Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
2,108,505 
369,298 
42,972 
93,011 
52,771 
496,606 
5,132 
$1,000 
243,966,688 
112,513,585 
5,886,176 
7,454,531 
4,015,706 
32,995,780 
879,051 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
192,850 
13,454 
6,188 
12,436 
8,128 
63,077 
171 
$5,000 to $9,999 
184,263 
11,560 
5,158 
10,337 
5,820 
55,485 
234 
$10,000 to $19,999 
317,670 
23,591 
7,851 
16,498 
9,117 
90,913 
487 
$20,000 to $49,999 
558,152 
56,132 
1 1 ,436 
24,910 
13,530 
146,293 
1,106 
$50,000 to $99,999 
350,713 
56,965 
5,476 
13,765 
7,487 
76,682 
1,078 
$100,000 to $199,999 
222,153 
60,136 
2,542 
7,589 
4,432 
33,881 
872 
$200,000 to $499,999 
172,528 
75,159 
1,926 
4,941 
3,135 
19,410 
763 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
110,176 
72,301 
2,395 
2,535 
1,122 
10,865 
421 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
1 ,587,889 
316,856 
32,579 
62,907 
36,724 
297,610 
4,507 
number 
3,297,894 
938,322 
87,889 
129,272 
85,356 
534,356 
14,000 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
1,670,342 
326,621 
32,990 
69,655 
36,435 
357,518 
4,663 
number 
4,178,300 
1 ,239,880 
99,375 
170,185 
86,563 
787,069 
19,731 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
779,195 
124,172 
21,688 
42,544 
27,147 
171,940 
3,057 
number 
1,107,528 
200,677 
36,246 
64,926 
48,535 
241,453 
5,954 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
1,143,817 
225,909 
19,207 
41,528 
17,683 
247,933 
4,143 
number 
1,886,032 
403,790 
39,241 
91,127 
32,260 
383,304 
9,778 
1 00 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
548,284 
255,091 
6,705 
7,465 
3,433 
86,581 
1,934 
number 
1,184,740 
635,413 
23,888 
14,132 
5,768 
162,312 
3,999 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
295,742 
219,625 
2,264 
675 
429 
25,770 
917 
number 
346,632 
260,292 
2,884 
798 
476 
29,867 
1,042 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
15,089 
3,812 
183 
124 
10 
10,333 
130 
number 
20,227 
5,011 
260 
178 
13 
13,955 
183 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
64,162 
13,237 
482 
973 
236 
15,931 
155 
number 
72,389 
14,408 
565 
1,171 
290 
18,493 
185 
Hay balers 
... farms 
577,443 
110,211 
4,459 
3,304 
2,086 
144,805 
2,126 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
731,771 
139,561 
5,281 
3,900 
2,398 
184,506 
2,936 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
877,907 
325,344 
30,505 
50,659 
24,733 
120,464 
4,465 
acres treated 
247,802,465 
169,788,807 
4,860,734 
3,976,636 
1,035,089 
24,991,891 
632,599 
Manure used 
... farms 
275,420 
63,906 
9,338 
7,805 
3,894 
33,258 
618 
acres treated 
22,072,968 
6,758,130 
247,063 
285,564 
40,574 
2,084,166 
23,230 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
361,286 
152,220 
27,288 
43,323 
22,049 
41,684 
4,029 
acres 
100,719,008 
69,428,506 
3,979,546 
3,613,924 
996,031 
12,095,148 
425,728 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
794,320 
332,376 
26,602 
48,735 
25,676 
106,163 
3,930 
acres 
285,510,954 
209,842,534 
4,770,891 
3,668,324 
1,122,027 
25,955,946 
592,292 
Nematodes 
... farms 
58,865 
23,875 
9,465 
7,464 
2,343 
9,720 
791 
acres 
14,454,000 
7,672,997 
1,521,556 
545,975 
83,683 
3,782,942 
117,984 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
121,682 
45,822 
14,540 
30,984 
8,997 
11,869 
924 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
35,006,868 
25,085,346 
2,298,959 
2,313,010 
256,269 
3,497,751 
109,015 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
53,200 
9,710 
3,063 
20,191 
1,943 
13,654 
1,649 
acres on which used 
13,136,568 
3,815,458 
918,648 
1,900,082 
37,558 
6,122,130 
136,490 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
217,931 
123,265 
3,410 
5,577 
3,385 
29,377 
370 
acres 
48,566,201 
39,891,411 
419,296 
278,781 
135,839 
2,101,303 
38,475 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
216,314 
70,083 
5,273 
9,545 
5,477 
43,380 
604 
acres 
42,175,207 
27,457,026 
847,430 
660,738 
246,463 
6,045,911 
130,508 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
76,441 
20,270 
1,483 
2,609 
1,548 
25,999 
140 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
13,186,093 
3,338,156 
108,626 
297,643 
97,237 
3,445,644 
13,788 
used 
... farms 
278,290 
174,900 
8,709 
4,287 
5,098 
27,566 
1,354 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
96,476,496 
80,781,572 
448,553 
81,546 
121,128 
5,457,060 
272,862 
used 
... farms 
195,738 
128,175 
6,419 
1,914 
2,583 
18,070 
640 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
76,639,804 
62,352,043 
1,005,555 
104,036 
70,041 
5,434,794 
71,745 
practices were used 
... farms 
405,692 
200,486 
28,956 
7,915 
10,250 
61,675 
5,131 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
105,707,971 
75,985,129 
3,606,818 
392,991 
358,628 
13,370,957 
337,738 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
133,124 
36,965 
10,487 
8,732 
4,333 
27,578 
2,596 
acres 
10,280,793 
4,446,060 
652,976 
399,190 
79,007 
2,256,734 
143,470 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
57,299 
9,744 
2,442 
5,601 
2,218 
9,874 
73 
Solar panels 
... farms 
36,331 
2,352 
2,018 
4,839 
1,734 
5,565 
43 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
9,054 
2,774 
216 
404 
230 
1,806 
10 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
537 
45 
14 
21 
17 
102 
6 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
9,403 
2,779 
164 
403 
223 
2,228 
7 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
1,323 
108 
73 
136 
42 
328 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
186 United States 2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
