Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
322 
279 
256 
43 
33 
85 
acres treated 
147,680 
1 1 1 ,388 
103,348 
36,292 
14,593 
72,346 
Manure used 
farms 
71 
55 
50 
16 
14 
27 
acres treated 
11,390 
7,117 
(D) 
4,273 
(D) 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
225 
185 
170 
40 
33 
46 
acres 
110,040 
78,746 
75,883 
31,294 
14,345 
43,263 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
321 
272 
255 
49 
39 
70 
acres 
140,111 
101,970 
96,932 
38,141 
16,459 
65,459 
Nematodes 
farms 
50 
37 
31 
13 
12 
8 
acres 
26,220 
21,453 
(D) 
4,767 
(D) 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
75 
60 
52 
15 
13 
10 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
30,841 
24,845 
24,267 
5,996 
(D) 
258 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
62 
49 
45 
13 
9 
30 
acres on which used 
27,374 
17,623 
(D) 
9,751 
4,447 
30,292 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
8 
3 
3 
5 
2 
_ 
acres 
461 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
44 
35 
34 
9 
9 
22 
acres 
10,232 
10,103 
(D) 
129 
129 
1,776 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
20 
12 
11 
8 
7 
3 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
40,618 
38,319 
(D) 
2,299 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
49 
37 
37 
12 
12 
7 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,387 
3,930 
3,930 
457 
457 
1,037 
used 
farms 
45 
33 
32 
12 
8 
12 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
8,981 
8,813 
(D) 
168 
(D) 
(D) 
practices were used 
farms 
197 
171 
157 
26 
20 
37 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
85,178 
64,713 
63,023 
20,465 
(D) 
34,276 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
35 
35 
34 
- 
- 
6 
acres 
2,560 
2,560 
(D) 
- 
- 
209 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
111 
100 
89 
11 
11 
26 
Solar panels 
farms 
107 
97 
87 
10 
10 
26 
Wind turbines 
farms 
20 
19 
15 
1 
1 
4 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
5 
5 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
4 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
749 
647 
610 
102 
81 
270 
Part owners 
farms 
128 
114 
112 
14 
12 
36 
Tenants 
farms 
168 
132 
130 
36 
31 
62 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
880 
764 
725 
116 
93 
306 
acres 
1 ,438,259 
1,362,508 
744,035 
75,751 
55,658 
20,106,396 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
905 
772 
733 
133 
107 
322 
acres 
1,422,064 
1,348,012 
731,242 
74,052 
(D) 
20,023,880 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
267 
235 
227 
32 
28 
81 
acres 
261,440 
221,677 
217,123 
39,763 
(D) 
173,428 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
262 
230 
226 
32 
28 
81 
acres 
249,728 
210,174 
208,420 
39,554 
(D) 
168,673 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
64 
52 
46 
12 
7 
23 
acres 
31,543 
28,920 
24,417 
2,623 
1,263 
152,622 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,888 
1,610 
1,534 
278 
208 
606 
1 operator 
456 
373 
351 
83 
66 
202 
2 operators 
429 
395 
384 
34 
34 
129 
3 operators 
121 
90 
86 
31 
22 
24 
4 operators 
17 
15 
15 
2 
2 
10 
5 or more operators 
22 
20 
16 
2 
- 
3 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
657 
586 
569 
71 
64 
204 
1 operator 
453 
417 
406 
36 
34 
168 
2 operators 
80 
65 
62 
15 
15 
11 
3 operators 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
2 
4 operators 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
5 
4 
4 
1 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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