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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
15,557 
2,221 
817 
644 
917 
1,335 
acres treated 
5,505,592 
3,802,055 
516,742 
259,240 
218,418 
203,837 
Manure used 
farms 
6,237 
828 
386 
250 
299 
551 
acres treated 
730,365 
258,553 
73,215 
42,160 
62,468 
77,437 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
7,398 
2,077 
659 
487 
606 
535 
acres 
3,674,791 
2,899,536 
335,729 
150,700 
94,947 
55,061 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
14,384 
2,615 
902 
728 
956 
1,227 
acres 
6,186,811 
4,419,024 
606,074 
313,983 
242,713 
170,930 
Nematodes 
farms 
653 
319 
51 
51 
36 
27 
acres 
415,881 
360,701 
28,628 
14,594 
5,460 
1,920 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
2,377 
1,182 
300 
206 
217 
96 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
1 ,752,635 
1,512,132 
139,292 
59,738 
28,469 
6,457 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
963 
545 
122 
66 
74 
41 
acres on which used 
676,603 
582,626 
61,282 
17,871 
9,845 
2,412 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
863 
190 
76 
71 
74 
62 
acres 
386,308 
275,107 
45,825 
27,176 
13,383 
7,118 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
4,750 
1,113 
380 
327 
344 
261 
acres 
3,025,901 
2,264,447 
296,302 
161,972 
99,586 
57,354 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
612 
91 
25 
19 
28 
32 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
119,551 
51,729 
9,539 
2,617 
7,330 
6,476 
used 
farms 
2,474 
877 
256 
179 
199 
146 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
981,157 
768,987 
100,646 
42,924 
30,826 
10,197 
used 
farms 
1,790 
938 
217 
145 
152 
94 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,590,692 
1 ,378,225 
119,089 
51,088 
27,920 
6,182 
practices were used 
farms 
4,981 
1,579 
527 
376 
488 
319 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,547,939 
2,785,588 
402,229 
167,176 
106,855 
33,318 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
991 
136 
40 
32 
75 
87 
acres 
136,859 
90,403 
9,009 
8,191 
7,349 
4,213 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
372 
56 
12 
7 
14 
22 
Solar panels 
farms 
200 
9 
2 
1 
5 
13 
Wind turbines 
farms 
15 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
7 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
62 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
79 
42 
7 
6 
7 
3 
Ethanol 
farms 
23 
14 
4 
- 
2 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
20 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
30,753 
1,339 
699 
467 
522 
992 
Part owners 
farms 
1 1 ,259 
1,569 
559 
418 
632 
1,010 
Tenants 
farms 
3,059 
732 
278 
215 
249 
165 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
42,137 
2,922 
1,275 
898 
1,168 
2,014 
acres 
8,132,436 
1,801,498 
443,003 
395,661 
607,412 
716,493 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
42,012 
2,908 
1,258 
885 
1,154 
2,002 
acres 
7,311,338 
1,674,562 
413,055 
355,784 
548,505 
663,071 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
14,364 
2,301 
838 
633 
887 
1,178 
acres 
6,536,400 
4,125,138 
595,696 
315,940 
335,489 
265,200 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
14,318 
2,301 
837 
633 
881 
1,175 
acres 
6,499,448 
4,108,178 
593,861 
314,554 
328,153 
263,377 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,047 
252 
104 
85 
145 
186 
acres 
858,050 
143,896 
31,783 
41,263 
66,243 
55,245 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
69,704 
6,580 
2,438 
1,674 
2,124 
3,319 
1 operator 
24,077 
1,481 
782 
601 
808 
1,216 
2 operators 
18,319 
1,640 
658 
431 
505 
808 
3 operators 
2,048 
369 
75 
63 
70 
103 
4 operators 
440 
93 
11 
3 
12 
30 
5 or more operators 
187 
57 
10 
2 
8 
10 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
22,637 
1,824 
723 
445 
533 
897 
1 operator 
20,557 
1,568 
662 
419 
478 
811 
2 operators 
860 
97 
21 
13 
22 
36 
3 operators 
102 
19 
5 
- 
2 
2 
4 operators 
11 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
