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 
7,337 
66 
351 
273 
545 
2,634 
- 
$1,000 
637,927 
10,252 
17,379 
13,566 
19,441 
167,448 
- 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
661 
4 
51 
29 
93 
225 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
485 
1 
37 
15 
54 
179 
- 
$10,000 to $19,999 
971 
4 
68 
63 
105 
323 
- 
$20,000 to $49,999 
2,157 
11 
95 
94 
198 
856 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
1,352 
13 
56 
50 
58 
566 
- 
$100,000 to $199,999 
948 
19 
31 
15 
28 
294 
- 
$200,000 to $499,999 
590 
8 
10 
5 
8 
167 
- 
$500,000 or more 
173 
6 
3 
2 
1 
24 
- 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
5,281 
54 
248 
166 
353 
1,773 
- 
number 
8,324 
104 
414 
230 
474 
2,530 
- 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
5,957 
60 
273 
221 
361 
2,130 
_ 
number 
14,954 
233 
592 
424 
596 
4,763 
- 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
3,386 
31 
198 
160 
304 
1,190 
- 
number 
4,888 
51 
319 
243 
417 
1,756 
- 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
3,984 
44 
166 
101 
126 
1,485 
- 
number 
7,460 
101 
247 
165 
165 
2,528 
- 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
1,149 
40 
17 
7 
13 
260 
- 
number 
2,606 
81 
26 
16 
14 
479 
- 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
69 
17 
6 
_ 
_ 
6 
_ 
number 
78 
21 
6 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
256 
11 
1 
2 
- 
54 
- 
number 
304 
11 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
62 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
2,534 
38 
33 
14 
19 
1,028 
- 
number 
3,323 
49 
37 
15 
23 
1,339 
- 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
2,058 
52 
232 
132 
264 
467 
- 
acres treated 
198,600 
8,152 
2,645 
1,691 
2,627 
22,653 
- 
Manure used 
... farms 
1,932 
30 
137 
56 
117 
424 
- 
acres treated 
211,664 
2,995 
1,319 
547 
415 
19,181 
- 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
766 
5 
205 
127 
169 
115 
- 
acres 
28,278 
486 
2,298 
1,657 
1,559 
1,548 
- 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
1,281 
52 
178 
95 
224 
200 
- 
acres 
103,502 
7,858 
2,343 
1,241 
2,542 
4,727 
- 
Nematodes 
... farms 
156 
1 
55 
21 
28 
27 
- 
acres 
2,938 
(D) 
659 
456 
122 
553 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
411 
2 
123 
104 
73 
64 
- 
acres 
5,585 
(D) 
1,143 
1,523 
298 
727 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
96 
1 
7 
45 
12 
16 
- 
acres on which used 
3,175 
(D) 
72 
1,075 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
595 
13 
13 
48 
26 
154 
_ 
acres 
23,552 
989 
181 
590 
202 
4,082 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
936 
16 
36 
38 
59 
288 
- 
acres 
48,612 
3,150 
184 
440 
732 
8,318 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
901 
13 
47 
20 
48 
314 
- 
acres 
137,559 
1,267 
4,279 
1,583 
3,912 
51,420 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
322 
13 
54 
15 
26 
67 
- 
acres 
10,336 
(D) 
116 
58 
84 
736 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
288 
17 
59 
7 
17 
56 
- 
acres 
15,116 
1,562 
216 
43 
65 
1,608 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
1,210 
56 
215 
33 
135 
238 
- 
acres 
88,150 
6,426 
2,257 
195 
515 
6,571 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
686 
16 
140 
25 
100 
141 
- 
acres 
20,120 
745 
1,150 
119 
311 
1,622 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
631 
5 
71 
37 
55 
205 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
537 
2 
64 
36 
53 
174 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
83 
- 
4 
10 
5 
20 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
13 
- 
2 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
170 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
