Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification 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 
49,967 
20,838 
189 
189 
382 
9,534 
- 
$1,000 
11,503,486 
8,227,599 
25,026 
5,587 
23,264 
670,542 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
3,415 
406 
63 
18 
72 
1,345 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,939 
313 
30 
36 
37 
1,011 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
5,138 
748 
30 
41 
57 
1,482 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
9,307 
2,101 
37 
58 
90 
2,470 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7,256 
2,542 
9 
25 
66 
1,586 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
6,860 
3,634 
2 
10 
33 
826 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
8,105 
5,424 
6 
1 
22 
606 
- 
$500,000 or more 
6,947 
5,670 
12 
- 
5 
208 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
41,628 
19,181 
156 
142 
250 
5,978 
- 
number 
117,647 
66,578 
410 
178 
568 
12,659 
- 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
40,668 
18,854 
135 
156 
231 
6,51 6 
_ 
number 
129,522 
71,882 
332 
224 
487 
16,815 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
14,466 
5,673 
92 
104 
167 
2,773 
- 
number 
23,015 
9,297 
145 
127 
266 
4,379 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
26,142 
11,788 
56 
75 
101 
4,404 
- 
number 
44,601 
20,793 
74 
94 
199 
7,159 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
26,607 
16,694 
31 
3 
20 
2,756 
- 
number 
61,906 
41,792 
113 
3 
22 
5,277 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
17,894 
14,429 
2 
_ 
6 
1,052 
_ 
number 
19,931 
16,188 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
1,129 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
2,508 
920 
- 
1 
2 
545 
- 
number 
2,697 
982 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
576 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
15,357 
6,164 
8 
22 
14 
3,068 
- 
number 
18,213 
7,250 
9 
30 
20 
3,670 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
28,783 
19,879 
110 
76 
148 
2,614 
- 
acres treated 
14,811,337 
12,428,448 
25,509 
745 
4,935 
493,005 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
5,977 
2,837 
32 
11 
12 
558 
- 
acres treated 
557,693 
298,196 
645 
65 
60 
39,731 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
11,484 
8,569 
104 
85 
148 
818 
- 
acres 
5,513,780 
4,723,452 
24,942 
546 
4,870 
155,926 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
29,502 
20,225 
108 
89 
173 
2,773 
- 
acres 
17,616,379 
15,010,117 
25,416 
900 
5,596 
526,223 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
1,786 
1,450 
37 
6 
20 
79 
- 
acres 
618,211 
553,415 
(D) 
43 
(D) 
7,691 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
3,771 
3,087 
69 
86 
50 
144 
- 
acres 
1,710,715 
1,511,002 
22,337 
323 
(D) 
34,274 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
192 
94 
13 
25 
5 
28 
- 
acres on which used 
45,784 
22,044 
13,898 
180 
6 
7,314 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
3,384 
2,559 
6 
5 
4 
291 
_ 
acres 
422,248 
360,629 
(D) 
98 
22 
16,732 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
3,120 
1,944 
7 
7 
14 
441 
- 
acres 
641,247 
492,710 
290 
127 
316 
43,774 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,702 
769 
3 
10 
5 
517 
- 
acres 
330,952 
140,531 
101 
345 
99 
79,627 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
18,175 
14,280 
41 
18 
47 
1,098 
- 
acres 
9,360,482 
8,364,132 
1,908 
70 
2,230 
168,830 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
10,475 
8,086 
32 
10 
18 
689 
- 
acres 
4,930,116 
4,259,638 
6,495 
95 
579 
161,824 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
10,567 
7,034 
115 
9 
52 
1,114 
- 
acres 
3,396,233 
2,775,766 
17,250 
44 
665 
142,556 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
2,826 
1,516 
47 
15 
23 
430 
- 
acres 
357,264 
231,509 
18,672 
110 
314 
32,976 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
868 
237 
1 
7 
13 
178 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
575 
139 
1 
3 
2 
113 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
117 
31 
- 
- 
4 
17 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
211 
67 
- 
4 
7 
54 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
