Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
641 
561 
529 
80 
67 
64 
acres treated 
308,363 
260,590 
235,088 
47,773 
32,666 
20,989 
Manure used 
farms 
102 
94 
92 
8 
8 
9 
acres treated 
13,758 
13,463 
(D) 
295 
295 
1,307 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
427 
379 
360 
48 
36 
40 
acres 
228,455 
188,002 
170,586 
40,453 
30,248 
8,142 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
667 
591 
561 
76 
63 
56 
acres 
366,855 
307,497 
279,297 
59,358 
40,043 
13,489 
Nematodes 
farms 
41 
36 
35 
5 
3 
6 
acres 
12,809 
12,083 
(D) 
726 
(D) 
274 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
218 
193 
181 
25 
18 
14 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
102,878 
90,918 
84,013 
11,960 
6,858 
2,276 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
162 
143 
131 
19 
12 
8 
acres on which used 
106,794 
95,237 
80,147 
11,557 
8,455 
3,842 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
23 
22 
20 
1 
1 
4 
acres 
3,259 
(D) 
3,010 
(□) 
(D) 
6 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
503 
431 
404 
72 
64 
68 
acres 
325,348 
226,415 
199,886 
98,933 
36,735 
33,696 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
51 
47 
45 
4 
4 
13 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
15,144 
12,924 
(D) 
2,220 
2,220 
1,928 
used 
farms 
110 
98 
93 
12 
12 
16 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
45,742 
39,808 
29,753 
5,934 
5,934 
507 
used 
farms 
100 
92 
86 
8 
8 
7 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
54,647 
48,863 
46,910 
5,784 
5,784 
1,515 
practices were used 
farms 
287 
249 
232 
38 
25 
36 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
289,904 
240,044 
215,278 
49,860 
33,785 
13,331 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
48 
45 
42 
3 
2 
7 
acres 
7,687 
7,079 
6,549 
608 
(D) 
33 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
17 
17 
15 
- 
- 
3 
Solar panels 
farms 
17 
17 
15 
- 
- 
3 
Wind turbines 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
956 
846 
809 
110 
100 
194 
Part owners 
farms 
362 
327 
311 
35 
34 
20 
Tenants 
farms 
234 
186 
180 
48 
44 
14 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,330 
1,185 
1,132 
145 
134 
216 
acres 
821,363 
569,895 
407,422 
251,468 
125,826 
153,022 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,318 
1,173 
1,120 
145 
134 
214 
acres 
698,927 
490,041 
348,480 
208,886 
103,263 
127,227 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
596 
513 
491 
83 
78 
34 
acres 
497,831 
446,271 
420,801 
51,560 
41,058 
27,279 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
596 
513 
491 
83 
78 
34 
acres 
497,062 
445,502 
420,032 
51,560 
41,058 
27,279 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
196 
169 
147 
27 
22 
41 
acres 
123,205 
80,623 
59,711 
42,582 
22,563 
25,795 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
2,599 
2,288 
2,175 
311 
275 
402 
1 operator 
773 
663 
636 
110 
103 
127 
2 operators 
596 
531 
515 
65 
62 
70 
3 operators 
135 
126 
112 
9 
8 
19 
4 operators 
30 
27 
26 
3 
3 
4 
5 or more operators 
18 
12 
11 
6 
2 
8 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
682 
617 
595 
65 
64 
127 
1 operator 
568 
525 
508 
43 
42 
92 
2 operators 
38 
33 
32 
5 
5 
8 
3 operators 
10 
6 
5 
4 
4 
3 
4 operators 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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