Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
30,956 
12,218 
136 
41 
56 
10,802 
- 
$1,000 
9,297,134 
7,588,213 
91,252 
1,294 
6,403 
685,695 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,590 
144 
5 
3 
- 
2,065 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,732 
101 
8 
- 
2 
1,247 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
3,076 
263 
12 
9 
4 
1,857 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
5,234 
680 
27 
24 
16 
2,868 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,290 
1,092 
12 
2 
14 
1,509 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
3,889 
1,804 
10 
3 
9 
647 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
4,548 
3,106 
13 
- 
10 
374 
- 
$500,000 or more 
5,597 
5,028 
49 
- 
1 
235 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
23,725 
11,604 
127 
28 
43 
5,193 
_ 
number 
89,528 
58,659 
930 
47 
101 
12,116 
- 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
23,700 
11,381 
121 
29 
42 
5,690 
_ 
number 
84,470 
51,466 
538 
55 
112 
14,412 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
8,602 
3,678 
55 
19 
33 
2,581 
- 
number 
13,685 
6,220 
105 
(D) 
73 
3,831 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
14,184 
6,308 
72 
17 
21 
3,466 
- 
number 
23,106 
10,621 
104 
25 
33 
5,327 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
17,445 
10,862 
65 
2 
4 
2,807 
- 
number 
47,679 
34,625 
329 
(D) 
6 
5,254 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
12,283 
10,243 
41 
2 
_ 
994 
_ 
number 
17,147 
14,688 
74 
(D) 
- 
1,186 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,761 
623 
2 
- 
- 
448 
- 
number 
1,994 
696 
(D) 
- 
- 
495 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
10,191 
3,778 
17 
5 
8 
2,269 
- 
number 
12,513 
4,497 
22 
5 
10 
2,830 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
14,427 
11,581 
112 
10 
19 
1,048 
- 
acres treated 
17,482,867 
16,313,648 
123,561 
29 
543 
490,239 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
2,725 
1,416 
9 
8 
4 
335 
- 
acres treated 
243,847 
149,742 
82 
24 
6 
27,045 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
5,477 
4,765 
117 
5 
13 
277 
- 
acres 
5,297,112 
4,987,103 
68,904 
17 
214 
154,324 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
15,682 
12,003 
117 
18 
23 
1,593 
- 
acres 
21,732,164 
20,312,096 
124,650 
67 
544 
660,151 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
358 
265 
54 
- 
2 
30 
- 
acres 
304,453 
248,230 
36,136 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
4,246 
3,864 
78 
6 
4 
192 
- 
acres 
4,926,836 
4,656,120 
56,179 
8 
(D) 
159,676 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
1,018 
896 
31 
- 
3 
46 
- 
acres on which used 
702,227 
636,220 
22,538 
- 
8 
34,330 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
503 
404 
7 
_ 
3 
54 
_ 
acres 
140,101 
132,985 
696 
- 
(D) 
4,059 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
3,169 
2,508 
11 
5 
5 
418 
- 
acres 
2,988,764 
2,791,894 
9,342 
125 
35 
163,434 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
2,787 
1,285 
2 
4 
2 
1,114 
- 
acres 
938,553 
576,620 
(D) 
282 
(D) 
224,116 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
6,097 
4,804 
15 
1 
3 
446 
- 
acres 
7,848,203 
7,311,916 
14,065 
(D) 
7 
175,127 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
4,908 
4,190 
22 
3 
2 
282 
- 
acres 
6,159,886 
5,921,184 
20,989 
7 
(D) 
86,042 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
7,952 
6,255 
105 
5 
12 
673 
- 
acres 
8,002,524 
7,370,763 
118,542 
(D) 
50 
343,957 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
1,302 
816 
11 
2 
5 
218 
- 
acres 
213,810 
169,886 
639 
(D) 
329 
21,299 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
565 
257 
3 
2 
4 
93 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
268 
95 
- 
2 
3 
43 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
142 
99 
- 
- 
2 
14 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
161 
70 
2 
- 
1 
37 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
170 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
