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 
28,005 
4,736 
203 
275 
325 
7,396 
- 
$1,000 
3,854,196 
1,706,331 
23,434 
7,240 
14,978 
555,906 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,917 
111 
56 
60 
50 
1,152 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,236 
58 
27 
44 
58 
773 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,779 
147 
38 
46 
59 
1,261 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
5,958 
409 
33 
82 
80 
1,960 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,115 
616 
17 
30 
36 
994 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,541 
840 
7 
11 
25 
630 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,504 
1,349 
7 
1 
14 
411 
- 
$500,000 or more 
1,955 
1,206 
18 
1 
3 
215 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
21,570 
4,308 
140 
173 
220 
4,680 
- 
number 
69,642 
23,278 
458 
248 
421 
11,685 
" 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
19,952 
4,210 
131 
160 
204 
4,704 
_ 
number 
50,175 
14,513 
269 
250 
317 
10,346 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
8,083 
1,372 
86 
129 
160 
2,018 
- 
number 
10,915 
1,832 
105 
167 
194 
2,764 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
12,160 
2,434 
53 
54 
72 
2,930 
- 
number 
17,803 
3,606 
69 
78 
104 
4,129 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
10,313 
3,888 
33 
5 
13 
1,898 
- 
number 
21,457 
9,075 
95 
5 
19 
3,453 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
5,449 
3,522 
24 
_ 
3 
715 
_ 
number 
7,022 
4,669 
31 
- 
3 
840 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
3,422 
536 
5 
- 
2 
894 
- 
number 
3,858 
600 
5 
- 
(D) 
975 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
10,215 
1,720 
26 
10 
6 
2,751 
- 
number 
12,811 
2,123 
29 
10 
7 
3,440 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
9,667 
4,263 
114 
147 
120 
1,639 
- 
acres treated 
7,608,547 
5,686,844 
22,319 
736 
2,836 
545,664 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
2,429 
308 
61 
12 
22 
429 
- 
acres treated 
182,819 
38,056 
303 
40 
57 
29,389 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
1,595 
527 
87 
160 
97 
282 
- 
acres 
677,931 
470,182 
13,701 
801 
1,519 
78,375 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
10,440 
4,475 
110 
119 
115 
1,764 
- 
acres 
9,850,643 
7,839,367 
23,879 
663 
2,793 
653,165 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
178 
51 
44 
21 
8 
39 
- 
acres 
75,477 
62,412 
3,942 
75 
(D) 
7,156 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,105 
722 
58 
117 
26 
102 
- 
acres 
944,792 
820,769 
14,863 
(D) 
97 
56,879 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
258 
85 
21 
99 
6 
11 
- 
acres on which used 
68,782 
53,043 
6,984 
450 
8 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
229 
48 
2 
2 
2 
78 
- 
acres 
36,688 
17,650 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8,626 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
1,229 
203 
9 
8 
6 
355 
- 
acres 
228,633 
73,288 
99 
64 
63 
62,568 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
948 
148 
10 
5 
4 
353 
- 
acres 
1,280,318 
141,333 
584 
174 
(D) 
236,690 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
4,241 
2,958 
44 
12 
14 
473 
- 
acres 
6,859,498 
5,914,433 
5,035 
(D) 
258 
309,128 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
1,873 
1,114 
26 
5 
14 
257 
- 
acres 
1,753,711 
1,455,807 
5,508 
(D) 
(D) 
104,928 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
4,504 
1,621 
121 
12 
73 
865 
- 
acres 
1,892,025 
1,160,230 
12,411 
67 
1,986 
234,368 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
976 
240 
40 
21 
19 
230 
- 
acres 
128,183 
68,792 
513 
(D) 
53 
15,494 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
1,087 
116 
16 
7 
11 
191 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
847 
72 
16 
6 
8 
124 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
189 
22 
- 
1 
1 
38 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
124 
26 
1 
3 
27 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
39 
3 
1 
- 
- 
17 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
170 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
