Table 45. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Utah: 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 
1,705 
561 
902 
178 
2 
1 
- 
- 
61 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,729 
629 
843 
205 
1 
2 
- 
- 
49 
$10,000 to $19,999 
2,851 
949 
1,465 
314 
9 
7 
2 
- 
105 
$20,000 to $49,999 
4,892 
1,613 
2,454 
607 
27 
20 
4 
- 
167 
$50,000 to $99,999 
3,045 
858 
1,435 
492 
79 
51 
14 
- 
116 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,019 
559 
801 
363 
137 
66 
15 
1 
77 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,297 
214 
338 
182 
189 
219 
55 
6 
94 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
487 
32 
48 
26 
59 
143 
70 
29 
80 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
13,624 
4,002 
5,939 
1,961 
489 
496 
158 
35 
544 
number 
28,121 
6,903 
9,726 
4,052 
1,814 
2,412 
1,095 
437 
1,682 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
12,775 
4,003 
5,403 
1,664 
476 
482 
157 
34 
556 
number 
26,256 
7,408 
9,030 
3,416 
1,644 
1,977 
882 
315 
1,584 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
5,728 
2,086 
2,405 
688 
123 
120 
55 
9 
242 
number 
7,402 
2,743 
2,948 
876 
201 
172 
98 
25 
339 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
8,399 
2,527 
3,496 
1,135 
374 
343 
130 
27 
367 
number 
12,689 
3,719 
4,666 
1,710 
708 
730 
371 
121 
664 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
3,420 
680 
1,099 
530 
356 
386 
111 
25 
233 
number 
6,1 65 
946 
1,416 
830 
735 
1,075 
413 
169 
581 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
784 
152 
178 
106 
98 
123 
44 
4 
79 
number 
876 
160 
182 
126 
120 
142 
46 
6 
94 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
2,011 
521 
685 
314 
146 
166 
45 
12 
122 
number 
2,217 
566 
721 
350 
162 
195 
60 
15 
148 
Hay balers 
....farms 
6,302 
1,903 
2,398 
878 
361 
359 
94 
11 
298 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
7,399 
2,177 
2,732 
1,078 
459 
452 
116 
16 
369 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
6,052 
1,702 
2,427 
773 
357 
379 
105 
21 
288 
acres treated 
661,403 
76,733 
91,917 
55,384 
92,695 
155,712 
66,630 
25,895 
96,437 
Manure used 
....farms 
2,724 
727 
1,088 
340 
193 
179 
58 
11 
128 
acres treated 
111,886 
10,920 
16,145 
10,245 
10,849 
22,511 
17,110 
3,450 
20,656 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
2,930 
772 
1,054 
364 
232 
254 
72 
19 
163 
acres 
340,370 
30,198 
31,213 
23,881 
41,625 
105,300 
35,678 
15,691 
56,784 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
5,163 
1,453 
1,993 
623 
339 
347 
112 
21 
275 
acres 
699,833 
64,209 
89,391 
54,313 
102,151 
167,848 
67,216 
24,794 
129,911 
Nematodes 
....farms 
182 
41 
62 
30 
11 
15 
7 
1 
15 
acres 
9,417 
680 
931 
1,058 
1,010 
2,737 
2,603 
(D) 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
406 
125 
143 
42 
18 
27 
15 
3 
33 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
13,771 
1,207 
1,037 
(D) 
1,708 
1,926 
2,036 
(D) 
3,212 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
208 
68 
57 
21 
8 
14 
13 
3 
24 
acres on which used 
17,532 
280 
1,351 
484 
451 
(D) 
2,095 
(D) 
5,638 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
718 
193 
231 
82 
71 
72 
17 
6 
46 
acres 
68,214 
8,271 
10,011 
4,759 
1 1 ,842 
17,980 
6,163 
1,599 
7,589 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
1,718 
549 
661 
257 
77 
63 
16 
5 
90 
acres 
104,194 
18,486 
21,833 
14,494 
15,155 
19,857 
4,701 
780 
8,888 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
312 
99 
94 
38 
23 
24 
3 
- 
31 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
111,357 
17,820 
(D) 
16,943 
14,342 
24,420 
(D) 
27,807 
used 
....farms 
570 
133 
214 
115 
25 
38 
10 
2 
33 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
43,106 
5,530 
3,137 
3,397 
4,333 
13,416 
(D) 
(D) 
9,197 
used 
....farms 
473 
81 
103 
90 
79 
55 
20 
7 
38 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
105,248 
2,629 
4,457 
11,780 
26,043 
28,254 
4,990 
4,219 
22,876 
practices were used 
....farms 
3,404 
896 
1,104 
506 
287 
297 
86 
17 
211 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
316,852 
31,483 
41,117 
31,773 
46,441 
75,200 
38,013 
8,553 
44,272 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
793 
230 
286 
133 
65 
35 
7 
2 
35 
acres 
30,283 
4,755 
6,424 
3,498 
5,849 
4,354 
(D) 
(D) 
4,183 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
507 
177 
182 
75 
19 
30 
5 
2 
17 
Solar panels 
....farms 
425 
162 
139 
66 
19 
22 
3 
- 
14 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
90 
30 
37 
17 
- 
3 
- 
2 
1 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
5 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
40 
3 
27 
6 
" 
3 
- 
" 
1 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
20 
8 
5 
3 
- 
2 
1 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
12 
4 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
620 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
