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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
877,907 
65,562 
66,434 
82,795 
114,350 
94,384 
acres treated 
247,802,465 
101,376,625 
51,250,885 
37,568,690 
26,843,354 
1 1 ,759,658 
Manure used 
farms 
275,420 
22,664 
21,550 
26,204 
33,580 
24,983 
acres treated 
22,072,968 
8,251,258 
3,570,580 
3,023,627 
2,504,196 
1,318,396 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
361,286 
47,821 
41,727 
45,834 
54,686 
39,134 
acres 
100,719,008 
53,120,441 
20,116,223 
12,678,288 
8,216,043 
3,129,554 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
794,320 
66,944 
67,059 
82,761 
113,363 
91,631 
acres 
285,510,954 
119,969,145 
61,037,281 
44,141,273 
30,934,734 
12,812,042 
Nematodes 
farms 
58,865 
10,193 
7,205 
7,343 
9,058 
6,827 
acres 
14,454,000 
7,828,233 
2,773,515 
1,794,357 
1,200,316 
476,315 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
121,682 
21,013 
15,029 
14,107 
16,671 
12,500 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
35,006,868 
21,202,166 
6,810,588 
3,698,261 
2,011,151 
691,081 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
53,200 
10,123 
6,703 
6,042 
7,512 
5,079 
acres on which used 
13,136,568 
8,060,930 
2,431,966 
1,262,751 
764,201 
275,602 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
217,931 
21,320 
24,329 
29,060 
35,062 
24,364 
acres 
48,566,201 
19,143,275 
11,790,732 
8,115,028 
5,053,605 
1,921,782 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
216,314 
16,135 
14,502 
16,095 
21,220 
1 7,233 
acres 
42,175,207 
19,023,140 
7,449,118 
4,836,976 
3,682,609 
1,809,161 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
76,441 
4,230 
4,361 
5,052 
6,928 
5,890 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
13,186,093 
2,615,887 
1,586,941 
1,492,313 
1 ,748,339 
1,102,558 
used 
farms 
278,290 
30,336 
32,753 
38,702 
47,904 
32,831 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
96,476,496 
39,887,234 
23,163,783 
16,357,387 
10,203,208 
3,550,628 
used 
farms 
195,738 
28,280 
28,071 
31,078 
35,417 
22,474 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
76,639,804 
36,267,931 
17,590,692 
11,591,730 
7,012,731 
2,304,732 
practices were used 
farms 
405,692 
35,266 
33,672 
44,058 
63,094 
50,592 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
105,707,971 
44,657,91 1 
20,834,853 
16,086,213 
12,698,825 
5,463,164 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
133,124 
1 1 ,369 
11,096 
14,122 
19,075 
13,721 
acres 
10,280,793 
4,026,287 
1 ,882,636 
1,431,838 
1,204,815 
549,401 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
57,299 
2,879 
2,743 
3,470 
5,094 
4,175 
Solar panels 
farms 
36,331 
1,061 
1,060 
1,617 
2,841 
2,665 
Wind turbines 
farms 
9,054 
865 
792 
848 
930 
618 
Methane digesters 
farms 
537 
145 
9 
23 
24 
21 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
9,403 
532 
550 
673 
784 
571 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1,323 
37 
31 
44 
66 
76 
Biodiesel 
farms 
4,099 
349 
383 
401 
590 
404 
Ethanol 
farms 
2,364 
249 
295 
320 
334 
216 
Other 
farms 
1,243 
19 
25 
47 
121 
111 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
10,181 
1,106 
1,118 
1,363 
1,473 
975 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,428,351 
22,139 
17,155 
23,741 
51,583 
66,373 
Part owners 
farms 
533,070 
50,754 
52,351 
60,700 
72,716 
52,919 
Tenants 
farms 
147,882 
8,767 
8,056 
11,212 
17,376 
14,696 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1 ,967,866 
73,128 
69,772 
84,913 
125,196 
120,110 
acres 
625,476,424 
116,187,003 
69,464,662 
72,370,787 
84,447,863 
52,671,763 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1 ,973,527 
72,896 
69,512 
84,449 
124,311 
119,364 
acres 
563,576,452 
111,715,838 
66,648,906 
68,762,517 
77,996,170 
47,101,879 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
670,805 
59,644 
60,479 
72,055 
90,370 
67,840 
acres 
354,924,885 
108,164,797 
65,325,474 
55,804,779 
47,940,407 
24,566,231 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
666,945 
59,518 
60,401 
71,904 
90,075 
67,536 
acres 
350,951,205 
107,491,206 
64,968,979 
55,368,795 
47,466,882 
24,030,444 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
294,659 
9,523 
8,240 
10,593 
17,883 
19,782 
acres 
70,380,739 
5,147,246 
3,172,257 
4,047,274 
6,934,133 
6,131,560 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,233,358 
155,354 
125,571 
148,059 
213,504 
200,821 
1 operator 
1,181,152 
34,950 
41,520 
54,989 
84,359 
79,659 
2 operators 
785,531 
30,307 
27,116 
31,659 
46,338 
45,008 
3 operators 
1 1 1 ,495 
1 1 ,348 
7,031 
7,269 
8,851 
7,430 
4 operators 
21,118 
2,963 
1,355 
1,260 
1,501 
1,289 
5 or more operators 
10,007 
2,092 
540 
476 
626 
602 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
990,543 
29,212 
25,256 
30,678 
47,985 
50,120 
1 operator 
874,615 
23,953 
22,349 
27,246 
42,597 
44,314 
2 operators 
46,252 
1,859 
1,167 
1,364 
2,105 
2,324 
3 operators 
5,618 
288 
130 
166 
271 
278 
4 operators 
856 
67 
17 
28 
50 
52 
5 or more operators 
526 
56 
17 
16 
22 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
130 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
