Table 31 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New Jersey: 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 
837 
300 
353 
147 
2 
1 
- 
- 
34 
$5,000 to $9,999 
860 
303 
396 
140 
1 
1 
- 
- 
19 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,550 
511 
699 
287 
11 
7 
1 
- 
34 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,549 
720 
1,092 
605 
32 
15 
5 
- 
80 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,495 
386 
571 
388 
44 
32 
13 
- 
61 
$100,000 to $199,999 
919 
158 
263 
275 
78 
76 
18 
1 
50 
$200,000 to $499,999 
607 
80 
129 
97 
84 
120 
66 
2 
29 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
254 
3 
6 
14 
28 
76 
87 
15 
25 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
6,620 
1,706 
2,355 
1,520 
272 
320 
187 
18 
242 
number 
14,691 
2,482 
3,644 
2,749 
960 
1,679 
1,711 
580 
886 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
7,622 
2,042 
2,870 
1,653 
267 
309 
180 
17 
284 
number 
20,899 
4,558 
5,877 
4,229 
1,223 
1,864 
1,663 
358 
1,127 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
5,388 
1,516 
2,009 
1,171 
166 
210 
121 
12 
183 
number 
9,749 
2,457 
3,122 
1,962 
397 
623 
565 
121 
502 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
4,487 
1,086 
1,524 
1,015 
225 
271 
152 
16 
198 
number 
8,496 
1,778 
2,248 
1,802 
553 
788 
695 
177 
455 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
1,499 
246 
382 
342 
128 
191 
117 
13 
80 
number 
2,654 
323 
507 
465 
273 
453 
403 
60 
170 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
560 
91 
122 
119 
69 
96 
47 
- 
16 
number 
664 
102 
133 
139 
83 
119 
69 
- 
19 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
161 
38 
34 
42 
14 
16 
8 
- 
9 
number 
172 
39 
39 
42 
17 
17 
8 
- 
10 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
1,871 
533 
648 
454 
81 
76 
22 
- 
57 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
2,431 
651 
800 
599 
136 
128 
37 
80 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
3,718 
834 
1,219 
781 
230 
296 
174 
18 
166 
acres treated 
308,534 
20,036 
32,140 
33,061 
35,976 
77,511 
79,591 
10,117 
20,102 
Manure used 
....farms 
1,240 
345 
426 
311 
42 
52 
23 
- 
41 
acres treated 
29,436 
4,470 
3,762 
5,956 
2,458 
4,711 
6,045 
- 
2,034 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
2,032 
346 
555 
405 
177 
253 
162 
17 
117 
acres 
146,204 
3,069 
7,130 
8,444 
13,671 
37,744 
52,331 
9,693 
14,122 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
3,091 
604 
945 
697 
223 
288 
170 
17 
147 
acres 
300,039 
14,221 
25,404 
28,324 
34,803 
81,582 
86,042 
9,675 
19,988 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
395 
76 
89 
72 
34 
49 
52 
2 
21 
acres 
22,651 
573 
1,762 
(D) 
2,526 
3,873 
9,329 
(D) 
2,695 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
1,018 
185 
240 
179 
84 
144 
102 
11 
73 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
65,795 
1,294 
2,359 
2,276 
4,363 
13,243 
27,301 
6,488 
8,471 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
305 
65 
65 
42 
22 
49 
42 
5 
15 
acres on which used 
17,037 
754 
412 
477 
(D) 
3,339 
9,361 
(D) 
1,390 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
480 
106 
111 
109 
41 
47 
41 
2 
23 
acres 
30,920 
2,375 
(D) 
3,190 
4,456 
7,759 
8,074 
(D) 
1,970 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
875 
201 
274 
188 
34 
72 
61 
7 
38 
acres 
42,491 
4,971 
5,665 
4,487 
2,367 
8,584 
10,275 
1,936 
4,206 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
549 
112 
192 
136 
16 
37 
32 
5 
19 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
40,355 
4,901 
5,257 
8,665 
2,053 
5,573 
8,385 
2,380 
3,141 
used 
.... farms 
1,027 
233 
282 
212 
85 
104 
68 
3 
40 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
88,180 
5,247 
7,399 
6,418 
13,112 
24,023 
28,588 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
.... farms 
640 
117 
157 
140 
64 
81 
45 
4 
32 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
58,600 
3,235 
2,708 
5,907 
9,690 
16,277 
17,118 
(D) 
(D) 
practices were used 
.... farms 
2,149 
509 
715 
442 
116 
172 
97 
9 
89 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
126,479 
8,565 
14,412 
13,640 
10,518 
32,582 
34,766 
1,552 
10,444 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
1,050 
209 
297 
223 
82 
107 
67 
4 
61 
acres 
50,893 
(D) 
4,755 
4,820 
5,687 
11,028 
15,465 
(D) 
5,314 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
591 
142 
235 
127 
21 
19 
24 
- 
23 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
543 
134 
214 
120 
17 
14 
22 
- 
22 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
17 
2 
4 
6 
- 
2 
2 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
43 
19 
19 
2 
2 
1 
- 
" 
- 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
11 
1 
3 
1 
2 
2 
2 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 425 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
