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 
877,907 
435,736 
363,942 
78,229 
487,560 
390,347 
acres treated 
247,802,465 
41,600,814 
175,463,950 
30,737,701 
122,225,922 
125,576,543 
Manure used 
farms 
275,420 
135,807 
122,229 
17,384 
127,799 
147,621 
acres treated 
22,072,968 
4,866,414 
15,196,680 
2,009,874 
9,156,196 
12,916,772 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
361,286 
161,226 
157,197 
42,863 
192,282 
169,004 
acres 
100,719,008 
15,239,428 
69,741,288 
15,738,292 
47,442,460 
53,276,548 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
794,320 
381,297 
337,283 
75,740 
437,091 
357,229 
acres 
285,510,954 
47,441,167 
202,500,314 
35,569,473 
142,335,422 
143,175,532 
Nematodes 
farms 
58,865 
24,831 
25,661 
8,373 
31,419 
27,446 
acres 
14,454,000 
2,481,519 
9,480,916 
2,491,565 
6,830,633 
7,623,367 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
121,682 
57,329 
48,439 
15,914 
61,594 
60,088 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
35,006,868 
4,767,376 
24,011,988 
6,227,504 
15,365,552 
19,641,316 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
53,200 
27,193 
19,374 
6,633 
27,972 
25,228 
acres on which used 
13,136,568 
2,626,322 
7,919,514 
2,590,732 
6,047,353 
7,089,215 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
217,931 
96,741 
100,186 
21,004 
123,648 
94,283 
acres 
48,566,201 
6,668,742 
36,008,629 
5,888,830 
24,707,991 
23,858,210 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
216,314 
121,910 
75,667 
18,737 
112,299 
104,015 
acres 
42,175,207 
7,619,947 
27,132,454 
7,422,806 
19,421,790 
22,753,417 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
76,441 
50,883 
22,090 
3,468 
40,304 
36,137 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
13,186,093 
6,449,054 
5,807,632 
929,407 
5,855,945 
7,330,148 
used 
farms 
278,290 
105,554 
143,077 
29,659 
162,059 
116,231 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
96,476,496 
14,074,107 
71,520,008 
10,882,381 
48,632,017 
47,844,479 
used 
farms 
195,738 
63,519 
110,166 
22,053 
112,781 
82,957 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
76,639,804 
10,063,618 
56,884,965 
9,691,221 
37,190,245 
39,449,559 
practices were used 
farms 
405,692 
179,402 
180,032 
46,258 
235,221 
170,471 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
105,707,971 
17,271,953 
72,962,250 
15,473,768 
54,028,482 
51,679,489 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
133,124 
63,798 
58,170 
11,156 
66,500 
66,624 
acres 
10,280,793 
1,992,567 
7,031,612 
1,256,614 
4,596,291 
5,684,502 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
57,299 
38,075 
16,149 
3,075 
25,144 
32,155 
Solar panels 
farms 
36,331 
26,247 
8,239 
1,845 
14,951 
21,380 
Wind turbines 
farms 
9,054 
5,194 
3,301 
559 
4,303 
4,751 
Methane digesters 
farms 
537 
332 
182 
23 
240 
297 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
9,403 
6,339 
2,849 
215 
4,270 
5,133 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1,323 
1,021 
242 
60 
699 
624 
Biodiesel 
farms 
4,099 
1,740 
1,904 
455 
2,125 
1,974 
Ethanol 
farms 
2,364 
869 
1,232 
263 
1,339 
1,025 
Other 
farms 
1,243 
822 
346 
75 
512 
731 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
10,181 
4,881 
4,828 
472 
5,557 
4,624 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,428,351 
1,428,351 
_ 
_ 
793,977 
634,374 
Part owners 
farms 
533,070 
- 
533,070 
- 
297,790 
235,280 
Tenants 
farms 
147,882 
- 
- 
147,882 
89,385 
58,497 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1 ,967,866 
1,428,351 
533,070 
6,445 
1,096,029 
871,837 
acres 
625,476,424 
389,052,230 
234,299,791 
2,124,403 
338,918,364 
286,558,060 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,973,527 
1,428,351 
533,070 
12,106 
1,098,553 
874,974 
acres 
563,576,452 
336,233,189 
223,227,789 
4,115,474 
300,332,552 
263,243,900 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
670,805 
3,853 
531,051 
135,901 
381,863 
288,942 
acres 
354,924,885 
1,117,498 
269,433,151 
84,374,236 
177,030,742 
177,894,143 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
666,945 
- 
531,045 
135,900 
379,456 
287,489 
acres 
350,951,205 
- 
268,065,035 
82,886,170 
175,032,622 
175,918,583 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
294,659 
235,584 
50,163 
8,912 
173,129 
121,530 
acres 
70,380,739 
53,936,539 
12,829,459 
3,614,741 
43,348,517 
27,032,222 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,233,358 
2,178,526 
829,930 
224,902 
1,181,152 
2,052,206 
1 operator 
1,181,152 
793,977 
297,790 
89,385 
1,181,152 
- 
2 operators 
785,531 
549,636 
189,920 
45,975 
- 
785,531 
3 operators 
1 1 1 ,495 
66,714 
35,334 
9,447 
- 
1 1 1 ,495 
4 operators 
21,118 
12,155 
7,032 
1,931 
- 
21,118 
5 or more operators 
10,007 
5,869 
2,994 
1,144 
- 
10,007 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
990,543 
732,434 
201,792 
56,317 
152,204 
838,339 
1 operator 
874,615 
648,786 
179,681 
46,148 
152,204 
722,411 
2 operators 
46,252 
33,433 
9,018 
3,801 
- 
46,252 
3 operators 
5,618 
4,036 
1,025 
557 
- 
5,618 
4 operators 
856 
605 
144 
107 
- 
856 
5 or more operators 
526 
379 
66 
81 
- 
526 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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