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 
257 
303 
214 
218 
170 
200 
acres treated 
7,229 
3,705 
3,333 
1,343 
1,017 
2,589 
Manure used 
farms 
55 
129 
80 
122 
81 
149 
acres treated 
946 
658 
985 
557 
315 
771 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
110 
151 
93 
92 
66 
82 
acres 
2,998 
1,321 
1,872 
316 
322 
1,439 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
229 
234 
137 
161 
114 
158 
acres 
6,778 
2,459 
2,295 
729 
724 
3,977 
Nematodes 
farms 
14 
40 
11 
5 
4 
3 
acres 
184 
140 
264 
12 
19 
11 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
48 
54 
23 
32 
18 
3 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
630 
249 
153 
58 
66 
11 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
22 
22 
11 
28 
13 
17 
acres on which used 
1,356 
437 
85 
98 
162 
186 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
16 
16 
13 
9 
18 
41 
acres 
1,068 
160 
155 
(D) 
553 
310 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
40 
63 
79 
97 
99 
190 
acres 
2,211 
833 
1,417 
727 
652 
1,703 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
13 
10 
5 
7 
9 
42 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
242 
1,851 
652 
103 
39 
2,111 
used 
farms 
36 
159 
195 
255 
306 
447 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
432 
692 
776 
742 
709 
1,716 
used 
farms 
58 
147 
98 
82 
53 
130 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,192 
1,232 
1,323 
290 
184 
407 
practices were used 
farms 
141 
336 
264 
247 
162 
353 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,635 
2,827 
1,963 
1,255 
667 
2,443 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
20 
56 
44 
54 
34 
88 
acres 
370 
570 
477 
234 
174 
1,020 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
105 
84 
79 
58 
77 
180 
Solar panels 
farms 
90 
76 
78 
53 
76 
168 
Wind turbines 
farms 
19 
18 
5 
8 
9 
38 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
6 
- 
2 
1 
- 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
3 
7 
1 
5 
1 
13 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
5 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
430 
863 
810 
881 
1,032 
3,316 
Part owners 
farms 
142 
180 
174 
185 
261 
1,257 
Tenants 
farms 
128 
464 
538 
829 
1,004 
5,561 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
574 
1,046 
985 
1,066 
1,295 
4,576 
acres 
551,050 
839,402 
129,556 
48,783 
43,902 
1,640,266 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
643 
1,420 
1,456 
1,831 
2,253 
9,968 
acres 
551,088 
891,055 
140,500 
93,921 
154,110 
2,212,645 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
188 
200 
179 
149 
122 
378 
acres 
185,354 
192,967 
75,027 
30,025 
15,980 
133,141 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
185 
200 
175 
149 
122 
367 
acres 
184,838 
192,167 
72,227 
30,025 
15,660 
115,762 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
33 
45 
33 
60 
38 
132 
acres 
12,280 
28,368 
24,963 
6,063 
4,624 
246,001 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,160 
2,573 
2,542 
3,280 
3,879 
16,624 
1 operator 
328 
698 
759 
899 
1,077 
5,042 
2 operators 
309 
633 
568 
752 
954 
4,115 
3 operators 
48 
135 
162 
171 
214 
770 
4 operators 
9 
26 
14 
31 
31 
102 
5 or more operators 
6 
15 
19 
42 
21 
105 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
436 
1,090 
1,104 
1,399 
1,837 
8,178 
1 operator 
362 
788 
834 
1,026 
1,449 
6,358 
2 operators 
30 
108 
102 
122 
150 
715 
3 operators 
2 
18 
16 
28 
20 
88 
4 operators 
2 
4 
2 
5 
2 
14 
5 or more operators 
- 
3 
2 
5 
4 
13 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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