Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
42 
79 
45 
35 
23 
10 
acres treated 
2,409 
1,888 
1,013 
754 
(D) 
214 
Manure used 
farms 
10 
31 
16 
12 
15 
8 
acres treated 
237 
358 
82 
165 
35 
81 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
9 
19 
1 
3 
6 
2 
acres 
(D) 
75 
(D) 
5 
6 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
15 
30 
11 
10 
11 
4 
acres 
600 
406 
227 
315 
171 
10 
Nematodes 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
2 
3 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
acres on which used 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
_ 
1 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
acres 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
5 
12 
4 
1 
3 
5 
acres 
29 
178 
43 
(D) 
(D) 
23 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2 
2 
5 
1 
3 
1 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
399 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
5 
11 
5 
4 
3 
1 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
7 
42 
5 
4 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
2 
5 
4 
1 
- 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
(D) 
41 
17 
(D) 
- 
- 
practices were used 
farms 
23 
51 
17 
14 
10 
12 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
809 
617 
97 
72 
10 
(D) 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
4 
13 
7 
6 
5 
1 
acres 
(D) 
154 
154 
27 
(D) 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
10 
16 
3 
10 
9 
7 
Solar panels 
farms 
8 
14 
3 
10 
7 
7 
Wind turbines 
farms 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
40 
119 
72 
67 
76 
106 
Part owners 
farms 
23 
25 
13 
11 
12 
5 
Tenants 
farms 
8 
18 
14 
8 
6 
4 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
63 
144 
85 
78 
88 
111 
acres 
14,165 
49,729 
10,007 
7,552 
(D) 
14,576 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
63 
144 
85 
78 
88 
111 
acres 
14,120 
48,073 
9,910 
7,094 
(D) 
13,841 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
31 
43 
27 
19 
18 
9 
acres 
(D) 
18,234 
(D) 
966 
(D) 
557 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
31 
43 
27 
19 
18 
9 
acres 
(D) 
18,234 
(D) 
966 
(D) 
557 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2 
14 
4 
4 
2 
5 
acres 
(D) 
1 ,656 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
113 
252 
156 
130 
159 
164 
1 operator 
34 
81 
48 
50 
41 
69 
2 operators 
32 
76 
46 
31 
44 
43 
3 operators 
5 
2 
4 
3 
6 
3 
4 operators 
- 
2 
1 
1 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
49 
110 
66 
62 
80 
75 
1 operator 
35 
93 
62 
54 
65 
66 
2 operators 
7 
7 
2 
4 
6 
3 
3 operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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