Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
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) 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
... farms 
- 
2,634 
862 
18 
904 
57 
203 
390 
1,034 
$1,000 
- 
167,448 
56,166 
3,162 
266,774 
3,296 
10,947 
18,429 
51,069 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
- 
225 
37 
- 
6 
2 
23 
69 
122 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
179 
61 
2 
15 
1 
23 
32 
65 
$10,000 to $19,999 
- 
323 
124 
1 
24 
6 
38 
60 
155 
$20,000 to $49,999 
- 
856 
276 
1 
71 
21 
78 
109 
347 
$50,000 to $99,999 
- 
566 
179 
6 
127 
12 
19 
71 
195 
$100,000 to $199,999 
- 
294 
117 
2 
273 
12 
11 
35 
111 
$200,000 to $499,999 
- 
167 
66 
5 
259 
3 
9 
12 
38 
$500,000 or more 
- 
24 
2 
1 
129 
- 
2 
2 
1 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
- 
1,773 
669 
16 
852 
36 
122 
274 
718 
number 
- 
2,530 
894 
26 
2,143 
54 
149 
320 
986 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
_ 
2,130 
765 
18 
877 
48 
146 
258 
800 
number 
- 
4,763 
1,818 
60 
4,388 
64 
258 
415 
1,343 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
1,190 
386 
14 
298 
24 
100 
182 
499 
number 
- 
1,756 
548 
(D) 
508 
(D) 
123 
226 
653 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
- 
1,485 
565 
12 
805 
30 
74 
121 
455 
number 
- 
2,528 
1,037 
29 
2,233 
37 
118 
176 
624 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
- 
260 
146 
7 
573 
1 
15 
12 
58 
number 
- 
479 
233 
(D) 
1,647 
(D) 
17 
13 
66 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
_ 
6 
8 
_ 
32 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
number 
- 
6 
8 
- 
37 
" 
" 
Cotton pickers and strippers, 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
54 
21 
1 
160 
- 
- 
2 
4 
number 
- 
62 
23 
(D) 
198 
- 
- 
(D) 
4 
Hay balers 
... farms 
- 
1,028 
390 
11 
671 
11 
39 
70 
210 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
1,339 
533 
15 
910 
12 
45 
80 
265 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
- 
467 
166 
7 
571 
2 
27 
38 
100 
acres treated 
- 
22,653 
7,553 
583 
149,391 
(D) 
(D) 
596 
2,146 
Manure used 
... farms 
- 
424 
249 
11 
625 
12 
37 
61 
173 
acres treated 
19,181 
12,254 
2,317 
164,399 
131 
498 
1,372 
6,236 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
- 
115 
14 
- 
92 
1 
9 
- 
29 
acres 
- 
1,548 
134 
- 
19,875 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
706 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
- 
200 
51 
1 
435 
1 
6 
13 
25 
acres 
- 
4,727 
1,447 
(D) 
82,459 
(D) 
(D) 
80 
730 
Nematodes 
... farms 
- 
27 
7 
12 
1 
- 
4 
acres 
- 
553 
16 
- 
1,110 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
- 
64 
8 
- 
19 
- 
3 
- 
15 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
727 
17 
" 
1,836 
- 
(D) 
- 
30 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
- 
16 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
1 
7 
acres on which used 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
590 
(D) 
13 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
_ 
154 
68 
1 
208 
5 
8 
12 
39 
acres 
- 
4,082 
1,657 
(D) 
14,911 
(D) 
74 
79 
753 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
- 
288 
104 
1 
208 
2 
20 
43 
121 
acres 
- 
8,318 
2,881 
(D) 
27,887 
(D) 
(□) 
733 
1,862 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
- 
314 
97 
7 
143 
15 
17 
43 
137 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
- 
51,420 
14,034 
2,916 
36,258 
1,962 
1,038 
5,640 
13,250 
used 
... farms 
- 
67 
22 
1 
101 
- 
3 
4 
16 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
736 
238 
(D) 
8,531 
(D) 
(D) 
52 
used 
... farms 
- 
56 
18 
2 
100 
6 
1 
- 
5 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
- 
1,608 
311 
(D) 
11,266 
18 
(D) 
- 
10 
practices were used 
... farms 
- 
238 
66 
2 
424 
13 
4 
7 
17 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
~ 
6,571 
2,277 
(D) 
68,966 
177 
(D) 
305 
275 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
- 
141 
44 
2 
193 
3 
15 
4 
3 
acres 
- 
1,622 
835 
(D) 
15,088 
5 
47 
(D) 
5 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
- 
205 
52 
2 
50 
7 
21 
43 
83 
Solar panels 
... farms 
- 
174 
39 
2 
20 
4 
18 
42 
83 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
- 
20 
12 
- 
15 
1 
- 
5 
11 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
- 
2 
6 
- 
1 
1 
3 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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