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 
28,093 
2,396 
510 
808 
648 
6,732 
- 
$1,000 
2,933,418 
1,060,039 
35,706 
33,081 
39,496 
726,957 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,152 
58 
68 
53 
85 
792 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,225 
48 
50 
59 
51 
592 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
4,337 
117 
109 
165 
78 
1,177 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
8,095 
241 
160 
318 
188 
1,991 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5,473 
274 
76 
147 
138 
1,131 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,794 
366 
24 
51 
60 
487 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,835 
550 
18 
13 
42 
268 
- 
$500,000 or more 
1,182 
742 
5 
2 
6 
294 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
20,517 
2,089 
406 
546 
493 
3,660 
- 
number 
36,005 
6,768 
685 
717 
948 
6,617 
- 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
23,303 
2,131 
450 
709 
469 
4,677 
_ 
number 
50,885 
8,317 
984 
1,329 
948 
11,804 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
9,748 
518 
321 
459 
303 
1,867 
- 
number 
12,130 
681 
460 
627 
465 
2,332 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
16,324 
1,114 
227 
435 
256 
3,329 
- 
number 
24,692 
1,745 
375 
619 
425 
5,243 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
6,051 
1,863 
50 
59 
50 
1,449 
- 
number 
14,063 
5,891 
149 
83 
58 
4,229 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,857 
1,540 
16 
6 
7 
212 
_ 
number 
2,382 
1,993 
18 
7 
9 
269 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
414 
271 
- 
- 
- 
140 
- 
number 
574 
372 
- 
- 
- 
199 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
209 
9 
1 
10 
- 
73 
- 
number 
252 
9 
(D) 
10 
- 
100 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
5,993 
191 
35 
47 
13 
1,392 
- 
number 
7,509 
219 
43 
59 
19 
1,830 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
10,085 
2,085 
398 
369 
299 
1,318 
- 
acres treated 
2,625,512 
1,702,493 
20,899 
7,836 
6,202 
511,470 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
1,664 
152 
54 
37 
17 
184 
- 
acres treated 
145,776 
49,384 
463 
561 
640 
15,778 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
4,798 
1,941 
364 
319 
291 
674 
- 
acres 
2,222,104 
1,749,432 
19,783 
4,237 
5,876 
383,211 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
8,459 
2,223 
359 
363 
331 
1,309 
- 
acres 
3,087,652 
2,157,827 
21,647 
8,067 
6,533 
592,596 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
592 
302 
103 
47 
28 
88 
- 
acres 
236,018 
189,213 
6,565 
566 
(D) 
38,082 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,966 
1,183 
140 
206 
133 
233 
- 
acres 
1,161,858 
996,115 
4,400 
3,275 
1,653 
151,412 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
1,313 
696 
38 
150 
31 
346 
- 
acres on which used 
695,807 
437,479 
2,511 
4,870 
584 
245,925 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
318 
42 
12 
10 
16 
65 
_ 
acres 
39,232 
15,937 
(D) 
244 
255 
6,309 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
7,289 
1,339 
174 
265 
186 
1,617 
- 
acres 
2,395,260 
1,371,911 
9,509 
10,813 
6,576 
518,073 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
753 
116 
10 
23 
8 
397 
- 
acres 
145,463 
51,259 
663 
3,890 
(D) 
70,846 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
1,468 
685 
152 
37 
86 
220 
- 
acres 
479,652 
380,299 
1,385 
354 
812 
85,557 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
1,190 
842 
42 
1 
10 
201 
- 
acres 
913,285 
773,893 
3,229 
(D) 
602 
127,886 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
3,268 
1,662 
315 
41 
89 
667 
- 
acres 
1,734,569 
1,209,483 
17,724 
137 
1,351 
486,401 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
591 
127 
73 
24 
22 
126 
- 
acres 
59,206 
35,640 
2,351 
794 
806 
10,316 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
370 
20 
18 
26 
10 
49 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
353 
19 
18 
22 
10 
48 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
