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 
10,085 
1,025 
547 
468 
604 
696 
acres treated 
2,625,512 
1,621,505 
372,287 
179,589 
109,338 
79,628 
Manure used 
farms 
1,664 
116 
68 
77 
80 
78 
acres treated 
145,776 
41,766 
19,329 
20,933 
13,185 
10,783 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
4,798 
999 
485 
423 
398 
361 
acres 
2,222,104 
1,589,234 
338,047 
145,314 
70,360 
27,760 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
8,459 
1,129 
569 
489 
594 
659 
acres 
3,087,652 
2,047,174 
451,088 
203,863 
123,502 
74,053 
Nematodes 
farms 
592 
196 
69 
41 
56 
43 
acres 
236,018 
171,439 
32,391 
15,635 
8,774 
4,394 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,966 
639 
314 
205 
169 
121 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,161,858 
841,299 
204,018 
73,373 
26,802 
8,496 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1,313 
542 
204 
135 
92 
51 
acres on which used 
695,807 
525,201 
100,771 
44,024 
14,780 
4,114 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
318 
11 
9 
11 
17 
13 
acres 
39,232 
9,052 
4,764 
2,325 
3,461 
4,167 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
7,289 
624 
326 
286 
339 
415 
acres 
2,395,260 
1,334,267 
351,605 
145,392 
112,076 
86,778 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
753 
45 
23 
25 
24 
63 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
145,463 
31,078 
15,344 
8,892 
7,470 
15,729 
used 
farms 
1,468 
361 
146 
113 
117 
85 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
479,652 
361,860 
59,573 
28,529 
14,891 
5,294 
used 
farms 
1,190 
455 
204 
148 
120 
50 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
913,285 
687,158 
139,038 
52,704 
24,632 
3,821 
practices were used 
farms 
3,268 
725 
371 
266 
308 
273 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,734,569 
1,236,847 
267,368 
103,037 
56,178 
21,187 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
591 
71 
27 
25 
31 
53 
acres 
59,206 
32,015 
7,850 
3,670 
3,490 
3,283 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
370 
8 
8 
5 
19 
15 
Solar panels 
farms 
353 
6 
8 
5 
19 
15 
Wind turbines 
farms 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
“ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
27 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,840 
261 
115 
161 
270 
513 
Part owners 
farms 
6,621 
619 
330 
261 
428 
498 
Tenants 
farms 
2,632 
418 
188 
148 
152 
167 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
25,561 
885 
448 
428 
707 
1,022 
acres 
4,364,172 
750,370 
362,488 
277,307 
274,957 
396,679 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
25,461 
880 
445 
422 
698 
1,011 
acres 
3,758,862 
664,199 
331,837 
242,335 
238,519 
355,203 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
9,298 
1,037 
518 
411 
581 
666 
acres 
4,188,298 
2,231,995 
528,036 
295,861 
270,745 
187,177 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
9,253 
1,037 
518 
409 
580 
665 
acres 
4,142,002 
2,212,842 
521,276 
293,657 
269,285 
186,747 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2,354 
102 
57 
82 
112 
154 
acres 
651,606 
105,324 
37,411 
37,176 
37,898 
41,906 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
41,592 
2,334 
963 
866 
1,182 
1,707 
1 operator 
16,820 
596 
384 
329 
578 
750 
2 operators 
9,664 
484 
200 
195 
228 
359 
3 operators 
1,210 
156 
38 
38 
35 
47 
4 operators 
272 
33 
7 
7 
5 
16 
5 or more operators 
127 
29 
4 
1 
4 
6 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
12,062 
420 
156 
167 
228 
384 
1 operator 
10,700 
320 
141 
147 
214 
339 
2 operators 
516 
37 
6 
10 
4 
16 
3 operators 
90 
6 
1 
- 
2 
3 
4 operators 
10 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
4 
" 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
