Table 43. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Tennessee: 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 
4,648 
1,763 
2,192 
563 
2 
1 
- 
- 
127 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,731 
2,193 
2,776 
628 
3 
4 
- 
- 
127 
$10,000 to $19,999 
11,050 
4,311 
5,193 
1,279 
9 
9 
2 
- 
247 
$20,000 to $49,999 
21,879 
8,173 
10,199 
3,045 
55 
23 
5 
1 
378 
$50,000 to $99,999 
13,681 
4,924 
5,949 
2,301 
139 
59 
11 
1 
297 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,777 
2,209 
2,512 
1,322 
286 
227 
39 
1 
181 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,202 
810 
878 
504 
267 
520 
102 
1 
120 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,078 
47 
60 
61 
78 
345 
388 
23 
76 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
53,351 
19,003 
22,609 
8,115 
821 
1,171 
543 
25 
1,064 
number 
93,522 
29,656 
34,927 
14,952 
2,743 
5,043 
3,460 
257 
2,484 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
58,534 
21,258 
25,028 
8,459 
801 
1,155 
539 
25 
1,269 
number 
122,557 
42,590 
45,876 
18,623 
3,214 
5,355 
3,344 
219 
3,336 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
26,426 
10,085 
11,045 
3,768 
335 
420 
173 
11 
589 
number 
35,034 
13,327 
13,792 
5,178 
645 
793 
394 
40 
865 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
45,167 
16,562 
19,162 
6,678 
644 
825 
322 
14 
960 
number 
72,035 
26,305 
28,344 
11,261 
1,450 
1,986 
884 
43 
1,762 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
8,977 
2,294 
2,888 
1,500 
516 
948 
500 
18 
313 
number 
15,488 
2,958 
3,740 
2,184 
1,119 
2,576 
2,066 
136 
709 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
3,129 
481 
589 
467 
338 
683 
421 
16 
134 
number 
3,806 
553 
669 
535 
401 
836 
601 
38 
173 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
520 
27 
48 
34 
36 
160 
170 
10 
35 
number 
727 
40 
61 
47 
39 
199 
266 
22 
53 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
920 
253 
339 
164 
44 
56 
35 
- 
29 
number 
1,090 
291 
402 
200 
52 
72 
40 
- 
33 
Hay balers 
....farms 
26,007 
9,648 
10,469 
4,215 
433 
500 
165 
7 
570 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
33,696 
12,437 
13,393 
5,525 
628 
710 
222 
13 
768 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
26,822 
8,960 
10,666 
4,225 
673 
1,094 
525 
24 
655 
acres treated 
3,488,191 
473,787 
523,936 
306,006 
197,189 
651,603 
988,878 
140,162 
206,630 
Manure used 
....farms 
5,589 
1,690 
2,254 
1,164 
142 
174 
61 
1 
103 
acres treated 
196,050 
45,456 
52,126 
36,155 
17,641 
24,222 
(D) 
(D) 
5,918 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
5,918 
1,370 
1,822 
1,082 
386 
683 
343 
22 
210 
acres 
1,336,922 
42,698 
69,555 
45,177 
80,885 
347,716 
535,150 
85,564 
130,177 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
18,310 
5,414 
7,300 
3,004 
644 
1,000 
467 
23 
458 
acres 
2,893,835 
257,889 
320,647 
197,226 
191,151 
646,122 
950,180 
123,601 
207,019 
Nematodes 
....farms 
1,006 
234 
286 
214 
61 
112 
59 
4 
36 
acres 
135,351 
4,115 
7,825 
(□) 
9,918 
43,078 
50,408 
(D) 
10,003 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,770 
332 
507 
330 
126 
237 
144 
13 
81 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
421,438 
5,332 
14,134 
10,838 
20,600 
101,193 
184,616 
24,055 
60,670 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
1,548 
291 
357 
263 
96 
284 
186 
15 
56 
acres on which used 
356,975 
4,208 
10,536 
6,142 
10,336 
85,900 
178,594 
30,563 
30,696 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
1,895 
579 
713 
304 
60 
106 
73 
6 
54 
acres 
87,001 
14,279 
15,291 
9,046 
3,541 
11,640 
23,911 
5,083 
4,210 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
5,368 
1,704 
2,272 
843 
94 
182 
122 
14 
137 
acres 
542,958 
72,797 
86,383 
43,420 
23,436 
84,266 
166,905 
41,565 
24,186 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
1,077 
383 
433 
146 
18 
30 
19 
1 
47 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
77,156 
20,569 
23,203 
8,139 
(D) 
2,164 
10,710 
(D) 
8,052 
used 
....farms 
6,059 
1,360 
1,727 
999 
456 
822 
439 
16 
240 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,107,159 
70,761 
96,728 
69,732 
137,408 
569,573 
893,929 
108,245 
160,783 
used 
....farms 
2,136 
487 
539 
358 
159 
297 
190 
10 
96 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
376,757 
16,246 
19,314 
14,876 
20,942 
81,029 
162,739 
30,671 
30,940 
practices were used 
....farms 
5,447 
1,429 
1,803 
1,107 
270 
440 
207 
13 
178 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
396,725 
22,009 
34,722 
25,696 
30,971 
99,683 
128,600 
20,379 
34,665 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
3,385 
902 
1,116 
684 
171 
267 
115 
4 
126 
acres 
183,638 
19,690 
21,575 
16,854 
13,237 
45,846 
46,612 
5,525 
14,299 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
997 
333 
428 
153 
17 
11 
10 
1 
44 
Solar panels 
....farms 
606 
199 
262 
93 
12 
8 
8 
1 
23 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
80 
26 
27 
18 
- 
■* 
- 
- 
9 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
53 
21 
17 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
213 
71 
89 
32 
1 
- 
- 
- 
20 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
101 
44 
26 
17 
- 
- 
1 
- 
13 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
162 
44 
66 
28 
6 
2 
1 
- 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
592 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
