Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
10,085 
8,465 
915 
675 
acres treated 
2,625,512 
1,434,026 
862,134 
701,155 
Manure used 
farms 
1,664 
1,456 
97 
56 
acres treated 
145,776 
109,851 
20,860 
16,918 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
4,798 
3,711 
620 
476 
acres 
2,222,104 
1,208,002 
777,505 
629,165 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
8,459 
6,849 
887 
669 
acres 
3,087,652 
1,678,909 
1,028,399 
836,124 
Nematodes 
farms 
592 
423 
122 
92 
acres 
236,018 
130,060 
92,875 
81,702 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,966 
1,372 
362 
270 
acres 
1,161,858 
630,229 
426,475 
330,037 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1,313 
864 
279 
225 
acres on which used 
695,807 
347,235 
237,936 
192,193 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
318 
271 
20 
15 
acres 
39,232 
27,526 
8,441 
3,804 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
7,289 
6,056 
662 
506 
acres 
2,395,260 
1,292,845 
743,371 
631,592 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
753 
598 
91 
58 
acres 
145,463 
90,856 
37,535 
30,683 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
1,468 
1,111 
231 
167 
acres 
479,652 
262,819 
170,584 
123,499 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
1,190 
827 
256 
201 
acres 
913,285 
478,870 
378,253 
321,336 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
3,268 
2,461 
484 
360 
acres 
1,734,569 
880,202 
551,132 
452,846 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
591 
459 
77 
50 
acres 
59,206 
24,238 
27,248 
24,686 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
370 
323 
27 
19 
Solar panels 
farms 
353 
311 
22 
17 
Wind turbines 
farms 
7 
6 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
27 
26 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,840 
16,761 
929 
626 
Part owners 
farms 
6,621 
5,733 
506 
384 
Tenants 
farms 
2,632 
2,031 
353 
266 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
25,561 
22,573 
1,442 
1,016 
acres 
4,364,172 
2,800,281 
589,506 
458,009 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
25,461 
22,494 
1,435 
1,010 
acres 
3,758,862 
2,408,944 
523,764 
408,216 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
9,298 
7,801 
867 
656 
acres 
4,188,298 
2,490,978 
1,172,210 
970,955 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
9,253 
7,764 
859 
650 
acres 
4,142,002 
2,465,707 
1,151,954 
950,755 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2,354 
1,913 
204 
151 
acres 
651,606 
416,608 
85,998 
69,993 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
41,592 
35,188 
3,403 
2,479 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
16,820 
15,298 
622 
422 
2 operators 
9,664 
8,135 
863 
622 
3 operators 
1,210 
848 
208 
156 
4 operators 
272 
173 
65 
50 
5 or more operators 
127 
71 
30 
26 
Total women operators 
number 
12,062 
10,467 
786 
567 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
10,700 
9,430 
610 
425 
2 operators 
516 
401 
69 
54 
3 operators 
90 
67 
10 
10 
4 operators 
10 
6 
2 
1 
5 or more operators 
4 
2 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
