Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
...farms 
599 
551 
464 
1,660 
1,824 
1,477 
958 
acres 
55,181 
62,482 
62,091 
335,427 
710,392 
1 ,080,424 
1 ,581 ,864 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
1,677 
1,335 
1,127 
3,802 
3,432 
2,515 
1,383 
acres 
180,604 
199,066 
205,022 
1,096,751 
2,087,022 
3,130,068 
3,970,081 
Nematodes 
...farms 
139 
93 
107 
339 
303 
250 
201 
acres 
13,572 
9,784 
14,342 
65,748 
100,806 
157,898 
279,536 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
120 
98 
67 
250 
291 
324 
282 
acres 
10,737 
10,540 
8,176 
42,512 
93,426 
188,998 
339,671 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
20 
26 
7 
33 
16 
25 
23 
acres on which used 
957 
1,121 
270 
2,787 
1,114 
3,724 
9,792 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
1,168 
893 
778 
2,546 
2,444 
1,784 
929 
acres 
111,610 
1 1 1 ,483 
118,656 
589,125 
1,105,348 
1,542,405 
1,734,016 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
503 
387 
316 
999 
952 
776 
451 
acres 
35,028 
36,306 
35,749 
171,693 
301,733 
486,621 
687,441 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
195 
128 
95 
322 
298 
256 
121 
acres 
5,567 
5,247 
2,868 
12,618 
19,872 
25,913 
25,488 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
955 
768 
694 
2,517 
2,436 
1,862 
1,006 
acres 
78,597 
80,614 
87,515 
496,576 
949,038 
1,396,589 
1,659,044 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
460 
441 
383 
1,356 
1,418 
1,249 
787 
acres 
35,254 
41,923 
47,999 
235,025 
496,885 
884,495 
1,228,764 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
956 
723 
558 
1,938 
1,735 
1,216 
694 
acres 
79,771 
82,890 
76,282 
392,292 
677,264 
935,716 
1,196,517 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
271 
179 
176 
598 
677 
551 
380 
acres 
10,678 
9,330 
12,688 
52,358 
113,540 
128,434 
229,41 1 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
61 
46 
36 
124 
125 
111 
67 
Solar panels 
...farms 
16 
10 
2 
14 
5 
6 
4 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
6 
6 
10 
30 
36 
56 
32 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
24 
17 
17 
43 
40 
26 
16 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
17 
9 
6 
38 
41 
27 
21 
Ethanol 
...farms 
5 
7 
3 
20 
36 
22 
16 
Other 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
20 
11 
18 
68 
82 
83 
54 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
1,444 
831 
550 
1,177 
426 
136 
114 
Part owners 
...farms 
901 
775 
703 
2,740 
2,837 
2,213 
1,154 
Tenants 
...farms 
148 
161 
125 
358 
299 
195 
128 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
2,354 
1,613 
1,259 
3,940 
3,271 
2,353 
1,271 
acres 
366,139 
299,245 
253,171 
983,873 
1,124,110 
1,231,077 
1 ,535,805 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
2,345 
1,606 
1,253 
3,917 
3,263 
2,349 
1,268 
acres 
297,627 
241,725 
211,921 
873,851 
1,066,726 
1,196,329 
1 ,494,420 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
1,053 
937 
833 
3,106 
3,139 
2,409 
1,285 
acres 
95,140 
108,840 
123,903 
659,511 
1 ,424,900 
2,302,936 
2,910,058 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
1,049 
936 
828 
3,098 
3,136 
2,408 
1,282 
acres 
93,958 
108,030 
117,537 
652,921 
1,423,517 
2,302,158 
2,906,537 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
533 
343 
239 
609 
300 
184 
132 
acres 
69,694 
58,330 
47,616 
116,612 
58,767 
35,526 
44,906 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
3,707 
2,666 
2,032 
6,278 
5,353 
4,359 
2,887 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,556 
1,104 
882 
2,696 
2,197 
1,258 
470 
2 operators 
743 
525 
376 
1,250 
1,031 
907 
552 
3 operators 
148 
94 
96 
277 
267 
291 
253 
4 operators 
34 
30 
17 
36 
54 
58 
85 
5 or more operators 
12 
14 
7 
16 
13 
30 
36 
Total women operators 
number 
889 
574 
394 
1,153 
891 
679 
458 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
744 
479 
330 
1,048 
792 
601 
372 
2 operators 
49 
35 
25 
42 
39 
32 
36 
3 operators 
11 
6 
2 
7 
7 
3 
2 
4 operators 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,314 
1,660 
1,310 
4,070 
3,461 
2,490 
1,371 
Female 
179 
107 
68 
205 
101 
54 
25 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,275 
977 
817 
2,888 
2,973 
2,357 
1,347 
Other 
1,218 
790 
561 
1,387 
589 
187 
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See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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