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 
30,260 
2,474 
2,519 
3,392 
5,035 
3,721 
acres treated 
9,732,948 
4,227,932 
2,085,859 
1,544,167 
1,061,857 
391,747 
Manure used 
farms 
10,403 
862 
758 
891 
1,359 
1,100 
acres treated 
640,150 
287,230 
102,365 
73,253 
65,823 
36,261 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
12,114 
1,652 
1,461 
1,761 
2,198 
1,446 
acres 
4,024,293 
2,006,431 
846,435 
581 ,429 
358,800 
129,505 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
27,317 
2,479 
2,516 
3,362 
4,939 
3,600 
acres 
11,309,277 
5,071,597 
2,467,405 
1,790,062 
1,205,850 
417,141 
Nematodes 
farms 
2,210 
308 
228 
311 
427 
317 
acres 
667,152 
341,614 
121,033 
90,617 
67,527 
27,104 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
2,650 
462 
284 
300 
357 
310 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
720,191 
447,431 
117,757 
72,236 
43,894 
22,247 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
495 
51 
19 
31 
52 
49 
acres on which used 
25,882 
13,986 
1,828 
1,378 
2,415 
1,744 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
22,645 
1,768 
1,858 
2,408 
3,454 
2,475 
acres 
5,672,188 
2,416,565 
1,233,760 
894,177 
621,065 
224,058 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
10,250 
790 
766 
920 
1,260 
974 
acres 
1,894,351 
866,002 
371,756 
246,127 
189,589 
80,074 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
3,213 
234 
217 
247 
334 
224 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
127,617 
22,738 
17,732 
9,440 
19,414 
4,934 
used 
farms 
16,693 
1,717 
1,800 
2,254 
3,102 
2,007 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,952,131 
2,061,668 
1,126,444 
833,366 
571,443 
182,888 
used 
farms 
9,122 
1,291 
1,143 
1,359 
1,655 
1,043 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,055,030 
1 ,542,765 
682,563 
431,514 
244,574 
84,178 
practices were used 
farms 
16,042 
1,336 
1,310 
1,813 
2,798 
2,149 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,677,690 
1,615,601 
721 ,999 
574,949 
421,925 
173,257 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
5,271 
602 
589 
628 
895 
630 
acres 
596,062 
269,275 
124,318 
78,921 
66,907 
25,318 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
2,397 
147 
115 
130 
239 
191 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,314 
21 
16 
37 
106 
91 
Wind turbines 
farms 
425 
71 
35 
34 
47 
27 
Methane digesters 
farms 
9 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
540 
26 
34 
23 
48 
50 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
282 
29 
39 
34 
42 
38 
Ethanol 
farms 
138 
24 
31 
27 
19 
22 
Other 
farms 
20 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
496 
108 
61 
81 
72 
32 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
38,765 
449 
308 
670 
1,718 
2,083 
Part owners 
farms 
16,679 
2,091 
2,153 
2,649 
3,159 
1,720 
Tenants 
farms 
3,251 
212 
218 
327 
613 
438 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
55,648 
2,544 
2,463 
3,339 
4,910 
3,822 
acres 
8,037,816 
1,943,370 
978,621 
888,004 
937,061 
513,660 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
55,444 
2,540 
2,461 
3,319 
4,877 
3,803 
acres 
6,860,194 
1,873,695 
959,517 
841,331 
845,072 
445,507 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
20,076 
2,308 
2,371 
2,984 
3,780 
2,164 
acres 
7,892,288 
3,659,375 
1,788,117 
1,229,371 
717,135 
224,846 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
19,930 
2,303 
2,371 
2,976 
3,772 
2,158 
acres 
7,860,202 
3,654,549 
1,786,959 
1,227,428 
708,907 
222,441 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
12,444 
322 
190 
332 
549 
574 
acres 
1,209,708 
74,501 
20,262 
48,616 
100,217 
70,558 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
89,818 
5,367 
4,361 
5,548 
8,068 
6,327 
1 operator 
33,481 
1,057 
1,435 
2,164 
3,402 
2,583 
2 operators 
21,164 
1,070 
919 
1,172 
1,702 
1,367 
3 operators 
3,037 
439 
264 
245 
308 
224 
4 operators 
678 
130 
41 
49 
63 
43 
5 or more operators 
335 
56 
20 
16 
15 
24 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
24,706 
921 
748 
1,027 
1,639 
1,415 
1 operator 
21,920 
785 
675 
931 
1,488 
1,253 
2 operators 
1,038 
58 
27 
39 
65 
63 
3 operators 
151 
4 
3 
6 
7 
4 
4 operators 
25 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
25 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Indiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
