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 
3,258 
9 
180 
372 
851 
1,120 
726 
acres treated 
428,362 
1,985 
38,868 
66,545 
85,435 
128,094 
107,435 
Manure used 
farms 
1,407 
4 
65 
149 
387 
526 
276 
acres treated 
71,233 
1,510 
2,894 
17,718 
1 1 ,330 
17,015 
20,766 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,136 
4 
63 
158 
307 
365 
239 
acres 
125,464 
244 
26,181 
18,914 
24,370 
27,122 
28,633 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,619 
9 
198 
415 
910 
1,241 
846 
acres 
655,556 
1,919 
52,717 
104,557 
117,934 
177,093 
201,336 
Nematodes 
farms 
75 
- 
1 
7 
23 
23 
21 
acres 
11,114 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
5,691 
2,415 
2,095 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
226 
2 
9 
33 
45 
68 
69 
acres 
35,213 
(D) 
(D) 
5,582 
10,283 
8,271 
10,421 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
101 
- 
6 
11 
15 
41 
28 
acres on which used 
8,385 
- 
249 
934 
4,552 
1,332 
1,318 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
256 
_ 
11 
19 
72 
84 
70 
acres 
11,199 
- 
306 
378 
2,384 
2,894 
5,237 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,566 
8 
67 
160 
433 
552 
346 
acres 
61,570 
90 
1,980 
1 1 ,223 
16,822 
18,636 
12,819 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
769 
2 
41 
67 
167 
245 
247 
acres 
351,588 
(D) 
(D) 
27,183 
42,724 
75,015 
196,409 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
955 
3 
68 
136 
239 
304 
205 
acres 
273,225 
(D) 
(D) 
59,484 
36,511 
68,480 
79,950 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
455 
37 
78 
102 
147 
91 
acres 
200,907 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
46,762 
61,820 
42,411 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
1,494 
4 
97 
182 
353 
478 
380 
acres 
214,586 
850 
12,286 
37,044 
41,206 
55,665 
67,535 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
443 
2 
16 
45 
114 
159 
107 
acres 
15,995 
(D) 
(D) 
1,123 
5,257 
4,874 
4,398 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
886 
9 
20 
81 
210 
361 
205 
Solar panels 
farms 
733 
9 
16 
63 
174 
306 
165 
Wind turbines 
farms 
150 
- 
2 
12 
32 
63 
41 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
79 
- 
5 
9 
17 
32 
16 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
3 
8 
1 
5 
Biodiesel 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
4 
1 
8 
3 
Ethanol 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Other 
farms 
22 
- 
" 
3 
3 
11 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
120 
- 
2 
8 
27 
41 
42 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
14,874 
30 
500 
1,376 
3,810 
4,833 
4,325 
Part owners 
farms 
2,481 
4 
194 
346 
664 
770 
503 
Tenants 
farms 
863 
23 
158 
142 
180 
228 
132 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
17,400 
34 
694 
1,722 
4,482 
5,627 
4,841 
acres 
6,580,104 
4,809 
134,808 
587,277 
983,162 
1,953,190 
2,916,858 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
17,355 
34 
694 
1,722 
4,474 
5,603 
4,828 
acres 
5,622,710 
4,789 
130,925 
514,583 
815,861 
1,700,295 
2,456,257 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
3,389 
27 
355 
491 
855 
1,012 
649 
acres 
1,785,770 
3,802 
182,602 
301,442 
355,588 
622,143 
320,193 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,344 
27 
352 
488 
844 
998 
635 
acres 
1,760,046 
3,802 
182,042 
298,002 
353,138 
615,823 
307,239 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2,095 
4 
46 
127 
432 
685 
801 
acres 
983,118 
20 
4,443 
76,134 
169,751 
259,215 
473,555 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
29,772 
93 
1,431 
3,231 
7,891 
9,417 
7,709 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
8,314 
33 
354 
659 
1,852 
2,741 
2,675 
2 operators 
8,668 
18 
440 
1,088 
2,475 
2,728 
1,919 
3 operators 
963 
4 
46 
80 
255 
272 
306 
4 operators 
207 
- 
7 
33 
55 
67 
45 
5 or more operators 
66 
2 
5 
4 
17 
23 
15 
Total women operators 
number 
11,790 
31 
535 
1,270 
3,226 
3,790 
2,938 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,201 
19 
470 
1,142 
2,823 
3,305 
2,442 
2 operators 
675 
6 
25 
50 
176 
192 
226 
3 operators 
65 
- 
5 
8 
14 
26 
12 
4 operators 
8 
- 
1 
1 
4 
2 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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