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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
32,646 
5,003 
2,438 
2,894 
4,343 
3,873 
acres treated 
6,314,533 
4,762,238 
590,345 
379,199 
267,997 
120,804 
Manure used 
farms 
6,794 
1,073 
386 
483 
702 
587 
acres treated 
712,975 
510,999 
59,698 
42,123 
35,663 
20,243 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
25,064 
4,448 
2,233 
2,636 
3,845 
3,251 
acres 
5,293,093 
4,113,016 
476,600 
311,989 
198,274 
82,726 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
32,402 
4,783 
2,371 
2,836 
4,410 
3,936 
acres 
6,116,162 
4,555,774 
581,668 
393,877 
263,137 
121,098 
Nematodes 
farms 
4,485 
1,166 
454 
487 
591 
514 
acres 
725,589 
608,869 
45,428 
30,770 
19,743 
9,143 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
14,196 
2,442 
1,275 
1,430 
2,153 
1,831 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,038,769 
1,534,023 
202,709 
130,301 
90,607 
38,399 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
9,810 
1,939 
923 
1,134 
1,773 
1,171 
acres on which used 
1,460,135 
1,104,112 
118,392 
81,742 
76,556 
31,017 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1,913 
535 
150 
181 
227 
187 
acres 
476,794 
411,223 
19,341 
18,225 
7,235 
5,074 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
7,166 
1,193 
566 
662 
774 
616 
acres 
1,872,676 
1,347,012 
191,154 
144,253 
69,871 
28,378 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,603 
155 
111 
139 
184 
158 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
929,985 
360,270 
77,938 
111,557 
123,188 
66,579 
used 
farms 
4,213 
489 
183 
214 
347 
376 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
205,383 
141,879 
15,184 
13,507 
13,887 
5,401 
used 
farms 
1,945 
623 
140 
109 
170 
153 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
566,983 
472,843 
28,601 
17,436 
28,563 
3,916 
practices were used 
farms 
11,762 
2,859 
899 
1,044 
1,214 
1,050 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,083,056 
2,315,788 
291,957 
187,217 
123,692 
52,387 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
4,899 
659 
327 
398 
683 
537 
acres 
340,532 
245,656 
32,158 
17,594 
19,116 
7,641 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
5,845 
308 
176 
206 
418 
410 
Solar panels 
farms 
5,445 
279 
156 
196 
368 
386 
Wind turbines 
farms 
324 
20 
15 
13 
29 
29 
Methane digesters 
farms 
41 
11 
- 
3 
3 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
104 
3 
2 
3 
15 
4 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
190 
5 
3 
5 
10 
9 
Biodiesel 
farms 
165 
13 
3 
8 
10 
15 
Ethanol 
farms 
56 
1 
4 
2 
1 
5 
Other 
farms 
49 
1 
- 
1 
5 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
113 
10 
3 
8 
11 
18 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
60,492 
2,670 
1,704 
2,553 
4,936 
5,234 
Part owners 
farms 
9,490 
2,406 
972 
906 
1,138 
753 
Tenants 
farms 
7,875 
1,291 
521 
673 
877 
711 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
70,216 
5,108 
2,700 
3,481 
6,102 
6,009 
acres 
16,064,215 
6,315,830 
1,337,991 
1,558,514 
1,756,229 
1,028,543 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
69,982 
5,076 
2,676 
3,459 
6,074 
5,987 
acres 
14,281,177 
5,795,193 
1,214,167 
1,432,827 
1,569,183 
859,598 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
17,477 
3,712 
1,501 
1,593 
2,037 
1,467 
acres 
11,608,764 
5,371,369 
1,129,269 
1,105,952 
1,523,231 
700,485 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
17,365 
3,697 
1,493 
1,579 
2,015 
1,464 
acres 
11,287,824 
5,212,826 
1,115,602 
1,023,088 
1,510,906 
674,490 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
6,066 
872 
348 
408 
642 
612 
acres 
2,103,978 
679,180 
137,491 
208,551 
199,371 
194,940 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
126,099 
13,289 
5,635 
6,819 
11,050 
10,324 
1 operator 
40,197 
2,574 
1,579 
2,219 
3,856 
3,747 
2 operators 
30,790 
2,157 
1,089 
1,379 
2,359 
2,447 
3 operators 
5,058 
1,064 
380 
394 
570 
407 
4 operators 
1,137 
277 
105 
95 
126 
71 
5 or more operators 
675 
295 
44 
45 
40 
26 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
41,256 
2,261 
1,169 
1,454 
2,947 
3,088 
1 operator 
35,652 
1,620 
936 
1,244 
2,496 
2,656 
2 operators 
2,226 
212 
88 
74 
171 
178 
3 operators 
253 
44 
19 
11 
31 
12 
4 operators 
44 
6 
- 
6 
4 
5 
5 or more operators 
37 
10 
- 
1 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
130 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
