Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
17,100 
15,389 
1,029 
677 
acres treated 
2,065,552 
1,352,710 
517,819 
425,238 
Manure used 
farms 
5,840 
5,265 
345 
234 
acres treated 
588,142 
397,673 
122,716 
93,730 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
5,997 
5,066 
542 
412 
acres 
999,678 
515,368 
363,328 
307,517 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
13,626 
12,117 
864 
597 
acres 
1,933,831 
1,195,141 
538,749 
444,312 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,013 
812 
136 
106 
acres 
261,403 
151,194 
89,472 
83,038 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,710 
1,343 
215 
166 
acres 
395,174 
205,474 
139,971 
1 1 1 ,504 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1,082 
809 
184 
148 
acres on which used 
322,155 
160,180 
137,103 
117,143 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
873 
722 
97 
68 
acres 
61,821 
36,785 
19,198 
14,742 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
4,168 
3,719 
251 
170 
acres 
336,939 
226,462 
75,970 
64,536 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
746 
608 
80 
64 
acres 
114,049 
56,858 
20,228 
16,875 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
2,656 
2,191 
308 
229 
acres 
709,853 
369,334 
275,515 
236,665 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
1,441 
1,175 
159 
115 
acres 
311,942 
152,330 
120,044 
99,423 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
3,909 
3,418 
277 
190 
acres 
379,522 
246,864 
89,295 
77,058 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,798 
1,506 
159 
122 
acres 
199,215 
103,650 
67,143 
54,900 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
371 
335 
13 
8 
Solar panels 
farms 
235 
211 
6 
6 
Wind turbines 
farms 
15 
13 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
43 
36 
6 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
20 
15 
5 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
52 
47 
5 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
42 
39 
1 
1 
Other 
farms 
17 
14 
1 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
15 
15 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
30,909 
28,395 
1,278 
840 
Part owners 
farms 
10,180 
9,160 
669 
432 
Tenants 
farms 
2,134 
1,862 
160 
104 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
41,146 
37,607 
1,951 
1,275 
acres 
7,020,166 
5,267,058 
951,294 
723,021 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
41,089 
37,555 
1,947 
1,272 
acres 
6,496,764 
4,885,484 
872,653 
666,454 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
12,410 
11,109 
835 
538 
acres 
2,428,815 
1,673,324 
545,500 
438,729 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
12,314 
11,022 
829 
536 
acres 
2,405,890 
1,656,969 
542,447 
437,307 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,137 
3,610 
296 
190 
acres 
546,327 
397,929 
81,694 
57,989 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
64,054 
57,171 
4,044 
2,631 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
25,712 
24,071 
742 
499 
2 operators 
14,976 
13,443 
945 
600 
3 operators 
2,076 
1,593 
326 
219 
4 operators 
333 
234 
67 
37 
5 or more operators 
126 
76 
27 
21 
Total women operators 
number 
18,615 
16,875 
949 
625 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
16,739 
15,409 
697 
467 
2 operators 
804 
642 
104 
61 
3 operators 
75 
54 
10 
9 
4 operators 
4 
2 
1 
1 
5 or more operators 
5 
2 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
144 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
