Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
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) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
368 
10,006 
17,698 
- 
87 
177 
3,815 
1,904 
4,313 
$1,000 
139,303 
631,033 
1,021,770 
- 
9,541 
7,711 
433,678 
56,239 
219,819 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
11 
1,046 
806 
- 
1 
22 
158 
200 
324 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3 
963 
1,312 
- 
2 
22 
190 
258 
412 
$10,000 to $19,999 
14 
1,903 
2,607 
- 
14 
49 
324 
498 
787 
$20,000 to $49,999 
29 
3,223 
6,133 
- 
26 
48 
959 
638 
1,509 
$50,000 to $99,999 
55 
1,665 
3,837 
- 
15 
13 
921 
226 
787 
$100,000 to $199,999 
81 
676 
2,134 
- 
22 
12 
691 
63 
329 
$200,000 to $499,999 
66 
330 
796 
- 
3 
11 
430 
20 
150 
$500,000 or more 
109 
200 
73 
- 
4 
- 
142 
1 
15 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
324 
6,259 
15,589 
_ 
82 
159 
3,525 
1,538 
3,515 
number 
1,004 
11,070 
27,912 
- 
240 
314 
8,656 
1,989 
5,610 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
305 
7,433 
16,333 
_ 
82 
145 
3,392 
1,508 
3,551 
number 
1,251 
14,708 
32,175 
- 
247 
254 
7,361 
2,025 
5,896 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
69 
2,973 
6,159 
- 
21 
94 
1,295 
931 
1,714 
number 
91 
3,685 
7,661 
- 
22 
119 
1,629 
1,067 
2,072 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
176 
5,577 
13,339 
- 
71 
77 
2,735 
792 
2,285 
number 
303 
8,425 
21,388 
- 
147 
110 
5,024 
909 
3,407 
1 00 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
269 
1,348 
2,255 
- 
34 
15 
483 
47 
295 
number 
857 
2,598 
3,126 
- 
78 
25 
708 
49 
417 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
134 
314 
253 
_ 
6 
_ 
113 
5 
18 
number 
155 
377 
284 
- 
8 
- 
134 
5 
19 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
316 
265 
11 
- 
1 
- 
32 
- 
2 
number 
441 
327 
14 
- 
(D) 
- 
44 
- 
(D) 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
3 
67 
194 
- 
9 
4 
17 
3 
7 
number 
3 
78 
227 
- 
10 
(D) 
21 
4 
9 
Hay balers 
... farms 
70 
2,373 
6,628 
- 
35 
41 
956 
121 
519 
number 
82 
3,040 
8,134 
37 
48 
1,099 
141 
701 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
339 
2,585 
8,454 
- 
49 
28 
835 
467 
1,059 
acres treated 
218,131 
503,547 
617,819 
- 
11,060 
960 
89,726 
6,930 
37,028 
Manure used 
... farms 
55 
637 
2,992 
- 
24 
22 
1,078 
119 
406 
acres treated 
36,994 
75,854 
247,184 
- 
2,158 
776 
113,994 
1,396 
10,397 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
266 
1,048 
1,450 
- 
14 
9 
524 
117 
266 
acres 
149,835 
305,287 
75,707 
- 
4,404 
400 
39,323 
1,284 
1 1 ,705 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
337 
2,185 
5,664 
- 
37 
20 
1,100 
301 
861 
acres 
218,755 
463,423 
398,430 
- 
9,608 
1,085 
125,145 
3,670 
35,189 
Nematodes 
... farms 
135 
263 
69 
- 
1 
- 
51 
2 
11 
acres 
62,546 
123,514 
4,079 
- 
(D) 
- 
1 1 ,924 
(D) 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
107 
381 
71 
- 
1 
- 
57 
12 
12 
acres 
39,116 
164,663 
2,208 
- 
(D) 
- 
9,477 
41 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
263 
286 
58 
- 
1 
- 
39 
2 
18 
acres on which used 
128,738 
101,098 
2,369 
- 
(D) 
- 
11,198 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
35 
208 
320 
_ 
1 
7 
76 
14 
62 
acres 
4,301 
13,562 
18,161 
- 
(D) 
24 
3,068 
(D) 
979 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
76 
879 
1,718 
- 
11 
23 
349 
144 
369 
acres 
26,559 
74,070 
112,516 
- 
240 
594 
15,084 
1,702 
17,019 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
11 
366 
157 
- 
3 
- 
48 
15 
63 
acres 
2,720 
53,578 
14,008 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
182 
10,339 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
205 
422 
385 
- 
15 
2 
211 
3 
27 
acres 
109,331 
88,693 
17,383 
- 
3,886 
(D) 
34,956 
(D) 
1,676 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
116 
342 
209 
- 
3 
2 
88 
6 
16 
acres 
58,406 
139,491 
10,666 
- 
736 
(D) 
8,471 
14 
(D) 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
152 
844 
654 
- 
9 
5 
188 
36 
81 
acres 
48,915 
1 72,736 
17,548 
- 
1,705 
20 
12,525 
192 
1,887 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
81 
552 
411 
- 
4 
1 
94 
21 
56 
acres 
24,388 
75,540 
16,989 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
9,597 
(D) 
3,493 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
2 
84 
143 
- 
- 
4 
22 
21 
32 
Solar panels 
... farms 
- 
53 
99 
- 
- 
- 
11 
17 
20 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
11 
16 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
3 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
12 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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