
289 
464 
1,234 
864 
78 
180 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,710,715 
14,987 
51,937 
26,452 
99,391 
494,406 
755,040 
147,568 
120,934 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
192 
29 
42 
19 
12 
38 
23 
12 
17 
acres on which used 
45,784 
270 
1,590 
1,423 
2,265 
12,686 
9,365 
12,734 
5,451 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
3,384 
277 
716 
391 
579 
926 
347 
39 
109 
acres 
422,248 
17,619 
46,222 
26,675 
54,624 
167,462 
66,848 
14,371 
28,427 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
3,120 
333 
891 
434 
434 
637 
259 
24 
108 
acres 
641,247 
34,279 
71,988 
43,505 
85,439 
213,868 
131,546 
9,235 
51,387 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
1,702 
263 
525 
225 
215 
257 
129 
11 
77 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
330,952 
29,919 
51,964 
24,974 
60,666 
82,870 
59,871 
629 
20,059 
used 
....farms 
18,175 
1,322 
3,087 
2,455 
3,109 
4,985 
2,493 
168 
556 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
9,360,482 
180,716 
439,088 
377,277 
1,104,140 
3,301,680 
3,232,985 
325,265 
399,331 
used 
....farms 
10,475 
642 
1,350 
1,282 
1,741 
3,022 
1,884 
160 
394 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,930,116 
83,570 
156,858 
166,836 
465,695 
1,405,688 
1,941,226 
369,780 
340,463 
practices were used 
....farms 
10,567 
929 
1,973 
1,943 
1,655 
2,459 
1,163 
111 
334 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,396,233 
115,851 
202,280 
283,306 
425,043 
1,107,373 
934,566 
131,779 
196,035 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
2,826 
229 
493 
357 
409 
672 
474 
61 
131 
acres 
357,264 
10,085 
17,169 
15,762 
40,883 
93,963 
107,992 
35,614 
35,796 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
868 
88 
254 
142 
107 
176 
67 
3 
31 
Solar panels 
....farms 
575 
60 
131 
89 
81 
136 
53 
2 
23 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
117 
8 
29 
27 
10 
21 
8 
1 
13 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
211 
28 
94 
28 
23 
27 
9 
- 
2 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
4 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
384 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
