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 
741 
666 
532 
329 
257 
462 
acres treated 
44,319 
23,122 
1 1 ,042 
4,630 
3,197 
6,297 
Manure used 
farms 
297 
270 
222 
170 
140 
337 
acres treated 
8,376 
5,257 
3,032 
1,771 
1,327 
3,992 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
312 
208 
169 
87 
63 
65 
acres 
13,943 
4,595 
1,638 
977 
482 
430 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
666 
523 
395 
257 
169 
318 
acres 
35,991 
17,443 
6,848 
3,318 
1,680 
3,232 
Nematodes 
farms 
76 
35 
19 
12 
8 
13 
acres 
2,240 
255 
257 
83 
16 
45 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
99 
78 
71 
36 
24 
19 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,911 
784 
274 
160 
34 
64 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
39 
34 
10 
11 
9 
14 
acres on which used 
544 
396 
54 
41 
32 
223 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
93 
76 
57 
33 
33 
33 
acres 
2,522 
1,296 
708 
418 
343 
202 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
145 
169 
150 
155 
129 
176 
acres 
10,301 
7,511 
4,371 
2,944 
1,892 
2,883 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
131 
199 
202 
196 
202 
248 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
8,015 
15,193 
11,761 
8,738 
6,059 
8,992 
used 
farms 
495 
348 
221 
103 
63 
70 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
22,967 
11,426 
3,131 
785 
421 
573 
used 
farms 
162 
110 
71 
37 
22 
26 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,221 
2,380 
1,131 
154 
241 
357 
practices were used 
farms 
383 
273 
227 
129 
88 
120 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
12,224 
4,698 
2,524 
1,249 
666 
1,256 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
346 
233 
142 
79 
70 
86 
acres 
13,638 
5,435 
1,687 
918 
515 
1,027 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
20 
56 
51 
47 
41 
99 
Solar panels 
farms 
11 
40 
41 
37 
29 
69 
Wind turbines 
farms 
2 
3 
3 
5 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
3 
11 
6 
10 
12 
30 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
- 
2 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
4 
2 
Other 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
578 
955 
1,112 
1,168 
1,288 
2,217 
Part owners 
farms 
341 
241 
212 
101 
105 
222 
Tenants 
farms 
112 
133 
95 
71 
65 
124 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
921 
1,199 
1,324 
1,272 
1,396 
2,440 
acres 
114,976 
123,536 
108,289 
93,713 
76,580 
100,556 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
919 
1,196 
1,324 
1,269 
1,393 
2,439 
acres 
100,704 
105,489 
86,827 
69,129 
55,668 
82,562 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
453 
375 
311 
174 
174 
347 
acres 
33,615 
24,634 
(D) 
5,847 
(D) 
8,810 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
453 
374 
307 
172 
170 
346 
acres 
33,215 
24,360 
10,877 
5,585 
4,344 
8,700 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
140 
242 
290 
314 
313 
333 
acres 
14,672 
18,321 
22,180 
24,846 
20,990 
18,104 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,553 
2,017 
2,156 
2,124 
2,207 
4,088 
1 operator 
617 
781 
810 
705 
822 
1,289 
2 operators 
335 
455 
506 
516 
551 
1,089 
3 operators 
67 
69 
81 
99 
68 
137 
4 operators 
7 
15 
19 
13 
9 
38 
5 or more operators 
5 
9 
3 
7 
8 
10 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
362 
588 
709 
728 
812 
1,854 
1 operator 
311 
492 
601 
611 
671 
1,533 
2 operators 
22 
35 
45 
43 
50 
137 
3 operators 
1 
5 
6 
6 
11 
11 
4 operators 
1 
1 
- 
2 
2 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
- 
1 
" 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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