Table 34. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - North Carolina: 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 
4,475 
1,775 
1,884 
636 
10 
6 
- 
- 
164 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,787 
1,998 
1,996 
664 
12 
4 
- 
- 
113 
$10,000 to $19,999 
8,491 
3,414 
3,482 
1,329 
53 
19 
7 
- 
187 
$20,000 to $49,999 
14,870 
5,307 
6,201 
2,625 
260 
92 
17 
3 
365 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,424 
2,600 
3,240 
1,681 
459 
150 
35 
3 
256 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,465 
1,078 
1,202 
971 
575 
372 
87 
4 
176 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,906 
393 
434 
400 
481 
769 
242 
14 
173 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,797 
29 
36 
66 
101 
473 
818 
84 
190 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
40,049 
12,854 
13,984 
7,029 
1,884 
1,837 
1,193 
100 
1,168 
number 
87,620 
21,042 
22,629 
13,703 
6,223 
9,035 
9,146 
1,545 
4,297 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
42,778 
14,068 
15,341 
7,133 
1,852 
1,825 
1,182 
95 
1,282 
number 
103,667 
28,893 
28,648 
15,991 
6,619 
9,170 
8,735 
1,016 
4,595 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
23,901 
8,465 
8,452 
3,930 
902 
877 
539 
47 
689 
number 
34,572 
12,136 
11,188 
5,652 
1,486 
1,541 
1,203 
144 
1,222 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
30,514 
9,658 
10,482 
5,201 
1,567 
1,570 
986 
81 
969 
number 
52,001 
15,112 
15,436 
8,645 
3,420 
4,004 
2,989 
344 
2,051 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
7,851 
1,236 
1,532 
1,196 
888 
1,401 
1,064 
67 
467 
number 
17,094 
1,645 
2,024 
1,694 
1,713 
3,625 
4,543 
528 
1,322 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
4,945 
678 
836 
717 
516 
1,023 
842 
49 
284 
number 
5,653 
726 
892 
793 
571 
1,148 
1,103 
75 
345 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
1,228 
71 
74 
138 
150 
307 
377 
26 
85 
number 
1,629 
80 
86 
155 
169 
390 
567 
60 
122 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
762 
141 
190 
172 
53 
101 
61 
6 
38 
number 
879 
158 
211 
203 
66 
111 
72 
7 
51 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
14,241 
5,068 
5,020 
2,335 
535 
533 
301 
20 
429 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
18,164 
6,317 
6,335 
3,066 
716 
734 
400 
28 
568 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
24,410 
7,393 
8,076 
4,137 
1,243 
1,602 
1,099 
72 
788 
acres treated 
3,488,942 
255,625 
269,740 
199,840 
220,268 
690,451 
1,275,743 
213,883 
363,392 
Manure used 
....farms 
7,427 
2,014 
2,396 
1,481 
511 
507 
254 
18 
246 
acres treated 
449,093 
59,554 
54,860 
51,349 
51,191 
97,306 
91,241 
13,227 
30,365 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
10,652 
2,143 
2,530 
1,957 
1,037 
1,399 
1,015 
62 
509 
acres 
2,350,771 
52,630 
74,043 
76,162 
157,266 
529,810 
1,013,566 
169,898 
277,396 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
19,535 
5,045 
6,070 
3,427 
1,384 
1,672 
1,115 
75 
747 
acres 
3,776,603 
165,883 
207,121 
179,835 
260,787 
822,798 
1,500,219 
238,120 
401,840 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
2,531 
308 
372 
347 
265 
516 
530 
43 
150 
acres 
627,543 
7,421 
11,155 
14,791 
31,046 
116,858 
302,167 
76,640 
67,465 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
3,582 
627 
732 
590 
304 
559 
528 
42 
200 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
670,001 
9,510 
15,369 
13,548 
28,179 
137,047 
342,891 
52,962 
70,495 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
2,132 
222 
242 
241 
276 
484 
492 
37 
138 
acres on which used 
620,800 
5,837 
11,326 
11,607 
38,582 
136,229 
301,374 
51,078 
64,767 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
2,763 
618 
732 
411 
234 
320 
280 
17 
151 
acres 
260,687 
10,258 
13,071 
12,090 
20,525 
52,571 
105,348 
13,164 
33,660 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
7,916 
2,150 
2,409 
1,395 
527 
613 
471 
39 
312 
acres 
1,417,970 
63,834 
74,219 
60,000 
92,803 
294,951 
552,661 
80,606 
198,896 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
1,615 
605 
480 
250 
60 
76 
41 
3 
100 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
97,641 
30,028 
20,061 
15,040 
(D) 
10,767 
7,593 
(D) 
7,519 
used 
.... farms 
7,387 
1,439 
1,671 
1,264 
685 
1,126 
802 
47 
353 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,878,617 
61,401 
68,556 
73,287 
119,206 
443,614 
800,412 
99,040 
213,101 
used 
.... farms 
2,875 
564 
614 
501 
256 
409 
350 
29 
152 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
636,205 
12,978 
15,279 
16,520 
39,729 
123,363 
281,944 
73,522 
72,870 
practices were used 
.... farms 
9,851 
2,420 
2,608 
1,873 
746 
958 
768 
56 
422 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,243,393 
52,159 
59,860 
60,634 
86,960 
272,331 
505,041 
76,475 
129,933 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
4,405 
1,105 
1,182 
885 
269 
446 
305 
22 
191 
acres 
393,002 
17,980 
19,826 
19,952 
21,581 
74,816 
163,184 
33,226 
42,437 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
961 
302 
349 
214 
24 
19 
19 
1 
33 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
635 
216 
240 
135 
12 
8 
3 
1 
20 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
76 
29 
30 
12 
1 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
46 
23 
12 
4 
1 
4 
- 
- 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
176 
70 
48 
44 
4 
4 
1 
- 
5 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
84 
40 
22 
18 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
143 
52 
39 
30 
3 
5 
8 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 467 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
