Table 47. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Virginia: 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 
3,567 
1,379 
1,649 
460 
3 
1 
1 
- 
74 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,866 
1,510 
1,767 
497 
14 
3 
- 
- 
75 
$10,000 to $19,999 
7,157 
2,661 
3,259 
1,020 
11 
12 
1 
1 
192 
$20,000 to $49,999 
13,872 
5,035 
6,186 
2,196 
89 
38 
7 
- 
321 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,981 
3,115 
3,634 
1,671 
216 
90 
13 
- 
242 
$100,000 to $199,999 
5,069 
1,561 
1,664 
1,017 
326 
294 
34 
1 
172 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,672 
563 
528 
511 
324 
502 
88 
7 
149 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
842 
61 
49 
49 
67 
274 
227 
24 
91 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
35,674 
12,221 
13,899 
6,105 
956 
1,132 
366 
31 
964 
number 
70,281 
20,837 
22,460 
11,849 
3,356 
5,427 
2,929 
412 
3,011 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
39,651 
13,806 
15,735 
6,388 
1,025 
1,183 
359 
33 
1,122 
number 
92,360 
29,896 
30,663 
14,892 
4,233 
6,003 
2,653 
401 
3,619 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
20,601 
7,463 
8,204 
3,283 
458 
453 
143 
15 
582 
number 
28,602 
10,322 
10,712 
4,613 
764 
808 
307 
159 
917 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
29,754 
10,330 
11,402 
4,805 
926 
1,058 
310 
27 
896 
number 
52,737 
17,710 
17,912 
8,765 
2,351 
2,871 
1,048 
123 
1,957 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
6,248 
1,401 
1,587 
1,073 
601 
924 
324 
24 
314 
number 
11,021 
1,864 
2,039 
1,514 
1,118 
2,324 
1,298 
119 
745 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
2,430 
433 
448 
355 
297 
515 
248 
14 
120 
number 
2,834 
481 
497 
396 
348 
637 
313 
21 
141 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
229 
16 
21 
23 
9 
81 
60 
1 
18 
number 
295 
(□) 
22 
25 
10 
102 
93 
(D) 
23 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
1,090 
229 
315 
162 
110 
160 
63 
3 
48 
number 
1,256 
273 
367 
182 
118 
173 
74 
5 
64 
Hay balers 
....farms 
19,754 
7,026 
7,430 
3,231 
619 
707 
145 
7 
589 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
26,845 
9,431 
9,939 
4,466 
909 
1,054 
218 
10 
818 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
18,826 
5,997 
6,871 
3,062 
790 
1,101 
349 
26 
630 
acres treated 
1,920,603 
288,518 
291,040 
182,599 
147,483 
420,458 
387,636 
48,411 
154,458 
Manure used 
....farms 
6,318 
1,823 
2,235 
1,132 
355 
418 
107 
2 
246 
acres treated 
363,237 
63,059 
66,504 
44,703 
38,371 
72,630 
(D) 
(D) 
28,951 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
5,003 
1,100 
1,241 
961 
409 
734 
291 
24 
243 
acres 
786,176 
31,507 
30,658 
30,198 
51,218 
222,712 
290,482 
53,991 
75,410 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
12,129 
3,220 
4,076 
2,180 
749 
1,056 
346 
24 
478 
acres 
1,514,896 
123,611 
125,324 
93,875 
128,370 
421,687 
424,576 
66,730 
130,723 
Nematodes 
....farms 
783 
154 
152 
111 
69 
138 
107 
8 
44 
acres 
131,121 
4,361 
4,180 
2,912 
5,952 
35,824 
56,666 
11,663 
9,563 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,855 
438 
508 
321 
99 
221 
160 
16 
92 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
245,417 
7,338 
7,235 
6,564 
8,874 
56,203 
119,399 
19,311 
20,493 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
886 
157 
259 
117 
46 
160 
88 
9 
50 
acres on which used 
129,075 
2,494 
3,897 
3,887 
3,193 
41,075 
51,275 
10,674 
12,580 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
1,399 
350 
388 
251 
79 
175 
80 
1 
75 
acres 
97,939 
7,022 
9,286 
9,165 
(D) 
29,803 
30,346 
(D) 
7,068 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
2,491 
799 
898 
401 
77 
122 
77 
7 
110 
acres 
166,928 
23,925 
23,423 
14,962 
5,716 
33,164 
45,131 
10,430 
10,177 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
2,574 
855 
932 
444 
88 
126 
30 
2 
97 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
313,608 
84,243 
88,982 
49,529 
18,266 
30,428 
(D) 
(D) 
28,463 
used 
....farms 
5,309 
1,185 
1,286 
990 
504 
768 
292 
19 
265 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
955,387 
51,651 
52,158 
45,524 
77,331 
284,000 
321,403 
45,148 
78,172 
used 
....farms 
1,649 
376 
350 
296 
155 
278 
107 
9 
78 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
197,862 
9,820 
6,604 
7,535 
10,932 
64,230 
66,974 
8,576 
23,191 
practices were used 
....farms 
4,173 
1,130 
1,286 
793 
277 
378 
126 
9 
174 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
203,725 
20,238 
19,540 
17,709 
20,632 
59,114 
48,280 
3,890 
14,322 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
3,745 
852 
958 
631 
374 
570 
168 
5 
187 
acres 
301,959 
23,858 
18,190 
15,213 
27,932 
94,513 
87,741 
8,312 
26,200 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
1,165 
348 
462 
230 
37 
24 
13 
- 
51 
Solar panels 
....farms 
717 
212 
293 
156 
22 
6 
1 
- 
27 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
104 
50 
35 
9 
9 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
62 
34 
4 
10 
9 
1 
1 
- 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
269 
113 
88 
39 
11 
1 
2 
15 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
98 
53 
24 
4 
9 
2 
- 
- 
6 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
168 
63 
41 
21 
17 
7 
7 
- 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
648 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
