Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feedlots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
- 
968 
693 
6 
146 
160 
175 
246 
1,507 
$1,000 
- 
43,759 
36,764 
395 
37,133 
5,136 
7,870 
5,821 
80,621 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
- 
119 
74 
- 
6 
36 
19 
54 
238 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
110 
62 
- 
2 
17 
15 
49 
110 
$10,000 to $19,999 
- 
173 
149 
- 
5 
26 
46 
60 
292 
$20,000 to $49,999 
- 
258 
174 
4 
9 
40 
46 
56 
462 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
191 
146 
1 
30 
31 
27 
18 
235 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
90 
43 
- 
28 
8 
18 
4 
105 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
24 
45 
1 
44 
2 
3 
4 
49 
$500,000 or more 
- 
3 
- 
22 
- 
1 
1 
16 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
- 
644 
463 
6 
125 
124 
113 
153 
1,113 
number 
- 
1,155 
763 
14 
531 
198 
193 
212 
1,585 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
_ 
813 
556 
6 
140 
106 
118 
167 
1,126 
number 
- 
2,275 
1,227 
15 
737 
220 
206 
257 
1,848 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
553 
400 
2 
71 
93 
73 
118 
848 
number 
- 
1,053 
599 
(D) 
139 
131 
117 
153 
1,148 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
543 
353 
5 
131 
53 
66 
71 
435 
number 
- 
1,049 
580 
11 
351 
89 
79 
95 
574 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
- 
128 
40 
1 
93 
- 
9 
5 
107 
number 
- 
173 
48 
(D) 
247 
- 
10 
9 
126 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
_ 
5 
_ 
_ 
14 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
number 
- 
(D) 
" 
- 
14 
- 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
22 
16 
- 
33 
6 
1 
- 
7 
number 
- 
27 
23 
- 
45 
6 
(D) 
- 
7 
Hay balers 
... farms 
- 
515 
254 
4 
104 
36 
22 
33 
162 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
633 
317 
5 
155 
36 
29 
39 
177 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
- 
311 
174 
3 
111 
32 
20 
19 
198 
acres treated 
- 
11,514 
4,662 
76 
28,201 
254 
214 
101 
3,962 
Manure used 
... farms 
- 
189 
128 
3 
88 
15 
16 
11 
183 
acres treated 
(D) 
2,644 
100 
14,912 
36 
131 
29 
2,408 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
- 
80 
2 
1 
34 
- 
3 
1 
35 
acres 
- 
1,260 
(D) 
(D) 
5,941 
- 
12 
(D) 
70 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
- 
142 
43 
3 
101 
3 
8 
5 
108 
acres 
- 
3,191 
703 
67 
20,920 
22 
89 
13 
563 
Nematodes 
... farms 
- 
15 
2 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
3 
acres 
- 
117 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
7 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
- 
43 
1 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
7 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
451 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
- 
13 
2 
- 
2 
6 
1 
- 
- 
acres on which used 
- 
130 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
18 
(D) 
" 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
- 
31 
14 
- 
13 
- 
1 
- 
27 
acres 
- 
371 
80 
- 
915 
- 
(D) 
- 
207 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
- 
48 
35 
1 
9 
12 
6 
5 
67 
acres 
- 
(D) 
270 
(D) 
237 
162 
31 
(D) 
426 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
- 
86 
36 
19 
15 
12 
12 
90 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
- 
(D) 
2,458 
1,495 
69 
297 
215 
4,129 
used 
... farms 
- 
58 
10 
- 
42 
- 
5 
- 
13 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
603 
140 
9,350 
14 
70 
used 
... farms 
- 
34 
20 
- 
28 
6 
2 
- 
4 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
(D) 
285 
" 
3,999 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
7 
practices were used 
... farms 
- 
127 
26 
1 
75 
8 
13 
2 
30 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,182 
422 
(D) 
7,535 
(D) 
88 
(D) 
99 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
- 
97 
23 
1 
57 
9 
10 
1 
10 
acres 
- 
1,698 
273 
(D) 
10,662 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
160 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
- 
44 
21 
- 
4 
20 
7 
14 
58 
Solar panels 
... farms 
- 
36 
20 
- 
2 
14 
7 
7 
52 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
6 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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