Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
316 
249 
23 
17 
acres treated 
30,152 
21,616 
2,415 
(D) 
Manure used 
farms 
115 
93 
10 
9 
acres treated 
1,843 
1,418 
(D) 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
58 
42 
6 
4 
acres 
548 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
127 
92 
16 
12 
acres 
15,518 
8,394 
(D) 
(D) 
Nematodes 
farms 
2 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
9 
4 
3 
2 
acres 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
5 
3 
1 
1 
acres on which used 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
36 
25 
3 
3 
acres 
576 
337 
(D) 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
15 
11 
3 
3 
acres 
881 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
34 
29 
2 
1 
acres 
1,280 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
19 
11 
2 
1 
acres 
2,464 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
178 
151 
9 
7 
acres 
9,564 
8,281 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
52 
38 
8 
6 
acres 
3,325 
(D) 
920 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy preducing systems 
farms 
66 
47 
6 
6 
Solar panels 
farms 
57 
44 
4 
4 
Wind turbines 
farms 
11 
9 
1 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geeexchange systems 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
- 
1 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
546 
464 
31 
24 
Part owners 
farms 
122 
101 
7 
4 
Tenants 
farms 
94 
49 
8 
8 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
669 
566 
38 
28 
acres 
204,343 
93,238 
21,572 
(D) 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
668 
565 
38 
28 
acres 
200,333 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
216 
150 
15 
12 
acres 
633,678 
149,011 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
216 
150 
15 
12 
acres 
633,528 
148,911 
(D) 
(D) 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
42 
31 
2 
2 
acres 
4,160 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,230 
936 
98 
73 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
387 
330 
10 
9 
2 operators 
315 
253 
26 
22 
3 operators 
40 
24 
6 
2 
4 operators 
12 
7 
2 
1 
5 or more operators 
8 
- 
2 
2 
Total women operators 
number 
525 
419 
46 
35 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
438 
366 
29 
20 
2 operators 
34 
22 
5 
4 
3 operators 
5 
3 
1 
1 
4 operators 
1 
- 
1 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
134 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
