Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal 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 
7,479 
17 
366 
852 
1,923 
2,424 
1,897 
acres treated 
435,110 
528 
17,898 
57,604 
108,819 
129,678 
120,583 
Manure used 
farms 
2,575 
6 
149 
292 
701 
832 
595 
acres treated 
123,780 
161 
7,195 
14,132 
31,577 
40,236 
30,479 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
3,033 
14 
186 
366 
790 
965 
712 
acres 
191,889 
317 
10,864 
24,456 
55,005 
56,337 
44,910 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
6,294 
20 
339 
735 
1,741 
1,965 
1,494 
acres 
409,682 
381 
18,957 
54,778 
110,566 
125,289 
99,711 
Nematodes 
farms 
634 
- 
26 
91 
158 
175 
184 
acres 
100,682 
- 
1,642 
16,367 
24,586 
25,786 
32,301 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,094 
3 
56 
130 
265 
351 
289 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
69,055 
3 
2,407 
7,955 
16,641 
20,189 
21,860 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
552 
- 
29 
71 
140 
166 
146 
acres on which used 
82,056 
- 
1,558 
9,366 
21,996 
29,240 
19,896 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
392 
_ 
14 
59 
83 
147 
89 
acres 
14,699 
- 
706 
2,506 
2,882 
5,237 
3,368 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,212 
- 
48 
163 
323 
366 
312 
acres 
47,452 
- 
2,057 
4,046 
8,914 
17,472 
14,963 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,804 
9 
106 
273 
636 
941 
839 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
376,766 
898 
5,612 
22,651 
58,583 
154,381 
134,641 
used 
farms 
835 
1 
47 
77 
202 
266 
242 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
73,289 
(D) 
(D) 
8,646 
16,459 
21,047 
23,277 
used 
farms 
561 
3 
32 
95 
136 
159 
136 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
64,141 
6 
1,973 
19,606 
10,783 
22,197 
9,576 
practices were used 
farms 
2,292 
14 
150 
226 
562 
724 
616 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
130,475 
378 
4,709 
10,465 
44,719 
36,192 
34,012 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
719 
- 
29 
82 
203 
234 
171 
acres 
35,008 
- 
456 
7,839 
9,245 
10,043 
7,425 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
161 
- 
- 
16 
49 
65 
31 
Solar panels 
farms 
122 
- 
- 
11 
39 
52 
20 
Wind turbines 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
25 
- 
- 
5 
- 
8 
12 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
3 
8 
2 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
7 
2 
- 
Other 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,389 
31 
553 
1,569 
4,145 
5,818 
6,273 
Part owners 
farms 
3,034 
11 
187 
438 
814 
961 
623 
Tenants 
farms 
976 
27 
168 
160 
256 
220 
145 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
21,438 
42 
740 
2,008 
4,959 
6,790 
6,899 
acres 
3,160,675 
2,219 
40,539 
169,849 
565,276 
1,045,748 
1,337,044 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
21,423 
42 
740 
2,007 
4,959 
6,779 
6,896 
acres 
2,836,937 
2,099 
36,585 
158,901 
520,904 
961,699 
1,156,749 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
4,045 
38 
357 
598 
1,078 
1,192 
782 
acres 
422,982 
1,418 
27,945 
63,129 
105,639 
137,305 
87,546 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
4,010 
38 
355 
598 
1,070 
1,181 
768 
acres 
417,660 
1,418 
27,943 
62,903 
104,596 
134,877 
85,923 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2,595 
3 
66 
160 
426 
863 
1,077 
acres 
329,060 
120 
3,956 
11,174 
45,415 
86,477 
181,918 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
33,230 
104 
1,440 
3,372 
8,102 
10,427 
9,785 
1 operator 
13,469 
42 
462 
1,111 
2,842 
4,170 
4,842 
2 operators 
7,491 
19 
391 
940 
1,989 
2,400 
1,752 
3 operators 
1,160 
8 
38 
92 
299 
344 
379 
4 operators 
194 
- 
10 
21 
57 
56 
50 
5 or more operators 
85 
- 
7 
3 
28 
29 
18 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
10,465 
22 
449 
1,078 
2,725 
3,271 
2,920 
1 operator 
9,172 
14 
422 
969 
2,314 
2,901 
2,552 
2 operators 
494 
4 
9 
47 
171 
140 
123 
3 operators 
86 
- 
3 
5 
23 
21 
34 
4 operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Georgia 201 
