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 
194 
5,618 
11,767 
156 
1,593 
446 
1,202 
3,246 
7,809 
$1,000 
199,163 
969,730 
678,073 
49,058 
1,027,743 
17,425 
169,103 
114,874 
340,177 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
3 
729 
1,273 
6 
39 
58 
169 
649 
965 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6 
584 
1,296 
7 
11 
72 
207 
464 
936 
$10,000 to $19,999 
2 
822 
2,225 
11 
40 
99 
225 
597 
1,699 
$20,000 to $49,999 
16 
1,153 
3,229 
37 
81 
117 
277 
937 
2,156 
$50,000 to $99,999 
25 
860 
1,987 
27 
149 
55 
141 
367 
1,214 
$100,000 to $199,999 
27 
551 
1,070 
25 
284 
34 
74 
144 
560 
$200,000 to $499,999 
43 
472 
582 
26 
507 
10 
71 
76 
260 
$500,000 or more 
72 
447 
105 
17 
482 
1 
38 
12 
19 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
159 
3,691 
9,074 
132 
1,474 
340 
852 
2,468 
6,002 
number 
1,059 
10,509 
16,362 
500 
7,701 
602 
1,604 
3,620 
9,790 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
156 
3,938 
8,168 
123 
1,464 
277 
704 
1,941 
4,938 
number 
1,168 
13,547 
14,403 
350 
8,327 
388 
1,194 
2,636 
7,323 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
41 
1,857 
5,077 
50 
672 
204 
512 
1,459 
3,531 
number 
50 
3,049 
6,709 
77 
1,260 
239 
678 
1,720 
4,294 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
100 
2,732 
4,166 
76 
1,244 
91 
300 
629 
1,852 
number 
272 
5,943 
5,869 
167 
3,589 
122 
460 
716 
2,430 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
138 
1,655 
1,202 
49 
1,025 
22 
42 
149 
442 
number 
846 
4,555 
1,825 
106 
3,478 
27 
56 
200 
599 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
29 
326 
72 
2 
140 
_ 
1 
12 
_ 
number 
53 
424 
81 
(D) 
148 
- 
(D) 
14 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
144 
167 
1 
- 
14 
- 
1 
- 
- 
number 
322 
306 
(D) 
- 
17 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
12 
632 
310 
4 
138 
- 
15 
19 
46 
number 
18 
918 
367 
6 
198 
- 
18 
19 
48 
Hay balers 
... farms 
29 
1,533 
992 
19 
247 
1 
31 
87 
127 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
47 
2,174 
1,140 
25 
324 
(D) 
32 
96 
163 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
191 
2,110 
1,342 
29 
933 
23 
97 
201 
403 
acres treated 
292,135 
1,088,417 
146,785 
8,593 
410,559 
861 
4,829 
24,652 
11,186 
Manure used 
... farms 
42 
518 
541 
12 
541 
26 
102 
174 
353 
acres treated 
12,467 
112,193 
45,702 
1,030 
201,108 
105 
3,143 
4,360 
1 1 ,584 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
164 
1,400 
302 
11 
558 
7 
48 
78 
167 
acres 
266,219 
836,846 
35,769 
(D) 
289,566 
(D) 
3,138 
2,213 
1,428 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
185 
2,109 
1,582 
34 
904 
22 
94 
317 
583 
acres 
294,437 
1,053,542 
168,594 
4,873 
440,771 
537 
4,410 
24,422 
8,244 
Nematodes 
... farms 
40 
196 
24 
2 
45 
- 
4 
- 
7 
acres 
20,070 
82,131 
3,626 
(D) 
17,983 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
28 
342 
70 
106 
5 
24 
4 
30 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
10,807 
125,347 
6,890 
" 
39,168 
33 
1,485 
8 
141 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
139 
371 
49 
2 
127 
- 
27 
- 
16 
acres on which used 
160,202 
134,204 
2,826 
(D) 
20,447 
- 
1,493 
" 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
10 
260 
102 
8 
51 
_ 
8 
9 
42 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
7,993 
4,680 
9,852 
- 
150 
3,844 
675 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
74 
816 
893 
8 
243 
18 
73 
180 
406 
acres 
150,067 
520,261 
95,692 
1,252 
121,942 
132 
1,270 
8,446 
7,448 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
3 
208 
338 
16 
28 
- 
16 
36 
112 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
600,666 
31,020 
14,316 
“ 
(D) 
6,284 
50,438 
used 
... farms 
11 
411 
202 
3 
119 
- 
33 
24 
89 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,236 
45,228 
6,290 
(D) 
27,923 
342 
(D) 
682 
used 
... farms 
44 
307 
96 
- 
123 
3 
2 
24 
21 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
38,622 
133,210 
8,258 
35,288 
(D) 
(D) 
2,418 
171 
practices were used 
... farms 
169 
2,043 
740 
13 
737 
14 
54 
101 
173 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
239,034 
651,163 
76,630 
871 
220,696 
391 
1,462 
16,469 
2,294 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
5 
271 
103 
1 
38 
1 
26 
12 
47 
acres 
3,127 
16,764 
6,569 
(D) 
7,873 
(D) 
228 
(D) 
423 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
1 
358 
939 
19 
33 
50 
150 
264 
572 
Solar panels 
... farms 
1 
316 
888 
13 
21 
41 
145 
246 
532 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
- 
27 
77 
1 
5 
3 
8 
16 
36 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
5 
6 
- 
10 
- 
2 
- 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
3 
15 
" 
" 
3 
5 
11 
8 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
22 
36 
- 
- 
- 
3 
17 
15 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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