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 
17,539 
12,847 
1,234 
983 
acres treated 
2,235,849 
830,290 
386,069 
316,563 
Manure used 
farms 
3,039 
2,457 
151 
117 
acres treated 
136,125 
80,422 
21,839 
15,925 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
10,017 
6,435 
875 
734 
acres 
1,301,710 
397,611 
231,983 
189,794 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
13,898 
9,675 
1,034 
848 
acres 
1,846,661 
596,698 
278,855 
217,459 
Nematodes 
farms 
2,292 
1,311 
262 
219 
acres 
407,959 
142,508 
100,040 
82,203 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
4,913 
2,961 
528 
439 
acres 
740,656 
206,971 
167,551 
134,454 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
2,227 
1,386 
246 
212 
acres on which used 
499,590 
128,348 
116,966 
98,622 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
730 
426 
98 
79 
acres 
84,528 
16,704 
13,531 
11,241 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
4,788 
3,262 
422 
353 
acres 
1,093,362 
249,589 
259,127 
236,513 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
989 
677 
78 
63 
acres 
226,300 
85,271 
44,740 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
1,304 
947 
110 
93 
acres 
193,495 
79,979 
20,267 
18,525 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
1,106 
749 
97 
73 
acres 
109,335 
53,183 
26,312 
15,829 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
3,648 
2,582 
271 
200 
acres 
909,263 
235,400 
123,220 
93,807 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,239 
881 
128 
90 
acres 
137,830 
65,234 
25,658 
19,423 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
748 
587 
41 
30 
Solar panels 
farms 
646 
499 
37 
26 
Wind turbines 
farms 
38 
28 
4 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
3 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
20 
16 
1 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
18 
16 
2 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
49 
40 
2 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
28 
22 
1 
1 
Other 
farms 
33 
22 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
7 
5 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
39,172 
31,737 
1,985 
1,510 
Part owners 
farms 
6,537 
5,128 
418 
305 
Tenants 
farms 
2,031 
1,275 
173 
132 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
45,806 
36,944 
2,411 
1,820 
acres 
7,379,770 
2,913,306 
1,163,608 
1 
,037,205 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
45,709 
36,865 
2,403 
1,815 
acres 
6,891,800 
2,712,857 
1,049,406 
928,203 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
8,620 
6,450 
591 
437 
acres 
2,703,204 
1,430,196 
444,457 
378,297 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
8,568 
6,403 
591 
437 
acres 
2,656,542 
1,416,537 
443,059 
376,899 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,146 
2,369 
222 
180 
acres 
534,632 
214,108 
115,600 
110,400 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
74,539 
57,538 
4,744 
3,553 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
25,758 
21,434 
1,054 
831 
2 operators 
18,549 
14,559 
1,136 
828 
3 operators 
2,706 
1,790 
259 
198 
4 operators 
469 
255 
74 
51 
5 or more operators 
258 
102 
53 
39 
Total women operators 
number 
26,643 
21,146 
1,407 
1,017 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
23,012 
18,785 
1,050 
765 
2 operators 
1,475 
987 
127 
84 
3 operators 
168 
104 
25 
20 
4 operators 
19 
11 
7 
6 
5 or more operators 
18 
5 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
148 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
