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 
- 
309 
137 
2 
32 
16 
645 
31 
520 
$1,000 
- 
23,955 
(D) 
(D) 
5,485 
978 
93,583 
1,066 
26,429 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
- 
18 
5 
- 
- 
5 
12 
2 
28 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
7 
5 
- 
1 
- 
27 
2 
47 
$10,000 to $19,999 
- 
57 
30 
- 
3 
3 
55 
9 
108 
$20,000 to $49,999 
- 
110 
45 
1 
2 
4 
118 
13 
141 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
64 
22 
- 
10 
- 
193 
3 
127 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
28 
22 
- 
8 
- 
103 
1 
37 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
20 
8 
1 
4 
4 
99 
1 
32 
$500,000 or more 
- 
5 
- 
- 
4 
- 
38 
- 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
_ 
194 
91 
2 
16 
8 
580 
22 
355 
number 
- 
362 
119 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
1,606 
24 
630 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
_ 
252 
109 
2 
29 
5 
557 
18 
383 
number 
- 
587 
196 
(D) 
98 
5 
1,375 
28 
578 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
132 
60 
1 
10 
- 
343 
16 
275 
number 
- 
197 
86 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
474 
23 
337 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
181 
64 
2 
23 
5 
356 
4 
159 
number 
- 
313 
92 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
607 
(D) 
193 
1 00 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
- 
45 
18 
1 
17 
- 
155 
1 
35 
number 
- 
77 
18 
(D) 
33 
- 
294 
(D) 
48 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
_ 
23 
6 
2 
6 
_ 
115 
_ 
2 
number 
- 
27 
6 
(D) 
6 
- 
128 
- 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
13 
2 
- 
2 
- 
4 
- 
5 
number 
- 
16 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
4 
- 
5 
Hay balers 
... farms 
- 
132 
44 
2 
28 
- 
48 
- 
44 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
158 
58 
(D) 
33 
66 
58 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
- 
94 
41 
2 
24 
4 
209 
2 
81 
acres treated 
- 
(D) 
844 
(D) 
4,265 
28 
42,324 
(D) 
4,092 
Manure used 
... farms 
- 
61 
36 
2 
29 
11 
111 
1 
74 
acres treated 
- 
2,702 
1,218 
(D) 
3,434 
46 
15,518 
(D) 
1,128 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
- 
30 
4 
1 
9 
- 
127 
- 
17 
acres 
- 
4,628 
19 
(D) 
2,364 
- 
18,956 
- 
2,780 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
- 
60 
25 
2 
28 
4 
229 
- 
47 
acres 
- 
10,120 
255 
(D) 
3,697 
28 
50,691 
- 
4,104 
Nematodes 
... farms 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
30 
- 
6 
acres 
- 
986 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,741 
- 
180 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
- 
15 
- 
1 
3 
- 
38 
- 
8 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
- 
1,365 
- 
(D) 
660 
- 
6,467 
- 
182 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
acres on which used 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
207 
- 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
_ 
7 
9 
_ 
9 
_ 
19 
1 
9 
acres 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
172 
- 
242 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
- 
70 
31 
- 
13 
- 
218 
8 
102 
acres 
- 
4,183 
1,026 
- 
1,908 
- 
21,284 
43 
3,473 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
- 
38 
5 
1 
2 
- 
38 
- 
14 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
- 
1,953 
212 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
6,017 
- 
4,334 
used 
... farms 
- 
41 
2 
1 
14 
- 
153 
2 
12 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,383 
(D) 
(D) 
1,551 
26,847 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
... farms 
- 
22 
- 
- 
10 
- 
69 
1 
1 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
“ 
747 
■ 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
7,514 
(D) 
(D) 
practices were used 
... farms 
- 
39 
11 
2 
13 
- 
147 
- 
18 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
■ 
(D) 
325 
(D) 
1,509 
■ 
19,134 
■ 
(D) 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
- 
15 
11 
2 
18 
- 
77 
- 
14 
acres 
- 
1,277 
(D) 
(D) 
2,251 
- 
10,316 
- 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
- 
11 
7 
- 
6 
3 
13 
- 
19 
Solar panels 
... farms 
- 
8 
6 
- 
6 
3 
11 
- 
18 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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