Table 51 . Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Wyoming: 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 
988 
326 
486 
130 
4 
5 
2 
- 
35 
$5,000 to $9,999 
937 
303 
480 
118 
- 
5 
- 
- 
31 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,428 
385 
723 
260 
8 
9 
2 
- 
41 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,869 
767 
1,357 
563 
54 
37 
2 
- 
89 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,006 
449 
789 
483 
139 
55 
3 
- 
88 
$100,000 to $199,999 
1,630 
318 
407 
385 
278 
135 
22 
- 
85 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,382 
141 
245 
227 
280 
344 
50 
3 
92 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
496 
17 
14 
35 
78 
190 
90 
21 
51 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
....farms 
9,322 
2,047 
3,229 
1,891 
826 
767 
169 
24 
369 
number 
25,106 
3,879 
6,101 
4,735 
3,285 
3,772 
1,554 
314 
1,466 
Tractors, all 
....farms 
8,681 
1,967 
2,924 
1,701 
784 
755 
167 
23 
360 
number 
20,800 
3,875 
4,962 
4,035 
2,762 
2,915 
977 
163 
1,111 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
3,604 
992 
1,227 
655 
267 
239 
61 
14 
149 
number 
4,913 
1,327 
1,516 
918 
422 
379 
103 
24 
224 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
....farms 
5,670 
1,232 
1,836 
1,120 
584 
516 
117 
19 
246 
number 
8,815 
1,763 
2,455 
1,789 
1,073 
950 
260 
45 
480 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
....farms 
3,639 
541 
735 
827 
598 
596 
139 
19 
184 
number 
7,072 
785 
991 
1,328 
1,267 
1,586 
614 
94 
407 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
...farms 
812 
83 
96 
154 
159 
191 
72 
12 
45 
number 
1,012 
104 
104 
175 
212 
244 
101 
16 
56 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
....farms 
1,514 
278 
342 
363 
209 
202 
43 
12 
65 
number 
1,743 
295 
388 
430 
237 
242 
59 
13 
79 
Hay balers 
....farms 
4,439 
839 
1,100 
1,000 
584 
579 
115 
16 
206 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
5,728 
1,040 
1,327 
1,298 
801 
754 
178 
28 
302 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
....farms 
2,835 
538 
700 
513 
408 
405 
119 
13 
139 
acres treated 
737,658 
58,250 
66,614 
63,164 
127,289 
214,693 
121,398 
19,701 
66,549 
Manure used 
....farms 
1,044 
189 
292 
214 
121 
134 
47 
7 
40 
acres treated 
96,908 
7,823 
14,884 
13,166 
15,982 
20,710 
7,060 
1,919 
15,364 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
1,041 
203 
199 
191 
148 
195 
58 
6 
41 
acres 
215,211 
17,261 
17,321 
20,676 
23,548 
69,088 
43,916 
7,523 
15,878 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
2,825 
553 
756 
502 
357 
398 
108 
13 
138 
acres 
676,412 
40,453 
46,308 
60,469 
108,761 
182,220 
104,961 
21,178 
112,062 
Nematodes 
....farms 
43 
8 
4 
8 
1 
12 
6 
- 
4 
acres 
10,433 
96 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
4,260 
5,147 
- 
637 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
87 
12 
12 
7 
18 
25 
8 
2 
3 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
20,406 
77 
72 
171 
2,200 
6,081 
4,877 
(D) 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
33 
7 
6 
4 
5 
6 
3 
- 
2 
acres on which used 
5,423 
821 
(D) 
(D) 
276 
985 
1,219 
- 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
431 
77 
84 
79 
69 
86 
20 
3 
13 
acres 
82,501 
2,597 
7,520 
6,831 
10,347 
34,552 
16,522 
1,110 
3,022 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
1,167 
303 
460 
178 
74 
83 
25 
2 
42 
acres 
203,293 
30,627 
30,608 
21,621 
25,397 
36,449 
45,892 
(D) 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
278 
71 
68 
56 
22 
30 
5 
1 
25 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
285,584 
35,778 
14,656 
29,993 
28,434 
74,512 
(D) 
(D) 
91,882 
used 
....farms 
397 
58 
82 
57 
64 
71 
34 
6 
25 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
91,953 
4,400 
5,910 
8,115 
22,231 
22,831 
16,064 
2,797 
9,605 
used 
....farms 
403 
42 
45 
52 
77 
104 
49 
6 
28 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
159,567 
3,627 
7,173 
10,997 
27,908 
50,498 
38,642 
4,944 
15,778 
practices were used 
....farms 
1,626 
236 
325 
361 
274 
272 
75 
9 
74 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
410,303 
23,380 
23,278 
40,019 
89,800 
119,781 
72,575 
12,577 
28,893 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
494 
88 
116 
85 
83 
76 
23 
2 
21 
acres 
46,298 
6,020 
6,570 
5,793 
7,819 
9,424 
(D) 
(D) 
5,290 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems ... 
....farms 
768 
156 
188 
126 
116 
114 
22 
4 
42 
Solar panels 
....farms 
647 
138 
136 
100 
107 
104 
19 
4 
39 
Wind turbines 
....farms 
147 
39 
54 
17 
10 
17 
6 
- 
4 
Methane digesters 
....farms 
9 
1 
- 
5 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
....farms 
17 
- 
13 
1 
3 
" 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
....farms 
11 
3 
2 
1 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
....farms 
12 
1 
1 
3 
4 
3 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
704 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
