Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
15,557 
12,576 
2,045 
1,680 
acres treated 
5,505,592 
2,219,228 
2,807,846 
2,550,188 
Manure used 
farms 
6,237 
5,383 
448 
316 
acres treated 
730,365 
501,811 
145,088 
119,159 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
7,398 
5,132 
1,639 
1,447 
acres 
3,674,791 
1,182,389 
2,172,847 
2,024,989 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
14,384 
1 1 ,322 
2,046 
1,702 
acres 
6,186,811 
2,408,422 
3,245,323 
2,964,179 
Nematodes 
farms 
653 
382 
221 
197 
acres 
415,881 
150,832 
235,680 
219,279 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
2,377 
1,202 
920 
843 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
1 ,752,635 
481,530 
1,128,264 
1,069,495 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
963 
434 
402 
373 
acres on which used 
676,603 
180,867 
431,645 
405,160 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
863 
615 
173 
141 
acres 
386,308 
144,059 
200,357 
176,248 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
4,750 
3,310 
1,021 
922 
acres 
3,025,901 
886,580 
1,859,381 
1,721,957 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
612 
416 
110 
99 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
119,551 
40,092 
54,712 
52,422 
used 
farms 
2,474 
1,544 
709 
634 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
981,157 
328,529 
566,787 
508,057 
used 
farms 
1,790 
858 
724 
663 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,590,692 
427,874 
1,025,012 
951,607 
practices were used 
farms 
4,981 
3,244 
1,273 
1,129 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,547,939 
1,303,148 
1,929,302 
1,773,135 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
991 
780 
140 
116 
acres 
136,859 
68,217 
53,252 
47,972 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
372 
281 
59 
44 
Solar panels 
farms 
200 
166 
16 
6 
Wind turbines 
farms 
15 
12 
2 
2 
Methane digesters 
farms 
7 
2 
3 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
62 
56 
2 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
5 
5 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
79 
33 
39 
38 
Ethanol 
farms 
23 
8 
8 
8 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
20 
17 
3 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
30,753 
27,731 
1,405 
882 
Part owners 
farms 
11,259 
9,496 
1,234 
976 
Tenants 
farms 
3,059 
2,124 
705 
611 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
42,137 
37,316 
2,664 
1,880 
acres 
8,132,436 
5,563,141 
1,491,895 
1,245,211 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
42,012 
37,227 
2,639 
1,858 
acres 
7,311,338 
5,147,657 
1,293,419 
1,071,433 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
14,364 
11,664 
1,940 
1,588 
acres 
6,536,400 
3,022,347 
3,025,004 
2,750,681 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
14,318 
11,620 
1,939 
1,587 
acres 
6,499,448 
3,007,102 
3,006,434 
2,732,431 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,047 
2,329 
357 
288 
acres 
858,050 
430,729 
217,046 
192,028 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
69,704 
59,325 
6,404 
4,774 
1 operator 
24,077 
21,769 
1,121 
837 
2 operators 
18,319 
15,743 
1,651 
1,189 
3 operators 
2,048 
1,446 
405 
304 
4 operators 
440 
293 
115 
92 
5 or more operators 
187 
100 
52 
47 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
22,637 
19,735 
1,723 
1,286 
1 operator 
20,557 
18,177 
1,383 
1,017 
2 operators 
860 
665 
137 
109 
3 operators 
102 
64 
22 
17 
4 operators 
11 
9 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
144 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
