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 
126 
86 
40 
40 
24 
63 
acres treated 
6,326 
1,977 
631 
792 
193 
501 
Manure used 
farms 
66 
48 
15 
36 
24 
49 
acres treated 
1,766 
669 
220 
556 
210 
375 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
46 
37 
11 
8 
11 
4 
acres 
1,948 
756 
109 
77 
61 
22 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
112 
63 
27 
27 
24 
40 
acres 
6,078 
1,660 
502 
294 
246 
245 
Nematodes 
farms 
9 
6 
- 
1 
- 
2 
acres 
459 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
18 
9 
5 
- 
3 
2 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
503 
97 
51 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
acres on which used 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
18 
6 
4 
4 
6 
4 
acres 
363 
155 
88 
35 
39 
14 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
69 
66 
45 
33 
32 
54 
acres 
3,508 
1,896 
949 
661 
508 
871 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
5 
9 
6 
17 
17 
10 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
496 
647 
280 
742 
386 
394 
used 
farms 
70 
46 
27 
10 
4 
8 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
3,062 
957 
269 
40 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
24 
20 
4 
1 
1 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
611 
219 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
practices were used 
farms 
67 
74 
23 
24 
6 
1 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,823 
1,339 
254 
384 
85 
(D) 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
44 
22 
11 
6 
1 
8 
acres 
(D) 
308 
111 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
12 
8 
1 
12 
4 
21 
Solar panels 
farms 
10 
6 
- 
11 
3 
19 
Wind turbines 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
129 
188 
130 
136 
159 
333 
Part owners 
farms 
41 
42 
11 
16 
3 
10 
Tenants 
farms 
25 
14 
17 
9 
4 
18 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
174 
231 
141 
158 
162 
343 
acres 
13,484 
17,319 
7,077 
7,058 
7,342 
9,855 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
170 
230 
141 
152 
162 
343 
acres 
11,645 
10,652 
5,269 
5,874 
4,670 
7,730 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
66 
56 
28 
28 
8 
28 
acres 
3,233 
1,419 
484 
370 
136 
323 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
66 
56 
28 
25 
7 
28 
acres 
3,233 
1,419 
484 
322 
106 
323 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
28 
60 
31 
29 
29 
46 
acres 
1,839 
6,667 
1,808 
1,232 
2,702 
2,125 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
291 
380 
218 
267 
233 
578 
1 operator 
122 
134 
107 
65 
108 
186 
2 operators 
60 
90 
42 
89 
49 
143 
3 operators 
11 
14 
9 
5 
9 
24 
4 operators 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
7 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
96 
133 
52 
122 
81 
271 
1 operator 
74 
120 
52 
90 
71 
211 
2 operators 
7 
5 
- 
16 
5 
19 
3 operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
6 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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