Table 49. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - West Virginia: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND 
EQUIPMENT - Con. 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment - Con. 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
1,703 
721 
773 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,094 
920 
909 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,565 
1,567 
1,589 
$20,000 to $49,999 
7,220 
3,062 
3,165 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,103 
1,631 
1,710 
$100,000 to $199,999 
1,998 
722 
688 
$200,000 to $499,999 
707 
221 
189 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
96 
9 
10 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
15,969 
6,585 
6,422 
number 
24,483 
9,458 
9,133 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
18,672 
7,764 
7,689 
number 
38,995 
16,142 
14,430 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
10,132 
4,373 
4,126 
number 
13,916 
6,166 
5,338 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
13,788 
5,661 
5,581 
number 
23,287 
9,544 
8,567 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
1,286 
335 
430 
number 
1,792 
432 
525 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
305 
75 
67 
number 
329 
80 
74 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
327 
77 
126 
number 
359 
82 
134 
Hay balers 
....farms 
11,877 
5,087 
4,626 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
16,037 
6,791 
6,157 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
6,055 
2,449 
2,300 
acres treated 
282,472 
89,802 
72,935 
Manure used 
....farms 
3,545 
1,327 
1,288 
acres treated 
124,671 
30,006 
30,363 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
1,074 
372 
387 
acres 
30,211 
3,885 
3,331 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
3,072 
1,099 
1,133 
acres 
140,455 
26,165 
25,594 
Nematodes 
....farms 
188 
60 
68 
acres 
4,028 
451 
611 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
483 
162 
184 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
8,101 
1,155 
1,069 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
185 
73 
62 
acres on which used 
5,516 
896 
682 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
942 
379 
332 
acres 
30,973 
9,044 
7,427 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
1,722 
685 
730 
acres 
50,857 
17,188 
21,776 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
307 
120 
99 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
24,031 
8,190 
5,842 
used 
....farms 
1,036 
336 
317 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
58,139 
8,464 
6,075 
used 
....farms 
444 
166 
135 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
13,045 
2,212 
1,305 
practices were used 
....farms 
1,566 
630 
535 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
28,712 
6,248 
5,305 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
844 
309 
255 
acres 
16,747 
3,299 
2,047 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
365 
133 
158 
Solar panels 
....farms 
249 
93 
106 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
29 
15 
9 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
1 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
40 
10 
21 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
5 
3 
2 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
22 
4 
12 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
170 
2 
37 
232 
1 
- 
- 
- 
32 
341 
7 
3 
- 
- 
58 
858 
18 
6 
1 
- 
110 
626 
41 
11 
1 
- 
83 
439 
70 
24 
3 
- 
52 
131 
70 
57 
12 
1 
26 
13 
9 
25 
15 
1 
14 
2,322 
213 
126 
32 
1 
268 
3,946 
641 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
634 
2,519 
211 
124 
32 
2 
331 
5,910 
819 
603 
(D) 
(D) 
857 
1,338 
76 
50 
15 
1 
153 
1,887 
153 
105 
(D) 
(D) 
238 
1,938 
195 
114 
28 
1 
270 
3,641 
528 
344 
(D) 
(D) 
531 
274 
94 
78 
22 
2 
51 
382 
138 
154 
(D) 
(D) 
88 
77 
28 
34 
11 
_ 
13 
81 
29 
38 
13 
14 
65 
15 
26 
5 
- 
13 
77 
17 
28 
5 
- 
16 
1,691 
158 
89 
19 
- 
207 
2,372 
252 
139 
24 
302 
914 
143 
94 
25 
1 
129 
45,634 
16,596 
25,778 
16,467 
(D) 
(D) 
668 
102 
60 
16 
84 
22,026 
14,554 
12,853 
9,640 
- 
5,229 
196 
32 
40 
14 
1 
32 
3,261 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,060 
520 
134 
90 
28 
1 
67 
15,819 
(D) 
33,103 
15,450 
(D) 
10,624 
42 
6 
10 
- 
1 
1 
565 
(D) 
1,896 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
98 
10 
10 
6 
1 
12 
880 
(D) 
1,016 
1,803 
(D) 
847 
26 
6 
5 
4 
1 
8 
293 
(D) 
549 
(D) 
(D) 
2,038 
139 
29 
26 
5 
32 
5,202 
1,723 
4,768 
950 
- 
1,859 
247 
17 
19 
4 
- 
20 
7,767 
354 
2,003 
500 
- 
1,269 
48 
13 
11 
2 
- 
14 
3,685 
(D) 
2,211 
(D) 
" 
2,295 
202 
65 
64 
15 
1 
36 
(D) 
6,246 
16,078 
8,349 
(D) 
7,408 
71 
27 
28 
6 
11 
1,253 
1,480 
2,931 
2,862 
1,002 
270 
50 
37 
11 
_ 
33 
4,685 
2,403 
3,579 
5,192 
- 
1,300 
163 
46 
35 
8 
1 
27 
2,370 
1,780 
(D) 
2,290 
(D) 
(D) 
60 
6 
2 
6 
40 
2 
2 
- 
- 
6 
4 
1 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
676 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
