Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
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) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
368 
7,278 
5,851 
- 
80 
236 
1,238 
1,100 
4,157 
$1,000 
116,052 
459,420 
290,211 
- 
28,176 
21,418 
163,818 
34,768 
174,296 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
6 
799 
329 
- 
2 
33 
73 
153 
391 
$5,000 to $9,999 
11 
776 
530 
- 
2 
9 
101 
191 
433 
$10,000 to $19,999 
12 
1,488 
984 
- 
4 
28 
144 
263 
755 
$20,000 to $49,999 
44 
2,393 
2,058 
- 
7 
48 
280 
321 
1,440 
$50,000 to $99,999 
43 
1,075 
1,178 
- 
11 
71 
245 
96 
723 
$100,000 to $199,999 
93 
386 
573 
- 
18 
21 
182 
53 
312 
$200,000 to $499,999 
100 
224 
181 
- 
17 
21 
145 
23 
98 
$500,000 or more 
59 
137 
18 
- 
19 
5 
68 
" 
5 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
337 
4,399 
4,853 
- 
78 
176 
1,121 
774 
3,402 
number 
1,068 
7,799 
8,128 
- 
349 
356 
3,063 
1,108 
5,091 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
346 
5,474 
5,323 
_ 
80 
177 
1,077 
834 
3,416 
number 
1,344 
11,751 
11,312 
- 
381 
321 
2,792 
1,281 
5,191 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
105 
2,770 
2,540 
- 
25 
77 
609 
515 
1,928 
number 
162 
3,800 
3,377 
- 
48 
84 
891 
657 
2,413 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
242 
3,994 
4,198 
- 
67 
104 
779 
452 
2,001 
number 
459 
6,269 
7,033 
- 
189 
156 
1,469 
582 
2,541 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
275 
920 
677 
- 
47 
49 
218 
39 
199 
number 
723 
1,682 
902 
144 
81 
432 
42 
237 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
155 
426 
141 
_ 
19 
33 
105 
6 
13 
number 
171 
500 
148 
- 
24 
34 
121 
6 
16 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
314 
178 
1 
- 
2 
1 
30 
- 
5 
number 
404 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
40 
- 
9 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
6 
69 
78 
- 
21 
3 
13 
2 
22 
number 
7 
92 
97 
- 
24 
3 
16 
(D) 
25 
Hay balers 
... farms 
45 
1,739 
2,226 
- 
44 
37 
242 
77 
438 
number 
52 
2,231 
2,814 
62 
39 
321 
90 
573 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
350 
1,907 
2,696 
- 
42 
34 
324 
275 
1,133 
acres treated 
172,240 
359,762 
153,530 
- 
22,643 
4,130 
57,129 
3,593 
21,255 
Manure used 
... farms 
72 
516 
959 
- 
39 
18 
288 
97 
546 
acres treated 
18,911 
44,680 
56,029 
- 
15,129 
928 
41,843 
1,183 
9,463 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
265 
753 
418 
- 
21 
18 
176 
82 
325 
acres 
119,299 
206,631 
13,211 
- 
4,490 
5,205 
42,884 
511 
4,244 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
350 
1,635 
1,506 
- 
43 
34 
331 
173 
859 
acres 
174,121 
356,935 
73,452 
- 
19,637 
5,746 
72,560 
1,803 
16,313 
Nematodes 
... farms 
197 
263 
24 
- 
7 
7 
45 
1 
6 
acres 
75,735 
131,781 
680 
- 
952 
(D) 
13,971 
(D) 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
135 
282 
21 
- 
10 
8 
38 
6 
acres 
49,111 
89,728 
701 
- 
1,444 
3,163 
12,079 
- 
17 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
252 
177 
20 
- 
4 
1 
37 
2 
8 
acres on which used 
91,123 
81,546 
534 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
13,567 
(D) 
556 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
69 
170 
67 
_ 
9 
5 
25 
8 
56 
acres 
10,113 
29,594 
2,177 
- 
1,342 
743 
4,900 
53 
854 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
133 
842 
441 
- 
18 
35 
136 
102 
378 
acres 
43,024 
119,048 
23,692 
- 
2,610 
4,144 
14,425 
1,607 
10,589 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
15 
339 
68 
- 
4 
9 
29 
9 
80 
acres 
(D) 
94,828 
16,084 
- 
(D) 
1,263 
9,272 
(D) 
13,547 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
175 
506 
253 
- 
30 
10 
115 
12 
52 
acres 
66,226 
138,178 
6,744 
- 
9,466 
2,415 
33,837 
43 
323 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
138 
279 
85 
- 
19 
6 
64 
6 
21 
acres 
72,812 
115,125 
2,127 
- 
3,612 
2,060 
20,292 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
196 
881 
385 
- 
22 
19 
117 
32 
84 
acres 
41,162 
101,339 
8,456 
- 
5,032 
1,384 
9,818 
333 
900 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
52 
379 
181 
- 
9 
7 
41 
22 
61 
acres 
(D) 
22,233 
4,373 
- 
1,628 
855 
3,473 
184 
919 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
2 
73 
52 
- 
1 
3 
22 
9 
58 
Solar panels 
... farms 
2 
47 
39 
- 
1 
3 
15 
7 
49 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
- 
2 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
" 
7 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
5 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
3 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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