Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
5,977 
78 
574 
270 
1,115 
1,007 
39 
$1,000 
352,391 
7,845 
24,833 
16,504 
77,410 
52,059 
8,300 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
896 
10 
88 
38 
211 
122 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
568 
12 
57 
30 
104 
110 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,144 
9 
128 
37 
217 
175 
2 
$20,000 to $49,999 
1,571 
7 
165 
76 
269 
263 
5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
944 
14 
72 
41 
130 
199 
8 
$100,000 to $199,999 
501 
14 
44 
34 
105 
98 
8 
$200,000 to $499,999 
276 
10 
17 
8 
61 
32 
8 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
77 
2 
3 
6 
18 
8 
5 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
4,101 
53 
393 
172 
709 
677 
33 
number 
8,053 
145 
749 
381 
1,839 
1,443 
288 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
4,608 
62 
436 
244 
800 
847 
34 
number 
11,243 
281 
1,190 
610 
2,156 
2,496 
221 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
3,390 
45 
345 
190 
627 
578 
25 
number 
5,961 
(D) 
715 
310 
1,372 
1,168 
115 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
2,491 
55 
233 
133 
380 
576 
33 
number 
4,392 
112 
407 
267 
686 
1,141 
92 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
570 
33 
51 
26 
69 
136 
8 
number 
890 
(D) 
68 
33 
98 
187 
14 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
40 
15 
2 
1 
1 
7 
2 
number 
40 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
107 
6 
1 
2 
10 
25 
3 
number 
138 
6 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
30 
3 
Hay balers 
... farms 
1,357 
39 
68 
27 
84 
524 
9 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
1,652 
51 
80 
31 
88 
644 
11 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
1,942 
56 
379 
153 
450 
347 
36 
acres treated 
80,096 
5,905 
7,806 
3,792 
10,206 
14,917 
3,403 
Manure used 
... farms 
961 
33 
168 
42 
82 
192 
3 
acres treated 
27,092 
1,153 
813 
301 
414 
4,151 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
1,096 
15 
331 
135 
423 
116 
36 
acres 
30,727 
1,716 
6,434 
3,439 
8,851 
4,223 
2,963 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
1,398 
47 
304 
141 
457 
178 
36 
acres 
54,508 
6,467 
6,662 
3,156 
9,509 
6,337 
3,146 
Nematodes 
... farms 
203 
2 
86 
32 
42 
31 
16 
acres 
5,657 
(D) 
3,102 
326 
924 
971 
854 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
609 
3 
189 
135 
203 
64 
21 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
13,448 
(D) 
3,921 
(D) 
3,205 
1,580 
1,129 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
173 
5 
28 
67 
42 
20 
7 
acres on which used 
4,107 
317 
1,239 
1,592 
209 
685 
555 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
170 
4 
24 
26 
26 
35 
4 
acres 
2,634 
156 
(D) 
432 
333 
450 
79 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
290 
4 
22 
33 
44 
52 
4 
acres 
4,000 
361 
128 
355 
839 
1,140 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
412 
3 
44 
26 
68 
87 
1 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
19,398 
113 
1,228 
1,252 
2,531 
5,611 
(□) 
used 
... farms 
310 
18 
94 
11 
56 
61 
3 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
11,818 
603 
523 
30 
448 
640 
37 
used 
... farms 
298 
17 
92 
12 
81 
36 
2 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
9,396 
1,456 
1,944 
329 
861 
498 
(D) 
practices were used 
... farms 
1,019 
67 
349 
66 
216 
166 
39 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
25,804 
3,775 
5,356 
552 
2,472 
5,461 
3,279 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
617 
35 
197 
66 
81 
127 
30 
acres 
20,453 
1,327 
2,165 
1,019 
801 
4,008 
2,310 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
279 
2 
38 
14 
57 
44 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
221 
1 
28 
13 
41 
36 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
11 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
34 
2 
6 
3 
4 
6 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
170 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
