Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
203 
183 
179 
20 
19 
54 
acres treated 
21,478 
19,791 
19,613 
1,687 
(D) 
1,918 
Manure used 
farms 
72 
70 
70 
2 
1 
19 
acres treated 
4,749 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
477 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
155 
134 
128 
21 
20 
33 
acres 
12,706 
11,178 
11,029 
1,528 
(D) 
1,056 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
188 
167 
161 
21 
19 
37 
acres 
18,709 
17,005 
16,829 
1,704 
(D) 
1,388 
Nematodes 
farms 
32 
28 
27 
4 
4 
7 
acres 
1,463 
1,378 
(D) 
85 
85 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
93 
80 
78 
13 
12 
17 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
5,139 
4,314 
(D) 
825 
(D) 
549 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
34 
31 
30 
3 
2 
3 
acres on which used 
(D) 
1,136 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
38 
36 
35 
2 
2 
9 
acres 
1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
39 
36 
36 
3 
3 
8 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
36 
30 
30 
6 
5 
22 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
(D) 
1,372 
1,372 
(D) 
64 
(D) 
used 
farms 
37 
31 
31 
6 
6 
10 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,807 
4,801 
4,801 
6 
6 
(D) 
used 
farms 
39 
36 
35 
3 
3 
13 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,744 
3,726 
(D) 
18 
18 
309 
practices were used 
farms 
108 
92 
89 
16 
15 
24 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
5,973 
5,566 
5,514 
407 
(D) 
421 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
58 
52 
51 
6 
6 
30 
acres 
6,015 
5,832 
(D) 
183 
183 
115 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
30 
29 
28 
1 
1 
20 
Solar panels 
farms 
24 
23 
23 
1 
1 
18 
Wind turbines 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
" 
" 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
354 
297 
292 
57 
53 
133 
Part owners 
farms 
102 
91 
91 
11 
10 
14 
Tenants 
farms 
67 
51 
50 
16 
16 
32 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
456 
388 
383 
68 
63 
147 
acres 
53,017 
48,461 
47,071 
4,556 
2,694 
18,981 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
456 
388 
383 
68 
63 
147 
acres 
51,646 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
18,035 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
169 
142 
141 
27 
26 
46 
acres 
32,813 
25,985 
(D) 
6,828 
(D) 
5,553 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
169 
142 
141 
27 
26 
46 
acres 
32,808 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,543 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
39 
26 
22 
13 
13 
16 
acres 
1,376 
825 
761 
551 
551 
956 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
981 
857 
848 
124 
115 
368 
1 operator 
215 
164 
160 
51 
48 
77 
2 operators 
224 
196 
195 
28 
28 
65 
3 operators 
53 
49 
48 
4 
2 
19 
4 operators 
18 
18 
18 
- 
- 
5 
5 or more operators 
13 
12 
12 
1 
1 
13 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
388 
351 
349 
37 
36 
149 
1 operator 
241 
218 
216 
23 
22 
65 
2 operators 
51 
44 
44 
7 
7 
18 
3 operators 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
4 
4 operators 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
" 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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