Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
12,099 
28 
522 
1,172 
2,776 
3,897 
3,704 
acres treated 
930,204 
241 
29,421 
92,527 
209,055 
214,205 
384,755 
Manure used 
farms 
2,528 
- 
103 
310 
694 
837 
584 
acres treated 
82,226 
- 
2,058 
7,477 
15,868 
22,307 
34,516 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
8,487 
27 
410 
818 
1,966 
2,649 
2,617 
acres 
849,800 
217 
27,014 
84,912 
183,518 
176,809 
377,330 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
12,140 
31 
528 
1,200 
2,895 
3,882 
3,604 
acres 
894,626 
241 
31,191 
77,488 
202,855 
201,462 
381,389 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,391 
3 
71 
140 
306 
439 
432 
acres 
140,186 
18 
3,389 
9,434 
65,335 
28,883 
33,127 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
5,173 
10 
202 
457 
1,176 
1,725 
1,603 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
346,960 
88 
9,837 
22,727 
109,138 
78,085 
127,085 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
3,368 
9 
124 
315 
683 
1,008 
1,229 
acres on which used 
254,854 
54 
6,983 
20,724 
75,416 
52,722 
98,955 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
679 
3 
27 
47 
135 
216 
251 
acres 
57,946 
6 
1,948 
13,268 
1 1 ,249 
18,472 
13,003 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
2,571 
13 
128 
236 
605 
780 
809 
acres 
256,499 
114 
11,195 
38,947 
47,541 
96,356 
62,346 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
748 
- 
45 
48 
175 
237 
243 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
307,908 
- 
5,214 
11,558 
46,320 
85,351 
159,465 
used 
farms 
1,579 
4 
105 
188 
316 
489 
477 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
26,215 
40 
727 
2,707 
7,641 
6,103 
8,997 
used 
farms 
546 
- 
60 
83 
150 
137 
116 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
80,102 
“ 
1,833 
26,763 
9,568 
22,983 
18,955 
practices were used 
farms 
3,230 
17 
211 
390 
801 
962 
849 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
404,428 
141 
16,938 
29,394 
76,447 
94,729 
186,779 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,895 
- 
109 
186 
435 
649 
516 
acres 
69,730 
- 
1,149 
4,863 
11,577 
15,758 
36,383 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
2,919 
- 
57 
218 
760 
1,008 
876 
Solar panels 
farms 
2,742 
- 
37 
205 
733 
967 
800 
Wind turbines 
farms 
142 
- 
- 
6 
36 
39 
61 
Methane digesters 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
8 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
45 
- 
- 
5 
8 
9 
23 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
80 
- 
6 
- 
6 
35 
33 
Biodiesel 
farms 
81 
- 
10 
8 
13 
26 
24 
Ethanol 
farms 
33 
- 
4 
- 
4 
10 
15 
Other 
farms 
27 
- 
- 
9 
2 
6 
10 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
43 
- 
- 
3 
17 
11 
12 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
30,132 
57 
780 
2,441 
6,931 
9,438 
10,485 
Part owners 
farms 
2,661 
7 
167 
306 
705 
800 
676 
Tenants 
farms 
2,595 
38 
358 
391 
652 
711 
445 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
32,882 
67 
952 
2,763 
7,647 
10,264 
11,189 
acres 
4,739,868 
2,396 
93,693 
254,190 
885,613 
1,203,146 
2,300,830 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
32,793 
64 
947 
2,747 
7,636 
10,238 
11,161 
acres 
4,090,351 
2,117 
39,992 
232,364 
820,507 
966,452 
2,028,919 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
5,297 
45 
529 
705 
1,362 
1,516 
1,140 
acres 
2,377,191 
4,229 
141,202 
193,200 
635,112 
570,233 
833,215 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,256 
45 
525 
697 
1,357 
1,511 
1,121 
acres 
2,323,934 
4,229 
140,882 
179,953 
611,786 
565,147 
821,937 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2,477 
8 
54 
168 
479 
735 
1,033 
acres 
702,774 
279 
54,021 
35,073 
88,432 
241,780 
283,189 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
57,163 
171 
2,149 
5,167 
13,718 
17,517 
18,441 
1 operator 
17,679 
59 
631 
1,433 
3,806 
5,501 
6,249 
2 operators 
15,022 
20 
555 
1,480 
3,898 
4,700 
4,369 
3 operators 
2,007 
20 
79 
163 
400 
569 
776 
4 operators 
442 
3 
31 
40 
125 
112 
131 
5 or more operators 
238 
- 
9 
22 
59 
67 
81 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
20,318 
53 
735 
1,856 
5,082 
6,279 
6,313 
1 operator 
17,675 
31 
627 
1,632 
4,420 
5,607 
5,358 
2 operators 
1,063 
11 
54 
95 
275 
281 
347 
3 operators 
114 
- 
- 
6 
36 
30 
42 
4 operators 
23 
- 
- 
4 
1 
5 
13 
5 or more operators 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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