Table 39. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Pennsylvania: 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 
4,327 
1,306 
2,054 
820 
19 
13 
4 
- 
111 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,185 
1,363 
2,004 
664 
19 
24 
2 
- 
109 
$10,000 to $19,999 
7,998 
2,577 
3,676 
1,411 
88 
25 
1 
- 
220 
$20,000 to $49,999 
16,164 
4,974 
7,026 
3,213 
428 
130 
17 
2 
374 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11,810 
3,072 
3,962 
2,897 
1,335 
256 
26 
2 
260 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,122 
1,511 
2,087 
1,990 
1,531 
684 
58 
2 
259 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,102 
650 
820 
876 
1,143 
1,120 
206 
10 
277 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,598 
62 
84 
126 
190 
573 
366 
46 
151 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
.... farms 
40,404 
10,626 
13,879 
8,164 
3,249 
2,603 
671 
60 
1,152 
number 
73,088 
15,041 
20,073 
13,806 
7,348 
8,533 
3,881 
836 
3,570 
Tractors, all 
.... farms 
49,844 
12,998 
17,677 
9,926 
4,365 
2,734 
664 
52 
1,428 
number 
146,345 
34,326 
42,358 
28,851 
16,184 
13,838 
4,726 
536 
5,526 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
29,080 
8,491 
10,999 
5,734 
1,589 
1,113 
305 
39 
810 
number 
46,808 
13,811 
16,846 
9,342 
2,637 
1,926 
668 
109 
1,469 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
.... farms 
36,717 
9,336 
12,330 
7,469 
3,484 
2,401 
561 
37 
1,099 
number 
71,563 
17,259 
20,882 
14,759 
7,935 
6,083 
1,828 
190 
2,627 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
.... farms 
15,652 
2,289 
3,374 
3,174 
3,252 
2,336 
565 
40 
622 
number 
27,974 
3,256 
4,630 
4,750 
5,612 
5,829 
2,230 
237 
1,430 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
7,067 
1,192 
1,605 
1,417 
985 
1,176 
340 
16 
336 
number 
7,737 
1,255 
1,712 
1,508 
1,053 
1,365 
424 
35 
385 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
.... farms 
3,055 
334 
557 
591 
584 
625 
208 
14 
142 
number 
3,323 
367 
614 
642 
634 
672 
222 
21 
151 
Hay balers 
.... farms 
27,251 
6,653 
8,691 
5,707 
3,266 
1,761 
374 
15 
784 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
35,579 
8,633 
11,144 
7,504 
4,221 
2,434 
526 
22 
1,095 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
.... farms 
26,149 
4,956 
7,447 
5,773 
3,958 
2,525 
603 
39 
848 
acres treated 
2,612,426 
206,081 
277,757 
298,291 
442,360 
719,280 
432,702 
51,322 
184,633 
Manure used 
....farms 
19,373 
3,526 
5,476 
4,429 
3,153 
1,833 
362 
17 
577 
acres treated 
1,248,975 
89,665 
125,737 
169,638 
274,480 
318,361 
163,050 
24,316 
83,728 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
.... farms 
12,158 
1,620 
2,425 
2,706 
2,533 
1,806 
501 
42 
525 
acres 
1,000,265 
40,558 
62,076 
81,614 
158,011 
289,548 
261,226 
35,199 
72,033 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
.... farms 
23,669 
4,339 
6,414 
5,134 
3,816 
2,512 
589 
36 
829 
acres 
2,354,445 
153,979 
217,822 
236,100 
378,853 
694,945 
451,301 
58,916 
162,529 
Nematodes 
.... farms 
1,552 
260 
275 
404 
248 
185 
78 
9 
93 
acres 
88,584 
5,355 
5,555 
6,714 
8,658 
24,437 
27,311 
3,423 
7,131 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
.... farms 
4,234 
657 
1,011 
1,137 
603 
458 
176 
20 
172 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
198,642 
7,537 
11,514 
15,855 
19,684 
54,337 
69,487 
5,205 
15,023 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
.... farms 
1,538 
205 
309 
392 
346 
156 
60 
6 
64 
acres on which used 
49,008 
3,283 
3,760 
5,825 
5,946 
10,194 
14,276 
1,818 
3,906 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
.... farms 
6,794 
1,385 
1,834 
1,343 
1,019 
768 
188 
9 
248 
acres 
297,320 
39,292 
41,909 
43,248 
40,887 
71,454 
31,339 
3,926 
25,265 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
.... farms 
4,480 
1,232 
1,481 
903 
401 
250 
64 
3 
146 
acres 
138,228 
27,048 
27,165 
25,648 
19,176 
21,017 
8,792 
(D) 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
.... farms 
4,217 
1,015 
1,346 
760 
476 
359 
94 
7 
160 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
313,373 
49,669 
58,449 
45,987 
40,838 
62,757 
26,891 
4,828 
23,954 
used 
.... farms 
13,937 
1,893 
2,994 
2,916 
3,019 
2,082 
483 
25 
525 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,379,252 
70,737 
110,981 
116,782 
210,387 
440,828 
303,946 
29,614 
95,977 
used 
.... farms 
7,494 
1,087 
1,511 
1,715 
1,493 
1,079 
283 
13 
313 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
504,502 
35,672 
42,011 
54,120 
77,398 
145,332 
94,332 
20,637 
35,000 
practices were used 
.... farms 
14,824 
2,753 
4,090 
3,932 
2,462 
981 
186 
5 
415 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
470,436 
59,763 
73,119 
93,547 
95,205 
87,170 
35,896 
2,675 
23,061 
(excluding CRP) 
.... farms 
10,588 
1,349 
2,180 
2,284 
2,507 
1,533 
341 
17 
377 
acres 
446,295 
23,924 
37,733 
45,752 
95,172 
126,782 
72,370 
8,706 
35,856 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems .. 
.... farms 
2,234 
523 
823 
456 
179 
112 
62 
6 
73 
Solar panels 
.... farms 
1,528 
335 
556 
315 
130 
95 
45 
2 
50 
Wind turbines 
.... farms 
176 
45 
79 
29 
8 
1 
- 
- 
14 
Methane digesters 
.... farms 
37 
10 
1 
- 
2 
3 
14 
3 
4 
Geoexchange systems 
.... farms 
378 
113 
181 
41 
20 
10 
4 
1 
8 
Small hydro systems 
.... farms 
36 
13 
7 
12 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
.... farms 
138 
30 
40 
43 
16 
6 
2 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 537 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
