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 
3,450 
2,775 
221 
190 
acres treated 
109,503 
24,076 
5,622 
5,411 
Manure used 
farms 
634 
517 
42 
38 
acres treated 
5,165 
3,310 
757 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,349 
1,820 
182 
163 
acres 
30,417 
10,909 
3,273 
3,063 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,299 
2,636 
210 
185 
acres 
114,713 
32,060 
6,338 
6,090 
Nematodes 
farms 
379 
278 
22 
20 
acres 
4,089 
1,441 
431 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
963 
746 
54 
46 
acres 
9,143 
3,510 
589 
519 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
338 
273 
28 
25 
acres on which used 
19,000 
(D) 
153 
145 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
41 
37 
4 
4 
acres 
626 
620 
6 
6 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
246 
173 
28 
28 
acres 
9,262 
4,395 
1,270 
1,270 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
102 
67 
12 
12 
acres 
41,657 
(D) 
533 
533 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
1,012 
840 
60 
56 
acres 
3,513 
2,261 
149 
139 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
385 
284 
33 
30 
acres 
3,854 
813 
(D) 
375 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
801 
588 
61 
52 
acres 
34,545 
3,645 
2,428 
2,352 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
367 
258 
25 
25 
acres 
7,021 
1,275 
100 
100 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,291 
1,042 
103 
88 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,271 
1,028 
103 
88 
Wind turbines 
farms 
89 
75 
6 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
20 
13 
2 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
26 
15 
5 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
5 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
21 
15 
6 
6 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,636 
3,879 
285 
247 
Part owners 
farms 
686 
529 
39 
35 
Tenants 
farms 
1,678 
1,277 
122 
115 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,338 
4,414 
328 
286 
acres 
662,357 
150,874 
120,587 
118,431 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,322 
4,408 
324 
282 
acres 
608,146 
146,111 
112,764 
110,642 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,368 
1,809 
162 
151 
acres 
523,072 
196,597 
43,551 
42,484 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,364 
1,806 
161 
150 
acres 
521,171 
195,575 
43,512 
42,445 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
284 
188 
30 
26 
acres 
56,112 
5,785 
7,862 
7,828 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
10,874 
8,454 
846 
762 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,836 
3,289 
147 
129 
2 operators 
2,673 
2,090 
228 
201 
3 operators 
385 
257 
55 
51 
4 operators 
66 
38 
13 
13 
5 or more operators 
40 
11 
3 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
3,896 
3,022 
319 
288 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
3,318 
2,661 
249 
218 
2 operators 
231 
158 
28 
28 
3 operators 
24 
15 
3 
3 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
134 Hawaii 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
