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 
46,026 
2,210 
831 
1,038 
1,460 
11,503 
399 
$1,000 
3,339,696 
531,167 
52,132 
51,999 
98,750 
648,347 
100,349 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
3,567 
91 
89 
110 
246 
1,185 
17 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,866 
87 
89 
115 
193 
1,177 
23 
$10,000 to $19,999 
7,157 
172 
200 
186 
232 
2,006 
25 
$20,000 to $49,999 
13,872 
382 
246 
326 
387 
3,625 
62 
$50,000 to $99,999 
8,981 
406 
117 
179 
196 
2,073 
62 
$100,000 to $199,999 
5,069 
345 
47 
75 
119 
919 
61 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2,672 
402 
26 
38 
68 
362 
84 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
842 
325 
17 
9 
19 
156 
65 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
35,674 
1,919 
676 
757 
1,018 
7,569 
369 
number 
70,281 
7,305 
1,420 
1,314 
2,287 
13,758 
1,513 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
39,651 
2,000 
706 
891 
1,107 
9,383 
382 
number 
92,360 
7,991 
1,603 
1,772 
2,414 
20,727 
1,856 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
20,601 
905 
506 
569 
806 
5,045 
261 
number 
28,602 
1,491 
733 
776 
1,373 
7,053 
527 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
29,754 
1,671 
427 
541 
563 
7,078 
340 
number 
52,737 
3,546 
705 
960 
937 
11,620 
928 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
6,248 
1,239 
94 
24 
76 
1,197 
180 
number 
11,021 
2,954 
165 
36 
104 
2,054 
401 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
2,430 
1,257 
20 
7 
13 
506 
133 
number 
2,834 
1,552 
23 
7 
13 
565 
151 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
229 
69 
2 
- 
- 
155 
4 
number 
295 
92 
(D) 
- 
- 
195 
(D) 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
1,090 
103 
15 
1 
2 
240 
10 
number 
1,256 
116 
15 
(D) 
(D) 
284 
13 
Hay balers 
... farms 
19,754 
819 
128 
76 
88 
5,028 
164 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
26,845 
1,221 
182 
107 
101 
6,750 
226 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
18,826 
1,835 
614 
535 
632 
3,639 
354 
acres treated 
1,920,603 
690,681 
22,916 
14,421 
25,391 
306,616 
54,171 
Manure used 
... farms 
6,318 
353 
201 
111 
133 
832 
24 
acres treated 
363,237 
50,700 
1,382 
1,293 
2,931 
32,508 
1,668 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
5,003 
1,074 
563 
571 
557 
896 
321 
acres 
786,176 
513,455 
17,750 
14,670 
22,458 
123,209 
28,976 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
12,129 
1,873 
503 
557 
662 
2,120 
311 
acres 
1,514,896 
802,040 
21,247 
13,378 
26,404 
229,745 
48,661 
Nematodes 
... farms 
783 
216 
117 
82 
46 
184 
67 
acres 
131,121 
62,005 
6,199 
(D) 
1,409 
48,648 
6,071 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,855 
360 
262 
510 
210 
263 
41 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
245,417 
170,316 
12,132 
12,719 
4,604 
30,077 
4,429 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
886 
110 
48 
230 
48 
321 
106 
acres on which used 
129,075 
42,757 
3,984 
10,683 
632 
66,000 
8,594 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
1,399 
249 
28 
33 
51 
323 
11 
acres 
97,939 
45,832 
879 
378 
530 
27,525 
1,050 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
2,491 
321 
84 
77 
108 
602 
28 
acres 
166,928 
77,061 
5,205 
591 
3,230 
41,013 
2,726 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
2,574 
136 
28 
70 
62 
669 
23 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
313,608 
24,268 
1,809 
3,155 
6,861 
96,492 
5,867 
used 
... farms 
5,309 
1,760 
261 
83 
146 
919 
102 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
955,387 
641,107 
1 1 ,942 
1,295 
2,280 
118,855 
22,319 
used 
... farms 
1,649 
455 
109 
31 
52 
326 
58 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
197,862 
106,035 
4,132 
396 
(D) 
46,699 
5,499 
practices were used 
... farms 
4,173 
779 
490 
89 
227 
1,238 
399 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
203,725 
83,453 
8,390 
827 
4,912 
68,137 
28,629 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
3,745 
676 
270 
148 
144 
871 
187 
acres 
301,959 
124,133 
6,408 
1,449 
3,507 
63,476 
12,118 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
1,165 
50 
53 
77 
50 
247 
5 
Solar panels 
... farms 
717 
18 
37 
50 
36 
149 
3 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
104 
2 
4 
5 
- 
44 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
62 
1 
1 
- 
- 
30 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
269 
14 
5 
19 
3 
67 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
98 
2 
3 
2 
- 
37 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
172 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
