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 
2,382 
1,515 
460 
395 
acres treated 
771,781 
167,567 
384,188 
338,815 
Manure used 
farms 
813 
594 
121 
113 
acres treated 
89,675 
18,136 
(D) 
45,500 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,321 
752 
298 
261 
acres 
538,806 
114,714 
270,789 
236,461 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,012 
1,205 
416 
365 
acres 
752,808 
169,561 
377,677 
331,068 
Nematodes 
farms 
298 
135 
105 
92 
acres 
140,349 
(D) 
76,392 
67,166 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
346 
199 
62 
57 
acres 
94,860 
23,920 
39,841 
34,919 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
456 
189 
175 
152 
acres on which used 
225,994 
41,716 
126,612 
111,456 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
144 
110 
26 
12 
acres 
11,007 
5,265 
5,281 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
695 
559 
70 
49 
acres 
79,664 
14,694 
52,962 
45,202 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
128 
87 
18 
15 
acres 
72,186 
16,764 
(D) 
13,217 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
1,531 
1,412 
63 
38 
acres 
28,727 
12,577 
10,726 
10,660 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
785 
653 
75 
63 
acres 
100,734 
(D) 
48,391 
43,592 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
2,174 
1,647 
293 
249 
acres 
435,532 
97,608 
218,470 
194,741 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
362 
277 
44 
35 
acres 
17,704 
10,343 
4,592 
2,374 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
794 
554 
103 
94 
Solar panels 
farms 
739 
514 
92 
86 
Wind turbines 
farms 
135 
104 
7 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
8 
6 
2 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
17 
14 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
3 
3 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
38 
15 
17 
14 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
18 
12 
2 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
8,298 
6,564 
715 
558 
Part owners 
farms 
2,653 
2,243 
246 
200 
Tenants 
farms 
9,054 
8,440 
384 
274 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
10,968 
8,819 
963 
759 
acres 
23,726,356 
1,295,748 
885,953 
851,178 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
19,072 
16,748 
1,097 
821 
acres 
24,478,736 
2,282,371 
750,421 
714,543 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,109 
1,298 
463 
398 
acres 
1,810,849 
779,967 
596,014 
519,973 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,089 
1,286 
460 
395 
acres 
1 ,770,459 
778,467 
573,591 
497,550 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
464 
306 
71 
59 
acres 
385,187 
38,153 
162,869 
161,886 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
33,613 
28,430 
2,689 
2,055 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
9,701 
8,625 
418 
325 
2 operators 
8,021 
6,824 
639 
504 
3 operators 
1,769 
1,406 
218 
141 
4 operators 
270 
204 
39 
34 
5 or more operators 
244 
188 
31 
28 
Total women operators 
number 
15,044 
13,271 
912 
681 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
11,561 
10,285 
655 
477 
2 operators 
1,320 
1,122 
107 
86 
3 operators 
190 
173 
10 
8 
4 operators 
31 
28 
2 
2 
5 or more operators 
28 
21 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
146 Arizona 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
