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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
17,221 
1,229 
1,726 
667 
966 
1,173 
acres treated 
3,393,219 
1,515,602 
990,083 
217,308 
182,322 
119,477 
Manure used 
farms 
6,562 
616 
908 
242 
256 
352 
acres treated 
633,534 
189,663 
161,782 
41,389 
45,556 
45,521 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
8,719 
1,101 
1,452 
538 
773 
742 
acres 
2,178,419 
1,015,912 
739,105 
142,184 
120,603 
56,469 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
15,329 
1,431 
1,967 
682 
951 
1,139 
acres 
3,395,168 
1,560,597 
1,021,495 
219,753 
181,517 
110,281 
Nematodes 
farms 
2,547 
590 
609 
228 
289 
238 
acres 
1,112,678 
701,791 
290,733 
57,190 
37,562 
14,935 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,674 
728 
704 
297 
346 
323 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
961,566 
594,735 
244,558 
54,333 
32,058 
17,931 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
2,562 
628 
846 
220 
210 
157 
acres on which used 
1,128,744 
640,495 
387,352 
54,062 
27,224 
9,363 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1,397 
230 
343 
68 
106 
98 
acres 
107,145 
51,057 
27,568 
5,321 
5,411 
4,157 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
2,779 
307 
316 
119 
121 
144 
acres 
221,416 
85,829 
46,622 
15,036 
10,296 
9,324 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
4,966 
193 
193 
90 
121 
178 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
729,393 
84,145 
43,050 
20,509 
64,051 
45,235 
used 
farms 
2,743 
421 
542 
197 
277 
212 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
699,406 
314,504 
260,985 
47,840 
37,025 
13,052 
used 
farms 
2,355 
475 
636 
211 
191 
162 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
905,147 
479,831 
309,816 
64,597 
26,100 
13,082 
practices were used 
farms 
6,001 
675 
896 
305 
519 
536 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,346,435 
669,701 
400,650 
85,196 
84,728 
43,621 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
2,235 
281 
423 
128 
150 
140 
acres 
370,137 
167,863 
132,191 
23,929 
16,907 
7,180 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
343 
23 
3 
5 
8 
25 
Solar panels 
farms 
247 
13 
2 
3 
6 
18 
Wind turbines 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
50 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
13 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
36 
8 
1 
1 
1 
6 
Ethanol 
farms 
16 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
Other 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
31,544 
1,199 
1,184 
391 
525 
779 
Part owners 
farms 
8,660 
1,097 
1,403 
451 
563 
656 
Tenants 
farms 
2,053 
94 
232 
103 
159 
195 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
40,244 
2,298 
2,590 
845 
1,090 
1,437 
acres 
7,507,808 
1,418,321 
782,553 
281,526 
481,498 
409,036 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
40,204 
2,296 
2,587 
842 
1,088 
1,435 
acres 
6,924,984 
1,377,781 
755,513 
265,915 
446,136 
378,373 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
10,784 
1,195 
1,637 
559 
727 
862 
acres 
2,716,249 
1,015,019 
780,290 
191,005 
169,590 
134,419 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
10,713 
1,191 
1,635 
554 
722 
851 
acres 
2,695,852 
1,009,885 
778,494 
189,092 
168,359 
132,771 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,595 
198 
193 
94 
178 
247 
acres 
603,221 
45,674 
28,836 
17,524 
36,593 
32,311 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
61,859 
3,939 
4,104 
1,340 
1,799 
2,374 
1 operator 
26,061 
1,281 
1,758 
626 
829 
1,063 
2 operators 
13,596 
807 
861 
262 
318 
438 
3 operators 
2,120 
232 
179 
47 
78 
103 
4 operators 
329 
43 
19 
6 
14 
17 
5 or more operators 
151 
27 
2 
4 
8 
9 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
18,065 
785 
788 
266 
350 
552 
1 operator 
15,988 
688 
741 
237 
316 
485 
2 operators 
794 
39 
22 
10 
14 
32 
3 operators 
136 
5 
1 
3 
2 
1 
4 operators 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
8 
" 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
