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 
931 
1,070 
828 
719 
596 
889 
acres treated 
63,464 
47,017 
17,042 
1 1 ,554 
6,491 
12,097 
Manure used 
farms 
273 
362 
318 
294 
269 
420 
acres treated 
9,080 
6,017 
3,305 
3,354 
2,048 
3,387 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
225 
269 
182 
165 
140 
213 
acres 
9,117 
6,698 
2,122 
1,144 
1,138 
1,473 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
958 
1,150 
896 
787 
714 
1,158 
acres 
63,654 
56,149 
23,969 
15,353 
8,956 
16,047 
Nematodes 
farms 
36 
31 
15 
17 
13 
21 
acres 
707 
140 
140 
44 
37 
58 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
90 
90 
57 
46 
32 
50 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
3,470 
746 
252 
120 
80 
125 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
29 
35 
29 
18 
12 
22 
acres on which used 
574 
425 
154 
87 
95 
66 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
39 
51 
48 
27 
41 
33 
acres 
1,322 
1,796 
996 
317 
346 
218 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
186 
279 
215 
297 
247 
375 
acres 
10,875 
9,572 
4,193 
4,014 
2,523 
5,199 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
53 
77 
62 
73 
57 
58 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
22,425 
10,650 
6,615 
6,654 
2,226 
31,117 
used 
farms 
105 
84 
58 
45 
46 
37 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
7,305 
2,350 
889 
328 
219 
511 
used 
farms 
106 
101 
59 
55 
48 
49 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,690 
6,353 
636 
326 
263 
988 
practices were used 
farms 
647 
590 
296 
226 
161 
182 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
31,218 
20,732 
7,955 
6,499 
1,684 
4,645 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
113 
144 
97 
62 
60 
99 
acres 
4,411 
3,608 
986 
657 
914 
1,356 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
38 
63 
78 
81 
43 
103 
Solar panels 
farms 
22 
33 
54 
59 
30 
57 
Wind turbines 
farms 
16 
14 
12 
8 
5 
22 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
3 
16 
6 
6 
9 
22 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
8 
8 
9 
5 
13 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
3 
4 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
2 
2 
6 
- 
2 
2 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
15 
6 
3 
2 
- 
3 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,269 
2,113 
2,155 
2,386 
2,394 
4,272 
Part owners 
farms 
536 
583 
421 
350 
230 
486 
Tenants 
farms 
159 
212 
131 
77 
78 
137 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,816 
2,715 
2,580 
2,740 
2,629 
4,763 
acres 
541,473 
595,604 
393,649 
222,356 
159,701 
681,498 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,805 
2,696 
2,576 
2,736 
2,624 
4,758 
acres 
450,604 
468,029 
291,875 
166,843 
121,566 
606,719 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
701 
802 
557 
431 
314 
633 
acres 
119,061 
113,557 
32,927 
22,042 
1 1 ,226 
72,505 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
695 
795 
552 
427 
308 
623 
acres 
115,104 
112,882 
32,281 
21,466 
10,562 
64,959 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
302 
431 
404 
341 
281 
527 
acres 
94,826 
128,250 
102,420 
56,089 
38,799 
82,325 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,131 
4,567 
4,333 
4,472 
4,338 
7,900 
1 operator 
997 
1,481 
1,274 
1,341 
1,227 
2,220 
2 operators 
832 
1,244 
1,295 
1,330 
1,350 
2,435 
3 operators 
99 
148 
96 
110 
101 
190 
4 operators 
20 
28 
31 
25 
18 
28 
5 or more operators 
16 
7 
11 
7 
6 
22 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
982 
1,538 
1,590 
1,667 
1,723 
3,085 
1 operator 
834 
1,386 
1,417 
1,544 
1,571 
2,856 
2 operators 
52 
57 
76 
51 
64 
97 
3 operators 
12 
11 
7 
7 
8 
9 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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