Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
32,646 
22,418 
5,211 
4,437 
acres treated 
6,314,533 
1,990,317 
2,179,444 
1,983,845 
Manure used 
farms 
6,794 
4,885 
1,026 
847 
acres treated 
712,975 
281,354 
261,270 
242,693 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
25,064 
16,261 
4,424 
3,809 
acres 
5,293,093 
1,575,143 
1,786,679 
1,631,390 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
32,402 
22,287 
5,156 
4,397 
acres 
6,116,162 
1,916,888 
2,139,203 
1,919,225 
Nematodes 
farms 
4,485 
2,584 
898 
795 
acres 
725,589 
199,326 
277,536 
259,622 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
14,196 
9,172 
2,425 
2,101 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,038,769 
611,595 
686,460 
621,734 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
9,810 
6,158 
1,924 
1,652 
acres on which used 
1,460,135 
498,501 
439,147 
395,941 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1,913 
1,017 
397 
343 
acres 
476,794 
139,942 
139,887 
116,231 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
7,166 
4,770 
1,288 
1,116 
acres 
1,872,676 
612,857 
669,903 
626,575 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,603 
989 
284 
234 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
929,985 
336,000 
383,427 
(D) 
used 
farms 
4,213 
3,075 
554 
460 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
205,383 
81,211 
78,904 
74,115 
used 
farms 
1,945 
1,156 
408 
347 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
566,983 
129,348 
199,941 
172,906 
practices were used 
farms 
11,762 
7,682 
2,242 
1,918 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,083,056 
992,902 
1,137,929 
1,037,930 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
4,899 
3,138 
744 
654 
acres 
340,532 
91,034 
80,386 
75,436 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
5,845 
4,573 
580 
486 
Solar panels 
farms 
5,445 
4,270 
529 
444 
Wind turbines 
farms 
324 
249 
31 
29 
Methane digesters 
farms 
41 
23 
10 
10 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
104 
87 
8 
3 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
190 
159 
17 
11 
Biodiesel 
farms 
165 
124 
16 
13 
Ethanol 
farms 
56 
40 
11 
8 
Other 
farms 
49 
35 
9 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
113 
85 
20 
17 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
60,492 
48,165 
6,074 
4,850 
Part owners 
farms 
9,490 
6,371 
1,610 
1,338 
Tenants 
farms 
7,875 
5,196 
1,300 
1,095 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
70,216 
54,709 
7,713 
6,210 
acres 
16,064,215 
7,291,827 
3,921,779 
3,498,780 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
69,982 
54,536 
7,684 
6,188 
acres 
14,281,177 
6,448,910 
3,566,633 
3,177,355 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
17,477 
11,645 
2,926 
2,448 
acres 
11,608,764 
5,718,350 
3,442,522 
2,824,133 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
17,365 
11,567 
2,910 
2,433 
acres 
11,287,824 
5,551,634 
3,367,526 
2,752,237 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
6,066 
3,995 
959 
821 
acres 
2,103,978 
1,009,633 
430,142 
393,321 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
126,099 
91,391 
17,542 
14,417 
1 operator 
40,197 
32,711 
3,296 
2,665 
2 operators 
30,790 
23,645 
3,852 
3,034 
3 operators 
5,058 
2,656 
1,273 
1,081 
4 operators 
1,137 
511 
359 
315 
5 or more operators 
675 
209 
204 
188 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
41,256 
32,396 
4,342 
3,477 
1 operator 
35,652 
29,090 
3,041 
2,407 
2 operators 
2,226 
1,369 
481 
389 
3 operators 
253 
121 
75 
66 
4 operators 
44 
24 
7 
7 
5 or more operators 
37 
20 
14 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
156 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
