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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
3,450 
58 
49 
79 
198 
253 
acres treated 
109,503 
67,721 
4,459 
2,945 
11,972 
4,167 
Manure used 
farms 
634 
5 
3 
7 
19 
23 
acres treated 
5,165 
(D) 
(D) 
89 
852 
132 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,349 
47 
49 
77 
162 
208 
acres 
30,417 
13,651 
1,831 
1,798 
5,133 
1,650 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,299 
59 
54 
86 
188 
235 
acres 
114,713 
63,162 
9,975 
3,029 
13,677 
3,089 
Nematodes 
farms 
379 
15 
17 
31 
38 
47 
acres 
4,089 
1,386 
588 
510 
308 
411 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
963 
29 
23 
47 
79 
76 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
9,143 
3,160 
971 
760 
1,626 
550 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
338 
5 
3 
6 
12 
19 
acres on which used 
19,000 
(D) 
(D) 
59 
(D) 
177 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
41 
- 
- 
1 
7 
- 
acres 
626 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
246 
8 
2 
10 
28 
10 
acres 
9,262 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,613 
259 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
102 
6 
2 
3 
7 
8 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
41,657 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
1,012 
7 
7 
18 
40 
72 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
3,513 
714 
64 
166 
508 
287 
used 
farms 
385 
16 
7 
21 
17 
34 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,854 
2,609 
241 
198 
110 
86 
practices were used 
farms 
801 
33 
22 
37 
55 
77 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
34,545 
29,030 
805 
925 
1,109 
464 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
367 
15 
6 
6 
17 
25 
acres 
7,021 
1,769 
(D) 
78 
(D) 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,291 
10 
12 
11 
35 
59 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,271 
9 
12 
11 
34 
58 
Wind turbines 
farms 
89 
1 
- 
- 
1 
4 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
20 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
26 
- 
1 
1 
2 
3 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,636 
16 
25 
33 
80 
168 
Part owners 
farms 
686 
30 
29 
33 
68 
51 
Tenants 
farms 
1,678 
34 
16 
42 
111 
119 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,338 
46 
54 
66 
150 
221 
acres 
662,357 
232,349 
175,410 
22,210 
63,050 
50,497 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,322 
46 
54 
66 
148 
219 
acres 
608,146 
203,131 
163,677 
20,258 
62,813 
47,351 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,368 
64 
45 
75 
179 
170 
acres 
523,072 
130,591 
47,206 
44,625 
96,014 
46,484 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,364 
64 
45 
75 
179 
170 
acres 
521,171 
130,083 
47,200 
44,245 
95,769 
46,327 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
284 
10 
8 
10 
16 
9 
acres 
56,112 
(D) 
11,739 
2,332 
(D) 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
10,874 
214 
151 
193 
416 
607 
1 operator 
3,836 
26 
31 
46 
144 
117 
2 operators 
2,673 
25 
25 
47 
87 
183 
3 operators 
385 
16 
8 
11 
22 
31 
4 operators 
66 
4 
3 
3 
3 
4 
5 or more operators 
40 
9 
3 
1 
3 
3 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
3,896 
46 
43 
58 
126 
237 
1 operator 
3,318 
22 
19 
44 
93 
190 
2 operators 
231 
5 
5 
5 
11 
19 
3 operators 
24 
1 
- 
- 
2 
3 
4 operators 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
110 Hawaii 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
