Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
23,463 
19,451 
2,176 
1,683 
acres treated 
5,396,912 
3,322,662 
1,243,063 
1,071,913 
Manure used 
farms 
9,149 
7,615 
913 
718 
acres treated 
761,437 
441,972 
191,080 
171,031 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
11,136 
8,457 
1,363 
1,121 
acres 
2,218,992 
1,211,752 
548,721 
485,839 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
21,713 
17,709 
2,152 
1,685 
acres 
5,767,291 
3,541,868 
1,333,421 
1,153,125 
Nematodes 
farms 
2,441 
1,821 
328 
267 
acres 
376,530 
198,181 
96,568 
87,721 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
5,141 
3,690 
679 
564 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
781,472 
378,435 
205,426 
186,342 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1,893 
1,302 
243 
212 
acres on which used 
230,525 
106,948 
52,576 
50,122 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
13,140 
10,834 
1,186 
932 
acres 
2,583,727 
1,581,259 
527,299 
465,197 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
9,545 
8,102 
733 
575 
acres 
1,212,253 
768,091 
219,455 
193,021 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,993 
1,672 
145 
120 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
125,856 
94,651 
17,390 
16,082 
used 
farms 
8,015 
6,546 
885 
641 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,518,492 
1,019,130 
330,676 
268,989 
used 
farms 
6,333 
4,997 
776 
618 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,775,246 
1,023,628 
432,125 
379,770 
practices were used 
farms 
15,943 
13,471 
1,392 
1,070 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,595,097 
1,638,021 
579,708 
505,768 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
5,530 
4,359 
570 
464 
acres 
437,200 
237,711 
102,332 
91,997 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,464 
1,227 
102 
82 
Solar panels 
farms 
577 
494 
29 
25 
Wind turbines 
farms 
366 
286 
35 
29 
Methane digesters 
farms 
7 
4 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
401 
358 
17 
16 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
17 
11 
2 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
103 
83 
10 
7 
Ethanol 
farms 
34 
26 
5 
4 
Other 
farms 
24 
18 
4 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
824 
634 
86 
70 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
35,234 
31,305 
1,715 
1,149 
Part owners 
farms 
14,861 
12,287 
1,550 
1,209 
Tenants 
farms 
2,099 
1,582 
205 
167 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
50,195 
43,674 
3,274 
2,365 
acres 
6,591,630 
4,780,920 
1,002,694 
827,921 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
50,095 
43,592 
3,265 
2,358 
acres 
5,953,033 
4,263,308 
950,431 
785,252 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
17,058 
13,951 
1,765 
1,386 
acres 
4,028,753 
2,486,289 
903,705 
783,655 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
16,960 
13,869 
1,755 
1,376 
acres 
3,995,531 
2,473,499 
898,211 
778,832 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
9,371 
8,246 
491 
344 
acres 
671,819 
530,402 
57,757 
47,492 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
80,304 
66,643 
7,120 
5,327 
1 operator 
28,911 
26,481 
878 
576 
2 operators 
19,812 
16,539 
1,856 
1,366 
3 operators 
2,689 
1,731 
549 
433 
4 operators 
515 
299 
128 
104 
5 or more operators 
267 
124 
59 
46 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
24,605 
21,021 
1,649 
1,204 
1 operator 
21,665 
18,930 
1,244 
904 
2 operators 
1,222 
891 
178 
138 
3 operators 
109 
78 
15 
8 
4 operators 
21 
15 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
3 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
148 Michigan 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
