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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
1,654 
2,742 
2,116 
1,627 
1,279 
2,794 
acres treated 
76,163 
86,929 
58,693 
28,735 
18,867 
52,175 
Manure used 
farms 
188 
370 
382 
370 
355 
889 
acres treated 
8,980 
13,199 
8,575 
5,702 
4,922 
12,239 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,039 
1,520 
895 
662 
435 
1,020 
acres 
25,189 
21,136 
10,309 
7,814 
3,671 
12,683 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,394 
2,176 
1,505 
1,166 
826 
1,858 
acres 
50,609 
43,290 
29,535 
17,305 
10,012 
28,922 
Nematodes 
farms 
234 
308 
125 
64 
37 
132 
acres 
3,834 
2,624 
987 
281 
159 
1,211 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
559 
744 
361 
224 
114 
266 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
7,893 
4,917 
1,873 
789 
294 
2,173 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
241 
278 
127 
68 
49 
184 
acres on which used 
5,181 
2,823 
858 
306 
442 
2,388 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
60 
55 
51 
60 
38 
86 
acres 
1,457 
912 
1,606 
1,152 
842 
1,508 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
396 
533 
444 
444 
428 
1,149 
acres 
37,292 
29,847 
20,264 
9,806 
6,980 
31,123 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
100 
120 
102 
102 
91 
263 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
21,431 
8,000 
7,081 
1,448 
1,550 
24,522 
used 
farms 
121 
205 
144 
121 
93 
114 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,805 
1,823 
870 
1,281 
353 
1,104 
used 
farms 
92 
202 
105 
81 
52 
50 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,290 
1,432 
403 
401 
130 
755 
practices were used 
farms 
340 
552 
420 
268 
172 
330 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
8,470 
7,513 
3,697 
1,491 
816 
4,609 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
128 
182 
127 
93 
63 
154 
acres 
3,162 
2,547 
1,774 
1,014 
496 
2,409 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
46 
124 
101 
83 
85 
192 
Solar panels 
farms 
42 
105 
81 
76 
70 
169 
Wind turbines 
farms 
3 
5 
3 
2 
4 
14 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
2 
2 
1 
8 
5 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
7 
- 
3 
1 
6 
Biodiesel 
farms 
3 
8 
14 
2 
4 
7 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
5 
4 
- 
7 
7 
Other 
farms 
4 
4 
3 
5 
- 
8 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
2,252 
4,641 
4,259 
4,185 
4,679 
14,054 
Part owners 
farms 
576 
866 
735 
745 
509 
1,106 
Tenants 
farms 
175 
252 
229 
183 
118 
364 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,829 
5,516 
5,006 
4,950 
5,192 
15,193 
acres 
328,714 
438,659 
298,128 
306,578 
203,576 
671,081 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,828 
5,507 
4,994 
4,930 
5,188 
15,160 
acres 
287,121 
409,496 
270,443 
269,423 
187,362 
607,761 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
756 
1,125 
970 
935 
635 
1,481 
acres 
207,050 
134,790 
96,033 
68,184 
27,632 
85,103 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
751 
1,118 
964 
928 
627 
1,470 
acres 
204,324 
132,738 
95,619 
65,937 
25,500 
83,036 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
194 
454 
341 
294 
310 
938 
acres 
44,319 
31,215 
28,099 
39,402 
18,346 
65,387 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
4,658 
8,895 
8,060 
7,796 
8,056 
23,883 
1 operator 
1,622 
3,136 
2,804 
2,841 
2,930 
8,306 
2 operators 
1,173 
2,207 
2,091 
1,951 
2,074 
6,350 
3 operators 
169 
355 
273 
268 
254 
688 
4 operators 
20 
45 
39 
39 
30 
130 
5 or more operators 
19 
16 
16 
14 
18 
50 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,544 
3,022 
2,946 
2,862 
3,089 
9,870 
1 operator 
1,318 
2,688 
2,571 
2,513 
2,692 
8,555 
2 operators 
87 
149 
151 
139 
148 
559 
3 operators 
16 
9 
16 
21 
27 
45 
4 operators 
1 
1 
5 
2 
2 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
10 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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