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 
5,427 
399 
441 
477 
683 
440 
acres treated 
1,011,668 
422,176 
185,282 
154,408 
118,491 
38,704 
Manure used 
farms 
2,634 
183 
285 
244 
317 
169 
acres treated 
208,568 
78,113 
47,130 
27,796 
25,790 
5,984 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,574 
348 
356 
359 
379 
228 
acres 
581,377 
305,801 
112,100 
74,849 
55,257 
11,305 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
4,799 
404 
487 
470 
672 
438 
acres 
1,086,600 
480,602 
208,070 
167,985 
127,261 
34,170 
Nematodes 
farms 
382 
67 
32 
37 
46 
37 
acres 
43,457 
23,676 
7,096 
4,554 
3,937 
1,298 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
873 
159 
92 
113 
115 
67 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
140,305 
81,582 
29,043 
15,997 
7,843 
1,613 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
254 
35 
22 
26 
26 
28 
acres on which used 
24,543 
17,987 
1,100 
1,673 
1,898 
595 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
736 
79 
75 
72 
112 
73 
acres 
43,840 
14,455 
4,937 
8,948 
7,097 
2,914 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,705 
196 
205 
124 
150 
106 
acres 
252,992 
117,139 
50,066 
25,907 
22,265 
7,713 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,628 
86 
92 
87 
109 
76 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
147,413 
27,445 
20,860 
14,955 
16,799 
8,596 
used 
farms 
3,340 
348 
395 
405 
573 
319 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
767,813 
337,562 
154,665 
118,591 
92,004 
25,688 
used 
farms 
1,249 
149 
163 
190 
207 
112 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
194,668 
93,149 
31,480 
35,409 
19,002 
5,144 
practices were used 
farms 
2,095 
150 
158 
156 
252 
159 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
145,531 
57,587 
23,868 
17,925 
17,382 
6,152 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
2,366 
237 
298 
301 
358 
216 
acres 
327,689 
132,605 
67,078 
56,399 
37,523 
10,864 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
416 
18 
30 
8 
25 
21 
Solar panels 
farms 
284 
12 
8 
3 
20 
14 
Wind turbines 
farms 
29 
1 
1 
2 
8 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
83 
2 
1 
3 
2 
3 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
45 
2 
22 
1 
3 
4 
Ethanol 
farms 
21 
2 
7 
- 
1 
2 
Other 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
11 
1 
1 
2 
3 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
8,576 
238 
274 
160 
284 
302 
Part owners 
farms 
2,671 
287 
314 
291 
378 
179 
Tenants 
farms 
1,009 
54 
60 
98 
116 
81 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
11,269 
527 
591 
453 
663 
483 
acres 
1,327,239 
236,545 
124,261 
123,304 
143,367 
82,112 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1 1 ,247 
525 
588 
451 
662 
481 
acres 
1,180,233 
228,892 
117,202 
120,563 
137,139 
76,058 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
3,696 
342 
374 
390 
495 
261 
acres 
855,244 
363,130 
162,058 
120,941 
90,534 
29,658 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,680 
341 
374 
389 
494 
260 
acres 
850,512 
361,685 
161,414 
120,717 
90,317 
29,298 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,988 
97 
82 
43 
60 
74 
acres 
151,738 
9,098 
7,703 
2,965 
6,445 
6,414 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
19,469 
1,154 
1,137 
941 
1,210 
882 
1 operator 
6,563 
228 
290 
271 
439 
311 
2 operators 
4,587 
217 
257 
208 
260 
193 
3 operators 
861 
93 
82 
48 
68 
49 
4 operators 
170 
24 
11 
16 
10 
8 
5 or more operators 
75 
17 
8 
6 
1 
1 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
6,296 
262 
307 
195 
254 
225 
1 operator 
5,264 
196 
274 
164 
221 
190 
2 operators 
405 
19 
12 
14 
15 
13 
3 operators 
51 
3 
3 
1 
1 
3 
4 operators 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
5 
1 
" 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
