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 
feed lots 
(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 
528 
10,463 
13,909 
10 
263 
1,170 
3,404 
1,922 
5,190 
$1,000 
209,104 
744,781 
641,158 
2,536 
68,140 
259,440 
522,503 
61,644 
230,816 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
14 
1,282 
1,077 
- 
9 
39 
154 
287 
547 
$5,000 to $9,999 
14 
1,237 
1,453 
- 
8 
31 
176 
256 
560 
$10,000 to $19,999 
8 
2,060 
2,478 
4 
12 
85 
323 
435 
1,049 
$20,000 to $49,999 
64 
3,260 
4,702 
- 
39 
267 
851 
617 
1,720 
$50,000 to $99,999 
50 
1,505 
2,630 
- 
24 
240 
703 
194 
851 
$100,000 to $199,999 
112 
568 
1,124 
3 
64 
211 
580 
99 
297 
$200,000 to $499,999 
125 
290 
410 
1 
73 
159 
421 
34 
151 
$500,000 or more 
141 
261 
35 
2 
34 
138 
196 
- 
15 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
471 
6,747 
11,621 
8 
242 
1,083 
3,082 
1,453 
4,196 
number 
1,604 
13,277 
19,510 
25 
1,019 
3,802 
8,756 
2,055 
6,572 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
476 
8,174 
12,638 
6 
250 
1,063 
3,055 
1,435 
4,143 
number 
1,966 
18,900 
26,181 
24 
1,308 
3,336 
8,105 
2,078 
6,398 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
183 
4,617 
6,611 
- 
113 
502 
1,617 
885 
2,502 
number 
253 
6,565 
9,105 
- 
202 
769 
2,375 
1,093 
3,159 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
313 
5,950 
9,625 
6 
211 
864 
2,387 
768 
2,283 
number 
552 
9,609 
15,654 
16 
674 
1,803 
4,511 
939 
2,907 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
390 
1,090 
1,094 
4 
173 
367 
643 
46 
254 
number 
1,161 
2,726 
1,422 
8 
432 
764 
1,219 
46 
332 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
167 
624 
236 
2 
71 
166 
361 
4 
36 
number 
174 
718 
244 
(D) 
79 
185 
417 
(D) 
44 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
463 
296 
2 
- 
1 
26 
55 
- 
3 
number 
587 
433 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
31 
65 
- 
4 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
5 
158 
213 
- 
70 
17 
46 
- 
54 
number 
5 
176 
245 
- 
80 
19 
63 
- 
63 
Hay balers 
... farms 
25 
3,697 
6,131 
5 
182 
356 
823 
203 
820 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
34 
4,745 
7,784 
7 
250 
435 
1,046 
255 
997 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
493 
3,534 
6,977 
5 
185 
428 
972 
503 
1 ,566 
acres treated 
282,219 
598,974 
302,448 
1,194 
56,856 
115,740 
156,713 
7,549 
51,503 
Manure used 
... farms 
56 
881 
2,522 
4 
156 
402 
893 
209 
817 
acres treated 
10,270 
44,110 
97,458 
692 
23,525 
37,320 
112,073 
2,049 
16,672 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
394 
988 
599 
2 
74 
333 
560 
78 
341 
acres 
195,749 
407,711 
15,588 
(D) 
16,969 
94,086 
126,663 
(D) 
21,213 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
494 
2,446 
3,928 
6 
174 
533 
1,109 
275 
1,139 
acres 
288,521 
595,559 
140,012 
888 
58,335 
155,492 
222,568 
2,854 
54,604 
Nematodes 
... farms 
200 
389 
46 
- 
11 
77 
112 
4 
14 
acres 
94,469 
169,379 
406 
- 
1,770 
26,923 
15,753 
8 
1,777 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
125 
451 
81 
2 
9 
54 
131 
6 
21 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
40,812 
135,959 
831 
(D) 
1,690 
18,203 
20,213 
(D) 
2,958 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
382 
356 
41 
2 
2 
37 
85 
- 
20 
acres on which used 
179,399 
159,167 
606 
(D) 
(D) 
19,737 
16,667 
" 
2,655 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
148 
455 
511 
_ 
16 
152 
149 
59 
125 
acres 
32,700 
60,154 
8,122 
- 
622 
20,091 
9,936 
774 
5,054 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
256 
1,324 
1,483 
2 
21 
304 
523 
216 
585 
acres 
120,427 
273,529 
40,833 
(D) 
(D) 
57,935 
60,543 
(D) 
22,423 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
44 
592 
312 
2 
10 
19 
70 
41 
83 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
7,382 
31,737 
17,057 
(D) 
819 
(D) 
2,890 
1,148 
5,061 
used 
... farms 
294 
857 
608 
2 
157 
252 
523 
31 
113 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
135,248 
232,868 
18,758 
(D) 
40,440 
57,738 
130,313 
(D) 
25,695 
used 
... farms 
188 
398 
215 
- 
41 
100 
145 
6 
43 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
89,201 
143,277 
2,576 
5,093 
31,631 
21,453 
23 
5,625 
practices were used 
... farms 
288 
1,389 
777 
- 
54 
292 
478 
39 
160 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
75,881 
233,579 
8,667 
~ 
2,998 
56,889 
67,024 
136 
7,644 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
157 
804 
504 
- 
73 
185 
201 
38 
145 
acres 
65,078 
87,884 
8,434 
11,685 
15,322 
11,991 
326 
3,026 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
8 
161 
212 
2 
8 
14 
53 
62 
91 
Solar panels 
... farms 
2 
108 
144 
- 
7 
3 
28 
52 
62 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
2 
9 
24 
- 
1 
- 
5 
9 
4 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
2 
6 
19 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
28 
59 
- 
" 
- 
14 
4 
19 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
14 
33 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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