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 
2,451 
606 
61 
19 
73 
309 
- 
$1,000 
395,981 
207,566 
21,588 
1,807 
5,073 
23,955 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
90 
5 
3 
6 
6 
18 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
130 
22 
6 
1 
12 
7 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
323 
33 
6 
6 
13 
57 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
535 
76 
7 
2 
16 
110 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
559 
118 
7 
- 
15 
64 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
321 
107 
7 
3 
5 
28 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
294 
114 
8 
- 
3 
20 
- 
$500,000 or more 
199 
131 
17 
1 
3 
5 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
1,914 
534 
52 
13 
47 
194 
- 
number 
5,520 
2,280 
274 
43 
114 
362 
- 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
2,047 
566 
60 
19 
47 
252 
_ 
number 
5,509 
2,229 
258 
(D) 
97 
587 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
1,149 
221 
39 
16 
36 
132 
- 
number 
1,664 
375 
84 
22 
46 
197 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
1,290 
435 
33 
9 
19 
181 
- 
number 
2,215 
791 
93 
21 
43 
313 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
730 
422 
30 
1 
5 
45 
- 
number 
1,630 
1,063 
81 
(D) 
8 
77 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
574 
397 
22 
1 
_ 
23 
_ 
number 
663 
466 
24 
(D) 
- 
27 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
53 
24 
2 
- 
1 
13 
- 
number 
56 
24 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
16 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
431 
130 
2 
- 
1 
132 
- 
number 
555 
177 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
158 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
1,087 
533 
50 
12 
35 
94 
- 
acres treated 
350,514 
260,690 
27,220 
(D) 
897 
(D) 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
548 
199 
19 
2 
3 
61 
- 
acres treated 
67,494 
40,333 
2,810 
(D) 
(D) 
2,702 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
604 
330 
47 
11 
28 
30 
- 
acres 
215,943 
164,023 
21,563 
(D) 
810 
4,628 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
1,014 
541 
40 
10 
28 
60 
- 
acres 
397,644 
298,487 
28,231 
(D) 
833 
10,120 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
124 
55 
21 
3 
3 
6 
- 
acres 
26,017 
13,171 
8,920 
10 
9 
986 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
238 
117 
32 
8 
16 
15 
- 
acres 
70,117 
47,109 
13,562 
(D) 
373 
1,365 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
33 
14 
7 
4 
2 
1 
- 
acres on which used 
13,126 
4,532 
(D) 
125 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
150 
83 
7 
2 
4 
7 
_ 
acres 
12,070 
9,122 
1,230 
(D) 
198 
(D) 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
740 
256 
19 
6 
17 
70 
- 
acres 
114,415 
78,784 
3,120 
131 
463 
4,183 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
194 
84 
6 
3 
3 
38 
- 
acres 
109,650 
84,390 
1 1 ,943 
145 
(D) 
1,953 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
705 
437 
30 
4 
9 
41 
- 
acres 
219,138 
174,996 
9,251 
(D) 
20 
4,383 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
292 
172 
17 
- 
- 
22 
- 
acres 
81,402 
65,714 
6,212 
- 
- 
747 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
609 
313 
45 
4 
17 
39 
- 
acres 
106,915 
66,542 
13,422 
(D) 
334 
(D) 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
393 
210 
31 
4 
11 
15 
- 
acres 
70,126 
44,420 
10,373 
(D) 
229 
1,277 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
78 
9 
2 
1 
7 
11 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
65 
4 
1 
1 
7 
8 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
10 
3 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
168 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
