Table 48. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Washington: 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 
5,315 
1,832 
2,529 
732 
12 
16 
3 
- 
191 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,979 
1,352 
1,851 
650 
9 
7 
1 
- 
109 
$10,000 to $19,999 
6,399 
2,286 
2,821 
1,045 
36 
17 
2 
3 
189 
$20,000 to $49,999 
9,957 
3,462 
4,282 
1,645 
152 
83 
21 
3 
309 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,026 
1,458 
1,763 
1,035 
297 
212 
42 
1 
218 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,774 
575 
611 
548 
383 
319 
132 
11 
195 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,303 
218 
296 
249 
342 
607 
340 
19 
232 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,496 
14 
17 
26 
85 
447 
534 
187 
186 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
26,834 
7,782 
9,270 
4,551 
1,235 
1,643 
1,048 
223 
1,082 
number 
64,943 
12,444 
14,010 
8,616 
4,236 
8,197 
7,891 
5,080 
4,469 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
26,845 
8,005 
9,238 
4,377 
1,213 
1,613 
1,041 
219 
1,139 
number 
63,140 
13,820 
14,438 
8,489 
4,219 
6,995 
6,781 
3,899 
4,499 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
15,482 
5,111 
5,781 
2,594 
452 
582 
365 
93 
504 
number 
21,007 
6,749 
7,046 
3,472 
765 
949 
794 
352 
880 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
14,944 
4,109 
4,514 
2,441 
912 
1,210 
814 
181 
763 
number 
29,105 
5,900 
6,197 
3,936 
2,135 
3,081 
3,059 
2,332 
2,465 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
5,556 
858 
911 
738 
643 
1,114 
735 
162 
395 
number 
13,028 
1,171 
1,195 
1,081 
1,319 
2,965 
2,928 
1,215 
1,154 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
2,567 
247 
249 
304 
404 
734 
377 
56 
196 
number 
3,834 
280 
299 
369 
572 
1,151 
709 
119 
335 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
1,614 
427 
412 
265 
118 
161 
143 
38 
50 
number 
1,867 
471 
437 
304 
142 
197 
191 
57 
68 
Hay balers 
....farms 
6,891 
2,256 
2,184 
1,152 
371 
402 
278 
41 
207 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
8,468 
2,621 
2,577 
1,426 
570 
571 
367 
73 
263 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
12,017 
2,419 
3,307 
2,056 
1,009 
1,416 
921 
181 
708 
acres treated 
3,547,373 
103,023 
118,142 
114,969 
321,433 
1,039,794 
997,465 
460,348 
392,199 
Manure used 
....farms 
4,167 
1,117 
1,555 
792 
138 
194 
174 
54 
143 
acres treated 
215,683 
14,094 
16,302 
14,040 
11,718 
33,725 
52,400 
51,713 
21,691 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
6,052 
951 
1,337 
1,112 
566 
832 
625 
129 
500 
acres 
1,289,791 
24,140 
30,758 
33,384 
74,088 
222,439 
350,957 
373,460 
180,565 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
13,002 
2,791 
3,799 
2,096 
1,032 
1,452 
907 
178 
747 
acres 
4,469,109 
161,258 
160,283 
174,769 
423,558 
1,318,054 
1,281,649 
495,164 
454,374 
Nematodes 
....farms 
1,081 
138 
178 
167 
71 
161 
184 
67 
115 
acres 
348,374 
2,980 
4,292 
3,940 
5,866 
56,692 
91,150 
143,023 
40,431 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
4,312 
537 
772 
614 
476 
863 
555 
105 
390 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,613,635 
19,959 
26,454 
23,933 
100,351 
479,095 
490,007 
306,641 
167,195 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
2,560 
307 
416 
327 
284 
434 
388 
101 
303 
acres on which used 
389,684 
4,923 
5,574 
5,641 
11,012 
62,747 
106,387 
136,183 
57,217 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
1,633 
351 
400 
259 
119 
224 
150 
27 
103 
acres 
168,925 
8,983 
7,448 
7,786 
10,229 
46,845 
52,908 
1 1 ,587 
23,139 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
3,491 
1,060 
1,220 
598 
153 
176 
121 
18 
145 
acres 
226,498 
24,894 
21,410 
20,827 
19,359 
48,279 
46,647 
10,370 
34,712 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
1,195 
334 
463 
186 
49 
66 
28 
5 
64 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
170,314 
36,845 
23,698 
14,865 
14,320 
16,950 
29,696 
1,188 
32,752 
used 
....farms 
1,866 
368 
456 
271 
153 
278 
193 
24 
123 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
805,517 
10,935 
22,699 
15,413 
61,126 
256,160 
291,147 
65,258 
82,779 
used 
....farms 
1,906 
229 
282 
278 
266 
441 
250 
41 
119 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,621,309 
22,999 
30,765 
43,471 
166,780 
515,726 
530,125 
164,447 
146,996 
practices were used 
....farms 
5,179 
970 
1,129 
932 
449 
765 
492 
114 
328 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,056,630 
74,724 
64,962 
72,303 
211,222 
694,224 
478,691 
234,369 
226,135 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
2,035 
369 
490 
422 
143 
228 
172 
38 
173 
acres 
178,401 
6,021 
9,478 
6,624 
10,388 
29,528 
38,694 
29,663 
48,005 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
882 
228 
338 
180 
30 
44 
17 
3 
42 
Solar panels 
....farms 
647 
175 
263 
151 
11 
18 
4 
1 
24 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
185 
45 
47 
27 
10 
23 
9 
- 
24 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
10 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
62 
9 
35 
10 
3 
2 
1 
- 
2 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
43 
9 
16 
12 
- 
2 
1 
- 
3 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
42 
13 
11 
10 
1 
2 
" 
- 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
662 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
