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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
3,214 
3,475 
2,381 
1,586 
1,115 
1,348 
acres treated 
198,275 
119,956 
49,743 
24,604 
13,865 
14,943 
Manure used 
farms 
929 
1,278 
988 
760 
592 
886 
acres treated 
20,915 
21,134 
12,145 
7,914 
5,512 
7,598 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,059 
1,053 
632 
342 
234 
276 
acres 
54,681 
27,435 
10,929 
3,916 
2,411 
2,321 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,984 
2,885 
1,760 
1,157 
797 
838 
acres 
192,681 
92,997 
36,801 
16,033 
9,683 
9,027 
Nematodes 
farms 
231 
202 
74 
44 
39 
29 
acres 
11,433 
5,913 
892 
459 
368 
192 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
238 
293 
166 
97 
65 
78 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
7,566 
5,373 
2,113 
664 
489 
421 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
45 
92 
58 
39 
30 
29 
acres on which used 
1,149 
1,860 
782 
313 
227 
200 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
2,099 
2,230 
1,811 
1,473 
1,394 
1,675 
acres 
110,843 
67,742 
39,033 
22,730 
20,037 
22,178 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
815 
1,108 
906 
849 
847 
1,015 
acres 
39,717 
35,950 
22,266 
16,271 
12,940 
13,659 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
246 
334 
337 
344 
475 
221 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
10,687 
10,931 
10,101 
7,767 
7,793 
6,080 
used 
farms 
1,747 
1,686 
1,015 
623 
408 
334 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
91,673 
51,132 
19,011 
8,136 
3,588 
2,782 
used 
farms 
824 
697 
490 
290 
189 
141 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
38,552 
17,479 
7,520 
2,782 
1,922 
1,181 
practices were used 
farms 
1,833 
1,916 
1,308 
714 
532 
333 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
87,718 
47,002 
21,082 
7,357 
3,983 
2,817 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
419 
486 
326 
242 
208 
246 
acres 
11,083 
8,850 
4,295 
2,226 
2,079 
2,790 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
174 
293 
312 
260 
195 
341 
Solar panels 
farms 
102 
186 
202 
179 
107 
267 
Wind turbines 
farms 
24 
61 
51 
24 
11 
40 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
30 
59 
80 
61 
74 
55 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
4 
7 
- 
3 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
32 
28 
18 
10 
6 
6 
Ethanol 
farms 
4 
8 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Other 
farms 
3 
8 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
31 
18 
31 
25 
18 
19 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
2,561 
4,759 
5,293 
5,653 
6,393 
8,878 
Part owners 
farms 
1,330 
1,195 
829 
566 
429 
558 
Tenants 
farms 
346 
373 
226 
171 
168 
159 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
3,914 
5,991 
6,144 
6,237 
6,835 
9,449 
acres 
479,872 
562,101 
497,016 
414,841 
431,489 
391,781 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
3,891 
5,954 
6,122 
6,219 
6,822 
9,436 
acres 
379,129 
412,232 
324,521 
257,571 
242,541 
279,078 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,696 
1,587 
1,079 
751 
614 
742 
acres 
104,376 
78,719 
34,815 
20,319 
13,709 
21,506 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,676 
1,568 
1,055 
737 
597 
717 
acres 
100,735 
76,505 
31,558 
18,459 
12,618 
20,043 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
871 
1,668 
1,830 
1,821 
2,211 
2,076 
acres 
104,384 
152,083 
175,752 
159,130 
190,039 
114,166 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
6,243 
9,685 
9,452 
9,500 
10,364 
14,903 
1 operator 
2,655 
3,680 
3,776 
3,696 
4,056 
4,977 
2 operators 
1,285 
2,239 
2,215 
2,394 
2,632 
4,169 
3 operators 
233 
284 
249 
235 
227 
329 
4 operators 
38 
77 
78 
36 
43 
80 
5 or more operators 
26 
47 
30 
29 
32 
40 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,441 
2,607 
2,771 
3,018 
3,465 
5,654 
1 operator 
1,265 
2,287 
2,442 
2,663 
3,111 
5,020 
2 operators 
59 
118 
127 
127 
127 
228 
3 operators 
10 
14 
20 
24 
28 
31 
4 operators 
7 
2 
- 
6 
4 
3 
5 or more operators 
- 
5 
3 
1 
- 
11 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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