Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification 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 
69,754 
19,730 
1,318 
1,264 
1,754 
15,719 
57 
$1,000 
9,037,376 
3,501,758 
246,096 
150,392 
99,451 
596,087 
2,026 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $4,999 
5,552 
750 
222 
137 
269 
2,259 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,623 
874 
134 
152 
196 
2,245 
8 
$10,000 to $19,999 
9,645 
1,912 
204 
213 
278 
3,381 
6 
$20,000 to $49,999 
16,875 
4,319 
319 
293 
525 
4,652 
17 
$50,000 to $99,999 
11,617 
4,051 
159 
199 
231 
2,045 
9 
$100,000 to $199,999 
8,735 
3,396 
87 
103 
145 
713 
7 
$200,000 to $499,999 
7,676 
2,747 
76 
94 
86 
332 
- 
$500,000 or more 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
4,031 
1,681 
117 
73 
24 
92 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
... farms 
50,738 
16,029 
881 
866 
1,099 
7,749 
41 
number 
90,731 
31,066 
3,245 
2,311 
2,362 
10,592 
62 
Tractors, all 
... farms 
57,199 
17,750 
977 
1,042 
1,182 
10,896 
47 
number 
192,751 
68,000 
3,475 
2,729 
2,529 
24,496 
168 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
28,611 
8,193 
664 
729 
866 
6,175 
42 
number 
45,993 
14,120 
1,251 
1,133 
1,378 
9,227 
106 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
... farms 
44,133 
14,511 
670 
627 
620 
7,438 
32 
number 
87,031 
29,461 
1,204 
1,276 
1,014 
12,136 
48 
100 horsepower (PTO) or more 
... farms 
26,609 
11,490 
293 
182 
92 
2,033 
10 
number 
59,727 
24,419 
1,020 
320 
137 
3,133 
14 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
... farms 
12,669 
7,343 
131 
15 
12 
653 
4 
number 
14,225 
8,445 
162 
17 
12 
705 
4 
Cotton pickers and strippers. 
self-propelled 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
... farms 
5,132 
1,217 
23 
13 
9 
451 
- 
number 
5,800 
1,344 
26 
16 
9 
489 
- 
Hay balers 
... farms 
29,024 
9,045 
193 
107 
79 
4,456 
11 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
number 
37,338 
11,580 
223 
116 
85 
5,571 
15 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
... farms 
36,298 
16,468 
1,058 
718 
651 
2,661 
42 
acres treated 
7,148,156 
3,716,767 
258,541 
29,447 
29,347 
186,526 
(D) 
Manure used 
... farms 
21,062 
5,805 
285 
81 
100 
1,499 
8 
acres treated 
1,950,883 
340,436 
16,225 
676 
1,229 
56,185 
24 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
14,904 
6,447 
1,000 
786 
512 
645 
37 
acres 
2,667,175 
1 ,399,935 
211,241 
28,963 
22,506 
53,244 
188 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
34,321 
16,247 
981 
732 
773 
2,376 
38 
acres 
6,714,970 
3,884,726 
249,532 
29,807 
33,634 
152,835 
(D) 
Nematodes 
... farms 
2,275 
952 
466 
155 
49 
104 
3 
acres 
346,553 
175,564 
92,893 
7,295 
570 
6,138 
16 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
3,413 
1,198 
615 
583 
180 
181 
8 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
470,488 
232,676 
118,196 
17,391 
9,146 
10,715 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
786 
199 
99 
204 
46 
66 
10 
acres on which used 
86,791 
16,312 
57,495 
4,185 
386 
886 
30 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
8,218 
3,717 
128 
160 
113 
743 
2 
acres 
805,846 
411,012 
14,642 
8,207 
7,329 
32,970 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
8,327 
3,246 
149 
248 
113 
1,228 
2 
acres 
780,815 
353,171 
42,238 
20,178 
6,102 
52,141 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,767 
530 
27 
19 
42 
546 
4 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
168,766 
57,202 
(D) 
1,620 
3,322 
41,735 
48 
used 
... farms 
14,477 
8,574 
243 
79 
129 
665 
8 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,770,594 
1,246,941 
24,690 
891 
2,961 
32,554 
30 
used 
... farms 
14,144 
7,315 
297 
46 
70 
552 
2 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,554,272 
1,506,560 
95,368 
1,020 
2,940 
44,250 
(D) 
practices were used 
... farms 
24,270 
11,353 
950 
198 
334 
1,616 
57 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,507,623 
1,283,652 
139,631 
2,248 
8,416 
70,360 
349 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
9,992 
2,768 
383 
144 
156 
1,261 
9 
acres 
553,005 
147,209 
114,680 
1,679 
1,662 
32,151 
70 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
1,592 
347 
54 
70 
64 
344 
- 
Solar panels 
... farms 
728 
122 
43 
40 
39 
155 
- 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
264 
66 
3 
11 
10 
48 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
520 
129 
6 
18 
16 
145 
- 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
14 
5 
- 
4 
- 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
172 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
