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 
1,942 
1,449 
236 
209 
acres treated 
80,096 
35,203 
21,497 
17,001 
Manure used 
farms 
961 
750 
120 
104 
acres treated 
27,092 
13,595 
8,271 
7,181 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,096 
769 
139 
127 
acres 
30,727 
10,987 
5,978 
5,477 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,398 
988 
185 
166 
acres 
54,508 
20,787 
13,624 
10,244 
Nematodes 
farms 
203 
137 
27 
27 
acres 
5,657 
(D) 
1,490 
1,490 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
609 
418 
81 
75 
acres 
13,448 
4,438 
3,322 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
173 
102 
34 
32 
acres on which used 
4,107 
1,684 
904 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
170 
103 
20 
19 
acres 
2,634 
1,050 
568 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
290 
211 
32 
25 
acres 
4,000 
2,087 
(D) 
481 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
412 
280 
74 
71 
acres 
19,398 
12,614 
3,582 
3,476 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
310 
213 
50 
39 
acres 
11,818 
(D) 
3,577 
1,572 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
298 
208 
38 
33 
acres 
9,396 
2,639 
2,704 
2,195 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
1,019 
752 
135 
121 
acres 
25,804 
13,316 
6,094 
5,405 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
617 
440 
89 
75 
acres 
20,453 
7,628 
6,695 
5,061 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
279 
196 
33 
30 
Solar panels 
farms 
221 
161 
18 
15 
Wind turbines 
farms 
11 
5 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
34 
21 
7 
7 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
13 
8 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
5 
1 
- 
Other 
farms 
3 
1 
1 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,589 
3,665 
437 
376 
Part owners 
farms 
980 
727 
137 
118 
Tenants 
farms 
408 
271 
38 
35 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,575 
4,398 
574 
494 
acres 
309,693 
189,342 
48,353 
40,055 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,569 
4,392 
574 
494 
acres 
298,196 
181,397 
47,118 
38,998 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,389 
999 
175 
153 
acres 
138,861 
77,470 
23,025 
17,731 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,388 
998 
175 
153 
acres 
138,343 
77,114 
22,878 
17,584 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
440 
344 
41 
36 
acres 
12,015 
8,301 
1,382 
1,204 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
9,880 
7,335 
1,196 
1,051 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2,916 
2,464 
160 
129 
2 operators 
2,510 
1,860 
361 
317 
3 operators 
384 
248 
64 
58 
4 operators 
99 
58 
18 
16 
5 or more operators 
68 
33 
9 
9 
Total women operators 
number 
3,864 
2,880 
447 
400 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,986 
2,328 
352 
313 
2 operators 
331 
243 
19 
18 
3 operators 
52 
22 
19 
17 
4 operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 Connecticut 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
