Table 33. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - New York: 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 
2,108 
669 
915 
452 
3 
7 
- 
- 
62 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,208 
704 
987 
449 
9 
5 
2 
- 
52 
$10,000 to $19,999 
4,419 
1,409 
1,854 
989 
32 
14 
3 
- 
118 
$20,000 to $49,999 
9,465 
2,978 
3,809 
2,259 
162 
47 
4 
- 
206 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7,199 
2,025 
2,402 
1,973 
466 
114 
12 
- 
207 
$100,000 to $199,999 
5,275 
1,040 
1,244 
1,446 
995 
333 
32 
1 
184 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,366 
407 
379 
650 
781 
800 
151 
6 
192 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,497 
34 
43 
76 
116 
413 
526 
129 
160 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
26,871 
6,776 
8,094 
6,418 
2,164 
1,666 
722 
131 
900 
number 
52,085 
9,578 
11,278 
10,571 
4,752 
5,653 
5,183 
2,091 
2,979 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
31,097 
8,094 
9,810 
7,198 
2,466 
1,681 
721 
130 
997 
number 
101,190 
21,854 
23,036 
21,628 
11,553 
9,990 
6,715 
1,972 
4,442 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
18,104 
5,239 
6,049 
4,117 
1,023 
735 
319 
63 
559 
number 
30,469 
8,691 
9,067 
6,978 
1,906 
1,579 
938 
241 
1,069 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
23,241 
5,776 
6,789 
5,469 
2,232 
1,475 
629 
119 
752 
number 
49,660 
11,105 
11,716 
1 1 ,422 
6,145 
4,250 
2,517 
521 
1,984 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
9,257 
1,334 
1,632 
2,025 
1,714 
1,359 
642 
121 
430 
number 
21,061 
2,058 
2,253 
3,228 
3,502 
4,161 
3,260 
1,210 
1,389 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
3,142 
378 
430 
603 
570 
581 
328 
85 
167 
number 
3,646 
422 
459 
676 
633 
689 
432 
130 
205 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
2,030 
251 
288 
421 
325 
287 
250 
86 
122 
number 
2,319 
290 
326 
482 
360 
322 
283 
116 
140 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
15,640 
3,964 
4,232 
3,755 
1,823 
1,023 
342 
68 
433 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
21,159 
5,176 
5,583 
5,243 
2,575 
1,433 
459 
85 
605 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
13,683 
2,358 
3,099 
3,314 
2,006 
1,510 
675 
130 
591 
acres treated 
2,174,462 
87,798 
108,811 
156,528 
256,741 
465,080 
587,778 
318,877 
192,849 
Manure used 
....farms 
8,902 
1,551 
2,021 
2,312 
1,430 
884 
311 
74 
319 
acres treated 
970,813 
41,378 
52,091 
100,626 
161,575 
181,789 
203,287 
148,226 
81,841 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
7,007 
1,139 
1,437 
1,646 
934 
853 
495 
114 
389 
acres 
823,419 
21,510 
31,639 
41,365 
71,836 
158,360 
278,498 
145,084 
75,127 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
11,942 
1,918 
2,461 
2,829 
1,886 
1,489 
661 
129 
569 
acres 
1,909,800 
64,594 
79,143 
119,330 
203,776 
424,300 
547,508 
299,516 
171,633 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
1,056 
151 
224 
291 
124 
121 
75 
20 
50 
acres 
81,518 
2,928 
3,565 
5,104 
5,661 
16,442 
25,509 
16,002 
6,307 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
3,141 
595 
656 
829 
325 
327 
198 
27 
184 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
224,993 
8,372 
7,520 
16,329 
20,903 
39,544 
86,556 
26,324 
19,445 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
1,066 
168 
202 
223 
132 
140 
110 
15 
76 
acres on which used 
91,399 
2,921 
3,135 
7,844 
7,452 
12,004 
39,400 
12,202 
6,441 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
7,009 
1,115 
1,603 
1,588 
1,102 
822 
388 
75 
316 
acres 
780,996 
38,398 
47,699 
65,817 
103,425 
166,209 
185,507 
101,242 
72,699 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
6,524 
1,539 
1,889 
1,496 
617 
503 
206 
42 
232 
acres 
447,291 
50,289 
58,627 
64,046 
47,933 
71,357 
99,776 
32,533 
22,730 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
1,470 
384 
380 
316 
123 
102 
56 
12 
97 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
116,708 
23,518 
19,331 
20,619 
13,198 
13,785 
8,268 
8,140 
9,849 
used 
.... farms 
2,497 
376 
438 
531 
368 
408 
220 
47 
109 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
280,214 
11,151 
12,430 
17,130 
23,675 
73,020 
98,138 
29,322 
15,348 
used 
.... farms 
2,854 
324 
385 
562 
445 
558 
344 
88 
148 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
635,595 
12,353 
13,422 
21,941 
39,267 
141,541 
218,697 
128,853 
59,521 
practices were used 
.... farms 
10,602 
1,810 
2,228 
2,819 
1,596 
1,149 
473 
96 
431 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,009,389 
52,849 
62,985 
96,768 
141,447 
203,447 
230,149 
133,177 
88,567 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
3,912 
552 
782 
1,000 
618 
469 
248 
66 
177 
acres 
215,297 
8,632 
10,524 
17,245 
22,267 
35,769 
60,527 
44,955 
15,378 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
1,379 
299 
417 
359 
81 
107 
28 
18 
70 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
815 
179 
277 
234 
35 
35 
7 
2 
46 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
317 
63 
79 
71 
38 
37 
13 
3 
13 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
20 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
3 
10 
4 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
123 
28 
44 
28 
7 
12 
3 
- 
1 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
35 
12 
12 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
95 
16 
17 
30 
1 
12 
1 
3 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 453 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
