Table 35. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - North Dakota: 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 
2,590 
994 
1,111 
362 
5 
7 
1 
- 
110 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,732 
682 
727 
249 
2 
1 
- 
- 
71 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,076 
978 
1,469 
519 
26 
9 
- 
- 
75 
$20,000 to $49,999 
5,234 
1,596 
2,357 
962 
93 
52 
10 
- 
164 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,290 
948 
1,658 
1,021 
405 
128 
24 
- 
106 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,889 
533 
874 
822 
901 
618 
62 
- 
79 
$200,000 to $499,999 
4,548 
167 
516 
391 
997 
1,958 
440 
3 
76 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
5,597 
45 
106 
122 
334 
2,059 
2,616 
123 
192 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
23,725 
3,288 
5,706 
3,517 
2,680 
4,747 
3,123 
125 
539 
number 
89,528 
6,801 
1 1 ,949 
9,564 
10,884 
24,243 
21,584 
1,883 
2,620 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
23,700 
3,430 
5,757 
3,503 
2,582 
4,649 
3,093 
120 
566 
number 
84,470 
8,199 
13,262 
10,311 
10,225 
21,587 
17,493 
1,013 
2,380 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
8,602 
1,573 
2,301 
1,316 
799 
1,401 
961 
35 
216 
number 
13,685 
2,458 
3,374 
2,150 
1,295 
2,361 
1,602 
60 
385 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
14,184 
2,140 
3,571 
2,240 
1,522 
2,647 
1,668 
58 
338 
number 
23,106 
3,238 
5,222 
3,724 
2,726 
4,589 
2,917 
117 
573 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
17,445 
1,620 
2,817 
2,425 
2,438 
4,553 
3,058 
119 
415 
number 
47,679 
2,503 
4,666 
4,437 
6,204 
14,637 
12,974 
836 
1,422 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
12,283 
573 
1,024 
1,134 
1,833 
4,276 
2,998 
112 
333 
number 
17,147 
672 
1,242 
1,365 
2,279 
5,881 
4,857 
327 
524 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
1,761 
172 
406 
322 
274 
397 
146 
5 
39 
number 
1,994 
201 
456 
373 
303 
449 
162 
6 
44 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
10,191 
1,216 
2,504 
1,924 
1,485 
1,980 
874 
22 
186 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
12,513 
1,484 
3,161 
2,471 
1,800 
2,319 
1,029 
32 
217 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
14,427 
729 
1,670 
1,524 
2,323 
4,600 
3,093 
124 
364 
acres treated 
17,482,867 
151,347 
341,709 
310,434 
1,250,673 
5,545,607 
8,306,674 
914,347 
662,076 
Manure used 
....farms 
2,725 
148 
379 
374 
629 
815 
323 
11 
46 
acres treated 
243,847 
7,261 
15,016 
15,680 
37,113 
69,267 
88,615 
4,195 
6,700 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
5,477 
185 
419 
347 
644 
1,890 
1,741 
87 
164 
acres 
5,297,112 
34,732 
73,477 
55,404 
237,703 
1,340,806 
2,794,902 
522,441 
237,647 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
15,682 
1,052 
2,130 
1,828 
2,408 
4,638 
3,100 
124 
402 
acres 
21,732,164 
219,589 
462,706 
430,220 
1,537,509 
6,724,337 
10,449,998 
1,153,423 
754,382 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
358 
16 
46 
17 
22 
100 
116 
19 
22 
acres 
304,453 
1,641 
13,083 
388 
7,016 
64,670 
142,187 
43,019 
32,449 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
4,246 
109 
299 
242 
546 
1,576 
1,299 
54 
121 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
4,926,836 
24,443 
74,621 
44,666 
241,812 
1,440,125 
2,647,378 
229,921 
223,870 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
1,018 
23 
62 
30 
126 
349 
371 
22 
35 
acres on which used 
702,227 
3,869 
9,033 
4,000 
30,541 
181,106 
395,391 
43,939 
34,348 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
503 
38 
35 
20 
35 
126 
198 
20 
31 
acres 
140,101 
6,659 
1,744 
1,718 
5,221 
22,938 
64,553 
25,714 
1 1 ,554 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
3,169 
235 
360 
231 
358 
995 
856 
25 
109 
acres 
2,988,764 
30,197 
48,160 
33,557 
137,502 
767,469 
1,611,499 
148,377 
212,003 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
2,787 
569 
648 
310 
259 
507 
380 
10 
104 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
938,553 
108,407 
105,082 
71,899 
91,566 
229,454 
262,123 
20,003 
50,019 
used 
.... farms 
6,097 
337 
622 
595 
919 
2,031 
1,416 
55 
122 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
7,848,203 
71,649 
147,566 
127,963 
481,090 
2,495,037 
3,989,804 
350,687 
184,407 
used 
.... farms 
4,908 
236 
408 
445 
687 
1,705 
1,272 
50 
105 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,159,886 
41,342 
90,798 
81,831 
368,108 
1,917,378 
3,098,259 
374,188 
187,982 
practices were used 
.... farms 
7,952 
457 
1,031 
1,144 
1,296 
2,204 
1,510 
73 
237 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
8,002,524 
81,679 
168,777 
189,615 
623,545 
2,296,878 
3,706,946 
513,801 
421,283 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
1,302 
88 
173 
113 
184 
415 
282 
5 
42 
acres 
213,810 
6,053 
12,860 
8,686 
21,238 
66,093 
86,109 
2,634 
10,137 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
565 
38 
116 
100 
83 
125 
82 
3 
18 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
268 
17 
40 
66 
55 
67 
19 
- 
4 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
142 
13 
22 
13 
20 
43 
28 
3 
- 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
161 
8 
61 
18 
10 
19 
37 
- 
8 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 481 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
