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 
9,708 
762 
739 
1,118 
1,419 
923 
acres treated 
4,145,816 
1,527,446 
776,271 
857,368 
541,593 
178,601 
Manure used 
farms 
3,650 
212 
202 
254 
355 
240 
acres treated 
343,410 
96,537 
54,213 
81,977 
32,208 
17,760 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
4,221 
573 
456 
561 
637 
399 
acres 
1,285,988 
592,737 
232,077 
220,143 
126,417 
57,559 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
10,446 
778 
742 
1,160 
1,490 
1,018 
acres 
5,904,526 
2,078,077 
1,074,476 
1,273,284 
822,158 
284,133 
Nematodes 
farms 
477 
133 
69 
57 
53 
50 
acres 
114,493 
72,389 
20,583 
7,196 
7,675 
3,471 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
940 
222 
124 
114 
89 
80 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
279,614 
187,503 
35,442 
26,822 
19,043 
5,532 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
380 
79 
30 
36 
30 
25 
acres on which used 
55,184 
39,205 
5,634 
2,271 
4,486 
635 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
719 
61 
56 
70 
93 
62 
acres 
66,950 
15,155 
13,246 
9,332 
11,963 
4,177 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,064 
73 
54 
102 
189 
166 
acres 
234,802 
36,598 
28,813 
32,661 
34,601 
19,113 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,704 
48 
62 
104 
214 
171 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,396,407 
300,120 
144,280 
212,877 
245,840 
139,583 
used 
farms 
3,159 
328 
329 
489 
473 
317 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,760,309 
977,334 
594,218 
650,865 
304,660 
128,854 
used 
farms 
2,413 
408 
320 
466 
485 
194 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,888,607 
811,807 
309,237 
399,202 
240,385 
57,582 
practices were used 
farms 
5,218 
414 
394 
631 
885 
603 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,826,497 
427,190 
275,389 
413,669 
396,831 
139,818 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,270 
124 
78 
97 
153 
105 
acres 
126,293 
40,725 
12,902 
19,281 
18,682 
11,277 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
2,013 
64 
53 
111 
183 
136 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,636 
47 
41 
74 
137 
114 
Wind turbines 
farms 
339 
11 
12 
24 
36 
25 
Methane digesters 
farms 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
153 
2 
9 
10 
4 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
47 
- 
- 
1 
6 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
51 
7 
- 
7 
8 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
25 
6 
1 
6 
7 
1 
Other 
farms 
36 
- 
2 
4 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
353 
24 
38 
52 
63 
34 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
26,105 
290 
288 
413 
936 
1,185 
Part owners 
farms 
7,839 
545 
512 
973 
1,207 
810 
Tenants 
farms 
2,236 
124 
125 
177 
291 
216 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
34,056 
839 
805 
1,391 
2,158 
2,005 
acres 
23,371,885 
4,088,184 
3,038,505 
3,732,146 
3,367,892 
1,933,992 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
33,944 
835 
800 
1,386 
2,143 
1,995 
acres 
21,150,230 
4,027,139 
2,939,017 
3,566,158 
3,140,565 
1,726,299 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
10,143 
669 
637 
1,153 
1,499 
1,032 
acres 
10,828,657 
2,199,601 
1,676,027 
2,325,368 
2,121,784 
836,427 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
10,075 
669 
637 
1,150 
1,498 
1,026 
acres 
10,736,446 
2,187,705 
1,665,517 
2,317,227 
2,110,169 
825,056 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,065 
113 
119 
213 
291 
294 
acres 
2,313,866 
72,941 
109,998 
174,129 
238,942 
219,064 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
59,269 
2,009 
1,723 
2,665 
4,038 
3,590 
1 operator 
17,076 
344 
386 
730 
1,190 
1,116 
2 operators 
16,199 
373 
347 
627 
967 
881 
3 operators 
2,259 
144 
151 
163 
219 
172 
4 operators 
468 
59 
27 
33 
47 
32 
5 or more operators 
178 
39 
14 
10 
11 
10 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
21,879 
400 
388 
672 
1,122 
1,153 
1 operator 
18,912 
310 
330 
584 
945 
978 
2 operators 
1,252 
35 
23 
39 
78 
64 
3 operators 
122 
3 
4 
1 
7 
9 
4 operators 
14 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
7 
1 
- 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
