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 
3,462 
3,793 
2,514 
1,625 
969 
1,732 
acres treated 
69,434 
42,859 
16,843 
8,453 
5,176 
51,185 
Manure used 
farms 
611 
767 
703 
452 
397 
633 
acres treated 
14,548 
6,816 
4,018 
8,183 
1,678 
9,006 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,608 
2,558 
1,380 
791 
506 
808 
acres 
39,086 
22,196 
5,676 
9,125 
2,404 
32,001 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,542 
3,818 
2,370 
1,501 
872 
1,963 
acres 
72,153 
40,518 
15,483 
16,326 
5,464 
50,664 
Nematodes 
farms 
367 
408 
181 
109 
59 
149 
acres 
4,004 
2,713 
1,219 
341 
155 
3,204 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,418 
1,646 
821 
511 
259 
410 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
17,294 
9,923 
2,694 
956 
1,004 
10,859 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
862 
822 
426 
269 
137 
354 
acres on which used 
17,608 
10,666 
2,498 
1,567 
974 
15,003 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
167 
174 
95 
52 
50 
95 
acres 
6,730 
2,737 
723 
2,095 
793 
2,618 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
586 
749 
545 
369 
323 
783 
acres 
19,956 
20,468 
8,537 
7,089 
6,280 
29,678 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
193 
200 
90 
114 
79 
180 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
74,251 
32,577 
10,364 
11,880 
2,970 
58,411 
used 
farms 
457 
645 
574 
352 
283 
293 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,475 
4,133 
2,121 
1,312 
913 
2,571 
used 
farms 
142 
196 
115 
99 
87 
111 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
8,048 
2,854 
704 
1,218 
334 
2,466 
practices were used 
farms 
970 
1,115 
905 
592 
427 
687 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
35,115 
28,244 
13,206 
9,614 
3,615 
22,221 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
559 
607 
383 
305 
152 
289 
acres 
5,358 
3,346 
1,264 
2,510 
1,227 
4,662 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
588 
873 
756 
515 
432 
1,163 
Solar panels 
farms 
545 
838 
708 
476 
423 
1,070 
Wind turbines 
farms 
31 
38 
32 
31 
19 
67 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
5 
1 
6 
- 
9 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
3 
15 
12 
9 
8 
30 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
16 
37 
35 
21 
7 
42 
Biodiesel 
farms 
15 
15 
15 
23 
3 
45 
Ethanol 
farms 
7 
5 
10 
6 
3 
12 
Other 
farms 
12 
4 
2 
6 
4 
14 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
7 
10 
10 
11 
3 
22 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
5,746 
8,445 
6,812 
5,119 
4,129 
13,144 
Part owners 
farms 
739 
895 
405 
348 
233 
695 
Tenants 
farms 
665 
925 
629 
437 
356 
790 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,503 
9,374 
7,231 
5,472 
4,373 
13,863 
acres 
679,025 
839,373 
395,236 
344,590 
248,600 
1,560,284 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,485 
9,340 
7,217 
5,467 
4,362 
13,839 
acres 
559,636 
720,022 
335,768 
281,834 
201,806 
1,311,143 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,423 
1,826 
1,040 
788 
594 
1,496 
acres 
526,315 
486,758 
109,212 
75,601 
46,447 
534,125 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,404 
1,820 
1,034 
785 
589 
1,485 
acres 
517,522 
482,846 
108,199 
67,131 
46,237 
528,977 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
564 
662 
451 
331 
251 
925 
acres 
128,182 
123,263 
60,481 
71,226 
47,004 
254,289 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
11,055 
15,818 
12,161 
9,267 
7,364 
23,317 
1 operator 
3,941 
5,564 
4,131 
3,057 
2,397 
7,132 
2 operators 
2,699 
4,055 
3,322 
2,519 
2,076 
6,688 
3 operators 
375 
528 
318 
234 
190 
598 
4 operators 
102 
83 
41 
56 
39 
142 
5 or more operators 
33 
35 
34 
38 
16 
69 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
3,496 
5,540 
4,675 
3,686 
3,090 
9,850 
1 operator 
3,016 
4,930 
4,092 
3,219 
2,677 
8,766 
2 operators 
203 
256 
223 
180 
160 
481 
3 operators 
14 
23 
14 
20 
27 
38 
4 operators 
8 
6 
1 
3 
3 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
14 
7 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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