Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
59,306 
8,445 
1,711 
1,969 
3,020 
17,327 
143 
$1,000 
5,321,820 
1,225,965 
102,514 
121,577 
235,407 
855,256 
3,508 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
4,327 
245 
196 
210 
402 
1,638 
20 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,185 
316 
163 
195 
293 
1,419 
19 
$10,000 to $19,999 
7,998 
714 
331 
338 
525 
2,999 
34 
$20,000 to $49,999 
16,164 
1,885 
465 
598 
757 
5,805 
51 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11,810 
1,906 
286 
322 
502 
3,227 
13 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,122 
1,614 
170 
193 
292 
1,580 
6 
$200,000 to $499,999 
5,102 
1,207 
70 
80 
185 
581 
- 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,598 
558 
30 
33 
64 
78 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
40,404 
6,721 
1,147 
1,308 
1,865 
10,300 
22 
number 
73,088 
15,120 
2,272 
2,349 
4,513 
15,164 
33 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
49,844 
7,822 
1,346 
1,642 
2,173 
14,187 
38 
number 
146,345 
30,347 
3,649 
4,333 
5,469 
38,143 
111 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
29,080 
4,279 
994 
1,249 
1,752 
8,790 
26 
number 
46,808 
7,605 
1,681 
2,047 
3,282 
14,410 
44 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
36,717 
6,740 
880 
923 
1,119 
10,744 
25 
number 
71,563 
14,918 
1,604 
2,159 
1,892 
19,667 
40 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
15,652 
4,166 
211 
98 
184 
2,867 
11 
number 
27,974 
7,824 
364 
127 
295 
4,066 
27 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
7,067 
3,403 
95 
27 
25 
1,064 
1 
number 
7,737 
3,786 
107 
31 
26 
1,149 
(D) 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
3,055 
588 
14 
11 
16 
500 
- 
number 
3,323 
622 
16 
12 
17 
562 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
27,251 
5,341 
342 
156 
186 
8,771 
50 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
35,579 
7,074 
390 
171 
203 
11,458 
57 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
26,149 
6,933 
1,129 
966 
1,304 
4,443 
101 
acres treated 
2,612,426 
1 ,084,206 
43,068 
31,332 
35,611 
218,472 
1,992 
Manure used 
... farms 
19,373 
3,816 
579 
242 
286 
3,408 
63 
acres treated 
1,248,975 
217,677 
4,997 
1,916 
1,831 
101,760 
1,103 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
12,158 
2,610 
950 
1,094 
1,318 
1,176 
99 
acres 
1,000,265 
394,246 
29,200 
34,360 
36,001 
42,520 
1,606 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
23,669 
6,818 
924 
1,026 
1,407 
3,807 
98 
acres 
2,354,445 
1,089,665 
39,947 
33,094 
40,621 
146,287 
1,381 
Nematodes 
... farms 
1,552 
306 
330 
138 
111 
182 
16 
acres 
88,584 
39,335 
9,974 
1,670 
954 
3,875 
105 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
4,234 
655 
662 
930 
655 
455 
25 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
198,642 
91,293 
20,730 
28,412 
10,884 
8,116 
143 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
1,538 
158 
123 
423 
86 
264 
59 
acres on which used 
49,008 
8,331 
5,738 
18,430 
824 
3,687 
688 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
6,794 
1,495 
199 
259 
185 
1,534 
5 
acres 
297,320 
105,206 
4,581 
7,002 
4,495 
46,970 
38 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
4,480 
681 
139 
180 
221 
1,316 
8 
acres 
138,228 
34,198 
2,539 
2,391 
5,932 
37,743 
85 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
4,217 
726 
95 
118 
111 
1,343 
5 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
313,373 
84,281 
3,526 
6,580 
6,563 
66,510 
182 
used 
... farms 
13,937 
5,089 
425 
168 
212 
1,566 
51 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,379,252 
706,765 
19,120 
2,894 
3,366 
59,148 
768 
used 
... farms 
7,494 
2,698 
312 
92 
91 
980 
28 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
504,502 
263,637 
6,860 
1,139 
1,089 
25,189 
194 
practices were used 
... farms 
14,824 
4,009 
1,272 
290 
525 
2,859 
143 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
470,436 
177,191 
19,335 
2,097 
5,774 
56,627 
2,267 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
10,588 
2,131 
648 
282 
350 
1,614 
60 
acres 
446,295 
107,273 
8,722 
6,336 
5,098 
31,218 
777 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
2,234 
226 
118 
105 
103 
565 
17 
Solar panels 
... farms 
1,528 
128 
90 
77 
75 
322 
17 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
176 
20 
8 
3 
10 
54 
1 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
37 
2 
1 
- 
1 
5 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
378 
53 
7 
26 
12 
145 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
36 
3 
- 
1 
3 
10 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
