Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
1,942 
1,217 
570 
155 
928 
1,014 
acres treated 
80,096 
19,070 
53,617 
7,409 
27,727 
52,369 
Manure used 
farms 
961 
556 
339 
66 
405 
556 
acres treated 
27,092 
5,703 
19,283 
2,106 
7,581 
19,511 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,096 
728 
268 
100 
483 
613 
acres 
30,727 
8,326 
18,672 
3,729 
9,950 
20,777 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,398 
901 
391 
106 
629 
769 
acres 
54,508 
11,988 
37,474 
5,046 
16,459 
38,049 
Nematodes 
farms 
203 
127 
58 
18 
87 
116 
acres 
5,657 
1,952 
2,368 
1,337 
2,415 
3,242 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
609 
404 
146 
59 
250 
359 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
13,448 
3,942 
7,693 
1,813 
3,978 
9,470 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
173 
114 
49 
10 
55 
118 
acres on which used 
4,107 
1,598 
2,381 
128 
1,194 
2,913 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
170 
110 
48 
12 
75 
95 
acres 
2,634 
915 
1,597 
122 
745 
1,889 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
290 
211 
72 
7 
121 
169 
acres 
4,000 
1,583 
1,867 
550 
1,170 
2,830 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
412 
294 
74 
44 
184 
228 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
19,398 
12,555 
5,300 
1,543 
8,529 
10,869 
used 
farms 
310 
186 
101 
23 
124 
186 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
11,818 
1,503 
9,399 
916 
1,645 
10,173 
used 
farms 
298 
202 
77 
19 
129 
169 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
9,396 
1,853 
6,050 
1,493 
2,652 
6,744 
practices were used 
farms 
1,019 
599 
317 
103 
489 
530 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
25,804 
5,490 
18,004 
2,310 
10,065 
15,739 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
617 
308 
239 
70 
297 
320 
acres 
20,453 
2,098 
17,147 
1,208 
5,556 
14,897 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
279 
231 
33 
15 
100 
179 
Solar panels 
farms 
221 
186 
23 
12 
85 
136 
Wind turbines 
farms 
11 
10 
1 
- 
2 
9 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
34 
31 
2 
1 
8 
26 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
3 
1 
1 
1 
- 
3 
Biodiesel 
farms 
13 
7 
3 
3 
5 
8 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
5 
1 
- 
- 
6 
Other 
farms 
3 
2 
1 
- 
1 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,589 
4,589 
_ 
_ 
2,236 
2,353 
Part owners 
farms 
980 
- 
980 
- 
479 
501 
Tenants 
farms 
408 
- 
- 
408 
201 
207 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,575 
4,589 
980 
6 
2,715 
2,860 
acres 
309,693 
220,363 
89,279 
51 
136,799 
172,894 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,569 
4,589 
980 
- 
2,715 
2,854 
acres 
298,196 
210,592 
87,604 
- 
130,751 
167,445 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,389 
1 
980 
408 
681 
708 
acres 
138,861 
(D) 
80,343 
(D) 
42,222 
96,639 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,388 
980 
408 
680 
708 
acres 
138,343 
- 
80,273 
58,070 
41,927 
96,416 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
440 
371 
58 
11 
237 
203 
acres 
12,015 
9,784 
1,745 
486 
6,343 
5,672 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
9,880 
7,500 
1,656 
724 
2,916 
6,964 
1 operator 
2,916 
2,236 
479 
201 
2,916 
- 
2 operators 
2,510 
1,959 
396 
155 
- 
2,510 
3 operators 
384 
289 
67 
28 
- 
384 
4 operators 
99 
74 
18 
7 
- 
99 
5 or more operators 
68 
31 
20 
17 
- 
68 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
3,864 
3,034 
507 
323 
681 
3,183 
1 operator 
2,986 
2,442 
358 
186 
681 
2,305 
2 operators 
331 
244 
55 
32 
- 
331 
3 operators 
52 
32 
13 
7 
- 
52 
4 operators 
6 
2 
" 
4 
- 
6 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
6 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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