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 
361 
277 
204 
711 
558 
343 
254 
acres 
19,311 
19,168 
16,266 
86,923 
182,782 
233,317 
380,834 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
998 
774 
534 
1,614 
1,105 
531 
372 
acres 
61,267 
57,472 
51,178 
218,787 
335,598 
377,066 
641,729 
Nematodes 
...farms 
55 
32 
36 
134 
140 
74 
114 
acres 
3,462 
3,640 
3,071 
18,642 
44,589 
46,932 
134,317 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
78 
55 
53 
186 
212 
157 
137 
acres 
4,659 
5,165 
4,178 
26,228 
74,297 
100,810 
169,811 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
50 
35 
31 
130 
202 
142 
155 
acres on which used 
1,958 
2,810 
2,747 
19,706 
55,321 
69,217 
164,286 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
54 
36 
24 
101 
112 
69 
42 
acres 
2,604 
1,594 
1,999 
5,208 
15,601 
8,750 
19,455 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
282 
183 
129 
378 
249 
124 
76 
acres 
14,679 
15,057 
14,314 
47,658 
59,231 
45,207 
75,667 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
62 
33 
41 
121 
79 
38 
45 
acres 
3,290 
971 
3,242 
13,375 
18,143 
12,977 
54,420 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
173 
141 
108 
424 
339 
248 
201 
acres 
10,456 
12,691 
12,510 
61,473 
104,755 
169,813 
311,872 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
93 
74 
43 
192 
204 
105 
145 
acres 
2,608 
2,897 
2,809 
17,368 
63,086 
54,485 
159,903 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
245 
174 
119 
410 
351 
187 
146 
acres 
7,979 
7,765 
6,470 
42,866 
82,151 
92,742 
113,137 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
141 
86 
55 
254 
249 
148 
89 
acres 
4,371 
3,511 
2,375 
17,837 
46,661 
51,652 
61,544 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
16 
19 
12 
31 
24 
13 
5 
Solar panels 
...farms 
14 
14 
7 
19 
15 
12 
4 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
5 
7 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
1 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
1 
3 
- 
6 
- 
1 
1 
Other 
...farms 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
1,857 
1,217 
809 
2,094 
1,105 
388 
232 
Part owners 
...farms 
912 
720 
525 
1,575 
998 
466 
307 
Tenants 
...farms 
128 
104 
48 
146 
127 
57 
40 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
2,770 
1,943 
1,337 
3,677 
2,104 
856 
539 
acres 
392,970 
331,267 
273,370 
1,083,332 
1,170,156 
827,747 
1,525,125 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
2,769 
1,937 
1,334 
3,669 
2,103 
854 
539 
acres 
360,245 
307,653 
254,639 
1,004,520 
1,086,119 
774,429 
1,440,881 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
1,043 
832 
575 
1,732 
1,137 
526 
347 
acres 
93,746 
95,533 
75,233 
333,051 
444,614 
447,352 
700,691 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
1,040 
824 
573 
1,721 
1,125 
523 
347 
acres 
93,064 
94,502 
74,993 
331,016 
437,839 
443,035 
699,319 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
336 
216 
166 
513 
369 
181 
111 
acres 
33,407 
24,645 
18,971 
80,847 
90,812 
57,635 
85,616 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
4,204 
2,963 
2,032 
5,356 
3,302 
1,409 
1,070 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,808 
1,266 
873 
2,531 
1,411 
549 
277 
2 operators 
915 
654 
408 
1,089 
629 
258 
187 
3 operators 
144 
102 
82 
162 
155 
76 
77 
4 operators 
21 
16 
14 
21 
22 
24 
21 
5 or more operators 
9 
3 
5 
12 
13 
4 
17 
Total women operators 
number 
1,122 
771 
531 
1,211 
702 
249 
193 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,011 
689 
455 
1,096 
589 
211 
141 
2 operators 
48 
35 
30 
53 
46 
16 
19 
3 operators 
5 
4 
2 
3 
7 
2 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,594 
1,813 
1,239 
3,421 
2,048 
858 
544 
Female 
303 
228 
143 
394 
182 
53 
35 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,423 
906 
672 
1,895 
1,315 
609 
410 
Other 
1,474 
1,135 
710 
1,920 
915 
302 
169 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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