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) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
35,893 
3,949 
455 
577 
576 
10,152 
- 
$1,000 
3,953,022 
1,383,010 
167,299 
27,594 
63,818 
716,200 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
3,507 
129 
49 
69 
80 
1,389 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,222 
75 
49 
73 
36 
1,255 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
5,427 
155 
73 
104 
90 
1,709 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
9,341 
454 
72 
173 
136 
2,623 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,892 
547 
53 
90 
84 
1,548 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,750 
643 
24 
39 
72 
790 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,038 
1,008 
37 
23 
48 
592 
- 
$500,000 or more 
1,716 
938 
98 
6 
30 
246 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
27,914 
3,552 
378 
438 
457 
6,588 
- 
number 
69,097 
15,435 
2,246 
749 
1,307 
13,582 
- 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
26,709 
3,471 
349 
473 
403 
6,936 
_ 
number 
59,252 
11,943 
1,337 
931 
965 
14,929 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
12,607 
1,041 
197 
343 
274 
3,215 
- 
number 
16,910 
1,557 
305 
476 
450 
4,376 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
16,074 
1,903 
167 
247 
203 
4,436 
- 
number 
23,882 
3,009 
328 
433 
378 
6,520 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
8,965 
3,036 
150 
18 
69 
2,163 
- 
number 
18,460 
7,377 
704 
22 
137 
4,033 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
3,317 
2,260 
65 
_ 
2 
483 
_ 
number 
4,357 
3,093 
93 
- 
(D) 
544 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
2,563 
289 
11 
10 
5 
1,002 
- 
number 
2,876 
316 
12 
12 
5 
1,131 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
9,067 
1,025 
63 
40 
30 
3,445 
- 
number 
11,292 
1,304 
82 
44 
34 
4,223 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
9,708 
3,149 
305 
254 
258 
2,477 
- 
acres treated 
4,145,816 
3,023,285 
121,189 
4,004 
15,300 
368,364 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
3,650 
562 
115 
94 
58 
738 
- 
acres treated 
343,410 
139,955 
4,883 
1,100 
399 
46,713 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
4,221 
1,519 
296 
287 
234 
884 
- 
acres 
1,285,988 
842,851 
85,394 
4,276 
13,841 
172,201 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
10,446 
3,809 
295 
248 
281 
2,353 
- 
acres 
5,904,526 
4,605,201 
124,761 
4,014 
16,336 
368,564 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
477 
165 
149 
19 
24 
55 
- 
acres 
114,493 
46,852 
47,396 
288 
571 
11,908 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
940 
348 
185 
180 
63 
68 
- 
acres 
279,614 
159,618 
68,429 
2,426 
(D) 
15,442 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
380 
42 
93 
118 
24 
53 
- 
acres on which used 
55,184 
7,173 
41,761 
2,454 
266 
2,914 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
719 
140 
15 
15 
19 
241 
_ 
acres 
66,950 
19,901 
561 
268 
499 
29,458 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
3,064 
203 
50 
151 
52 
1,062 
- 
acres 
234,802 
43,750 
7,588 
1,896 
1,269 
81,793 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,704 
160 
22 
35 
23 
603 
- 
acres 
1,396,407 
80,259 
2,153 
1,633 
2,389 
365,973 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
3,159 
1,651 
85 
34 
57 
633 
- 
acres 
2,760,309 
2,445,118 
6,035 
273 
1,155 
70,443 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
2,413 
1,486 
94 
6 
30 
343 
- 
acres 
1,888,607 
1,546,806 
54,833 
(D) 
2,990 
88,504 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
5,218 
2,223 
280 
39 
112 
1,282 
- 
acres 
1,826,497 
1,322,522 
71,940 
158 
7,438 
161,713 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
1,270 
277 
104 
86 
36 
375 
- 
acres 
126,293 
61,972 
14,495 
1,318 
348 
22,729 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
2,013 
126 
54 
83 
66 
442 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
1,636 
60 
47 
79 
60 
343 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
339 
48 
6 
7 
11 
83 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
153 
11 
1 
7 
7 
41 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
47 
1 
1 
1 
- 
13 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
