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 
8,912 
482,562 
619,038 
13,734 
46,004 
21,687 
52,849 
73,099 
227,436 
$1,000 
4,108,068 
28,008,661 
40,430,805 
4,185,314 
13,343,067 
4,032,508 
5,859,903 
2,325,475 
10,923,835 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
102 
62,804 
44,666 
196 
818 
1,984 
5,033 
12,904 
23,966 
$5,000 to $9,999 
109 
55,142 
52,587 
327 
713 
1,762 
4,379 
1 1 ,202 
24,933 
$10,000 to $19,999 
288 
90,138 
98,273 
735 
1,705 
2,857 
7,271 
15,389 
43,470 
$20,000 to $49,999 
723 
144,464 
187,727 
2,273 
5,258 
4,684 
13,433 
21,094 
71 ,382 
$50,000 to $99,999 
954 
74,650 
121,951 
2,430 
7,838 
3,059 
9,625 
7,892 
37,543 
$100,000 to $199,999 
1,500 
31,509 
71,047 
2,786 
10,811 
2,329 
6,581 
3,101 
16,918 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,517 
16,130 
36,047 
2,909 
11,917 
2,783 
4,695 
1,423 
8,183 
$500,000 or more 
2,719 
7,725 
6,740 
2,078 
6,944 
2,229 
1,832 
94 
1,041 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
7,909 
285,194 
505,990 
12,443 
37,280 
1 7,744 
43,040 
53,225 
171,491 
number 
24,308 
496,048 
908,976 
35,086 
101,615 
42,073 
93,875 
74,548 
266,526 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
7,894 
344,961 
522,196 
12,722 
42,345 
16,599 
41,914 
46,122 
165,225 
number 
29,232 
738,106 
1,083,708 
46,482 
201,491 
44,128 
90,348 
68,183 
260,888 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
1,470 
167,413 
220,558 
4,370 
15,333 
7,531 
21,982 
27,878 
94,052 
number 
2,027 
233,472 
292,044 
6,779 
25,953 
10,280 
29,616 
34,008 
117,011 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
3,452 
240,338 
389,403 
9,784 
36,478 
10,312 
28,967 
23,779 
92,834 
number 
5,797 
367,729 
611,456 
19,458 
89,752 
16,337 
49,129 
29,686 
120,492 
1 00 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
7,031 
77,616 
115,099 
7,915 
31,627 
7,061 
6,763 
3,574 
16,970 
number 
21,408 
136,905 
180,208 
20,245 
85,786 
17,511 
1 1 ,603 
4,489 
23,385 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
2,528 
22,325 
22,110 
4,062 
11,526 
4,275 
2,264 
536 
2,206 
number 
2,839 
25,986 
25,060 
4,440 
12,541 
4,654 
2,517 
584 
2,519 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
7,162 
325 
7 
28 
35 
178 
20 
34 
number 
9,745 
414 
11 
32 
41 
230 
34 
48 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
172 
17,876 
1,595 
9,489 
316 
591 
578 
2,858 
number 
197 
18,111 
20,224 
1,695 
10,804 
341 
666 
625 
3,107 
Hay balers 
... farms 
962 
141,717 
218,089 
7,458 
31,552 
3,864 
11,134 
8,210 
32,271 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
1,212 
180,358 
275,809 
9,574 
42,989 
4,650 
13,571 
9,929 
39,603 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
8,612 
107,387 
215,801 
8,968 
35,514 
7,365 
10,577 
10,137 
37,840 
acres treated 
7,171,414 
17,187,878 
24,843,103 
3,067,635 
8,852,694 
2,835,456 
1,306,367 
284,793 
1 ,959,260 
Manure used 
... farms 
688 
31,952 
73,407 
5,810 
30,487 
5,802 
1 1 ,020 
6,224 
24,469 
acres treated 
290,671 
1 ,770,265 
4,123,306 
710,072 
5,102,960 
944,345 
1,100,781 
93,257 
582,750 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
5,083 
32,572 
34,077 
3,815 
16,609 
3,852 
5,168 
2,408 
8,793 
acres 
4,009,758 
7,659,662 
3,802,601 
1,140,690 
3,154,274 
1,348,255 
643,101 
43,305 
473,627 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
8,574 
93,659 
155,063 
8,189 
33,231 
7,270 
1 1 ,970 
7,501 
31,544 
acres 
7,881,458 
17,482,196 
21,811,300 
3,217,012 
7,730,571 
3,471,324 
1,688,126 
240,205 
1,992,694 
Nematodes 
... farms 
3,313 
5,616 
2,132 
490 
1,448 
572 
690 
127 
539 
acres 
1 ,892,649 
1 ,772,309 
223,082 
108,516 
220,261 
158,984 
97,186 
1,963 
36,855 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,453 
9,492 
3,709 
721 
2,021 
744 
1,056 
231 
988 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
654,083 
2,734,653 
518,869 
252,660 
298,864 
267,336 
116,265 
2,144 
99,395 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
5,764 
6,241 
2,342 
107 
896 
123 
530 
137 
504 
acres on which used 
4,001,225 
1,984,415 
141,900 
11,516 
64,476 
28,263 
65,498 
3,504 
27,535 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
711 
28,296 
20,461 
3,079 
12,108 
4,303 
2,313 
2,353 
8,300 
acres 
206,595 
1,856,233 
1,232,516 
684,002 
1,682,135 
1,517,034 
201,768 
60,169 
361,947 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
1,507 
41,269 
45,000 
1,524 
6,749 
2,176 
5,016 
4,632 
17,459 
acres 
1 ,233,303 
4,682,100 
4,331,467 
295,269 
951,867 
351,866 
292,257 
124,996 
569,917 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
292 
25,567 
13,029 
546 
1,939 
657 
1,699 
1,403 
5,259 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
103,464 
3,328,392 
4,236,546 
114,784 
294,476 
48,938 
120,029 
102,091 
981,923 
used 
... farms 
2,763 
23,449 
28,817 
3,311 
14,014 
2,999 
3,743 
1,092 
3,754 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,688,865 
3,495,333 
4,591,946 
993,804 
1,797,606 
1,025,990 
622,432 
39,811 
515,048 
used 
... farms 
2,978 
14,452 
15,543 
3,252 
12,846 
2,775 
1,583 
587 
1,991 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,149,707 
3,213,342 
2,612,386 
1,081,752 
2,159,713 
1,206,137 
271,194 
19,331 
322,822 
practices were used 
... farms 
6,003 
50,541 
48,756 
4,425 
25,845 
3,889 
3,957 
2,617 
6,921 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
4,462,771 
8,570,448 
5,286,023 
1 ,063,369 
3,500,500 
1,239,695 
358,786 
93,592 
451,483 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
1,664 
23,318 
20,180 
1,931 
14,249 
1,254 
2,544 
1,091 
3,780 
acres 
771,558 
1,341,706 
928,762 
142,884 
1,009,224 
107,992 
156,724 
14,321 
86,919 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
141 
9,660 
14,392 
447 
1,438 
734 
1,806 
2,231 
6,372 
Solar panels 
... farms 
48 
5,474 
10,616 
192 
785 
379 
1,370 
1,772 
4,709 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
86 
1,710 
1,850 
113 
254 
163 
195 
271 
778 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
3 
93 
132 
5 
130 
26 
10 
7 
28 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
3 
2,218 
1,717 
99 
182 
151 
199 
301 
957 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
1 
320 
392 
7 
14 
2 
22 
71 
128 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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