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 
216 
309 
227 
235 
136 
277 
acres treated 
5,063 
4,754 
2,750 
2,880 
888 
3,777 
Manure used 
farms 
85 
161 
145 
127 
93 
152 
acres treated 
1,729 
2,463 
1,266 
1,146 
518 
1,599 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
150 
177 
128 
121 
55 
45 
acres 
1,060 
968 
668 
663 
118 
216 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
171 
215 
167 
140 
74 
117 
acres 
2,219 
2,091 
970 
895 
407 
580 
Nematodes 
farms 
25 
28 
17 
12 
14 
9 
acres 
147 
311 
54 
27 
38 
66 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
74 
93 
73 
54 
38 
25 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
437 
535 
341 
156 
66 
141 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
14 
21 
8 
28 
9 
3 
acres on which used 
317 
94 
20 
87 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
12 
30 
7 
13 
20 
26 
acres 
234 
192 
41 
109 
122 
177 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
17 
49 
19 
31 
34 
85 
acres 
58 
612 
96 
293 
141 
668 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
34 
64 
25 
53 
74 
94 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,851 
1,690 
1,459 
1,900 
2,780 
4,118 
used 
farms 
31 
70 
35 
24 
25 
29 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
403 
318 
126 
82 
62 
123 
used 
farms 
24 
34 
35 
53 
29 
18 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
186 
201 
77 
251 
53 
125 
practices were used 
farms 
131 
185 
138 
93 
54 
69 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,894 
1,208 
566 
613 
197 
264 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
91 
77 
51 
49 
52 
37 
acres 
1,215 
534 
324 
197 
131 
182 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
17 
22 
36 
54 
39 
78 
Solar panels 
farms 
9 
18 
31 
36 
38 
63 
Wind turbines 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
3 
2 
9 
2 
16 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
3 
3 
2 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
Other 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
231 
550 
561 
694 
629 
1,607 
Part owners 
farms 
91 
142 
123 
112 
58 
146 
Tenants 
farms 
37 
68 
39 
27 
59 
88 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
322 
692 
684 
806 
691 
1,754 
acres 
20,087 
38,104 
31,446 
30,893 
20,243 
67,936 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
322 
692 
684 
806 
687 
1,753 
acres 
19,246 
35,999 
30,289 
29,609 
19,550 
64,354 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
128 
210 
162 
139 
117 
234 
acres 
9,679 
11,873 
4,948 
3,048 
1,971 
7,531 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
128 
210 
162 
139 
117 
234 
acres 
9,679 
11,839 
4,816 
3,048 
1,971 
7,531 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
32 
71 
46 
57 
47 
135 
acres 
841 
2,139 
1,289 
1,284 
693 
3,582 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
584 
1,266 
1,228 
1,361 
1,161 
2,943 
1 operator 
177 
350 
367 
390 
403 
936 
2 operators 
146 
346 
287 
379 
292 
759 
3 operators 
31 
34 
36 
49 
38 
116 
4 operators 
4 
28 
5 
9 
6 
23 
5 or more operators 
1 
2 
28 
6 
7 
7 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
204 
512 
467 
537 
464 
1,286 
1 operator 
176 
413 
322 
429 
374 
978 
2 operators 
11 
23 
45 
45 
45 
124 
3 operators 
2 
15 
13 
6 
- 
8 
4 operators 
- 
2 
4 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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