Table 40. Machinery and Equipment on Operation: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
North Carolina 
Alamance 
Alexander 
Alleghany 
Anson 
Ashe 
Avery 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms, 2012 
50,215 
732 
601 
567 
429 
1,140 
483 
2007 
52,910 
753 
627 
519 
487 
1,125 
477 
$1,000, 2012 
4,664,336 
44,251 
42,624 
40,000 
41,719 
62,510 
26,659 
2007 
4,063,115 
45,575 
36,992 
34,774 
30,476 
50,537 
28,717 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
92,887 
60,452 
70,922 
70,547 
97,248 
54,833 
55,194 
2007 
76,793 
60,524 
58,998 
67,003 
62,579 
44,922 
60,203 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $9,999 
2012 
9,262 
144 
95 
117 
37 
168 
64 
2007 
10,048 
144 
109 
97 
82 
266 
93 
$10,000 to $19,999 
2012 
8,491 
119 
88 
68 
90 
212 
67 
2007 
8,907 
130 
89 
63 
90 
159 
58 
$20,000 to $29,999 
2012 
7,194 
103 
99 
78 
41 
162 
75 
2007 
7,623 
91 
92 
58 
81 
178 
60 
$30,000 to $49,999 
2012 
7,676 
129 
114 
108 
79 
178 
96 
2007 
8,068 
118 
107 
105 
87 
206 
81 
$50,000 to $69,999 
2012 
5,075 
82 
51 
69 
39 
132 
60 
2007 
5,454 
70 
63 
71 
48 
141 
64 
$70,000 to $99,999 
2012 
3,349 
43 
36 
39 
34 
127 
37 
2007 
3,524 
69 
52 
45 
35 
70 
35 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2012 
4,465 
51 
71 
51 
61 
110 
61 
2007 
4,710 
65 
83 
39 
28 
67 
53 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2012 
2,906 
57 
30 
29 
36 
46 
22 
2007 
3,300 
62 
30 
36 
26 
31 
32 
$500,000 or more 
2012 
1,797 
4 
17 
8 
12 
5 
1 
2007 
1,276 
4 
2 
5 
10 
7 
1 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms, 2012 
40,049 
579 
510 
450 
324 
921 
430 
2007 
44,861 
624 
565 
446 
375 
986 
428 
number, 2012 
87,620 
1,025 
1,021 
889 
750 
1,685 
931 
2007 
94,868 
1,144 
1,132 
928 
773 
1,653 
988 
Tractors 
farms, 2012 
42,778 
653 
565 
496 
351 
946 
381 
2007 
45,742 
683 
546 
465 
391 
909 
349 
number, 2012 
103,667 
1,619 
1,243 
1,077 
757 
1,573 
564 
2007 
106,347 
1,725 
1,229 
990 
774 
1,496 
580 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
23,901 
426 
302 
288 
165 
446 
184 
2007 
27,197 
452 
333 
260 
213 
486 
199 
number, 2012 
34,572 
641 
393 
382 
227 
538 
217 
2007 
38,859 
719 
468 
354 
292 
625 
259 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
30,514 
472 
424 
338 
256 
645 
232 
2007 
31,089 
507 
381 
330 
263 
582 
223 
number, 2012 
52,001 
784 
737 
587 
404 
947 
325 
2007 
51,919 
855 
679 
567 
393 
831 
296 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms, 2012 
7,851 
106 
65 
65 
86 
68 
15 
2007 
7,817 
104 
56 
54 
55 
32 
15 
number, 2012 
17,094 
194 
113 
108 
126 
88 
22 
2007 
15,569 
151 
82 
69 
89 
40 
25 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
4,945 
52 
21 
6 
34 
7 
- 
2007 
4,918 
66 
12 
1 
29 
- 
- 
number, 2012 
5,653 
53 
23 
7 
42 
7 
- 
2007 
5,614 
69 
13 
(D) 
36 
- 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
1,228 
- 
1 
1 
8 
- 
- 
2007 
1,014 
1 
- 
- 
9 
- 
- 
number, 2012 
1,629 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
- 
- 
2007 
1,330 
(D) 
9 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
762 
21 
8 
19 
3 
10 
- 
2007 
733 
11 
8 
12 
2 
9 
- 
number, 2012 
879 
23 
9 
20 
3 
10 
- 
2007 
834 
15 
9 
12 
(D) 
10 
- 
Flay balers 
farms, 2012 
14,241 
284 
227 
216 
96 
418 
64 
2007 
13,873 
282 
231 
231 
69 
354 
64 
number, 2012 
18,164 
364 
289 
276 
126 
516 
79 
2007 
17,208 
364 
291 
278 
84 
433 
77 
2012 INVENTORY 
Manufactured 2008 to 2012: 
Trucks, including pickups 
farms 
7,430 
68 
86 
64 
80 
203 
73 
number 
10,277 
74 
98 
109 
104 
260 
84 
Tractors 
farms 
7,819 
87 
115 
89 
77 
177 
69 
number 
1 1 ,642 
99 
160 
142 
100 
203 
72 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
2,402 
33 
31 
29 
13 
38 
25 
number 
2,773 
35 
33 
30 
20 
44 
25 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
4,661 
52 
90 
54 
58 
122 
38 
number 
5,766 
57 
107 
77 
68 
133 
40 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
1,835 
6 
20 
15 
12 
23 
7 
number 
3,103 
7 
20 
35 
12 
26 
7 
Grain and bean combines 
farms 
627 
1 
_ 
2 
6 
_ 
_ 
number 
689 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
7 
- 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers 
farms 
168 
- 
1 
- 
- 
number 
200 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters self-propelled 
farms 
101 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
- 
number 
105 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Flay balers 
farms 
1,417 
23 
33 
13 
15 
43 
- 
number 
1,559 
24 
35 
13 
18 
43 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
North Carolina 609 
