Table 41 . Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Elmore 
Escambia 
Etowah 
Fayette 
Franklin 
Geneva 
Greene 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
205 
221 
354 
188 
310 
360 
95 
2007 
278 
276 
469 
219 
460 
437 
128 
acres treated, 2012 
23,818 
45,458 
19,972 
21,465 
30,952 
71,001 
9,559 
2007 
32,456 
52,979 
24,297 
15,930 
29,562 
61,089 
12,942 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
127 
135 
140 
122 
116 
215 
57 
2007 
153 
161 
180 
119 
163 
251 
78 
acres treated, 2012 
19,272 
36,847 
8,849 
16,429 
12,871 
57,645 
3,203 
2007 
23,420 
41,884 
10,608 
9,109 
6,969 
46,845 
3,726 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
103 
140 
256 
104 
241 
193 
50 
2007 
155 
150 
359 
146 
364 
255 
82 
acres treated, 2012 
4,546 
8,611 
11,123 
5,036 
18,081 
13,356 
6,356 
2007 
9,036 
1 1 ,095 
13,689 
6,821 
22,593 
14,244 
9,216 
Manure farms, 2012 
19 
18 
148 
33 
180 
92 
18 
2007 
35 
20 
176 
39 
222 
116 
19 
acres treated, 2012 
(D) 
3,280 
7,408 
8,483 
25,355 
11,098 
709 
2007 
3,536 
2,318 
6,826 
3,337 
14,092 
13,138 
637 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
95 
91 
96 
59 
74 
180 
31 
2007 
97 
116 
78 
28 
59 
144 
24 
acres, 2012 
14,227 
31,995 
5,421 
6,119 
8,259 
33,432 
1,765 
2007 
21,390 
38,078 
4,575 
2,908 
2,550 
31,611 
955 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
136 
171 
294 
118 
210 
287 
86 
2007 
149 
161 
288 
115 
196 
227 
62 
acres, 2012 
21,653 
40,448 
17,309 
16,693 
22,624 
60,558 
9,135 
2007 
22,342 
38,925 
15,816 
8,697 
9,992 
24,770 
4,182 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
23 
28 
11 
6 
4 
49 
10 
2007 
18 
40 
9 
- 
2 
17 
2 
acres, 2012 
5,617 
12,750 
466 
(D) 
130 
26,945 
59 
2007 
5,351 
13,273 
1,200 
(D) 
4,101 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
36 
34 
21 
13 
11 
76 
10 
2007 
11 
37 
9 
6 
5 
40 
4 
acres, 2012 
4,140 
15,708 
123 
1,244 
2,312 
17,349 
(D) 
2007 
324 
13,579 
60 
(D) 
8 
3,288 
14 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
24 
38 
14 
5 
6 
55 
4 
2007 
15 
66 
15 
2 
2 
32 
5 
acres on which used, 2012 
6,584 
13,438 
2,215 
2,452 
608 
22,038 
117 
2007 
6,894 
18,528 
2,168 
(D) 
(D) 
8,229 
15 
Item 
Hale 
Henry 
Houston 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Lamar 
Lauderdale 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
162 
231 
375 
550 
137 
150 
602 
2007 
169 
241 
446 
796 
185 
189 
825 
acres treated, 2012 
14,339 
67,559 
89,470 
67,145 
6,173 
8,077 
76,365 
2007 
31,738 
54,344 
88,969 
81,087 
5,879 
10,547 
90,691 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
76 
159 
262 
241 
69 
77 
265 
2007 
81 
151 
303 
352 
82 
92 
349 
acres treated, 2012 
6,451 
58,023 
77,926 
40,238 
2,966 
4,063 
57,683 
2007 
10,538 
42,123 
72,932 
52,528 
2,134 
4,614 
55,340 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
97 
104 
181 
390 
83 
103 
401 
2007 
101 
145 
238 
567 
130 
135 
625 
acres treated, 2012 
7,888 
9,536 
11,544 
26,907 
3,207 
4,014 
18,682 
2007 
21,200 
12,221 
16,037 
28,559 
3,745 
5,933 
35,351 
Manure farms, 2012 
28 
48 
46 
175 
23 
26 
131 
2007 
26 
47 
37 
153 
39 
35 
122 
acres treated, 2012 
1,740 
12,997 
3,836 
12,952 
1,054 
1,958 
8,641 
2007 
3,200 
1 1 ,877 
3,313 
1 1 ,394 
754 
1,415 
5,664 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
48 
136 
210 
123 
61 
32 
152 
2007 
37 
96 
203 
92 
37 
31 
107 
acres, 2012 
3,511 
41,533 
64,341 
10,270 
1,425 
959 
39,746 
2007 
3,919 
28,324 
53,863 
16,502 
685 
900 
30,480 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
118 
186 
286 
435 
108 
75 
387 
2007 
89 
146 
251 
412 
113 
64 
343 
acres, 2012 
13,582 
64,486 
84,435 
66,629 
3,935 
3,923 
67,652 
2007 
9,922 
38,860 
53,950 
53,819 
3,764 
3,117 
39,161 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
5 
36 
56 
17 
4 
3 
22 
2007 
1 
24 
57 
10 
3 
- 
7 
acres, 2012 
43 
14,972 
17,639 
2,152 
24 
19 
4,244 
2007 
(D) 
9,848 
13,512 
850 
(D) 
- 
1,576 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
11 
59 
101 
28 
7 
9 
52 
2007 
10 
35 
67 
23 
9 
8 
24 
acres, 2012 
131 
18,030 
40,491 
3,697 
36 
(D) 
13,330 
2007 
669 
1 1 ,036 
12,357 
2,155 
17 
26 
1,981 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
4 
45 
64 
11 
7 
3 
32 
2007 
4 
31 
51 
14 
7 
2 
25 
acres on which used, 2012 
(D) 
18,874 
16,872 
1,622 
154 
(D) 
14,618 
2007 
104 
12,169 
15,326 
3,035 
94 
(D) 
17,122 
-continued 
522 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
