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 
55 
29 
24 
120 
138 
102 
118 
acres 
4,362 
4,504 
3,184 
25,619 
62,648 
90,088 
335,877 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
88 
56 
39 
164 
187 
140 
166 
acres 
8,635 
7,406 
5,726 
38,950 
85,398 
130,363 
457,618 
Nematodes 
...farms 
33 
5 
6 
25 
44 
41 
53 
acres 
1,895 
602 
1,170 
4,535 
13,074 
28,862 
89,371 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
22 
4 
4 
15 
11 
18 
37 
acres 
961 
444 
532 
1,739 
3,686 
1 1 ,324 
73,008 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
15 
8 
14 
40 
88 
68 
93 
acres on which used 
1,007 
1,135 
2,743 
8,056 
22,662 
41,837 
146,314 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
7 
4 
6 
10 
8 
6 
8 
acres 
179 
411 
1,204 
2,067 
2,164 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
27 
11 
9 
20 
31 
27 
24 
acres 
2,089 
346 
1,518 
2,960 
12,668 
13,658 
41,191 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
4 
1 
8 
12 
9 
5 
24 
acres 
383 
(D) 
1,681 
2,165 
2,526 
5,782 
59,031 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
26 
12 
14 
30 
32 
17 
16 
acres 
1,155 
152 
498 
2,566 
4,884 
5,001 
9,974 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
18 
6 
4 
39 
57 
30 
41 
acres 
1,484 
180 
228 
5,834 
16,359 
19,972 
53,413 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
62 
41 
32 
119 
135 
130 
135 
acres 
4,129 
3,713 
3,706 
18,854 
40,177 
82,727 
272,457 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
13 
5 
7 
13 
11 
13 
17 
acres 
373 
372 
129 
1,514 
1,531 
3,908 
7,499 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
32 
14 
9 
58 
57 
31 
118 
Solar panels 
...farms 
27 
13 
8 
50 
56 
29 
107 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
3 
1 
1 
14 
15 
6 
16 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
2 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
3 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other 
...farms 
3 
- 
- 
7 
4 
5 
6 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
235 
88 
68 
230 
194 
145 
249 
Part owners 
...farms 
53 
31 
26 
145 
155 
130 
220 
Tenants 
...farms 
86 
81 
48 
165 
164 
154 
202 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
288 
119 
94 
376 
350 
277 
471 
acres 
47,035 
32,966 
20,795 
107,919 
183,754 
265,389 
22,805,643 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
337 
168 
119 
459 
408 
341 
568 
acres 
49,402 
31,459 
26,313 
134,506 
216,600 
360,464 
23,468,949 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
73 
55 
41 
214 
245 
202 
303 
acres 
9,492 
9,103 
7,798 
60,397 
142,736 
230,842 
1,310,696 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
73 
55 
41 
211 
245 
202 
303 
acres 
9,483 
8,843 
7,798 
57,738 
137,890 
227,336 
1,301,247 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
21 
13 
10 
35 
25 
26 
37 
acres 
6,191 
12,095 
1,392 
8,655 
9,984 
10,282 
175,823 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
670 
360 
223 
1,025 
869 
779 
1,355 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
177 
78 
83 
207 
250 
210 
310 
2 operators 
131 
94 
43 
234 
194 
135 
189 
3 operators 
52 
22 
11 
64 
55 
57 
108 
4 operators 
11 
2 
4 
22 
6 
18 
32 
5 or more operators 
3 
4 
1 
13 
8 
9 
32 
Total women operators 
number 
253 
118 
83 
383 
289 
233 
379 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
189 
102 
57 
251 
226 
148 
230 
2 operators 
25 
5 
7 
38 
25 
29 
53 
3 operators 
2 
2 
4 
12 
3 
6 
10 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
1 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
267 
152 
106 
397 
430 
356 
558 
Female 
107 
48 
36 
143 
83 
73 
113 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
237 
125 
98 
396 
394 
327 
491 
Other 
137 
75 
44 
144 
119 
102 
180 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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