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 
10,293 
8,080 
942 
819 
acres treated 
3,562,999 
1 ,647,039 
982,760 
932,125 
Manure used 
farms 
3,434 
2,722 
314 
268 
acres treated 
285,392 
134,851 
68,885 
61,213 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
3,846 
2,650 
471 
425 
acres 
1,463,898 
614,137 
479,720 
465,394 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
10,869 
8,464 
1,027 
889 
acres 
3,743,665 
1,702,825 
1,057,832 
1,010,384 
Nematodes 
farms 
887 
496 
173 
165 
acres 
331,325 
119,488 
135,799 
129,799 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,791 
1,108 
267 
250 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
919,710 
352,713 
334,178 
321,890 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
752 
420 
133 
124 
acres on which used 
287,909 
104,920 
103,726 
97,493 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
561 
391 
78 
72 
acres 
70,812 
35,467 
21,182 
20,099 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
2,315 
1,994 
128 
104 
acres 
260,078 
148,588 
41,571 
38,029 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
576 
410 
70 
53 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
215,341 
94,876 
57,596 
48,702 
used 
farms 
1,023 
701 
129 
114 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
467,634 
205,233 
145,981 
143,580 
used 
farms 
1,559 
1,047 
217 
192 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
700,590 
314,639 
199,353 
189,975 
practices were used 
farms 
6,408 
4,760 
719 
623 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,273,369 
1,013,035 
665,034 
633,480 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,099 
799 
140 
115 
acres 
103,467 
45,515 
32,586 
31,085 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
561 
419 
53 
45 
Solar panels 
farms 
335 
257 
35 
30 
Wind turbines 
farms 
122 
83 
14 
11 
Methane digesters 
farms 
8 
7 
1 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
72 
63 
3 
3 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
64 
45 
5 
5 
Biodiesel 
farms 
16 
8 
3 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
19 
16 
1 
1 
Other 
farms 
4 
3 
1 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
61 
27 
14 
12 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
17,275 
14,863 
1,046 
817 
Part owners 
farms 
5,843 
4,599 
540 
473 
Tenants 
farms 
1,698 
1,254 
216 
185 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
23,195 
19,527 
1,591 
1,295 
acres 
9,282,999 
4,096,673 
1,784,575 
1,611,631 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
23,118 
19,462 
1,586 
1,290 
acres 
8,169,709 
3,644,336 
1,662,780 
1,503,312 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
7,592 
5,893 
759 
660 
acres 
3,639,738 
1,981,403 
867,462 
810,880 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
7,541 
5,853 
756 
658 
acres 
3,590,400 
1,962,194 
849,433 
793,039 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,313 
2,535 
334 
284 
acres 
1,162,628 
471,546 
139,824 
126,160 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
40,590 
32,461 
3,806 
3,168 
1 operator 
11,796 
10,315 
510 
419 
2 operators 
11,109 
9,372 
833 
656 
3 operators 
1,427 
828 
302 
259 
4 operators 
304 
139 
103 
87 
5 or more operators 
180 
62 
54 
54 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
13,345 
11,251 
948 
773 
1 operator 
11,992 
10,406 
687 
548 
2 operators 
530 
361 
95 
77 
3 operators 
74 
33 
18 
18 
4 operators 
12 
6 
3 
3 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
146 Idaho 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
