Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 
3,743 
24 
197 
522 
1,017 
1,308 
675 
acres treated 
285,212 
1,063 
20,259 
30,234 
61,671 
79,230 
92,755 
Manure used 
farms 
1,219 
5 
66 
153 
339 
463 
193 
acres treated 
34,962 
100 
2,508 
8,780 
6,805 
10,498 
6,271 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
930 
8 
72 
136 
224 
322 
168 
acres 
93,049 
139 
5,271 
4,572 
11,141 
24,479 
47,447 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
4,183 
12 
194 
532 
1,148 
1,462 
835 
acres 
328,564 
613 
18,031 
38,378 
64,907 
88,166 
118,469 
Nematodes 
farms 
115 
- 
14 
22 
15 
37 
27 
acres 
10,683 
- 
2,603 
569 
798 
2,442 
4,271 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
340 
4 
46 
46 
65 
116 
63 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
44,635 
36 
7,899 
3,393 
3,968 
9,549 
19,790 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
140 
7 
6 
12 
32 
46 
37 
acres on which used 
24,311 
80 
64 
662 
4,273 
3,677 
15,555 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
172 
_ 
13 
22 
54 
37 
46 
acres 
5,213 
- 
802 
626 
1,094 
1,029 
1,662 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,117 
4 
43 
144 
327 
379 
220 
acres 
37,395 
24 
817 
5,341 
10,255 
13,302 
7,656 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
280 
- 
8 
23 
60 
90 
99 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
46,420 
- 
724 
1,797 
4,521 
10,025 
29,353 
used 
farms 
256 
- 
25 
23 
64 
94 
50 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
24,331 
3,948 
3,245 
2,702 
8,896 
5,540 
used 
farms 
324 
- 
33 
33 
94 
100 
64 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
26,089 
■ 
5,742 
1,931 
4,300 
6,354 
7,762 
practices were used 
farms 
1,656 
9 
119 
227 
402 
552 
347 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
175,882 
183 
6,328 
21,255 
35,757 
41,041 
71,318 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
368 
2 
14 
57 
93 
138 
64 
acres 
1 1 ,084 
(D) 
(D) 
2,704 
2,478 
2,582 
2,932 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
243 
4 
5 
32 
67 
89 
46 
Solar panels 
farms 
144 
- 
3 
18 
45 
55 
23 
Wind turbines 
farms 
40 
- 
- 
8 
5 
15 
12 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
48 
- 
2 
6 
13 
18 
9 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
23 
- 
- 
2 
9 
3 
9 
Biodiesel 
farms 
9 
- 
5 
2 
- 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
3 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
2 
3 
5 
12 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
9,909 
11 
310 
1,138 
2,509 
3,374 
2,567 
Part owners 
farms 
1,956 
10 
141 
322 
570 
604 
309 
Tenants 
farms 
602 
19 
108 
120 
156 
122 
77 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1 1 ,903 
21 
451 
1,467 
3,095 
3,987 
2,882 
acres 
2,019,186 
3,229 
35,765 
144,914 
477,745 
560,110 
797,423 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
11,865 
21 
451 
1,460 
3,079 
3,978 
2,876 
acres 
1,723,652 
3,229 
32,283 
134,466 
418,116 
455,475 
680,083 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,586 
29 
249 
445 
730 
734 
399 
acres 
460,385 
1,485 
44,311 
76,377 
118,682 
97,890 
121,640 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,558 
29 
249 
442 
726 
726 
386 
acres 
453,065 
1,485 
44,311 
75,610 
115,364 
97,539 
118,756 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,559 
_ 
29 
90 
360 
524 
556 
acres 
302,854 
- 
3,482 
11,215 
62,947 
104,986 
120,224 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
20,259 
75 
951 
2,745 
5,425 
6,529 
4,534 
1 operator 
5,784 
12 
215 
541 
1,374 
1,945 
1,697 
2 operators 
5,885 
23 
304 
967 
1,632 
1,935 
1,024 
3 operators 
610 
3 
35 
44 
162 
180 
186 
4 operators 
118 
2 
4 
16 
46 
29 
21 
5 or more operators 
70 
- 
1 
12 
21 
11 
25 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
7,308 
18 
344 
1,079 
2,042 
2,381 
1,444 
1 operator 
6,647 
18 
322 
994 
1,856 
2,184 
1,273 
2 operators 
271 
- 
11 
32 
78 
88 
62 
3 operators 
34 
- 
- 
7 
10 
3 
14 
4 operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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