Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
316 
211 
76 
29 
131 
185 
acres treated 
30,152 
12,148 
16,589 
1,415 
10,055 
20,097 
Manure used 
farms 
115 
76 
31 
8 
43 
72 
acres treated 
1,843 
413 
1,405 
25 
513 
1,330 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
58 
41 
6 
11 
28 
30 
acres 
548 
404 
71 
73 
213 
335 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
127 
84 
29 
14 
48 
79 
acres 
15,518 
11,655 
3,615 
248 
2,619 
12,899 
Nematodes 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
9 
8 
1 
- 
1 
8 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
5 
3 
2 
- 
2 
3 
acres on which used 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
_ 
1 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
36 
26 
6 
4 
12 
24 
acres 
576 
(D) 
249 
(D) 
355 
221 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
15 
11 
3 
1 
3 
12 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
881 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
34 
22 
8 
4 
15 
19 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,280 
(D) 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
19 
13 
2 
4 
4 
15 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,464 
(D) 
(D) 
76 
(D) 
(D) 
practices were used 
farms 
178 
123 
40 
15 
82 
96 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
9,564 
4,688 
4,553 
323 
5,024 
4,540 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
52 
41 
7 
4 
10 
42 
acres 
3,325 
2,981 
(D) 
(D) 
136 
3,189 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
66 
44 
9 
13 
24 
42 
Solar panels 
farms 
57 
39 
7 
11 
22 
35 
Wind turbines 
farms 
11 
8 
2 
1 
5 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
2 
1 
3 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
3 
2 
1 
- 
1 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
546 
546 
_ 
_ 
271 
275 
Part owners 
farms 
122 
- 
122 
- 
58 
64 
Tenants 
farms 
94 
- 
- 
94 
58 
36 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
669 
546 
122 
1 
329 
340 
acres 
204,343 
181,666 
(D) 
(D) 
126,521 
77,822 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
668 
546 
122 
329 
339 
acres 
200,333 
178,328 
22,005 
- 
124,070 
76,263 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
216 
_ 
122 
94 
116 
100 
acres 
633,678 
- 
55,914 
577,764 
355,459 
278,219 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
216 
- 
122 
94 
116 
100 
acres 
633,528 
- 
55,764 
577,764 
355,459 
278,069 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
42 
34 
7 
1 
19 
23 
acres 
4,160 
3,338 
(D) 
(D) 
2,451 
1,709 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,230 
858 
210 
162 
387 
843 
1 operator 
387 
271 
58 
58 
387 
- 
2 operators 
315 
245 
47 
23 
- 
315 
3 operators 
40 
23 
11 
6 
- 
40 
4 operators 
12 
7 
5 
- 
- 
12 
5 or more operators 
8 
- 
1 
7 
- 
8 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
525 
394 
76 
55 
131 
394 
1 operator 
438 
337 
66 
35 
131 
307 
2 operators 
34 
21 
5 
8 
- 
34 
3 operators 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
5 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
202 Alaska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
