Table 29. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Nevada: 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 
354 
148 
128 
49 
1 
6 
- 
- 
22 
$5,000 to $9,999 
289 
120 
128 
34 
1 
- 
1 
- 
5 
$10,000 to $19,999 
457 
180 
173 
88 
- 
5 
- 
- 
11 
$20,000 to $49,999 
1,055 
309 
489 
201 
10 
6 
1 
- 
39 
$50,000 to $99,999 
758 
211 
295 
156 
15 
34 
3 
- 
44 
$100,000 to $199,999 
498 
149 
113 
102 
52 
34 
11 
- 
37 
$200,000 to $499,999 
457 
60 
83 
71 
57 
133 
11 
- 
42 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
268 
7 
21 
4 
12 
108 
67 
5 
44 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
3,383 
918 
1,119 
579 
146 
314 
94 
5 
208 
number 
8,973 
1,728 
2,168 
1,289 
552 
1,456 
864 
96 
820 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
3,096 
864 
987 
505 
145 
314 
92 
5 
184 
number 
7,397 
1,560 
1,649 
1,053 
513 
1,310 
657 
69 
586 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
1,475 
464 
500 
264 
43 
99 
33 
- 
72 
number 
2,017 
612 
630 
345 
66 
164 
64 
- 
136 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
1,948 
497 
572 
307 
124 
247 
67 
4 
130 
number 
3,264 
723 
798 
473 
263 
513 
204 
28 
262 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
1,044 
183 
163 
151 
108 
270 
80 
5 
84 
number 
2,116 
225 
221 
235 
184 
633 
389 
41 
188 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
116 
18 
27 
15 
2 
25 
18 
1 
10 
number 
148 
25 
27 
15 
(D) 
32 
35 
(D) 
11 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
592 
102 
118 
87 
47 
148 
42 
2 
46 
number 
809 
124 
149 
94 
57 
187 
98 
(D) 
(D) 
Hay balers 
....farms 
1,333 
310 
287 
194 
113 
257 
68 
4 
100 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
1,831 
387 
352 
275 
162 
389 
113 
19 
134 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
997 
202 
204 
164 
72 
217 
65 
5 
68 
acres treated 
281,399 
10,647 
11,786 
9,393 
21,659 
86,956 
54,111 
17,456 
69,391 
Manure used 
....farms 
420 
113 
93 
98 
24 
59 
13 
2 
18 
acres treated 
31,035 
2,665 
5,659 
2,612 
2,719 
12,617 
(D) 
(D) 
3,060 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
375 
69 
58 
50 
31 
100 
38 
2 
27 
acres 
140,072 
1,993 
3,159 
1,842 
(D) 
52,966 
37,820 
(D) 
33,587 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
952 
179 
237 
153 
71 
174 
63 
5 
70 
acres 
244,067 
10,391 
7,962 
10,228 
13,812 
76,652 
65,567 
16,671 
42,784 
Nematodes 
....farms 
41 
8 
21 
2 
1 
- 
4 
- 
5 
acres 
13,194 
65 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
5,191 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
70 
17 
23 
10 
1 
1 
10 
1 
7 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
7,696 
80 
1,075 
12 
(D) 
(D) 
6,020 
(D) 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
38 
7 
14 
2 
2 
5 
5 
- 
3 
acres on which used 
4,759 
45 
978 
(D) 
(D) 
1,223 
1,873 
- 
120 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
70 
12 
3 
22 
3 
24 
6 
- 
- 
acres 
11,296 
(D) 
(D) 
1,162 
(D) 
3,739 
3,520 
- 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
515 
135 
140 
112 
35 
41 
23 
1 
28 
acres 
98,365 
10,766 
9,774 
14,203 
(D) 
11,194 
22,650 
(D) 
19,059 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
72 
30 
11 
17 
5 
3 
3 
3 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
14,586 
1,962 
(D) 
3,615 
4,720 
589 
3,220 
(D) 
used 
....farms 
178 
38 
30 
23 
12 
34 
31 
1 
9 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
17,527 
1,759 
(D) 
(D) 
1,078 
3,130 
6,278 
(D) 
3,272 
used 
....farms 
76 
6 
12 
17 
2 
21 
11 
- 
7 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
19,460 
(D) 
250 
477 
(D) 
(D) 
2,807 
~ 
(D) 
practices were used 
....farms 
638 
92 
154 
98 
58 
119 
55 
5 
57 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
74,234 
2,540 
4,335 
3,009 
5,274 
20,873 
22,358 
3,852 
11,993 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
178 
32 
41 
38 
12 
35 
2 
- 
18 
acres 
10,526 
804 
1,802 
923 
1,689 
4,349 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
265 
65 
86 
38 
13 
37 
8 
- 
18 
Solar panels 
....farms 
223 
63 
75 
37 
11 
16 
4 
- 
17 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
53 
15 
6 
10 
2 
15 
3 
- 
2 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
8 
6 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
10 
7 
2 
1 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
20 
7 
- 
1 
1 
8 
1 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
18 
7 
8 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
398 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
