Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
( 1111 ) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
( 1112 ) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
0222 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
fo''i?ulture Tobacco 
P^durtion Total farming 
(11191) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
43,222 
1,836 
1,083 
1,282 
653 
$1,000 
3,077,900 
382,495 
46,918 
44,439 
84,954 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,969 
109 
86 
143 
63 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,558 
84 
126 
124 
62 
$10,000 to $19,999 
7,054 
181 
267 
301 
109 
$20,000 to $49,999 
13,948 
395 
356 
462 
170 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,323 
373 
160 
161 
110 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,464 
266 
61 
70 
59 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,129 
235 
19 
19 
50 
$500,000 or more 
777 
193 
8 
2 
30 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
34,809 
1,462 
919 
922 
515 
number 
65,779 
4,440 
1,562 
1,419 
1,563 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
36,938 
1,626 
956 
1,089 
518 
number 
73,803 
4,842 
1,776 
1,841 
1,427 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
15,270 
515 
563 
607 
329 
number 
19,173 
713 
780 
767 
567 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
27,731 
1,070 
610 
676 
323 
number 
44,075 
1,845 
840 
961 
716 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
5,989 
998 
91 
92 
62 
number 
10,555 
2,284 
156 
113 
144 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,768 
889 
14 
3 
19 
number 
2,094 
1,067 
17 
3 
25 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
788 
148 
9 
3 
1 
number 
1,064 
219 
9 
6 
(D) 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
348 
23 
5 
14 
2 
number 
404 
24 
5 
17 
(D) 
Hay balers 
... farms 
11,281 
381 
77 
54 
26 
number 
13,947 
471 
89 
69 
36 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
17,100 
1,435 
889 
594 
366 
acres treated 
2,065,552 
515,891 
20,575 
11,465 
32,420 
Manure used 
... farms 
5,840 
287 
122 
70 
28 
acres treated 
588,142 
94,840 
927 
2,493 
1,129 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
5,997 
719 
802 
426 
356 
acres 
999,678 
356,840 
14,266 
9,105 
31,522 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
13,626 
1,440 
804 
492 
385 
acres 
1,933,831 
616,510 
18,625 
10,719 
32,672 
Nematodes 
... farms 
1,013 
138 
259 
59 
25 
acres 
261,403 
47,895 
8,750 
648 
1,571 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,710 
289 
358 
276 
146 
acres 
395,174 
154,283 
7,610 
5,839 
9,661 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
1,082 
164 
40 
184 
27 
acres on which used 
322,155 
69,203 
2,817 
3,424 
969 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
873 
116 
7 
13 
14 
acres 
61,821 
19,964 
252 
437 
479 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
4,168 
278 
117 
94 
110 
acres 
336,939 
76,754 
2,143 
3,671 
6,587 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
746 
41 
9 
17 
16 
acres 
114,049 
21,628 
107 
5,536 
479 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
2,656 
1,116 
144 
51 
75 
acres 
709,853 
440,739 
4,755 
440 
7,857 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
1,441 
435 
149 
32 
43 
acres 
311,942 
84,161 
4,063 
(D) 
3,087 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
3,909 
779 
846 
156 
159 
acres 
379,522 
93,174 
12,317 
1,772 
16,731 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
1,798 
268 
154 
108 
48 
acres 
199,215 
56,468 
4,676 
2,794 
4,275 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
371 
12 
16 
20 
15 
Solar panels 
... farms 
235 
2 
9 
15 
9 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
15 
- 
2 
7 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
43 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
20 
- 
1 
- 
- 
10,374 
770,336 
1,057 
966 
1,917 
3,252 
1,720 
757 
396 
309 
6,583 
12,074 
7,738 
15,959 
3,042 
3,776 
5,753 
8,728 
1,617 
3,455 
448 
532 
581 
768 
70 
81 
2,443 
3,122 
2,924 
721 ,678 
692 
112,848 
1,314 
455,122 
2,522 
682,178 
398 
186,060 
488 
203,779 
549 
229,836 
243 
17,863 
955 
100,629 
377 
56,298 
627 
198,024 
458 
197,897 
996 
221,651 
633 
99,928 
86 
53 
11 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
--continued 
170 Aiabama 2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
