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 
50,215 
5,723 
2,021 
1,494 
3,072 
12,037 
1,046 
$1,000 
4,664,336 
1,070,293 
170,351 
73,387 
230,759 
1,333,309 
379,424 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
4,475 
285 
230 
140 
376 
1,331 
35 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,787 
337 
242 
147 
304 
1,273 
22 
$10,000 to $19,999 
8,491 
718 
406 
320 
547 
2,114 
46 
$20,000 to $49,999 
14,870 
1,304 
593 
481 
846 
3,450 
126 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,424 
984 
321 
262 
494 
1,721 
166 
$100,000 to $199,999 
4,465 
761 
116 
91 
278 
841 
161 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,906 
734 
58 
38 
168 
659 
244 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,797 
600 
55 
15 
59 
648 
246 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
40,049 
5,003 
1,667 
1,114 
2,402 
8,178 
960 
number 
87,620 
15,200 
3,686 
1,922 
5,560 
19,513 
4,632 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
42,778 
5,242 
1,761 
1,287 
2,289 
9,609 
959 
number 
103,667 
18,258 
4,335 
2,519 
4,563 
26,562 
5,696 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
23,901 
2,572 
1,245 
820 
1,585 
5,449 
649 
number 
34,572 
4,085 
1,958 
1,147 
2,412 
8,267 
1,449 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
30,514 
4,255 
1,057 
765 
1,170 
7,123 
860 
number 
52,001 
8,029 
1,747 
1,308 
1,867 
12,546 
2,385 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
7,851 
2,660 
227 
50 
188 
2,145 
665 
number 
17,094 
6,144 
630 
64 
284 
5,749 
1,862 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
4,945 
2,719 
96 
16 
22 
1,216 
425 
number 
5,653 
3,139 
111 
17 
25 
1,386 
494 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
1,228 
256 
8 
- 
1 
876 
117 
number 
1,629 
328 
12 
- 
(D) 
1,184 
164 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
762 
119 
13 
11 
8 
211 
48 
number 
879 
132 
15 
11 
11 
240 
59 
Hay balers 
... farms 
14,241 
1,258 
245 
98 
127 
3,993 
271 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
18,164 
1,706 
285 
105 
150 
5,144 
365 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
24,410 
4,536 
1,612 
858 
1,774 
4,994 
967 
acres treated 
3,488,942 
1,376,484 
132,875 
16,343 
66,501 
1,204,736 
323,543 
Manure used 
... farms 
7,427 
712 
405 
144 
143 
1,020 
83 
acres treated 
449,093 
88,488 
3,859 
1,084 
2,753 
63,120 
8,740 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
10,652 
2,608 
1,377 
746 
1,608 
2,326 
944 
acres 
2,350,771 
1,022,784 
119,117 
14,413 
62,789 
856,066 
252,606 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
19,535 
4,623 
1,367 
789 
1,710 
3,882 
942 
acres 
3,776,603 
1,691,952 
137,660 
16,144 
69,496 
1,226,598 
342,518 
Nematodes 
... farms 
2,531 
596 
381 
118 
135 
1,037 
448 
acres 
627,543 
155,721 
61,897 
3,856 
4,645 
354,787 
90,939 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
3,582 
747 
584 
552 
546 
849 
273 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
670,001 
299,714 
55,054 
11,697 
13,711 
245,868 
69,097 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
2,132 
396 
88 
237 
87 
1,137 
399 
acres on which used 
620,800 
126,125 
25,033 
5,405 
1,655 
422,497 
83,931 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
2,763 
662 
109 
92 
136 
752 
149 
acres 
260,687 
85,334 
6,363 
956 
2,578 
120,857 
28,003 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
7,916 
1,917 
366 
243 
405 
1,851 
271 
acres 
1,417,970 
654,964 
55,552 
5,774 
15,558 
498,299 
104,343 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,615 
203 
54 
73 
73 
675 
39 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
97,641 
21,235 
954 
920 
3,920 
42,587 
3,468 
used 
... farms 
7,387 
3,237 
448 
100 
271 
1,645 
494 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,878,617 
1,015,438 
42,245 
1,089 
10,636 
535,376 
167,260 
used 
... farms 
2,875 
1,107 
288 
33 
111 
786 
200 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
636,205 
272,856 
20,320 
176 
2,111 
274,341 
41,863 
practices were used 
... farms 
9,851 
3,164 
1,479 
205 
481 
2,722 
1,045 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,243,393 
509,347 
90,558 
1,548 
11,095 
487,487 
178,027 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
4,405 
795 
626 
216 
270 
1,352 
391 
acres 
393,002 
88,891 
28,133 
1,243 
4,707 
219,244 
66,282 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
961 
63 
95 
88 
95 
178 
9 
Solar panels 
... farms 
635 
29 
66 
63 
70 
111 
1 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
76 
8 
1 
8 
4 
12 
1 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
46 
7 
1 
3 
4 
8 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
176 
15 
12 
15 
10 
28 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
84 
13 
4 
7 
9 
15 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
