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 
1,942 
82 
62 
79 
142 
177 
acres treated 
80,096 
28,141 
10,668 
9,165 
7,384 
4,626 
Manure used 
farms 
961 
18 
15 
36 
58 
71 
acres treated 
27,092 
8,367 
2,214 
3,479 
2,652 
1,659 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,096 
62 
46 
62 
109 
141 
acres 
30,727 
13,318 
5,329 
3,774 
3,053 
1,560 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,398 
80 
62 
84 
132 
156 
acres 
54,508 
24,299 
8,859 
6,420 
5,178 
2,590 
Nematodes 
farms 
203 
21 
14 
15 
20 
28 
acres 
5,657 
2,386 
1,474 
574 
376 
204 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
609 
35 
32 
32 
72 
81 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
13,448 
6,300 
2,451 
1,169 
1,133 
719 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
173 
16 
21 
8 
24 
21 
acres on which used 
4,107 
1,357 
1,176 
328 
341 
357 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
170 
14 
10 
10 
12 
16 
acres 
2,634 
772 
580 
167 
124 
116 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
290 
5 
11 
12 
15 
12 
acres 
4,000 
745 
425 
283 
471 
208 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
412 
6 
3 
6 
31 
22 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
19,398 
1,066 
228 
650 
2,496 
1,160 
used 
farms 
310 
31 
9 
16 
22 
18 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
11,818 
8,694 
698 
751 
277 
284 
used 
farms 
298 
21 
12 
12 
27 
33 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
9,396 
4,310 
1,839 
1,343 
692 
319 
practices were used 
farms 
1,019 
52 
45 
64 
91 
97 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
25,804 
7,391 
4,425 
4,061 
3,464 
1,721 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
617 
32 
31 
46 
69 
82 
acres 
20,453 
9,372 
2,667 
2,410 
2,141 
1,280 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
279 
7 
1 
2 
10 
13 
Solar panels 
farms 
221 
3 
1 
1 
8 
13 
Wind turbines 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
34 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
13 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,589 
29 
18 
36 
84 
150 
Part owners 
farms 
980 
53 
47 
50 
79 
79 
Tenants 
farms 
408 
10 
4 
17 
39 
20 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,575 
82 
65 
86 
164 
229 
acres 
309,693 
42,561 
14,219 
10,899 
17,793 
15,512 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,569 
82 
65 
86 
163 
229 
acres 
298,196 
42,485 
14,172 
10,694 
16,515 
15,283 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,389 
63 
51 
67 
118 
100 
acres 
138,861 
53,659 
7,568 
15,724 
15,834 
7,026 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,388 
63 
51 
67 
118 
99 
acres 
138,343 
53,659 
7,551 
15,487 
15,769 
6,993 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
440 
5 
4 
9 
19 
15 
acres 
12,015 
76 
64 
442 
1,343 
262 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
9,880 
227 
133 
200 
364 
413 
1 operator 
2,916 
27 
25 
43 
84 
114 
2 operators 
2,510 
32 
31 
41 
86 
111 
3 operators 
384 
17 
7 
13 
24 
19 
4 operators 
99 
7 
5 
3 
4 
5 
5 or more operators 
68 
9 
1 
3 
4 
" 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
3,864 
39 
30 
48 
127 
150 
1 operator 
2,986 
21 
20 
39 
95 
119 
2 operators 
331 
6 
5 
3 
10 
14 
3 operators 
52 
2 
- 
1 
4 
1 
4 operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
" 
" 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
