Table 41 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - South 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 
2,188 
896 
996 
223 
1 
3 
1 
- 
68 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,465 
1,005 
1,132 
255 
4 
1 
1 
- 
67 
$10,000 to $19,999 
4,565 
1,749 
2,154 
541 
17 
4 
- 
- 
100 
$20,000 to $49,999 
7,966 
3,057 
3,592 
996 
51 
22 
2 
- 
246 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,273 
1,479 
1,830 
695 
91 
47 
6 
1 
124 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,107 
616 
717 
393 
156 
117 
27 
3 
78 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,175 
231 
257 
166 
129 
253 
70 
1 
68 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
527 
23 
21 
18 
38 
130 
214 
28 
55 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
19,058 
6,706 
7,712 
2,716 
479 
570 
319 
33 
523 
number 
35,491 
10,472 
12,212 
4,885 
1,684 
2,300 
1,984 
437 
1,517 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
21,038 
7,420 
8,793 
2,819 
474 
564 
317 
31 
620 
number 
45,822 
14,494 
16,446 
5,990 
1,615 
2,651 
2,187 
460 
1,979 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
11,025 
3,981 
4,746 
1,451 
188 
207 
122 
13 
317 
number 
14,896 
5,323 
6,110 
1,950 
278 
336 
318 
58 
523 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
14,744 
5,156 
5,922 
2,050 
380 
497 
248 
22 
469 
number 
23,969 
7,959 
8,746 
3,245 
835 
1,209 
748 
258 
969 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
3,787 
893 
1,181 
542 
249 
424 
289 
25 
184 
number 
6,957 
1,212 
1,590 
795 
502 
1,106 
1,121 
144 
487 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
1,987 
410 
477 
268 
146 
319 
250 
17 
100 
number 
2,278 
440 
523 
297 
171 
358 
327 
35 
127 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
680 
79 
79 
60 
85 
178 
156 
12 
31 
number 
899 
105 
99 
66 
102 
246 
219 
19 
43 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
273 
87 
88 
38 
12 
22 
13 
2 
11 
number 
338 
104 
117 
44 
13 
29 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
Hay balers 
....farms 
5,353 
1,920 
2,124 
751 
143 
184 
64 
2 
165 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
6,824 
2,406 
2,693 
994 
197 
249 
(D) 
(D) 
199 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
10,097 
3,308 
3,928 
1,448 
285 
476 
303 
25 
324 
acres treated 
1,350,452 
142,143 
155,189 
81,028 
77,571 
250,219 
449,407 
70,136 
124,759 
Manure used 
....farms 
3,115 
899 
1,265 
521 
114 
151 
86 
4 
75 
acres treated 
264,113 
37,345 
47,696 
23,592 
17,269 
(D) 
62,696 
(D) 
21,525 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
4,384 
1,230 
1,340 
678 
239 
394 
278 
24 
201 
acres 
815,337 
41,566 
43,729 
31,793 
57,975 
177,042 
331,076 
37,196 
94,960 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
8,135 
2,421 
3,069 
1,215 
311 
495 
306 
25 
293 
acres 
1,367,766 
105,873 
119,359 
68,902 
86,866 
286,663 
492,369 
77,550 
130,184 
Nematodes 
....farms 
1,272 
264 
254 
176 
87 
230 
174 
19 
68 
acres 
364,138 
14,347 
9,298 
9,963 
21,882 
81,982 
168,466 
23,677 
34,523 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,484 
365 
327 
200 
105 
199 
173 
22 
93 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
319,570 
9,857 
9,477 
6,378 
18,683 
58,903 
145,886 
29,342 
41,044 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
902 
160 
166 
101 
85 
189 
145 
15 
41 
acres on which used 
258,308 
11,112 
6,638 
7,051 
17,937 
60,362 
117,084 
19,006 
19,118 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
709 
149 
151 
89 
46 
112 
105 
9 
48 
acres 
98,681 
5,138 
4,287 
3,377 
5,761 
17,474 
43,023 
9,080 
10,541 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
3,216 
1,028 
1,167 
421 
125 
181 
145 
11 
138 
acres 
430,967 
38,643 
39,325 
29,603 
25,289 
82,011 
151,116 
15,743 
49,237 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
709 
277 
252 
66 
18 
36 
14 
2 
44 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
184,557 
45,947 
41,652 
39,669 
(D) 
13,796 
6,894 
(D) 
35,165 
used 
....farms 
2,234 
557 
708 
293 
138 
265 
164 
12 
97 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
538,758 
24,835 
27,856 
18,971 
26,468 
127,532 
226,051 
23,412 
63,633 
used 
....farms 
1,288 
305 
331 
152 
100 
181 
144 
13 
62 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
405,485 
12,253 
14,233 
6,764 
23,749 
93,255 
194,716 
18,452 
42,063 
practices were used 
....farms 
4,320 
1,419 
1,532 
634 
162 
250 
135 
17 
171 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
386,246 
42,859 
42,832 
30,916 
27,804 
75,596 
106,371 
35,439 
24,429 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
1,291 
427 
479 
179 
38 
58 
52 
5 
53 
acres 
78,705 
9,354 
8,605 
5,150 
5,260 
10,766 
25,924 
4,456 
9,190 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
307 
124 
114 
49 
5 
5 
2 
- 
8 
Solar panels 
....farms 
215 
74 
90 
41 
1 
3 
- 
- 
6 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
7 
5 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
32 
23 
4 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
11 
6 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
43 
23 
12 
1 
4 
1 
2 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
564 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
