Table 44. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Texas: 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 
23,118 
8,974 
10,786 
2,545 
41 
45 
10 
- 
717 
$5,000 to $9,999 
23,649 
9,377 
11,194 
2,503 
11 
17 
9 
- 
538 
$10,000 to $19,999 
42,327 
16,171 
19,883 
5,221 
90 
51 
7 
- 
904 
$20,000 to $49,999 
74,663 
27,994 
34,345 
9,998 
365 
194 
48 
5 
1,714 
$50,000 to $99,999 
43,661 
15,247 
18,835 
7,161 
734 
394 
62 
17 
1,211 
$100,000 to $199,999 
23,017 
7,147 
8,395 
4,520 
1,259 
705 
162 
25 
804 
$200,000 to $499,999 
13,204 
2,778 
3,463 
2,509 
1,391 
1,881 
477 
49 
656 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
5,153 
212 
320 
378 
639 
1,696 
1,243 
185 
480 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
181,709 
64,633 
73,694 
27,762 
4,259 
4,744 
1,947 
269 
4,401 
number 
298,718 
93,756 
105,519 
47,956 
1 1 ,668 
16,336 
9,947 
2,696 
10,840 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
193,712 
69,296 
80,835 
27,672 
4,147 
4,626 
1,912 
264 
4,960 
number 
349,224 
117,143 
126,628 
51,753 
12,332 
17,125 
9,998 
2,005 
12,240 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
80,405 
31,124 
34,209 
10,863 
902 
991 
425 
87 
1,804 
number 
97,638 
37,976 
39,903 
13,359 
1,297 
1,568 
806 
259 
2,470 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
128,378 
47,372 
53,766 
18,253 
2,288 
2,363 
1,042 
172 
3,122 
number 
174,283 
63,768 
68,391 
25,523 
3,888 
4,339 
2,487 
736 
5,151 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
44,874 
11,781 
14,008 
8,321 
3,075 
3,847 
1,672 
210 
1,960 
number 
77,303 
15,399 
18,334 
12,871 
7,147 
11,218 
6,705 
1,010 
4,619 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
8,605 
1,213 
1,287 
1,396 
1,123 
1,880 
1,075 
75 
556 
number 
10,229 
1,376 
1,451 
1,603 
1,305 
2,213 
1,433 
140 
708 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
5,873 
421 
542 
1,023 
1,169 
1,650 
682 
15 
371 
number 
7,886 
512 
655 
1,291 
1,515 
2,285 
1,113 
22 
493 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
2,507 
605 
896 
527 
143 
121 
97 
21 
97 
number 
3,019 
719 
1,083 
626 
166 
148 
124 
37 
116 
Hay balers 
....farms 
37,580 
12,708 
14,069 
6,561 
1,241 
1,269 
521 
66 
1,145 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
46,746 
1 5,566 
17,108 
8,478 
1,649 
1,654 
703 
105 
1,483 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
75,746 
24,121 
28,377 
11,889 
3,100 
3,893 
1,691 
189 
2,486 
acres treated 
16,670,293 
1,859,860 
1,952,395 
1,672,176 
1,614,002 
3,871,262 
3,730,602 
514,456 
1,455,540 
Manure used 
....farms 
10,644 
3,104 
4,123 
1,844 
368 
518 
276 
64 
347 
acres treated 
1,061,624 
156,990 
163,853 
108,408 
82,179 
169,307 
200,493 
87,496 
92,898 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
22,179 
5,714 
6,953 
3,354 
1,446 
2,321 
1,261 
129 
1,001 
acres 
6,506,975 
350,890 
423,831 
357,485 
537,429 
1,685,426 
2,141,640 
295,141 
715,133 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
67,918 
20,224 
25,493 
10,683 
3,287 
3,971 
1,693 
184 
2,383 
acres 
20,007,797 
1,985,374 
2,258,387 
1,952,278 
2,284,108 
4,867,780 
4,391,549 
538,773 
1,729,548 
Nematodes 
....farms 
3,774 
545 
681 
586 
569 
813 
360 
29 
191 
acres 
1,260,084 
42,786 
56,671 
82,703 
207,156 
460,502 
314,962 
23,434 
71,870 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
4,314 
942 
942 
537 
383 
763 
427 
38 
282 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,062,998 
28,769 
46,635 
38,877 
75,547 
279,250 
338,480 
93,519 
161,921 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
6,495 
868 
1,030 
899 
953 
1,584 
736 
38 
387 
acres on which used 
2,851,621 
66,535 
88,449 
146,604 
357,531 
1,017,330 
852,007 
49,423 
273,742 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
1,674 
588 
600 
278 
25 
54 
45 
3 
81 
acres 
224,633 
45,005 
39,919 
61,883 
(D) 
15,062 
25,733 
(D) 
25,031 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
14,022 
4,798 
5,818 
1,975 
298 
481 
228 
12 
412 
acres 
2,539,170 
399,652 
426,681 
256,906 
177,976 
546,762 
479,998 
27,346 
223,849 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
2,767 
956 
1,062 
440 
71 
82 
30 
4 
122 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
726,976 
175,525 
141,633 
132,147 
34,791 
133,949 
53,714 
1,810 
53,407 
used 
....farms 
9,294 
2,542 
2,819 
1,473 
667 
906 
425 
57 
405 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,576,585 
117,909 
150,560 
191,545 
278,910 
690,282 
734,356 
148,648 
264,375 
used 
....farms 
7,171 
1,349 
1,624 
1,205 
785 
1,191 
561 
66 
390 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,618,325 
103,379 
163,507 
260,009 
432,226 
1,121,571 
999,220 
167,629 
370,784 
practices were used 
....farms 
28,537 
7,596 
8,432 
4,995 
2,201 
2,696 
1,168 
111 
1,338 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
9,905,134 
591,964 
719,260 
930,974 
1,339,041 
2,798,587 
2,443,240 
203,170 
878,898 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
7,051 
2,175 
2,336 
1,150 
355 
515 
198 
23 
299 
acres 
911,061 
84,015 
89,653 
98,252 
103,259 
250,284 
162,697 
29,771 
93,130 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
4,824 
1,511 
1,874 
848 
172 
146 
55 
5 
213 
Solar panels 
....farms 
3,549 
1,089 
1,401 
645 
125 
99 
23 
1 
166 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
1,143 
341 
414 
192 
51 
52 
31 
3 
59 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
10 
3 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
104 
50 
41 
7 
2 
" 
2 
1 
1 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
58 
18 
26 
6 
- 
- 
2 
- 
6 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
98 
21 
46 
22 
3 
1 
1 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
606 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
