Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
...farms 
18,974 
14,558 
12,371 
47,122 
48,032 
37,460 
29,879 
acres 
1,444,788 
1 ,348,286 
1,360,343 
8,033,081 
16,270,300 
24,193,914 
44,675,589 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
52,502 
37,745 
31 ,773 
112,227 
98,459 
69,933 
58,515 
acres 
4,308,315 
3,837,724 
3,999,268 
23,060,152 
44,354,709 
65,144,898 
131,578,724 
Nematodes 
...farms 
3,100 
2,186 
1,967 
7,379 
8,081 
6,847 
5,609 
acres 
222,615 
190,219 
204,142 
1,148,573 
2,387,328 
3,596,470 
6,197,187 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
5,010 
3,758 
3,039 
1 1 ,334 
13,446 
13,605 
14,282 
acres 
352,175 
321,731 
310,418 
1 ,821 ,925 
4,015,497 
7,589,405 
19,614,430 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
2,167 
1,672 
1,315 
4,889 
6,022 
6,085 
6,401 
acres on which used 
153,928 
129,965 
125,634 
683,543 
1 ,581 ,898 
2,943,445 
7,012,078 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
14,689 
10,814 
9,485 
34,291 
31,539 
19,713 
8,524 
acres 
1,162,799 
1,025,721 
1,119,897 
6,378,763 
1 1 ,627,488 
13,507,958 
11,159,608 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
12,763 
9,315 
7,509 
24,044 
20,417 
14,456 
9,712 
acres 
895,668 
802,040 
764,237 
3,733,984 
6,495,869 
9,754,211 
16,858,807 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
5,894 
3,649 
3,129 
9,995 
7,731 
5,478 
4,574 
acres 
421,184 
304,276 
294,865 
1,313,087 
1,589,561 
1,870,571 
6,338,319 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
16,456 
12,411 
11,058 
42,740 
43,353 
34,763 
30,627 
acres 
1,063,941 
944,185 
1,048,221 
6,395,929 
13,484,669 
21,194,218 
50,226,273 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
11,319 
8,658 
7,856 
32,571 
35,203 
28,555 
23,843 
acres 
781 ,570 
709,497 
792,379 
5,259,996 
11,782,170 
18,795,063 
37,329,244 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
27,380 
19,720 
16,387 
58,391 
51,763 
37,016 
30,415 
acres 
1,854,967 
1,621,110 
1,646,378 
9,376,922 
17,324,130 
24,595,825 
45,553,269 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
8,943 
6,581 
5,613 
18,605 
15,057 
9,855 
7,365 
acres 
306,811 
256,944 
246,574 
1,182,146 
1 ,787,502 
2,245,098 
3,363,734 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
2,651 
1,850 
1,510 
5,164 
4,576 
3,528 
5,035 
Solar panels 
...farms 
1,505 
1,035 
804 
2,667 
2,165 
1,675 
3,489 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
432 
360 
251 
1,049 
1,176 
959 
1,111 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
25 
27 
12 
38 
41 
31 
69 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
532 
316 
296 
941 
817 
565 
393 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
84 
50 
46 
121 
61 
50 
93 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
206 
185 
154 
542 
525 
403 
184 
Ethanol 
...farms 
107 
114 
99 
301 
386 
300 
152 
Other 
...farms 
51 
58 
28 
119 
76 
69 
155 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
665 
412 
334 
1,582 
1,711 
1,500 
1,567 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
87,814 
50,211 
35,460 
93,099 
46,208 
20,790 
18,874 
Part owners 
...farms 
32,168 
28,082 
23,653 
89,553 
82,731 
60,908 
54,403 
Tenants 
...farms 
9,044 
6,024 
4,523 
15,433 
13,616 
9,575 
8,930 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
120,644 
78,555 
59,372 
183,485 
129,493 
82,025 
73,556 
acres 
20,313,827 
15,542,329 
13,282,196 
56,685,820 
65,895,389 
68,240,278 
314,632,270 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
120,272 
78,389 
59,162 
182,949 
129,380 
82,183 
73,810 
acres 
16,343,337 
12,690,009 
11,241,117 
48,529,463 
57,793,559 
62,986,291 
303,203,130 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
41,165 
34,177 
28,222 
105,038 
96,096 
70,117 
62,892 
acres 
4,077,066 
4,061,130 
4,008,276 
22,453,435 
41,631,444 
62,693,273 
206,780,248 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
40,892 
33,994 
28,117 
104,606 
95,839 
69,975 
62,759 
acres 
3,964,234 
3,971,817 
3,893,447 
22,093,887 
41,223,634 
62,098,302 
204,976,739 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
20,188 
13,284 
10,035 
30,268 
20,248 
12,154 
10,484 
acres 
4,131,806 
2,962,162 
2,168,908 
8,643,723 
8,847,776 
6,581,016 
16,351,750 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
192,327 
126,527 
95,600 
299,264 
219,548 
145,658 
147,784 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
77,046 
49,849 
37,636 
117,568 
83,643 
50,808 
37,981 
2 operators 
43,624 
28,709 
21,533 
65,178 
45,658 
30,470 
30,511 
3 operators 
6,601 
4,529 
3,557 
12,230 
10,403 
7,719 
9,682 
4 operators 
1,190 
887 
623 
2,110 
1,955 
1,541 
2,535 
5 or more operators 
565 
343 
287 
999 
896 
735 
1,498 
Total women operators 
number 
54,484 
34,413 
25,457 
74,591 
48,787 
30,072 
31,973 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
48,072 
30,527 
22,539 
65,690 
42,463 
26,174 
26,161 
2 operators 
2,474 
1,492 
1,132 
3,456 
2,465 
1,477 
2,237 
3 operators 
326 
231 
165 
479 
362 
209 
296 
4 operators 
60 
27 
22 
66 
43 
31 
64 
5 or more operators 
41 
19 
13 
49 
20 
30 
28 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
113,839 
75,758 
57,348 
180,613 
133,063 
86,516 
77,972 
Female 
15,187 
8,559 
6,288 
17,472 
9,492 
4,757 
4,235 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
59,780 
42,757 
34,231 
118,990 
102,770 
74,479 
70,824 
Other 
69,246 
41,560 
29,405 
79,095 
39,785 
16,794 
1 1 ,383 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
United States 79 
