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 
1,839 
3,301 
2,659 
1,960 
1,421 
2,351 
acres treated 
165,447 
177,259 
89,574 
50,597 
30,736 
59,353 
Manure used 
farms 
601 
1,001 
742 
538 
420 
681 
acres treated 
57,834 
55,985 
27,168 
13,265 
8,370 
14,317 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
647 
922 
697 
451 
341 
561 
acres 
28,046 
24,246 
12,555 
7,862 
4,344 
12,721 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,509 
2,469 
1,916 
1,369 
986 
1,589 
acres 
118,639 
121,626 
56,704 
28,689 
18,116 
35,158 
Nematodes 
farms 
102 
143 
102 
35 
16 
36 
acres 
3,297 
1,949 
934 
654 
96 
508 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
146 
232 
165 
76 
62 
103 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
3,051 
2,439 
1,340 
593 
297 
599 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
72 
88 
61 
40 
31 
88 
acres on which used 
2,677 
1,794 
917 
676 
309 
1,216 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
74 
105 
97 
57 
78 
139 
acres 
9,559 
5,885 
2,112 
1,243 
982 
2,494 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
318 
598 
615 
504 
473 
777 
acres 
28,952 
33,814 
23,986 
16,754 
12,410 
22,290 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
65 
94 
96 
102 
156 
103 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
12,285 
22,991 
7,560 
5,377 
5,945 
13,925 
used 
farms 
340 
345 
236 
144 
64 
133 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
18,187 
10,528 
4,393 
2,050 
647 
3,577 
used 
farms 
154 
200 
135 
94 
67 
82 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
5,468 
3,900 
1,353 
1,103 
542 
1,429 
practices were used 
farms 
389 
629 
552 
419 
300 
439 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
12,181 
9,376 
6,214 
5,405 
2,332 
4,625 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
165 
252 
207 
133 
114 
248 
acres 
5,617 
6,001 
3,022 
1,676 
1,839 
3,376 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
23 
72 
58 
40 
56 
80 
Solar panels 
farms 
18 
58 
42 
18 
29 
55 
Wind turbines 
farms 
2 
4 
3 
- 
- 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
3 
6 
4 
5 
12 
6 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
1 
4 
2 
8 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
5 
7 
9 
15 
13 
Ethanol 
farms 
3 
7 
1 
12 
4 
8 
Other 
farms 
1 
4 
3 
7 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
2 
2 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,391 
3,766 
4,629 
4,558 
4,991 
8,450 
Part owners 
farms 
1,266 
2,011 
1,383 
897 
581 
1,075 
Tenants 
farms 
176 
315 
299 
241 
243 
431 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,658 
5,786 
6,020 
5,459 
5,579 
9,539 
acres 
801,117 
1,111,322 
839,913 
636,798 
550,082 
848,705 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,657 
5,777 
6,012 
5,455 
5,572 
9,525 
acres 
731,251 
1,022,405 
766,042 
572,120 
496,285 
781,060 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,454 
2,338 
1,690 
1,156 
838 
1,521 
acres 
214,823 
229,957 
115,767 
63,216 
48,030 
115,164 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,442 
2,326 
1,682 
1,138 
824 
1,506 
acres 
211,870 
227,247 
113,718 
60,843 
47,133 
110,698 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
337 
637 
636 
588 
566 
725 
acres 
72,819 
91,627 
75,920 
67,051 
54,694 
72,111 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
4,009 
8,906 
9,150 
8,336 
8,610 
14,914 
1 operator 
1,845 
3,761 
3,948 
3,424 
3,444 
5,625 
2 operators 
837 
1,973 
2,025 
1,958 
2,051 
3,824 
3 operators 
119 
287 
280 
287 
256 
420 
4 operators 
28 
47 
42 
18 
45 
64 
5 or more operators 
4 
24 
16 
9 
19 
23 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
866 
2,369 
2,468 
2,534 
2,919 
4,998 
1 operator 
802 
2,088 
2,285 
2,277 
2,558 
4,523 
2 operators 
30 
118 
67 
100 
149 
224 
3 operators 
- 
15 
12 
15 
21 
9 
4 operators 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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