Table 40. Machinery and Equipment on Operation: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Wisconsin 
Adams 
Ashland 
Barron 
Bayfield 
Brown 
Buffalo 
VALUE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Estimated market value of all machinery 
and equipment 
farms, 2012 
69,754 
313 
187 
1,322 
352 
1,111 
1,061 
2007 
78,463 
408 
203 
1,484 
383 
1,053 
1,229 
$1,000, 2012 
9,037,376 
54,361 
15,672 
196,413 
24,932 
166,193 
156,390 
2007 
7,554,247 
48,833 
12,814 
157,367 
24,493 
138,803 
128,618 
Average per farm 
dollars, 2012 
129,561 
173,678 
83,806 
148,573 
70,830 
149,588 
147,399 
2007 
96,278 
119,690 
63,121 
106,042 
63,949 
131,817 
104,653 
Farms by value group: 
$1 to $9,999 
2012 
11,175 
46 
32 
146 
55 
217 
173 
2007 
14,574 
86 
42 
312 
83 
145 
230 
$10,000 to $19,999 
2012 
9,645 
49 
34 
210 
64 
140 
138 
2007 
12,103 
60 
31 
214 
48 
125 
184 
$20,000 to $29,999 
2012 
8,119 
41 
16 
155 
43 
115 
119 
2007 
8,984 
54 
29 
132 
40 
113 
114 
$30,000 to $49,999 
2012 
8,756 
37 
29 
153 
45 
121 
128 
2007 
10,222 
47 
34 
165 
72 
158 
162 
$50,000 to $69,999 
2012 
6,634 
33 
20 
136 
53 
135 
117 
2007 
7,059 
50 
13 
116 
43 
97 
129 
$70,000 to $99,999 
2012 
4,983 
16 
5 
101 
25 
56 
70 
2007 
5,335 
24 
15 
102 
30 
85 
71 
$100,000 to $199,999 
2012 
8,735 
25 
39 
184 
38 
132 
121 
2007 
9,874 
36 
22 
227 
43 
143 
174 
$200,000 to $499,999 
2012 
7,676 
33 
6 
169 
22 
132 
115 
2007 
7,666 
31 
16 
175 
20 
135 
113 
$500,000 or more 
2012 
4,031 
33 
6 
68 
7 
63 
80 
2007 
2,646 
20 
1 
41 
4 
52 
52 
SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT 
Trucks, including pickups (see text) 
farms, 2012 
50,738 
246 
140 
1,046 
270 
811 
773 
2007 
59,773 
308 
154 
1,181 
310 
828 
921 
number, 2012 
90,731 
775 
227 
1,808 
394 
1,321 
1,394 
2007 
99,726 
798 
245 
1,883 
470 
1,299 
1,646 
Tractors 
farms, 2012 
57,199 
278 
150 
1,135 
295 
862 
865 
2007 
67,602 
356 
189 
1,253 
328 
904 
1,026 
number, 2012 
192,751 
1,028 
434 
3,871 
817 
2,883 
3,164 
2007 
211,957 
1,116 
489 
4,155 
960 
3,153 
3,400 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
28,611 
165 
84 
590 
156 
448 
434 
2007 
35,715 
217 
114 
668 
197 
467 
585 
number, 2012 
45,993 
328 
133 
927 
266 
761 
745 
2007 
56,431 
374 
161 
1,088 
302 
731 
935 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms, 2012 
44,133 
193 
119 
868 
227 
668 
714 
2007 
51,506 
240 
150 
975 
253 
716 
751 
number, 2012 
87,031 
401 
219 
1,720 
430 
1,250 
1,406 
2007 
99,914 
492 
266 
1,858 
490 
1,486 
1,506 
1 00 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms, 2012 
26,609 
120 
44 
558 
67 
398 
434 
2007 
26,989 
111 
32 
577 
88 
436 
469 
number, 2012 
59,727 
299 
82 
1,224 
121 
872 
1,013 
2007 
55,612 
250 
62 
1,209 
168 
936 
959 
Grain and bean combines, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
12,669 
67 
16 
199 
40 
178 
213 
2007 
12,450 
66 
20 
227 
50 
180 
218 
number, 2012 
14,225 
82 
19 
236 
46 
209 
244 
2007 
13,815 
78 
(D) 
257 
61 
197 
247 
Cotton pickers and strippers, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number, 2012 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters, self-propelled 
farms, 2012 
5,132 
13 
9 
109 
28 
135 
79 
2007 
5,242 
8 
10 
93 
33 
125 
77 
number, 2012 
5,800 
14 
10 
114 
28 
156 
86 
2007 
5,529 
8 
(D) 
98 
34 
134 
82 
Hay balers 
farms, 2012 
29,024 
153 
104 
604 
179 
410 
458 
2007 
32,666 
148 
127 
688 
194 
451 
544 
number, 2012 
37,338 
222 
133 
776 
252 
501 
626 
2007 
40,187 
190 
155 
842 
278 
530 
706 
2012 INVENTORY 
Manufactured 2008 to 2012: 
Trucks, including pickups 
farms 
9,578 
43 
29 
128 
47 
153 
142 
number 
1 1 ,820 
86 
30 
149 
53 
183 
166 
Tractors 
farms 
8,271 
48 
41 
149 
56 
129 
133 
number 
12,933 
110 
43 
215 
77 
210 
210 
Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
2,025 
16 
7 
44 
13 
29 
27 
number 
2,266 
18 
7 
46 
13 
34 
38 
40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) 
farms 
3,581 
23 
23 
52 
39 
61 
57 
number 
4,276 
30 
23 
59 
51 
74 
62 
1 00 horsepower (PTO) or more 
farms 
3,897 
19 
12 
74 
9 
61 
74 
number 
6,391 
62 
13 
110 
13 
102 
110 
Grain and bean combines 
farms 
1,177 
5 
_ 
18 
1 
11 
21 
number 
1,292 
5 
- 
19 
(D) 
11 
22 
Cotton pickers and strippers 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
number 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Forage harvesters self-propelled 
farms 
581 
- 
3 
12 
2 
19 
11 
number 
608 
- 
3 
12 
(D) 
22 
12 
Hay balers 
farms 
2,310 
12 
15 
37 
16 
22 
46 
number 
2,486 
12 
15 
40 
18 
25 
51 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wisconsin 527 
