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 
68,046 
4,149 
768 
605 
1,034 
15,887 
573 
$1,000 
4,712,059 
1,180,548 
47,866 
19,883 
108,650 
723,795 
72,469 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
4,648 
202 
66 
69 
102 
1,695 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,731 
164 
92 
58 
98 
1,929 
35 
$10,000 to $19,999 
11,050 
346 
180 
137 
206 
3,098 
48 
$20,000 to $49,999 
21,879 
751 
242 
223 
235 
5,262 
129 
$50,000 to $99,999 
13,681 
703 
100 
91 
154 
2,492 
126 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,777 
657 
45 
19 
124 
941 
117 
$200,000 to $499,999 
3,202 
625 
36 
6 
85 
340 
84 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
1,078 
701 
7 
2 
30 
130 
24 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
53,351 
3,439 
590 
419 
845 
9,618 
526 
number 
93,522 
11,027 
1,135 
575 
2,066 
14,992 
1,460 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
58,534 
3,550 
632 
512 
793 
12,003 
542 
number 
122,557 
12,129 
1,422 
818 
2,384 
22,139 
2,064 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
26,426 
1,294 
376 
342 
589 
5,789 
361 
number 
35,034 
1,913 
567 
427 
1,277 
7,489 
665 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
45,167 
2,403 
430 
285 
501 
8,629 
483 
number 
72,035 
4,295 
694 
365 
864 
12,217 
1,094 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
8,977 
2,274 
77 
21 
127 
1,556 
190 
number 
15,488 
5,921 
161 
26 
243 
2,433 
305 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
3,129 
2,140 
23 
3 
10 
343 
57 
number 
3,806 
2,672 
33 
3 
10 
397 
61 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
520 
298 
- 
- 
- 
220 
- 
number 
727 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
323 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
920 
63 
5 
2 
5 
138 
13 
number 
1,090 
69 
5 
(D) 
5 
163 
16 
Hay balers 
... farms 
26,007 
1,273 
117 
45 
87 
4,461 
254 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
33,696 
1,733 
145 
56 
106 
5,770 
355 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
26,822 
3,224 
509 
281 
591 
3,621 
497 
acres treated 
3,488,191 
1,825,229 
34,426 
3,278 
41,680 
401,766 
42,913 
Manure used 
... farms 
5,589 
240 
131 
51 
64 
570 
42 
acres treated 
196,050 
26,691 
823 
(D) 
741 
13,869 
1,436 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
5,918 
1,651 
420 
275 
526 
1,151 
418 
acres 
1,336,922 
1,030,399 
27,258 
1,970 
28,916 
172,983 
21,008 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
18,310 
2,929 
305 
267 
564 
2,712 
422 
acres 
2,893,835 
1,868,311 
26,242 
2,524 
33,084 
331,478 
31,915 
Nematodes 
... farms 
1,006 
244 
282 
62 
58 
190 
46 
acres 
135,351 
93,479 
5,292 
284 
1,568 
31,151 
1,480 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,770 
571 
254 
228 
184 
280 
99 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
421,438 
345,021 
16,265 
1,476 
5,853 
44,446 
3,431 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
1,548 
386 
112 
143 
57 
574 
287 
acres on which used 
356,975 
179,832 
4,323 
1,361 
892 
164,096 
14,578 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
1,895 
305 
20 
15 
49 
310 
7 
acres 
87,001 
46,881 
174 
122 
1,573 
7,428 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
5,368 
690 
72 
60 
110 
1,085 
35 
acres 
542,958 
303,688 
1,290 
945 
4,613 
80,411 
1,481 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,077 
171 
15 
14 
11 
399 
8 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
77,156 
24,676 
1,710 
851 
679 
23,475 
156 
used 
... farms 
6,059 
3,263 
183 
45 
109 
778 
89 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,107,159 
1,745,510 
4,490 
1,195 
5,755 
245,808 
12,859 
used 
... farms 
2,136 
1,001 
79 
8 
53 
283 
66 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
376,757 
305,815 
1,135 
60 
2,066 
38,215 
4,018 
practices were used 
... farms 
5,447 
1,421 
507 
71 
201 
1,323 
573 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
396,725 
246,454 
28,477 
309 
6,470 
68,352 
24,935 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
3,385 
637 
221 
54 
92 
917 
257 
acres 
183,638 
98,193 
7,103 
337 
1,449 
28,941 
10,442 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
997 
49 
25 
27 
37 
180 
1 
Solar panels 
... farms 
606 
13 
20 
18 
23 
92 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
80 
1 
- 
1 
4 
14 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
53 
1 
- 
- 
2 
10 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
213 
10 
2 
5 
6 
50 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
101 
1 
- 
- 
- 
15 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
