Table 49. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Any fertilizer, manure, or chemicals used 
farms 
2,877 
3,065 
Chemical expenses 
....farms 
3,407 
2,525 
$1,000 
133,675 
133,265 
Manure used 
farms 
813 
555 
Acres treated to control- 
acres treated 
89,675 
90,642 
Insects 
....farms 
1,321 
1,111 
acres 
538,806 
615,595 
Any fertilizer or chemical expenses 
farms 
4,068 
3,962 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
2,012 
1,173 
$1,000 
355,381 
298,584 
acres 
752,808 
560,730 
Nematodes 
....farms 
298 
66 
Commercial fertilizer, lime. 
acres 
140,349 
38,802 
and soil conditioners used 
farms 
2,382 
2,723 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
346 
139 
acres treated 
771,781 
758,296 
acres 
94,860 
53,683 
Commercial fertilizer, lime. 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
and soil conditioners expenses 
farms 
3,430 
3,106 
ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
456 
286 
$1,000 
221,706 
165,318 
acres on which used 
225,994 
157,836 
Table 50. Land Use Practices by Size of Farm: 2012 
[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Land use practices 
Farms 
Acres 
Land use practices 
Farms 
Acres 
Land drained by tile 
144 
11,007 
Cropland on which no-till practices were used - Con. 
Average per farm 
(X) 
76 
No-till practices used: - Con. 
Acres drained: 
200 to 499 acres 
22 
6,319 
1 to 9 acres 
68 
(D) 
500 to 999 acres 
6 
4,377 
1 0 to 49 acres 
40 
803 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4 
5,409 
50 to 99 acres 
11 
758 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
(D) 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2 
(D) 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, excluding no till. 
200 to 499 acres 
22 
6,734 
practices were used 
785 
100,734 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
Average per farm 
(X) 
128 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
(D) 
Conservation tillage used: 
1 to 9 acres 
566 
1,922 
Land artificially drained 
695 
79,664 
1 0 to 49 acres 
49 
1,263 
Average per farm 
(X) 
115 
50 to 99 acres 
32 
2,243 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
33 
4,503 
Acres drained by ditches: 
1 to 9 acres 
407 
1,105 
200 to 499 acres 
50 
16,719 
1 0 to 49 acres 
177 
3,320 
500 to 999 acres 
27 
17,260 
50 to 99 acres 
22 
1,306 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
21 
28,988 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
25 
3,174 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
27,836 
200 to 499 acres 
21 
5,934 
Cropland on which conventional tillage practices were used 
2,174 
435,532 
500 to 999 acres 
22 
15,289 
Average per farm 
(X) 
200 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
9 
10,806 
2,000 acres or more 
12 
38,730 
Conventional tillage used: 
1 to 9 acres 
1,363 
3,996 
Land under conservation easement 
128 
72,186 
1 0 to 49 acres 
265 
6,100 
Average per farm 
(X) 
564 
50 to 99 acres 
98 
6,472 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
96 
13,885 
Acres under easement: 
1 to 9 acres 
52 
(D) 
200 to 499 acres 
154 
47,494 
1 0 to 49 acres 
36 
727 
500 to 999 acres 
70 
48,046 
50 to 99 acres 
2 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
69 
91,486 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
7 
996 
2,000 acres or more 
59 
218,053 
200 to 499 acres 
14 
3,830 
Cropland planted to a cover crop (excluding CRP) 
362 
1 7,704 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
3,852 
Average per farm 
(X) 
49 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4 
5,779 
2,000 acres or more 
8 
56,785 
Cover crop acres (excluding CRP): 
1 to 9 acres 
240 
691 
Cropland on which no-till practices were used 
1,531 
28,727 
1 0 to 49 acres 
79 
1,787 
Average per farm 
(X) 
19 
50 to 99 acres 
13 
(D) 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
6 
685 
No-till practices used: 
1 to 9 acres 
1,282 
(D) 
200 to 499 acres 
16 
4,832 
1 0 to 49 acres 
171 
3,051 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
3,146 
50 to 99 acres 
24 
1,594 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2 
(D) 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
21 
2,821 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
(D) 
40 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
