Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
...farms 
351 
329 
264 
914 
867 
1,142 
1,215 
acres 
25,086 
25,389 
26,784 
137,229 
259,591 
902,527 
2,234,458 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
943 
817 
619 
2,147 
1,489 
1,393 
1,356 
acres 
68,000 
70,438 
68,425 
347,085 
536,646 
1,478,369 
3,433,585 
Nematodes 
...farms 
23 
12 
8 
26 
61 
117 
228 
acres 
1,967 
855 
643 
4,218 
22,694 
97,692 
284,406 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
42 
50 
45 
171 
263 
595 
761 
acres 
3,555 
5,280 
6,041 
32,143 
94,364 
435,472 
1,165,465 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
23 
6 
16 
64 
87 
239 
388 
acres on which used 
2,126 
437 
2,156 
12,726 
27,218 
159,251 
469,306 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
50 
45 
35 
117 
90 
123 
93 
acres 
3,780 
4,027 
4,298 
21,241 
35,671 
121,994 
186,413 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
243 
202 
136 
523 
500 
665 
622 
acres 
25,150 
22,288 
19,671 
115,996 
259,946 
790,293 
1 ,724,547 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
35 
26 
25 
84 
59 
61 
58 
acres 
1,721 
1,438 
2,331 
10,579 
16,726 
37,797 
41,118 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
89 
84 
89 
308 
278 
485 
565 
acres 
3,759 
4,305 
6,114 
36,772 
65,605 
228,448 
622,752 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
35 
54 
35 
177 
196 
466 
614 
acres 
3,318 
5,591 
4,344 
35,203 
70,356 
352,734 
1,113,131 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
205 
159 
107 
453 
606 
942 
978 
acres 
16,935 
16,190 
14,695 
94,588 
278,286 
924,545 
2,161,407 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
58 
69 
45 
133 
84 
85 
89 
acres 
1,952 
2,595 
2,491 
9,458 
9,678 
34,967 
66,953 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
28 
26 
14 
36 
20 
35 
27 
Solar panels 
...farms 
15 
16 
7 
26 
13 
4 
9 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
10 
9 
3 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
1 
3 
2 
7 
3 
31 
18 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
10 
7 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
1 
- 
2 
2 
3 
2 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
2,063 
1,394 
954 
2,262 
1,043 
367 
230 
Part owners 
...farms 
860 
825 
621 
2,177 
1,228 
945 
825 
Tenants 
...farms 
158 
124 
79 
286 
327 
448 
440 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
2,924 
2,223 
1,579 
4,454 
2,288 
1,325 
1,066 
acres 
439,866 
400,692 
326,424 
1,266,030 
1 ,239,834 
1,089,865 
1,828,120 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
2,923 
2,219 
1,575 
4,439 
2,271 
1,312 
1,055 
acres 
389,984 
355,899 
300,718 
1,162,430 
1,103,600 
997,278 
1,708,891 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
1,020 
953 
701 
2,471 
1,558 
1,394 
1,266 
acres 
93,431 
108,371 
93,163 
503,085 
668,768 
1,482,135 
3,352,501 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
1,018 
949 
700 
2,463 
1,555 
1,393 
1,265 
acres 
93,195 
106,816 
93,063 
499,253 
665,599 
1,473,818 
3,337,104 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
219 
184 
119 
308 
241 
160 
149 
acres 
50,118 
46,348 
25,806 
107,432 
139,403 
100,904 
134,626 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
4,535 
3,621 
2,515 
7,271 
4,082 
2,867 
2,909 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,806 
1,266 
910 
2,595 
1,407 
870 
611 
2 operators 
1,128 
931 
648 
1,818 
987 
731 
556 
3 operators 
122 
110 
79 
240 
152 
132 
208 
4 operators 
20 
25 
13 
54 
34 
15 
76 
5 or more operators 
5 
11 
4 
18 
18 
12 
44 
Total women operators 
number 
1,383 
1,142 
802 
2,100 
1,084 
706 
623 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,274 
1,051 
706 
1,942 
950 
659 
415 
2 operators 
50 
39 
36 
59 
57 
21 
77 
3 operators 
3 
3 
8 
12 
5 
- 
18 
4 operators 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,743 
2,089 
1,465 
4,307 
2,404 
1,702 
1,467 
Female 
338 
254 
189 
418 
194 
58 
28 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,400 
1,190 
875 
2,892 
1,831 
1,511 
1,369 
Other 
1,681 
1,153 
779 
1,833 
767 
249 
126 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 67 
