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 
1,909 
2,863 
1,718 
1,093 
756 
1,284 
acres treated 
181,944 
172,010 
69,589 
31,993 
17,970 
31 ,794 
Manure used 
farms 
856 
1,170 
674 
443 
294 
486 
acres treated 
81,743 
71,725 
29,617 
13,719 
7,494 
12,234 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
659 
862 
524 
333 
236 
420 
acres 
55,337 
42,312 
19,939 
8,225 
5,171 
7,834 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,704 
2,297 
1,398 
904 
596 
1,057 
acres 
165,463 
135,756 
59,753 
29,065 
13,768 
30,282 
Nematodes 
farms 
39 
55 
19 
24 
5 
27 
acres 
3,212 
664 
212 
342 
42 
106 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
86 
112 
62 
35 
22 
59 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
3,969 
1,625 
547 
94 
28 
284 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
31 
32 
16 
11 
7 
18 
acres on which used 
1,058 
398 
780 
180 
7 
144 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
62 
88 
55 
52 
45 
88 
acres 
5,575 
5,797 
2,165 
1,510 
679 
1,973 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
337 
584 
363 
309 
288 
444 
acres 
42,579 
45,842 
22,136 
13,014 
8,356 
14,313 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
56 
77 
69 
101 
60 
54 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
10,366 
14,715 
4,423 
3,964 
2,955 
5,437 
used 
farms 
183 
232 
123 
103 
67 
109 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
9,424 
9,569 
2,911 
2,360 
896 
2,417 
used 
farms 
68 
58 
37 
33 
11 
37 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,157 
1,735 
937 
599 
102 
658 
practices were used 
farms 
382 
415 
289 
209 
178 
219 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
21,741 
14,865 
7,699 
2,879 
2,142 
3,447 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
135 
175 
94 
70 
42 
105 
acres 
5,418 
5,602 
2,798 
1,037 
1,262 
1,577 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
26 
57 
38 
30 
48 
62 
Solar panels 
farms 
19 
41 
19 
19 
33 
39 
Wind turbines 
farms 
- 
4 
1 
3 
3 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
5 
7 
10 
5 
16 
15 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
4 
3 
- 
2 
4 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1 
5 
- 
2 
1 
5 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,994 
4,776 
4,337 
3,993 
3,742 
7,892 
Part owners 
farms 
1,542 
2,098 
1,265 
798 
477 
891 
Tenants 
farms 
188 
349 
286 
215 
133 
249 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
3,543 
6,892 
5,607 
4,799 
4,224 
8,795 
acres 
918,188 
1,160,538 
660,330 
437,762 
323,675 
667,876 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
3,536 
6,874 
5,602 
4,791 
4,219 
8,783 
acres 
823,767 
1,006,638 
544,557 
376,523 
281 ,289 
623,587 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,737 
2,451 
1,557 
1,021 
617 
1,144 
acres 
296,430 
292,422 
125,336 
69,123 
34,543 
81,083 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,730 
2,447 
1,551 
1,013 
610 
1,140 
acres 
294,498 
289,996 
124,831 
68,275 
33,945 
79,780 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
264 
509 
428 
341 
312 
421 
acres 
96,353 
156,326 
116,278 
62,087 
42,984 
45,592 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
5,702 
10,950 
8,891 
7,503 
6,609 
13,914 
1 operator 
2,032 
4,026 
3,252 
2,833 
2,344 
4,702 
2 operators 
1,480 
2,790 
2,351 
1,919 
1,813 
3,924 
3 operators 
171 
314 
232 
204 
148 
299 
4 operators 
23 
74 
38 
37 
43 
76 
5 or more operators 
18 
19 
15 
13 
4 
31 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,725 
3,473 
2,945 
2,526 
2,361 
5,185 
1 operator 
1,620 
3,146 
2,697 
2,278 
2,152 
4,726 
2 operators 
42 
140 
108 
99 
88 
194 
3 operators 
7 
13 
8 
14 
11 
21 
4 operators 
- 
2 
2 
2 
- 
2 
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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