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 
1,355 
- 
32 
95 
299 
528 
401 
acres treated 
15,651 
- 
85 
4,061 
4,058 
3,835 
3,612 
Manure used 
farms 
281 
- 
16 
12 
78 
121 
54 
acres treated 
723 
59 
34 
179 
311 
140 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
845 
- 
18 
75 
187 
327 
238 
acres 
8,060 
- 
58 
1,978 
2,213 
2,370 
1,441 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,322 
2 
20 
89 
282 
548 
381 
acres 
24,960 
(D) 
72 
(D) 
3,955 
6,692 
7,645 
Nematodes 
farms 
114 
- 
9 
30 
41 
34 
acres 
1,089 
- 
- 
272 
123 
194 
500 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
375 
- 
5 
30 
98 
142 
100 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,778 
- 
37 
253 
415 
1,172 
901 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
124 
2 
3 
7 
39 
43 
30 
acres on which used 
413 
(D) 
(D) 
18 
114 
158 
112 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
15 
- 
_ 
- 
4 
6 
5 
acres 
34 
- 
- 
- 
5 
14 
15 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
97 
- 
2 
14 
14 
38 
29 
acres 
3,234 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,802 
424 
625 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
49 
- 
2 
9 
17 
21 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
12,277 
" 
~ 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
10,064 
used 
farms 
409 
- 
8 
41 
87 
150 
123 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
891 
8 
204 
139 
335 
205 
used 
farms 
157 
- 
- 
16 
39 
60 
42 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,326 
~ 
(D) 
168 
(D) 
264 
practices were used 
farms 
269 
- 
9 
32 
62 
98 
68 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,021 
9 
1,107 
631 
1,111 
163 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
131 
- 
7 
21 
46 
36 
21 
acres 
320 
- 
37 
50 
106 
91 
36 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
644 
2 
24 
37 
144 
267 
170 
Solar panels 
farms 
635 
2 
24 
37 
140 
263 
169 
Wind turbines 
farms 
36 
- 
- 
- 
10 
23 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
" 
- 
- 
“ 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
5 
4 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
3 
3 
3 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
4 
3 
8 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
2,493 
7 
61 
138 
550 
982 
755 
Part owners 
farms 
229 
- 
2 
15 
70 
95 
47 
Tenants 
farms 
636 
- 
14 
78 
157 
236 
151 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,732 
7 
63 
158 
621 
1,081 
802 
acres 
186,036 
159 
1,391 
3,602 
24,102 
56,056 
100,726 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,722 
7 
63 
153 
620 
1,077 
802 
acres 
173,635 
159 
875 
3,554 
21,516 
51,683 
95,848 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
868 
_ 
16 
93 
228 
333 
198 
acres 
170,978 
- 
210 
19,732 
72,148 
59,032 
19,856 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
865 
- 
16 
93 
227 
331 
198 
acres 
170,145 
- 
210 
19,497 
72,090 
58,593 
19,755 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
141 
_ 
4 
11 
33 
58 
35 
acres 
13,234 
- 
516 
283 
2,644 
4,812 
4,979 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
5,122 
9 
125 
344 
1,248 
1,919 
1,477 
1 operator 
1,879 
5 
32 
132 
362 
826 
522 
2 operators 
1,279 
2 
42 
87 
382 
409 
357 
3 operators 
154 
- 
3 
10 
23 
60 
58 
4 operators 
31 
- 
- 
2 
8 
8 
13 
5 or more operators 
15 
- 
2 
10 
3 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,878 
2 
54 
105 
460 
693 
564 
1 operator 
1,607 
2 
50 
101 
403 
576 
475 
2 operators 
110 
- 
2 
2 
26 
43 
37 
3 operators 
12 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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