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 
25,266 
2,100 
1,062 
936 
805 
7,701 
55 
$1,000 
1,829,250 
348,852 
58,845 
49,147 
52,934 
606,785 
31,313 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
2,188 
56 
120 
119 
107 
805 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,465 
95 
107 
106 
100 
791 
4 
$10,000 to $19,999 
4,565 
270 
220 
250 
146 
1,501 
1 
$20,000 to $49,999 
7,966 
524 
365 
263 
218 
2,442 
5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,273 
447 
162 
109 
111 
1,120 
2 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2,107 
277 
54 
69 
64 
484 
5 
$200,000 to $499,999 
1,175 
270 
22 
9 
48 
341 
17 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
527 
161 
12 
11 
11 
217 
21 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
19,058 
1,786 
862 
677 
545 
4,784 
48 
number 
35,491 
4,448 
1,660 
1,179 
1,056 
9,053 
186 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
21,038 
1,976 
924 
779 
581 
5,871 
51 
number 
45,822 
6,192 
2,183 
1,581 
1,266 
13,322 
227 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
11,025 
858 
613 
524 
442 
2,894 
19 
number 
14,896 
1,201 
873 
697 
670 
3,985 
23 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
14,744 
1,589 
558 
440 
286 
4,270 
34 
number 
23,969 
2,831 
1,013 
795 
518 
6,842 
114 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
3,787 
1,054 
146 
66 
56 
1,236 
41 
number 
6,957 
2,160 
297 
89 
78 
2,495 
90 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,987 
979 
62 
17 
9 
603 
22 
number 
2,278 
1,134 
68 
20 
9 
698 
27 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
680 
139 
6 
1 
1 
494 
2 
number 
899 
172 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
661 
(D) 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
273 
48 
9 
2 
75 
number 
338 
57 
13 
(D) 
- 
99 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
5,353 
360 
76 
45 
24 
1,784 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
6,824 
458 
95 
62 
27 
2,283 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
10,097 
1,668 
836 
414 
368 
2,307 
50 
acres treated 
1,350,452 
469,562 
30,668 
16,014 
23,043 
548,885 
16,883 
Manure used 
... farms 
3,115 
291 
182 
69 
38 
588 
- 
acres treated 
264,113 
65,216 
2,902 
4,933 
2,896 
63,591 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
4,384 
906 
748 
308 
314 
1,068 
50 
acres 
815,337 
348,496 
24,214 
10,500 
20,919 
340,663 
14,733 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
8,135 
1,683 
740 
347 
383 
2,036 
51 
acres 
1,367,766 
562,115 
28,501 
13,275 
25,132 
549,232 
18,176 
Nematodes 
... farms 
1,272 
322 
271 
74 
22 
493 
33 
acres 
364,138 
117,691 
10,768 
2,155 
3,135 
214,118 
6,602 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,484 
290 
348 
205 
113 
445 
28 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
319,570 
124,857 
16,635 
7,655 
4,921 
148,098 
9,259 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
902 
176 
56 
126 
22 
450 
21 
acres on which used 
258,308 
51,584 
2,888 
12,449 
878 
175,293 
2,624 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
709 
219 
37 
12 
18 
253 
14 
acres 
98,681 
42,449 
2,634 
258 
1,491 
41,780 
2,073 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
3,216 
647 
184 
150 
124 
1,001 
26 
acres 
430,967 
180,852 
8,239 
3,709 
9,717 
171,383 
9,311 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
709 
74 
30 
32 
19 
355 
1 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
184,557 
28,417 
1,499 
5,775 
5,214 
100,421 
(D) 
used 
... farms 
2,234 
741 
215 
50 
67 
689 
8 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
538,758 
267,058 
8,054 
1,796 
2,469 
206,553 
2,149 
used 
... farms 
1,288 
432 
153 
30 
36 
436 
19 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
405,485 
170,274 
5,539 
4,536 
1,797 
193,626 
5,689 
practices were used 
... farms 
4,320 
1,465 
775 
129 
160 
1,132 
55 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
386,246 
172,962 
18,541 
1,499 
9,491 
157,830 
15,329 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
1,291 
204 
198 
90 
46 
432 
1 
acres 
78,705 
25,586 
4,818 
2,613 
558 
33,698 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
307 
20 
27 
25 
15 
75 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
215 
3 
19 
17 
13 
49 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
32 
" 
3 
7 
3 
7 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
11 
- 
- 
2 
- 
3 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 South Carolina 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
