Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
6,284 
21 
449 
861 
1,787 
1,961 
1,205 
acres treated 
543,441 
1,723 
30,844 
78,252 
141,210 
182,149 
109,263 
Manure used 
farms 
2,542 
16 
199 
383 
793 
757 
394 
acres treated 
188,310 
624 
13,441 
29,492 
59,073 
52,445 
33,235 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,149 
8 
155 
280 
657 
670 
379 
acres 
217,660 
1,965 
14,809 
37,545 
55,283 
70,343 
37,715 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
5,420 
25 
415 
771 
1,636 
1,686 
887 
acres 
526,515 
4,433 
32,155 
78,470 
153,147 
171,118 
87,192 
Nematodes 
farms 
111 
- 
14 
11 
19 
43 
24 
acres 
23,460 
- 
4,773 
(D) 
3,824 
4,814 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
403 
6 
29 
47 
132 
114 
75 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
78,705 
2,337 
5,212 
19,243 
15,079 
24,072 
12,762 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
126 
2 
7 
11 
37 
36 
33 
acres on which used 
19,853 
(D) 
(D) 
942 
3,453 
6,871 
6,149 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
270 
_ 
19 
38 
71 
83 
59 
acres 
19,766 
- 
295 
2,967 
6,730 
5,607 
4,167 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,683 
17 
113 
204 
417 
523 
409 
acres 
210,850 
2,551 
17,691 
36,400 
56,913 
53,913 
43,382 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
345 
- 
9 
44 
83 
111 
98 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
42,415 
- 
1,299 
6,574 
8,783 
10,492 
15,267 
used 
farms 
631 
5 
27 
83 
185 
190 
141 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
47,367 
558 
1,598 
6,222 
1 1 ,870 
15,943 
11,176 
used 
farms 
246 
8 
26 
30 
72 
52 
58 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
55,296 
2,787 
7,758 
9,786 
13,995 
8,879 
12,091 
practices were used 
farms 
1,351 
3 
96 
164 
386 
411 
291 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
195,465 
42 
4,529 
26,911 
50,025 
81,417 
32,541 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
379 
- 
21 
40 
114 
128 
76 
acres 
14,148 
- 
363 
2,169 
2,500 
5,122 
3,994 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
174 
- 
9 
22 
57 
58 
28 
Solar panels 
farms 
104 
- 
5 
14 
36 
38 
11 
Wind turbines 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
42 
- 
- 
4 
13 
14 
11 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
3 
7 
2 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
17,709 
30 
817 
2,005 
4,446 
5,355 
5,056 
Part owners 
farms 
4,906 
24 
398 
876 
1,538 
1,369 
701 
Tenants 
farms 
1,141 
37 
250 
218 
291 
211 
134 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
22,653 
54 
1,215 
2,888 
5,993 
6,738 
5,765 
acres 
2,957,962 
2,238 
91,694 
265,911 
673,635 
993,436 
931,048 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
22,615 
54 
1,215 
2,881 
5,984 
6,724 
5,757 
acres 
2,572,505 
2,214 
79,504 
238,566 
603,293 
867,273 
781,655 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
6,071 
61 
653 
1,094 
1,835 
1,586 
842 
acres 
908,067 
7,890 
74,907 
158,045 
278,546 
240,008 
148,671 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
6,047 
61 
648 
1,094 
1,829 
1,580 
835 
acres 
894,715 
7,890 
74,527 
158,006 
276,386 
237,001 
140,905 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,615 
1 
44 
116 
294 
511 
649 
acres 
398,809 
(D) 
(D) 
27,384 
72,502 
129,170 
157,159 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
36,633 
151 
2,416 
5,014 
9,958 
10,731 
8,363 
1 operator 
12,604 
46 
598 
1,417 
3,132 
3,622 
3,789 
2 operators 
9,855 
32 
796 
1,517 
2,730 
2,967 
1,813 
3 operators 
1,014 
11 
59 
120 
324 
265 
235 
4 operators 
203 
2 
11 
32 
64 
54 
40 
5 or more operators 
80 
- 
1 
13 
25 
27 
14 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
12,398 
43 
852 
1,720 
3,460 
3,627 
2,696 
1 operator 
11,316 
39 
778 
1,604 
3,105 
3,365 
2,425 
2 operators 
442 
2 
33 
45 
142 
101 
119 
3 operators 
51 
- 
- 
6 
18 
16 
11 
4 operators 
10 
- 
2 
2 
3 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 199 
