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USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Table 45. Selected Machinery and Equipment on Operation: 2017 and 2012

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Selected machinery and equipment

2017 2012 

Total Manufactured 

2013 to 2017 

Manufactured 

prior to 2013 Total Manufactured 2008 to 2012 

Farms Number Farms Number Farms Number Farms Number Farms Number

Trucks, including pickups ............................................................... 

 

Tractors ......................................................................................... 

 2 or 3 ......................................................................................... 

 4 or more ................................................................................... 

 

 Less than 40 horsepower (PTO) ................................................ 

 40 to 99 horsepower (PTO) ....................................................... 

 100 horsepower (PTO) or more ................................................. 

 

Grain and bean combines, self-propelled ...................................... 

Cotton pickers and strippers, self-propelled ................................... 

Forage harvesters, self-propelled .................................................. 

Hay balers ..................................................................................... 

1,600,677

1,623,762

589,136

342,279

720,127

1,097,190

555,138

274,307

13,948

57,397

538,311

3,343,533

4,038,099

1,383,819

1,961,933

995,918

1,795,589

1,246,592

323,347

18,217

64,081

662,339

413,312

317,475

65,137

15,078

87,267

159,069

113,531

40,162

2,578

7,469

70,053

546,400

470,722

145,504

87,958

98,566

191,415

180,741

45,771

3,066

8,191

75,303

1,414,194

1,483,638

535,605

296,397

647,900

992,042

504,747

238,808

11,696

50,696

483,034

2,797,133

3,567,377

1,258,492

1,657,249

897,352

1,604,174

1,065,851

277,576

15,151

55,890

587,036

1,587,889

1,670,342

624,179

355,989

779,195

1,143,817

548,284

295,742

15,089

64,162

577,443

3,297,894

4,178,300

1,468,568

2,019,558

1,107,528

1,886,032

1,184,740

346,632

20,227

72,389

731,771

400,812

331,835

71,146

15,699

86,262

171,319

118,239

52,728

2,914

7,880

73,222

527,456

494,548

159,940

89,618

98,095

205,388

191,065

58,301

3,566

8,692

79,330

Table 46. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2017 and 2012

[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.]

Item 2017 2012 Item 2017 2012

Any fertilizer, manure, or chemicals 

 used .................................................................farms 

 

Any fertilizer or chemical expenses ...................farms 

$1,000 

 

Commercial fertilizer, lime, 

 and soil conditioners used ...............................farms 

acres treated 

 

Manure used ......................................................farms 

acres treated 

 

Organic fertilizer used (see text) ........................farms 

acres treated 

 

Commercial fertilizer, lime, and 

 soil conditioners expenses ...............................farms 

$1,000 

1,038,141

1,152,063

41,128,340

881,431

253,766,165

297,297

23,888,525

50,105

3,454,441

1,024,978

23,543,177

1,049,897

1,187,446

44,992,553

877,907

247,802,465

275,420

22,072,968

(NA)

(NA)

1,011,896

28,532,713

Chemical expenses ............................................farms 

$1,000 

 

Acres treated to control- 

 Insects ............................................................farms 

acres 

 Weeds, grass, or brush ..................................farms 

acres 

 Nematodes .....................................................farms 

acres 

 Diseases in crops and orchards .....................farms 

acres 

 

Chemicals used to control growth, thin 

 fruit, ripen, or defoliate .....................................farms 

acres on which used 

893,815

17,585,163

306,214

112,440,971

702,075

292,998,284

46,714

14,672,861

121,023

44,296,251

38,207

14,743,773

999,806

16,459,840

361,286

100,719,008

794,320

285,510,954

58,865

14,454,000

121,682

35,006,868

53,200

13,136,568