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 
88,634 
43,726 
489 
533 
515 
20,717 
- 
$1,000 
18,954,910 
14,265,567 
16,170 
14,961 
47,053 
681,746 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
6,676 
1,327 
94 
67 
81 
3,591 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,788 
1,031 
72 
71 
58 
2,976 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
9,778 
2,149 
119 
150 
86 
4,431 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
17,040 
5,519 
137 
157 
143 
6,035 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
12,323 
6,003 
41 
60 
62 
2,656 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
10,862 
7,227 
11 
28 
35 
629 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
14,063 
10,610 
12 
- 
36 
299 
- 
$500,000 or more 
12,104 
9,860 
3 
- 
14 
100 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
67,630 
38,153 
358 
342 
316 
9,614 
- 
number 
137,117 
87,019 
538 
458 
709 
12,813 
- 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
70,810 
38,858 
371 
399 
329 
11,985 
_ 
number 
232,016 
153,752 
697 
599 
676 
22,171 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
27,050 
13,843 
281 
265 
227 
5,794 
- 
number 
41,846 
23,093 
394 
349 
376 
8,031 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
48,404 
27,147 
164 
198 
161 
7,677 
- 
number 
80,260 
47,748 
249 
230 
245 
10,305 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
45,484 
32,967 
38 
19 
38 
2,625 
- 
number 
109,910 
82,911 
54 
20 
55 
3,835 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
33,430 
27,820 
15 
3 
8 
728 
_ 
number 
36,451 
30,477 
17 
3 
10 
779 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
2,580 
1,250 
- 
1 
1 
119 
- 
number 
2,709 
1,310 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
137 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
21,739 
11,433 
33 
13 
30 
2,351 
- 
number 
26,276 
13,816 
39 
13 
33 
2,774 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
54,093 
41,040 
312 
183 
204 
1,916 
- 
acres treated 
19,641,333 
16,840,285 
5,989 
1,116 
7,922 
99,723 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
19,443 
11,266 
90 
20 
53 
532 
- 
acres treated 
2,347,716 
1,346,457 
362 
280 
240 
19,948 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
27,915 
21,715 
294 
259 
198 
606 
- 
acres 
9,204,573 
7,867,020 
4,142 
1,639 
5,271 
31,980 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
53,988 
41,330 
282 
256 
230 
2,301 
- 
acres 
23,200,379 
20,131,790 
7,109 
1,657 
8,110 
107,399 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
4,353 
3,561 
74 
20 
20 
45 
- 
acres 
1,045,726 
904,998 
435 
137 
220 
1,170 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
5,302 
4,103 
126 
220 
87 
68 
- 
acres 
1,702,624 
1,506,768 
1,040 
1,100 
1,878 
1,689 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
352 
189 
11 
57 
16 
25 
- 
acres on which used 
13,981 
11,565 
92 
376 
51 
400 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
40,926 
29,183 
99 
99 
88 
4,146 
- 
acres 
12,631,135 
10,839,966 
3,942 
1,382 
3,117 
173,454 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
10,084 
6,056 
26 
40 
42 
1,698 
- 
acres 
1,669,073 
1,370,812 
2,078 
585 
1,191 
72,871 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
3,301 
1,924 
6 
22 
8 
746 
- 
acres 
332,222 
226,719 
178 
477 
345 
45,359 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
22,621 
18,980 
76 
15 
46 
373 
- 
acres 
6,950,836 
6,287,682 
765 
29 
1,578 
15,357 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
24,911 
20,225 
113 
15 
52 
345 
- 
acres 
8,760,348 
7,495,839 
2,579 
72 
2,050 
25,901 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
25,559 
20,088 
279 
17 
98 
493 
- 
acres 
7,882,556 
6,837,003 
3,545 
96 
3,750 
15,927 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
7,195 
3,809 
89 
54 
57 
873 
- 
acres 
379,614 
245,389 
366 
268 
610 
17,022 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
2,463 
1,308 
26 
27 
31 
366 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
406 
123 
14 
11 
19 
74 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
916 
590 
8 
9 
2 
108 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
1,172 
596 
6 
18 
12 
190 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
18 
10 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
