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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
94,162 
118,389 
79,563 
56,316 
42,695 
63,257 
acres treated 
7,315,798 
5,714,636 
2,435,835 
1,315,198 
777,367 
1,444,419 
Manure used 
farms 
25,819 
34,288 
24,893 
19,062 
15,388 
26,989 
acres treated 
1,067,456 
998,929 
488,703 
298,289 
184,243 
367,291 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
32,647 
35,105 
21,361 
14,448 
1 1 ,276 
17,247 
acres 
1,531,602 
925,094 
360,671 
204,286 
144,692 
292,114 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
84,537 
96,493 
61,580 
44,162 
34,107 
51,683 
acres 
6,863,990 
4,761,383 
1,959,589 
1,055,984 
661,823 
1,313,710 
Nematodes 
farms 
5,480 
5,587 
2,723 
1,622 
1,177 
1,650 
acres 
213,985 
100,126 
27,321 
13,506 
7,602 
18,724 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
10,577 
12,288 
7,118 
4,548 
3,072 
4,759 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
298,906 
158,374 
53,199 
23,023 
16,450 
43,669 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
4,331 
4,696 
2,599 
1,884 
1,373 
2,858 
acres on which used 
151,859 
80,378 
25,139 
16,758 
1 1 ,953 
55,031 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
18,816 
19,112 
13,337 
1 1 ,082 
10,029 
1 1 ,420 
acres 
934,340 
650,439 
341,127 
218,343 
165,018 
232,512 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
17,768 
25,426 
21,344 
19,159 
18,099 
29,333 
acres 
1,394,162 
1,453,066 
827,967 
551 ,499 
390,607 
756,902 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
6,574 
9,778 
8,527 
8,079 
8,153 
8,869 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,045,795 
1,123,610 
702,459 
476,160 
350,910 
941,121 
used 
farms 
27,107 
26,907 
15,717 
10,147 
7,188 
8,698 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1 ,652,588 
915,153 
327,251 
155,556 
87,972 
1 75,736 
used 
farms 
16,447 
14,387 
7,624 
4,895 
3,433 
3,632 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
992,539 
513,410 
156,645 
72,273 
42,168 
94,953 
practices were used 
farms 
44,819 
48,957 
31,684 
21,146 
15,321 
17,083 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,730,392 
1 ,683,389 
671,179 
317,691 
186,491 
377,863 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
12,940 
15,819 
10,747 
7,920 
6,451 
9,864 
acres 
371 ,352 
315,398 
158,342 
95,848 
83,687 
161,189 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
4,799 
7,426 
6,347 
5,435 
5,236 
9,695 
Solar panels 
farms 
3,209 
5,159 
4,384 
3,677 
3,553 
7,105 
Wind turbines 
farms 
711 
1,047 
756 
622 
642 
1,223 
Methane digesters 
farms 
40 
65 
66 
45 
26 
73 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
696 
1,096 
1,048 
990 
1,054 
1,409 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
100 
224 
198 
147 
125 
275 
Biodiesel 
farms 
322 
421 
365 
278 
204 
382 
Ethanol 
farms 
179 
196 
168 
119 
123 
165 
Other 
farms 
134 
204 
138 
150 
94 
200 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
813 
1,002 
770 
590 
448 
523 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
96,215 
188,945 
193,807 
192,100 
206,789 
369,504 
Part owners 
farms 
52,147 
64,707 
41,539 
28,575 
20,190 
36,472 
Tenants 
farms 
13,577 
17,859 
13,270 
10,713 
9,522 
22,834 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
149,116 
254,525 
235,960 
221,148 
227,323 
406,675 
acres 
44,198,543 
50,570,985 
32,751,659 
23,396,608 
20,254,105 
59,162,446 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
148,483 
254,220 
236,166 
221,893 
228,549 
413,684 
acres 
37,052,656 
41,804,873 
25,821,546 
18,089,218 
15,631,379 
52,951,470 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
65,990 
82,460 
54,409 
38,366 
28,331 
50,861 
acres 
16,553,425 
13,986,793 
6,408,939 
3,354,744 
2,215,620 
10,603,676 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
65,579 
81,909 
53,905 
37,946 
27,933 
50,239 
acres 
16,187,211 
13,714,986 
6,262,465 
3,262,332 
2,106,191 
10,091,714 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
26,081 
43,429 
39,930 
37,053 
38,296 
43,849 
acres 
7,615,229 
9,291,959 
7,391,545 
5,900,558 
5,418,330 
9,330,648 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
243,889 
409,769 
374,451 
347,945 
355,528 
658,467 
1 operator 
94,502 
155,785 
141,901 
131,457 
133,308 
228,722 
2 operators 
56,656 
99,007 
92,583 
87,490 
91,422 
177,945 
3 operators 
8,531 
13,227 
11,115 
9,865 
9,280 
1 7,548 
4 operators 
1,555 
2,476 
2,056 
1,780 
1,674 
3,209 
5 or more operators 
695 
1,016 
961 
796 
817 
1,386 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
67,226 
124,344 
121,425 
117,620 
125,539 
251,138 
1 operator 
59,098 
109,991 
107,571 
104,354 
1 1 1 ,874 
221,268 
2 operators 
3,184 
5,719 
5,389 
5,216 
5,456 
12,469 
3 operators 
414 
734 
721 
687 
723 
1,206 
4 operators 
85 
90 
105 
100 
86 
176 
5 or more operators 
31 
63 
87 
67 
43 
103 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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