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 
819 
904 
727 
561 
580 
1,156 
acres treated 
103,142 
63,640 
30,096 
18,663 
13,552 
35,444 
Manure used 
farms 
250 
394 
380 
292 
314 
757 
acres treated 
12,216 
15,044 
7,975 
5,378 
5,353 
14,749 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
350 
359 
231 
182 
178 
295 
acres 
23,798 
16,770 
5,033 
2,976 
3,946 
4,532 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
940 
1,022 
797 
558 
606 
1,335 
acres 
155,399 
94,836 
35,395 
22,543 
15,094 
49,131 
Nematodes 
farms 
30 
33 
15 
12 
13 
12 
acres 
2,117 
671 
119 
182 
41 
49 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
71 
77 
62 
38 
32 
31 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
3,731 
787 
226 
259 
154 
115 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
36 
43 
28 
22 
21 
30 
acres on which used 
1,149 
838 
147 
315 
76 
428 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
73 
71 
49 
43 
43 
98 
acres 
4,552 
4,329 
1,266 
728 
554 
1,648 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
215 
331 
360 
349 
363 
862 
acres 
16,485 
21,608 
9,419 
9,522 
6,076 
19,906 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
170 
208 
170 
120 
134 
303 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
76,063 
93,894 
31,128 
14,431 
13,153 
125,038 
used 
farms 
220 
244 
177 
102 
125 
355 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
46,603 
23,495 
14,869 
1,816 
5,852 
11,743 
used 
farms 
175 
145 
75 
43 
31 
71 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
37,070 
17,182 
12,722 
770 
467 
2,183 
practices were used 
farms 
551 
501 
366 
210 
202 
461 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
76,485 
46,713 
18,909 
4,657 
4,839 
21,997 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
117 
122 
111 
74 
109 
180 
acres 
6,355 
4,266 
4,357 
1,230 
1,739 
5,479 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
134 
224 
200 
196 
186 
526 
Solar panels 
farms 
108 
176 
166 
161 
156 
456 
Wind turbines 
farms 
21 
30 
26 
31 
43 
80 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
13 
24 
22 
24 
12 
33 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
5 
3 
1 
11 
14 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
6 
5 
3 
5 
4 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
Other 
farms 
1 
7 
5 
2 
3 
11 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
25 
31 
36 
20 
11 
19 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,743 
3,037 
3,045 
2,735 
3,118 
9,315 
Part owners 
farms 
738 
854 
547 
427 
334 
892 
Tenants 
farms 
226 
245 
200 
143 
131 
358 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,496 
3,904 
3,606 
3,168 
3,455 
10,229 
acres 
1,557,718 
1,635,095 
824,162 
428,303 
326,728 
2,439,160 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,481 
3,891 
3,592 
3,162 
3,452 
10,207 
acres 
1,326,040 
1,265,221 
602,345 
328,769 
251,732 
1,976,945 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
966 
1,117 
761 
574 
465 
1,270 
acres 
522,984 
374,661 
222,588 
112,674 
72,374 
364,169 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
964 
1,099 
747 
570 
465 
1,250 
acres 
519,652 
365,031 
216,917 
108,608 
72,123 
348,441 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
397 
575 
464 
323 
329 
947 
acres 
235,010 
379,504 
227,488 
103,600 
75,247 
477,943 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
4,426 
6,705 
6,100 
5,299 
5,776 
16,938 
1 operator 
1,345 
2,005 
1,800 
1,551 
1,655 
4,954 
2 operators 
1,137 
1,797 
1,752 
1,566 
1,735 
5,017 
3 operators 
173 
266 
193 
152 
149 
477 
4 operators 
31 
52 
39 
25 
28 
95 
5 or more operators 
21 
16 
8 
11 
16 
22 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,574 
2,486 
2,445 
2,133 
2,353 
7,153 
1 operator 
1,334 
2,149 
2,103 
1,868 
2,089 
6,222 
2 operators 
101 
135 
147 
116 
113 
401 
3 operators 
10 
17 
12 
11 
11 
37 
4 operators 
2 
4 
3 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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