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 
9,708 
7,365 
1,162 
980 
acres treated 
4,145,816 
2,355,486 
1,129,401 
996,009 
Manure used 
farms 
3,650 
2,783 
418 
369 
acres treated 
343,410 
148,715 
85,739 
81,806 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
4,221 
3,003 
581 
505 
acres 
1,285,988 
671,063 
376,591 
346,402 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
10,446 
7,850 
1,267 
1,077 
acres 
5,904,526 
3,290,134 
1,653,742 
1,461,825 
Nematodes 
farms 
477 
298 
84 
78 
acres 
114,493 
54,001 
30,183 
26,499 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
940 
563 
169 
158 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
279,614 
87,147 
125,856 
121,837 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
380 
224 
57 
54 
acres on which used 
55,184 
18,589 
16,661 
16,657 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
719 
525 
87 
71 
acres 
66,950 
39,330 
12,018 
11,031 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,064 
2,564 
227 
185 
acres 
234,802 
146,157 
41,008 
35,906 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,704 
1,151 
268 
246 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,396,407 
607,164 
427,560 
409,935 
used 
farms 
3,159 
2,321 
441 
352 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,760,309 
1,567,105 
785,443 
671,169 
used 
farms 
2,413 
1,662 
402 
341 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,888,607 
983,267 
597,038 
539,614 
practices were used 
farms 
5,218 
3,991 
613 
512 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,826,497 
1,220,383 
345,564 
301,273 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,270 
951 
162 
146 
acres 
126,293 
73,075 
31,717 
29,351 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
2,013 
1,542 
238 
203 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,636 
1,256 
188 
162 
Wind turbines 
farms 
339 
275 
29 
23 
Methane digesters 
farms 
5 
4 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
153 
124 
16 
9 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
47 
28 
9 
9 
Biodiesel 
farms 
51 
35 
9 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
25 
22 
1 
1 
Other 
farms 
36 
24 
9 
9 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
353 
257 
65 
52 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
26,105 
21,613 
2,015 
1,587 
Part owners 
farms 
7,839 
6,077 
949 
793 
Tenants 
farms 
2,236 
1,677 
264 
224 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
34,056 
27,773 
2,976 
2,390 
acres 
23,371,885 
12,575,601 
5,323,522 
4,600,798 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
33,944 
27,690 
2,964 
2,380 
acres 
21,150,230 
11,267,318 
4,992,374 
4,316,296 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
10,143 
7,819 
1,214 
1,018 
acres 
10,828,657 
6,532,540 
2,614,069 
2,320,827 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
10,075 
7,754 
1,213 
1,017 
acres 
10,736,446 
6,479,791 
2,602,480 
2,311,900 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,065 
3,096 
457 
355 
acres 
2,313,866 
1,361,032 
342,737 
293,429 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
59,269 
46,419 
6,342 
5,193 
1 operator 
17,076 
14,484 
1,039 
810 
2 operators 
16,199 
13,193 
1,544 
1,241 
3 operators 
2,259 
1,362 
471 
402 
4 operators 
468 
251 
125 
107 
5 or more operators 
178 
77 
49 
44 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
21,879 
17,672 
2,022 
1,647 
1 operator 
18,912 
15,726 
1,459 
1,193 
2 operators 
1,252 
842 
222 
177 
3 operators 
122 
72 
29 
24 
4 operators 
14 
6 
5 
4 
5 or more operators 
7 
4 
2 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
