Table 50. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Wisconsin: 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 
5,552 
1,725 
2,936 
690 
13 
5 
3 
- 
180 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,623 
1,731 
3,011 
733 
9 
3 
3 
- 
133 
$10,000 to $19,999 
9,645 
2,812 
5,069 
1,489 
31 
13 
2 
- 
229 
$20,000 to $49,999 
16,875 
4,606 
8,086 
3,340 
362 
66 
9 
- 
406 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11,617 
2,778 
4,512 
2,792 
1,031 
204 
21 
1 
278 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,735 
1,402 
2,174 
2,165 
1,926 
786 
81 
4 
197 
$200,000 to $499,999 
7,676 
613 
1,135 
1,054 
1,988 
2,142 
412 
16 
316 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
4,031 
86 
125 
138 
376 
1,535 
1,296 
151 
324 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
50,738 
10,376 
17,421 
9,667 
5,310 
4,637 
1,802 
172 
1,353 
number 
90,731 
14,452 
24,362 
15,103 
10,025 
12,258 
8,882 
1,831 
3,818 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
57,199 
12,569 
20,475 
10,350 
5,578 
4,681 
1,804 
171 
1,571 
number 
192,751 
33,820 
49,390 
34,581 
26,861 
26,520 
13,145 
1,633 
6,801 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
28,611 
7,297 
10,694 
5,317 
2,168 
1,673 
626 
69 
767 
number 
45,993 
11,761 
15,991 
8,816 
3,673 
2,927 
1,324 
163 
1,338 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
44,133 
9,254 
14,902 
8,340 
4,970 
3,941 
1,402 
110 
1,214 
number 
87,031 
16,823 
24,526 
17,530 
12,100 
9,522 
3,574 
329 
2,627 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
26,609 
3,411 
5,989 
4,979 
4,953 
4,451 
1,732 
162 
932 
number 
59,727 
5,236 
8,873 
8,235 
1 1 ,088 
14,071 
8,247 
1,141 
2,836 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
12,669 
1,583 
2,480 
2,129 
2,166 
2,575 
1,116 
73 
547 
number 
14,225 
1,740 
2,692 
2,352 
2,354 
2,979 
1,362 
89 
657 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
5,132 
534 
835 
888 
1,075 
965 
530 
72 
233 
number 
5,800 
582 
918 
1,018 
1,232 
1,108 
596 
83 
263 
Hay balers 
....farms 
29,024 
5,468 
8,839 
6,229 
3,959 
2,893 
842 
55 
739 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
37,338 
6,860 
11,013 
8,205 
5,286 
3,882 
1,066 
65 
961 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
36,298 
5,791 
10,284 
7,206 
5,382 
4,563 
1,754 
155 
1,163 
acres treated 
7,148,156 
363,204 
595,850 
543,054 
972,350 
1,892,849 
1,880,711 
392,323 
507,815 
Manure used 
....farms 
21,062 
2,724 
5,133 
4,478 
3,909 
3,110 
990 
105 
613 
acres treated 
1,950,883 
74,703 
111,251 
174,534 
347,582 
510,915 
438,781 
160,651 
132,466 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
14,904 
1,817 
3,185 
2,506 
2,415 
2,874 
1,344 
137 
626 
acres 
2,667,175 
87,961 
155,583 
130,293 
266,422 
687,498 
873,035 
228,328 
238,055 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
34,321 
5,420 
9,348 
6,632 
5,292 
4,557 
1,759 
157 
1,156 
acres 
6,714,970 
330,904 
547,615 
471,928 
839,671 
1,791,138 
1,887,733 
351,634 
494,347 
Nematodes 
....farms 
2,275 
288 
478 
483 
308 
350 
227 
24 
117 
acres 
346,553 
11,162 
19,027 
17,554 
28,691 
77,648 
116,153 
47,397 
28,921 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
3,413 
545 
783 
679 
353 
499 
342 
38 
174 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
470,488 
12,416 
23,281 
18,472 
31,089 
94,221 
194,314 
55,600 
41,095 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
786 
135 
221 
151 
80 
80 
58 
17 
44 
acres on which used 
86,791 
2,854 
4,734 
2,955 
4,434 
9,419 
25,385 
32,495 
4,515 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
8,218 
1,245 
1,853 
1,291 
1,305 
1,472 
641 
74 
337 
acres 
805,846 
49,484 
68,204 
54,292 
111,135 
215,753 
199,526 
55,586 
51,866 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
8,327 
1,481 
2,490 
1,380 
1,036 
1,095 
496 
45 
304 
acres 
780,815 
61,679 
88,740 
64,026 
91,863 
187,055 
192,135 
45,820 
49,497 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
1,767 
438 
577 
282 
140 
173 
61 
9 
87 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
168,766 
29,203 
31,590 
19,089 
15,016 
29,999 
19,911 
5,842 
18,116 
used 
....farms 
14,477 
2,111 
3,852 
2,517 
2,063 
2,390 
967 
74 
503 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,770,594 
92,890 
170,260 
126,814 
198,491 
512,997 
483,691 
60,099 
125,352 
used 
....farms 
14,144 
1,734 
2,969 
2,492 
2,520 
2,682 
1,130 
98 
519 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,554,272 
99,751 
157,636 
145,806 
293,261 
717,784 
837,093 
123,228 
179,713 
practices were used 
....farms 
24,270 
4,085 
7,031 
5,236 
3,597 
2,578 
915 
101 
727 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,507,623 
164,700 
257,783 
246,748 
367,400 
566,024 
561,634 
161,323 
182,011 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
9,992 
1,574 
2,280 
1,959 
1,696 
1,546 
543 
68 
326 
acres 
553,005 
36,847 
41,967 
46,071 
68,860 
113,760 
132,582 
82,170 
30,748 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
1,592 
374 
644 
279 
95 
93 
38 
25 
44 
Solar panels 
....farms 
728 
195 
295 
154 
31 
23 
5 
2 
23 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
264 
52 
89 
41 
23 
33 
16 
3 
7 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
20 
4 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
520 
118 
259 
54 
32 
35 
13 
1 
8 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
14 
8 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
690 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
