Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
877,907 
735,234 
71,692 
53,070 
acres treated 
247,802,465 
161,522,393 
46,914,555 
38,120,481 
Manure used 
farms 
275,420 
232,663 
22,466 
16,684 
acres treated 
22,072,968 
14,169,514 
4,250,888 
3,560,356 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
361,286 
280,657 
38,396 
30,344 
acres 
100,719,008 
58,972,765 
23,801,417 
20,116,217 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
794,320 
655,720 
68,242 
51,367 
acres 
285,510,954 
184,518,075 
55,315,107 
44,882,021 
Nematodes 
farms 
58,865 
43,816 
7,124 
5,734 
acres 
14,454,000 
8,411,981 
3,397,583 
2,864,162 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
121,682 
87,536 
15,336 
12,610 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
35,006,868 
18,475,905 
9,218,440 
7,782,580 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
53,200 
36,663 
8,401 
7,004 
acres on which used 
13,136,568 
6,434,060 
4,155,609 
3,519,837 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
217,931 
179,710 
17,527 
12,953 
acres 
48,566,201 
33,812,312 
6,837,261 
5,456,909 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
216,314 
179,375 
18,279 
13,959 
acres 
42,175,207 
24,846,457 
10,284,096 
8,815,551 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
76,441 
61,259 
7,157 
5,526 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
13,186,093 
7,482,210 
2,804,388 
2,282,299 
used 
farms 
278,290 
227,605 
26,005 
18,917 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
96,476,496 
63,242,699 
17,796,430 
13,958,446 
used 
farms 
195,738 
155,960 
20,162 
15,160 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
76,639,804 
48,452,734 
15,683,850 
12,807,315 
practices were used 
farms 
405,692 
336,977 
36,276 
27,036 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
105,707,971 
68,429,804 
21,379,296 
17,694,186 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
133,124 
107,145 
13,117 
10,009 
acres 
10,280,793 
6,114,655 
2,160,009 
1,793,512 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
57,299 
46,723 
4,839 
3,827 
Solar panels 
farms 
36,331 
29,321 
3,186 
2,584 
Wind turbines 
farms 
9,054 
7,238 
816 
618 
Methane digesters 
farms 
537 
345 
91 
73 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
9,403 
8,061 
528 
384 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1,323 
1,042 
137 
90 
Biodiesel 
farms 
4,099 
3,312 
395 
270 
Ethanol 
farms 
2,364 
1,993 
195 
126 
Other 
farms 
1,243 
992 
128 
94 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
10,181 
8,092 
1,029 
772 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,428,351 
1 ,256,852 
81,424 
57,758 
Part owners 
farms 
533,070 
452,417 
42,874 
30,713 
Tenants 
farms 
147,882 
119,677 
13,689 
10,440 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,967,866 
1,714,693 
124,758 
88,788 
acres 
625,476,424 
370,015,598 
97,479,053 
80,335,597 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,973,527 
1,721,031 
124,463 
88,544 
acres 
563,576,452 
332,016,783 
89,542,915 
73,855,022 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
670,805 
561,708 
56,676 
41,274 
acres 
354,924,885 
232,703,621 
67,448,864 
55,287,011 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
666,945 
558,495 
56,361 
41,055 
acres 
350,951,205 
230,416,903 
66,533,870 
54,523,240 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
294,659 
247,444 
21,544 
15,774 
acres 
70,380,739 
44,534,641 
8,905,460 
7,269,402 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,233,358 
2,713,455 
268,096 
194,607 
1 operator 
1,181,152 
1,066,699 
45,951 
32,540 
2 operators 
785,531 
667,993 
65,525 
46,241 
3 operators 
111,495 
76,310 
19,410 
14,535 
4 operators 
21,118 
12,830 
4,809 
3,733 
5 or more operators 
10,007 
5,114 
2,292 
1,862 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
990,543 
852,624 
66,333 
48,809 
1 operator 
874,615 
770,382 
48,867 
35,541 
2 operators 
46,252 
33,805 
6,665 
4,956 
3 operators 
5,618 
3,704 
1,019 
815 
4 operators 
856 
495 
163 
137 
5 or more operators 
526 
266 
77 
65 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
158 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
