Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
7,944 
21 
295 
870 
2,011 
2,492 
2,255 
acres treated 
425,614 
1,324 
17,079 
40,162 
110,053 
107,465 
149,531 
Manure used 
farms 
1,303 
3 
72 
144 
372 
450 
262 
acres treated 
35,151 
3 
1,279 
4,881 
9,292 
11,153 
8,543 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
3,980 
23 
147 
456 
984 
1,228 
1,142 
acres 
191,828 
1,040 
5,939 
22,057 
51,719 
41,122 
69,951 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
6,125 
19 
213 
686 
1,578 
1,929 
1,700 
acres 
290,574 
1,417 
10,756 
30,390 
63,349 
74,358 
110,304 
Nematodes 
farms 
801 
- 
28 
80 
161 
249 
283 
acres 
59,769 
- 
1,255 
5,825 
9,548 
12,503 
30,638 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,920 
8 
64 
172 
404 
592 
680 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
104,279 
(D) 
(D) 
7,879 
26,652 
23,692 
43,061 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
895 
- 
29 
102 
191 
251 
322 
acres on which used 
111,440 
- 
834 
12,044 
32,009 
26,627 
39,926 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
268 
_ 
11 
23 
63 
89 
82 
acres 
23,288 
- 
137 
9,798 
1,274 
4,057 
8,022 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
2,057 
8 
69 
210 
530 
680 
560 
acres 
198,496 
2,690 
4,961 
78,973 
23,243 
50,264 
38,365 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
414 
2 
14 
31 
126 
121 
120 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
48,210 
(D) 
(D) 
6,921 
12,291 
14,639 
13,581 
used 
farms 
514 
4 
14 
36 
120 
194 
146 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
26,236 
36 
2,249 
730 
5,253 
11,405 
6,563 
used 
farms 
395 
- 
11 
45 
123 
114 
102 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
14,627 
“ 
1,969 
1,013 
4,639 
2,438 
4,568 
practices were used 
farms 
1,414 
8 
77 
146 
371 
399 
413 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
162,990 
868 
2,360 
10,229 
24,232 
13,195 
112,106 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
444 
- 
27 
49 
110 
157 
101 
acres 
17,483 
- 
1,340 
1,171 
4,477 
5,225 
5,270 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
345 
- 
7 
36 
123 
110 
69 
Solar panels 
farms 
291 
- 
7 
27 
111 
84 
62 
Wind turbines 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
5 
6 
5 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
3 
2 
6 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
3 
Biodiesel 
farms 
25 
- 
- 
2 
3 
14 
6 
Ethanol 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
6 
2 
5 
2 
Other 
farms 
13 
- 
3 
1 
2 
4 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
6 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
3 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
21,011 
30 
553 
2,011 
5,352 
6,448 
6,617 
Part owners 
farms 
2,871 
16 
169 
361 
841 
784 
700 
Tenants 
farms 
956 
17 
145 
136 
241 
261 
156 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
23,936 
46 
725 
2,378 
6,209 
7,251 
7,327 
acres 
2,292,467 
3,976 
38,782 
238,450 
399,247 
580,637 
1,031,375 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
23,882 
46 
722 
2,372 
6,193 
7,232 
7,317 
acres 
2,080,983 
3,976 
38,321 
205,034 
369,775 
542,021 
921,856 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
3,842 
33 
314 
498 
1,088 
1,050 
859 
acres 
637,498 
2,651 
51,694 
63,419 
166,125 
177,192 
176,417 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,827 
33 
314 
497 
1,082 
1,045 
856 
acres 
632,042 
2,651 
51,622 
63,129 
164,702 
175,155 
174,783 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,685 
_ 
46 
139 
352 
509 
639 
acres 
216,940 
- 
533 
33,706 
30,895 
40,653 
111,153 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
38,512 
113 
1,389 
4,095 
10,340 
11,486 
11,089 
1 operator 
13,301 
35 
409 
1,148 
3,139 
4,077 
4,493 
2 operators 
9,982 
11 
405 
1,188 
2,868 
3,014 
2,496 
3 operators 
1,223 
12 
45 
129 
333 
303 
401 
4 operators 
241 
5 
5 
36 
63 
77 
55 
5 or more operators 
91 
- 
3 
7 
31 
22 
28 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
13,991 
27 
483 
1,572 
3,948 
4,143 
3,818 
1 operator 
12,169 
27 
423 
1,358 
3,425 
3,631 
3,305 
2 operators 
775 
- 
30 
101 
212 
227 
205 
3 operators 
67 
- 
- 
4 
21 
16 
26 
4 operators 
7 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 
5 or more operators 
7 
- 
- 
- 
4 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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