Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
3,450 
2,140 
334 
976 
1,769 
1,681 
acres treated 
109,503 
50,909 
20,661 
37,933 
65,682 
43,821 
Manure used 
farms 
634 
445 
50 
139 
292 
342 
acres treated 
5,165 
1,323 
1,340 
2,502 
1,983 
3,182 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,349 
1,364 
238 
747 
1,144 
1,205 
acres 
30,417 
7,339 
10,360 
12,718 
12,667 
17,750 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,299 
1,990 
362 
947 
1,703 
1,596 
acres 
114,713 
53,865 
30,634 
30,214 
68,930 
45,783 
Nematodes 
farms 
379 
208 
51 
120 
168 
211 
acres 
4,089 
1,356 
1,591 
1,142 
1,997 
2,092 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
963 
561 
118 
284 
476 
487 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
9,143 
2,506 
2,691 
3,946 
3,933 
5,210 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
338 
226 
28 
84 
155 
183 
acres on which used 
19,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
41 
22 
1 
18 
27 
14 
acres 
626 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
567 
59 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
246 
142 
25 
79 
103 
143 
acres 
9,262 
2,309 
2,268 
4,685 
3,292 
5,970 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
102 
57 
18 
27 
50 
52 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
41,657 
5,656 
33,380 
2,621 
15,873 
25,784 
used 
farms 
1,012 
633 
77 
302 
548 
464 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
3,513 
1,605 
619 
1,289 
1,988 
1,525 
used 
farms 
385 
212 
52 
121 
216 
169 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,854 
682 
1,987 
1,185 
2,400 
1,454 
practices were used 
farms 
801 
428 
136 
237 
397 
404 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
34,545 
20,944 
8,196 
5,405 
24,183 
10,362 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
367 
194 
48 
125 
139 
228 
acres 
7,021 
750 
4,559 
1,712 
4,522 
2,499 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,291 
1,041 
116 
134 
553 
738 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,271 
1,026 
112 
133 
541 
730 
Wind turbines 
farms 
89 
57 
13 
19 
38 
51 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
" 
- 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
20 
19 
1 
- 
11 
9 
Biodiesel 
farms 
26 
23 
2 
1 
8 
18 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
5 
- 
1 
2 
4 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
21 
18 
3 
- 
15 
6 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,636 
4,636 
_ 
_ 
2,519 
2,117 
Part owners 
farms 
686 
- 
686 
- 
357 
329 
Tenants 
farms 
1,678 
- 
- 
1,678 
960 
718 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,338 
4,636 
686 
16 
2,883 
2,455 
acres 
662,357 
285,184 
(D) 
(D) 
385,014 
277,343 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,322 
4,636 
686 
2,876 
2,446 
acres 
608,146 
265,459 
342,687 
" 
349,175 
258,971 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,368 
4 
686 
1,678 
1,320 
1,048 
acres 
523,072 
21 
320,018 
203,033 
303,600 
219,472 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,364 
- 
686 
1,678 
1,317 
1,047 
acres 
521,171 
- 
319,989 
201,182 
302,759 
218,412 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
284 
197 
34 
53 
151 
133 
acres 
56,112 
19,746 
31,448 
4,918 
36,680 
19,432 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
10,874 
7,122 
1,128 
2,624 
3,836 
7,038 
1 operator 
3,836 
2,519 
357 
960 
3,836 
- 
2 operators 
2,673 
1,838 
256 
579 
- 
2,673 
3 operators 
385 
229 
52 
104 
- 
385 
4 operators 
66 
32 
11 
23 
- 
66 
5 or more operators 
40 
18 
10 
12 
- 
40 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
3,896 
2,702 
344 
850 
798 
3,098 
1 operator 
3,318 
2,311 
284 
723 
798 
2,520 
2 operators 
231 
171 
22 
38 
- 
231 
3 operators 
24 
11 
4 
9 
- 
24 
4 operators 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
6 
3 
3 
- 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
202 Hawaii 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
