Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
12,256 
2,561 
417 
270 
490 
2,932 
23 
$1,000 
1,420,216 
613,821 
33,769 
15,369 
68,103 
143,764 
1,224 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
965 
92 
33 
32 
60 
358 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
986 
91 
32 
34 
46 
388 
2 
$10,000 to $19,999 
1,520 
186 
76 
35 
49 
419 
3 
$20,000 to $49,999 
3,288 
447 
129 
93 
128 
916 
8 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,217 
424 
68 
36 
82 
493 
4 
$100,000 to $199,999 
1,512 
458 
35 
20 
48 
239 
5 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,164 
504 
30 
18 
49 
98 
- 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
604 
359 
14 
2 
28 
21 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
9,130 
2,138 
322 
181 
350 
1,645 
11 
number 
19,642 
6,715 
686 
339 
1,108 
2,558 
25 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
10,325 
2,330 
356 
231 
381 
2,243 
18 
number 
29,864 
9,361 
1,119 
528 
1,226 
5,496 
56 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
6,277 
1,212 
251 
178 
294 
1,374 
10 
number 
10,158 
2,097 
496 
266 
661 
2,131 
28 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
7,201 
1,842 
232 
113 
213 
1,628 
15 
number 
13,257 
3,878 
475 
243 
482 
2,745 
28 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
3,251 
1,490 
86 
15 
49 
434 
- 
number 
6,449 
3,386 
148 
19 
83 
620 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,904 
1,308 
40 
3 
7 
152 
3 
number 
2,175 
1,534 
42 
(D) 
7 
166 
3 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
379 
87 
3 
2 
1 
64 
- 
number 
405 
92 
3 
(D) 
(D) 
69 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
3,745 
987 
73 
20 
23 
1,007 
7 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
5,146 
1,416 
81 
20 
30 
1,347 
7 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
5,427 
2,265 
293 
117 
254 
680 
18 
acres treated 
1,011,668 
724,804 
17,583 
3,223 
16,371 
46,785 
398 
Manure used 
... farms 
2,634 
655 
93 
19 
43 
364 
8 
acres treated 
208,568 
82,617 
1,728 
188 
578 
12,858 
28 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
2,574 
1,187 
257 
118 
251 
201 
19 
acres 
581,377 
443,883 
13,202 
3,582 
15,034 
13,694 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
4,799 
2,210 
226 
123 
274 
557 
16 
acres 
1,086,600 
818,762 
17,043 
3,560 
16,454 
34,717 
344 
Nematodes 
... farms 
382 
138 
118 
21 
16 
51 
4 
acres 
43,457 
27,257 
5,753 
129 
395 
1,783 
22 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
873 
312 
163 
117 
117 
77 
4 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
140,305 
102,701 
8,856 
3,112 
5,721 
3,531 
30 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
254 
63 
25 
57 
24 
57 
10 
acres on which used 
24,543 
18,613 
1,045 
1,692 
683 
707 
93 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
736 
287 
18 
16 
10 
111 
_ 
acres 
43,840 
26,344 
345 
169 
309 
3,496 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
1,705 
594 
46 
34 
51 
344 
1 
acres 
252,992 
168,017 
1,144 
(D) 
5,821 
18,970 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,628 
394 
30 
29 
54 
554 
2 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
147,413 
71,112 
1,331 
869 
3,323 
32,845 
(D) 
used 
... farms 
3,340 
2,006 
153 
28 
57 
278 
7 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
767,813 
600,755 
8,883 
661 
3,537 
20,209 
157 
used 
... farms 
1,249 
770 
69 
7 
21 
93 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
194,668 
156,365 
3,828 
(D) 
880 
6,820 
- 
practices were used 
... farms 
2,095 
893 
285 
34 
89 
291 
23 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
145,531 
96,704 
7,337 
397 
4,511 
7,071 
370 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
2,366 
1,211 
182 
45 
58 
264 
15 
acres 
327,689 
239,879 
5,849 
673 
1,875 
10,262 
95 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
416 
52 
27 
20 
22 
99 
3 
Solar panels 
... farms 
284 
34 
19 
16 
20 
64 
2 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
29 
4 
1 
2 
1 
6 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
83 
5 
6 
2 
1 
27 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
