Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
77,851 
2,296 
4,191 
35,943 
3,390 
$1,000 
9,709,545 
762,736 
1,276,261 
3,715,445 
389,758 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
10,455 
108 
694 
5,049 
713 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8,336 
88 
476 
3,809 
380 
$10,000 to $19,999 
13,025 
168 
536 
5,968 
633 
$20,000 to $49,999 
18,826 
334 
1,032 
8,721 
736 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11,191 
236 
444 
5,314 
372 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,916 
392 
265 
3,244 
246 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,289 
435 
243 
2,374 
190 
$500,000 or more 
3,813 
535 
501 
1,464 
120 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
55,175 
1,793 
3,206 
23,508 
2,476 
number 
132,455 
5,344 
12,881 
54,679 
7,804 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
53,296 
1,800 
3,003 
24,936 
1,848 
number 
147,163 
6,938 
16,431 
68,620 
5,838 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
31,264 
640 
1,822 
14,085 
1,314 
number 
49,313 
998 
3,291 
23,660 
3,288 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
30,456 
1,191 
1,670 
15,617 
788 
number 
68,295 
2,277 
6,761 
37,777 
1,912 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
10,631 
1,326 
964 
3,358 
259 
number 
29,555 
3,663 
6,379 
7,183 
638 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,710 
845 
118 
156 
9 
number 
2,497 
1,397 
174 
194 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
475 
21 
52 
75 
- 
number 
870 
32 
79 
112 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,629 
121 
40 
289 
3 
number 
2,188 
169 
56 
368 
3 
Hay balers 
... farms 
3,674 
173 
113 
302 
20 
number 
4,822 
239 
168 
393 
(D) 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
32,646 
2,042 
3,065 
20,561 
1,649 
acres treated 
6,314,533 
799,027 
1,096,689 
2,361,104 
69,696 
Manure used 
... farms 
6,794 
270 
813 
3,167 
235 
acres treated 
712,975 
44,409 
73,106 
200,810 
2,958 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
25,064 
1,631 
2,736 
16,554 
1,408 
acres 
5,293,093 
578,029 
988,590 
2,225,423 
64,018 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
32,402 
2,042 
2,647 
20,111 
1,772 
acres 
6,116,162 
838,242 
958,501 
2,245,599 
73,990 
Nematodes 
... farms 
4,485 
84 
958 
2,955 
170 
acres 
725,589 
23,604 
217,795 
346,200 
14,038 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
14,196 
647 
1,280 
11,051 
609 
acres 
2,038,769 
209,522 
340,139 
1,281,233 
23,996 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
9,810 
132 
360 
8,455 
132 
acres on which used 
1,460,135 
27,304 
120,969 
989,998 
2,381 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
1,913 
68 
182 
1,108 
65 
acres 
476,794 
12,783 
134,005 
55,096 
4,985 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
7,166 
993 
485 
2,707 
270 
acres 
1,872,676 
411,877 
273,257 
263,094 
17,938 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,603 
73 
68 
651 
54 
acres 
929,985 
28,206 
9,588 
77,421 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
4,213 
204 
906 
1,553 
658 
acres 
205,383 
36,652 
50,252 
30,294 
4,477 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
1,945 
233 
491 
509 
92 
acres 
566,983 
107,785 
184,144 
56,286 
751 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
11,762 
2,030 
2,741 
2,296 
651 
acres 
3,083,056 
753,324 
836,559 
253,467 
30,696 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
4,899 
75 
812 
3,340 
168 
acres 
340,532 
15,374 
38,647 
242,350 
8,941 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
5,845 
71 
413 
2,765 
210 
Solar panels 
... farms 
5,445 
61 
395 
2,594 
192 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
324 
12 
22 
109 
8 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
41 
1 
- 
15 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
104 
1 
1 
55 
2 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
190 
1 
20 
71 
5 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Tobacco 
Total farming 
(11191) 
5,812 
1,168,893 
732 
590 
824 
1,169 
885 
578 
515 
519 
3,850 
11,568 
4,094 
14,715 
1,898 
3,099 
2,832 
6,215 
1,793 
5,401 
355 
477 
311 
628 
644 
936 
1,562 
2,221 
2,301 
1,380,552 
560 
124,660 
1,564 
1,103,065 
2,294 
1,347,979 
236 
102,201 
370 
136,154 
510 
294,406 
270 
242,731 
890 
670,328 
211 
103,934 
422 
47,464 
351 
171,832 
2,212 
890,197 
276 
19,891 
359 
317 
27 
5 
3 
22 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
182 California 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
