Table 40. Machinery and Equipment on Operation: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Montana 
Beaverhead 
Big Horn 
Blaine 
Broadwater 
Carbon 
Carter 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms, 2012 
28,005 
430 
527 
546 
287 
726 
327 
2007 
29,505 
431 
693 
655 
302 
715 
308 
$1,000, 2012 
3,854,196 
65,187 
79,816 
110,403 
47,675 
84,199 
67,192 
2007 
3,053,603 
58,087 
78,019 
90,709 
34,443 
59,489 
43,286 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
137,625 
151,599 
151,454 
202,204 
166,116 
115,977 
205,481 
2007 
103,494 
134,772 
112,582 
138,487 
114,051 
83,201 
140,539 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $9,999 
2012 
5,153 
73 
88 
58 
43 
101 
24 
2007 
5,881 
94 
114 
98 
51 
125 
38 
$10,000 to $19,999 
2012 
3,779 
43 
87 
54 
51 
78 
19 
2007 
4,228 
33 
91 
83 
50 
115 
20 
$20,000 to $29,999 
2012 
2,900 
44 
53 
42 
27 
112 
18 
2007 
2,931 
29 
69 
52 
28 
76 
20 
$30,000 to $49,999 
2012 
3,058 
47 
57 
51 
42 
73 
35 
2007 
3,522 
55 
81 
94 
40 
105 
45 
$50,000 to $69,999 
2012 
2,280 
29 
42 
55 
11 
81 
19 
2007 
2,575 
33 
67 
52 
24 
66 
25 
$70,000 to $99,999 
2012 
1,835 
31 
26 
39 
17 
50 
33 
2007 
1,893 
29 
50 
35 
26 
54 
16 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2012 
3,541 
61 
70 
69 
39 
121 
67 
2007 
3,758 
64 
103 
87 
30 
80 
67 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2012 
3,504 
56 
60 
117 
26 
82 
84 
2007 
3,606 
77 
87 
115 
34 
78 
66 
$500,000 or more 
2012 
1,955 
46 
44 
61 
31 
28 
28 
2007 
1,111 
17 
31 
39 
19 
16 
11 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms, 2012 
21,570 
348 
441 
422 
231 
592 
285 
2007 
24,297 
361 
600 
556 
255 
570 
266 
number, 2012 
69,642 
1,173 
1,366 
1,866 
778 
1,725 
1,061 
2007 
72,729 
1,160 
1,635 
1,969 
700 
1,533 
891 
Tractors 
farms, 2012 
19,952 
303 
349 
383 
219 
557 
274 
2007 
21,606 
312 
402 
423 
236 
551 
251 
number, 2012 
50,175 
987 
918 
1,223 
551 
1,499 
878 
2007 
53,064 
974 
1,001 
1,315 
559 
1,344 
771 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
8,083 
148 
92 
131 
82 
236 
93 
2007 
9,753 
151 
129 
159 
94 
261 
93 
number, 2012 
10,915 
264 
128 
215 
107 
320 
153 
2007 
13,173 
279 
150 
204 
139 
330 
142 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
12,160 
220 
217 
229 
140 
383 
177 
2007 
13,168 
221 
235 
273 
162 
421 
162 
number, 2012 
17,803 
444 
351 
341 
209 
605 
260 
2007 
19,551 
460 
363 
414 
223 
641 
264 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms, 2012 
10,313 
131 
189 
284 
114 
274 
209 
2007 
10,429 
114 
236 
298 
108 
217 
183 
number, 2012 
21,457 
279 
439 
667 
235 
574 
465 
2007 
20,340 
235 
488 
697 
197 
373 
365 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
5,449 
18 
69 
164 
54 
87 
47 
2007 
5,340 
8 
71 
151 
55 
69 
54 
number, 2012 
7,022 
23 
89 
240 
71 
100 
56 
2007 
6,792 
(D) 
85 
199 
70 
84 
65 
Cotton pickers and strippers, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
3,422 
35 
73 
96 
28 
126 
65 
2007 
3,303 
44 
91 
102 
25 
87 
62 
number, 2012 
3,858 
48 
84 
124 
28 
133 
73 
2007 
3,556 
51 
100 
118 
26 
91 
73 
Hay balers 
farms, 2012 
10,215 
166 
200 
213 
128 
317 
199 
2007 
10,439 
154 
256 
266 
100 
286 
180 
number, 2012 
12,811 
226 
265 
276 
165 
420 
255 
2007 
12,489 
191 
312 
339 
117 
341 
223 
2012 INVENTORY 
Manufactured 2008 to 2012: 
Trucks, including pickups 
farms 
5,962 
115 
142 
135 
67 
107 
94 
number 
8,080 
199 
224 
200 
82 
118 
122 
Tractors 
farms 
3,114 
61 
66 
54 
26 
67 
56 
number 
4,146 
108 
87 
77 
35 
93 
85 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
679 
11 
11 
9 
7 
24 
6 
number 
749 
11 
12 
9 
9 
27 
12 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
1,116 
26 
15 
23 
5 
25 
9 
number 
1,196 
36 
15 
24 
5 
31 
9 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
1,696 
35 
44 
37 
17 
29 
49 
number 
2,201 
61 
60 
44 
21 
35 
64 
Grain and bean combines 
farms 
678 
3 
2 
23 
7 
4 
4 
number 
811 
4 
(D) 
35 
9 
4 
4 
Cotton pickers and strippers 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters self-propelled 
farms 
296 
2 
15 
8 
2 
3 
14 
number 
334 
(D) 
16 
12 
(D) 
3 
14 
Hay balers 
farms 
1,477 
44 
34 
40 
25 
46 
49 
number 
1,610 
51 
36 
42 
30 
49 
54 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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