Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
- 
19,595 
8,083 
1,048 
3,746 
1,442 
1,085 
1,088 
4,245 
$1,000 
- 
1,062,653 
663,948 
255,928 
1,193,486 
511,085 
175,021 
33,935 
283,044 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
- 
2,871 
406 
18 
32 
20 
107 
136 
369 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
2,836 
621 
18 
28 
44 
108 
154 
492 
$10,000 to $19,999 
- 
3,961 
1,184 
35 
106 
70 
174 
268 
839 
$20,000 to $49,999 
- 
5,708 
2,444 
147 
348 
182 
227 
324 
1,265 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
2,537 
1,664 
194 
518 
204 
171 
145 
637 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
923 
952 
242 
884 
231 
103 
44 
367 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
420 
638 
277 
1,142 
354 
133 
17 
204 
$500,000 or more 
- 
339 
174 
117 
688 
337 
62 
- 
72 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
- 
9,893 
6,825 
948 
3,518 
1,325 
839 
860 
3,351 
number 
- 
15,597 
10,830 
2,049 
7,098 
4,116 
1,861 
1,128 
5,158 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
_ 
12,764 
7,145 
978 
3,568 
1,246 
824 
798 
3,234 
number 
- 
30,540 
20,471 
3,943 
18,749 
4,612 
2,337 
1,490 
6,158 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
7,096 
3,459 
429 
1,618 
505 
518 
457 
1,776 
number 
- 
11,144 
5,780 
689 
3,062 
806 
887 
629 
2,444 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
8,776 
5,688 
800 
3,137 
809 
566 
498 
2,036 
number 
- 
13,726 
10,196 
1,583 
7,339 
1,331 
974 
719 
2,885 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
- 
3,211 
2,543 
710 
3,064 
945 
243 
115 
498 
number 
- 
5,670 
4,495 
1,671 
8,348 
2,475 
476 
142 
829 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
_ 
1,301 
911 
373 
1,689 
617 
121 
27 
182 
number 
- 
1,538 
983 
401 
1,848 
659 
131 
28 
203 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
424 
444 
137 
1,024 
21 
13 
14 
142 
number 
- 
474 
483 
143 
1,125 
22 
15 
14 
152 
Hay balers 
... farms 
- 
4,717 
4,403 
667 
2,903 
299 
269 
343 
1,134 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
6,143 
5,891 
847 
4,337 
363 
340 
417 
1,422 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
- 
2,526 
2,534 
708 
3,214 
822 
240 
153 
608 
acres treated 
- 
537,877 
307,984 
178,557 
742,062 
367,026 
56,170 
4,778 
83,310 
Manure used 
... farms 
- 
1,149 
2,351 
565 
2,707 
626 
157 
195 
583 
acres treated 
- 
51,538 
118,507 
69,919 
397,545 
138,693 
19,738 
2,179 
32,973 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
- 
778 
578 
318 
1,487 
482 
78 
23 
153 
acres 
- 
253,826 
76,809 
67,065 
224,378 
170,443 
18,310 
788 
24,165 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
- 
2,920 
2,160 
705 
3,187 
817 
231 
136 
592 
acres 
- 
617,785 
263,982 
193,104 
699,768 
460,411 
67,961 
3,658 
98,265 
Nematodes 
... farms 
- 
152 
87 
45 
109 
87 
18 
2 
19 
acres 
- 
35,103 
12,273 
4,232 
16,335 
21,447 
2,494 
(D) 
3,533 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
- 
340 
65 
16 
113 
92 
17 
4 
23 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
“ 
178,310 
14,120 
3,427 
20,912 
26,185 
2,335 
5 
3,702 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
- 
51 
14 
- 
8 
7 
5 
4 
3 
acres on which used 
- 
14,253 
689 
" 
489 
3,024 
5 
52 
1,300 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
_ 
2,037 
882 
356 
1,269 
631 
104 
115 
381 
acres 
- 
157,567 
72,183 
88,138 
212,577 
281,540 
17,756 
3,598 
36,498 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
- 
2,166 
937 
149 
771 
183 
89 
64 
302 
acres 
- 
427,503 
102,451 
12,806 
94,677 
53,097 
5,500 
2,058 
12,763 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
- 
895 
151 
24 
80 
40 
36 
24 
77 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
73,087 
12,593 
809 
6,358 
5,694 
1,489 
902 
4,020 
used 
... farms 
- 
234 
227 
43 
296 
98 
34 
8 
60 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,483 
15,722 
8,937 
27,605 
26,501 
4,835 
74 
4,371 
used 
... farms 
- 
507 
469 
221 
1,125 
323 
47 
25 
89 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
133,268 
63,291 
71,028 
226,265 
163,944 
22,660 
1,264 
34,734 
practices were used 
... farms 
- 
2,043 
1,839 
536 
2,633 
594 
178 
90 
326 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
~ 
483,421 
181,143 
112,797 
448,702 
288,311 
41,268 
2,213 
56,797 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
- 
981 
554 
130 
1,014 
45 
47 
42 
172 
acres 
- 
59,068 
19,150 
6,754 
59,343 
3,408 
1,951 
538 
5,765 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
- 
318 
145 
18 
59 
74 
32 
27 
73 
Solar panels 
... farms 
- 
103 
63 
2 
20 
3 
17 
8 
23 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
- 
92 
21 
9 
18 
38 
2 
5 
15 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
145 
56 
7 
19 
35 
15 
13 
35 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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