Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
235 
125 
99 
510 
532 
480 
725 
acres 
19,425 
12,924 
13,830 
92,329 
164,730 
231,624 
720,863 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
577 
265 
215 
1,123 
1,187 
1,136 
2,059 
acres 
45,067 
23,880 
24,017 
191,754 
399,062 
760,755 
4,375,402 
Nematodes 
....farms 
16 
4 
6 
60 
89 
74 
87 
acres 
1,426 
174 
858 
6,385 
19,266 
27,602 
56,883 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
19 
19 
11 
84 
121 
109 
202 
acres 
926 
1,221 
1,647 
10,474 
23,230 
42,077 
195,627 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
13 
12 
5 
25 
34 
37 
41 
acres on which used 
966 
526 
(D) 
3,039 
6,967 
14,714 
25,587 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
36 
17 
18 
103 
83 
54 
66 
acres 
1,682 
1,350 
1,640 
12,705 
12,890 
15,089 
14,631 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
117 
78 
39 
217 
146 
107 
107 
acres 
9,814 
8,817 
4,186 
37,355 
40,982 
28,293 
62,466 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
130 
60 
46 
201 
230 
184 
340 
acres 
15,673 
8,444 
7,187 
46,950 
84,679 
123,952 
1,088,874 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
103 
58 
34 
241 
334 
435 
1,135 
acres 
6,989 
3,310 
3,584 
38,137 
100,354 
262,999 
2,330,597 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
77 
34 
48 
273 
339 
430 
905 
acres 
6,121 
3,014 
4,839 
48,557 
108,655 
261,037 
1,448,755 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
343 
151 
125 
704 
764 
641 
970 
acres 
27,404 
14,252 
14,113 
109,280 
226,802 
322,309 
1,076,542 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
67 
15 
18 
120 
154 
144 
193 
acres 
3,361 
730 
1,282 
9,517 
19,136 
27,217 
57,003 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
91 
46 
42 
172 
168 
139 
339 
Solar panels 
...farms 
74 
42 
35 
142 
134 
97 
256 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
16 
9 
9 
31 
37 
28 
83 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
9 
2 
" 
10 
5 
3 
12 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
5 
- 
- 
8 
4 
8 
8 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
1 
- 
3 
6 
5 
7 
5 
Ethanol 
...farms 
1 
- 
3 
1 
1 
7 
6 
Other 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
3 
3 
4 
7 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
19 
9 
5 
36 
35 
62 
154 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
1,715 
628 
482 
2,130 
1,537 
956 
1,038 
Part owners 
....farms 
282 
226 
157 
888 
1,094 
1,080 
2,267 
Tenants 
....farms 
158 
93 
57 
278 
299 
227 
297 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
2,004 
862 
643 
3,040 
2,642 
2,048 
3,320 
acres 
382,542 
191,093 
185,728 
1,227,295 
1,720,032 
2,317,344 
16,131,721 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
1,997 
854 
639 
3,018 
2,631 
2,036 
3,305 
acres 
288,095 
141,862 
131,042 
898,957 
1,424,243 
2,027,677 
15,520,981 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
445 
319 
214 
1,176 
1,400 
1,317 
2,569 
acres 
54,945 
46,208 
37,186 
298,198 
666,059 
1,139,640 
8,478,578 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
440 
319 
214 
1,166 
1,393 
1,307 
2,564 
acres 
52,515 
45,182 
34,585 
288,841 
657,851 
1,125,855 
8,433,801 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
260 
121 
121 
476 
450 
352 
483 
acres 
96,877 
50,257 
57,287 
337,695 
303,997 
303,452 
655,517 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
3,341 
1,509 
1,109 
5,319 
4,744 
3,803 
6,563 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,138 
487 
353 
1,756 
1,502 
1,108 
1,508 
2 operators 
881 
382 
289 
1,239 
1,139 
870 
1,505 
3 operators 
109 
68 
40 
223 
224 
220 
429 
4 operators 
22 
6 
12 
56 
51 
49 
103 
5 or more operators 
5 
4 
2 
22 
14 
16 
57 
Total women operators 
.number 
1,218 
520 
384 
1,800 
1,458 
1,118 
1,756 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,050 
452 
332 
1,498 
1,242 
959 
1,476 
2 operators 
70 
28 
20 
114 
94 
67 
115 
3 operators 
8 
4 
4 
17 
8 
7 
14 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
4 
1 
1 
2 
5 or more operators 
“ 
1 
- 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,758 
769 
580 
2,727 
2,522 
2,006 
3,330 
Female 
397 
178 
116 
569 
408 
257 
272 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
956 
488 
356 
1,760 
1,706 
1,562 
2,979 
Other 
1,199 
459 
340 
1,536 
1,224 
701 
623 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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