Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
1,549 
1,431 
1,417 
118 
112 
287 
acres treated 
776,556 
741,878 
734,273 
34,678 
(D) 
54,631 
Manure used 
farms 
522 
485 
482 
37 
36 
99 
acres treated 
122,516 
118,888 
(D) 
3,628 
(D) 
5,869 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,164 
1,082 
1,073 
82 
78 
152 
acres 
433,858 
415,888 
410,046 
17,970 
(D) 
24,661 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,563 
1,447 
1,432 
116 
110 
289 
acres 
832,173 
798,325 
789,863 
33,848 
(D) 
59,829 
Nematodes 
farms 
246 
221 
216 
25 
22 
46 
acres 
77,905 
74,514 
73,916 
3,391 
(D) 
3,876 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
689 
631 
625 
58 
54 
83 
acres 
190,791 
181,908 
181,205 
8,883 
(D) 
6,820 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
318 
298 
294 
20 
18 
30 
acres on which used 
68,923 
65,121 
64,904 
3,802 
(D) 
2,078 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
919 
852 
842 
67 
63 
201 
acres 
441,433 
428,186 
426,561 
13,247 
13,011 
33,736 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
559 
516 
511 
43 
41 
151 
acres 
201,477 
189,470 
188,345 
12,007 
(D) 
23,230 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
119 
107 
103 
12 
8 
57 
acres 
9,312 
8,588 
(D) 
724 
456 
4,503 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
481 
454 
446 
27 
25 
103 
acres 
154,959 
150,739 
149,416 
4,220 
(D) 
13,727 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
457 
436 
431 
21 
18 
103 
acres 
296,654 
287,500 
284,786 
9,154 
9,132 
22,839 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
884 
830 
822 
54 
51 
196 
acres 
353,222 
341,550 
339,509 
11,672 
11,650 
24,146 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
511 
474 
470 
37 
33 
90 
acres 
93,277 
88,931 
87,572 
4,346 
4,016 
3,880 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
111 
100 
100 
11 
11 
24 
Solar panels 
farms 
47 
40 
40 
7 
7 
7 
Wind turbines 
farms 
38 
37 
37 
1 
1 
7 
Methane digesters 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
18 
15 
15 
3 
3 
8 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
3 
Biodiesel 
farms 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
3 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Other 
farms 
" 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
85 
80 
80 
5 
3 
19 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,498 
1,283 
1,272 
215 
203 
716 
Part owners 
farms 
889 
831 
825 
58 
53 
135 
Tenants 
farms 
275 
238 
234 
37 
34 
37 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,393 
2,119 
2,102 
274 
257 
854 
acres 
631,069 
588,254 
575,773 
42,815 
35,193 
176,947 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,387 
2,114 
2,097 
273 
256 
851 
acres 
585,014 
548,692 
537,451 
36,322 
28,745 
154,280 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,168 
1,072 
1,062 
96 
88 
174 
acres 
600,838 
567,573 
564,445 
33,265 
30,533 
37,921 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,164 
1,069 
1,059 
95 
87 
172 
acres 
586,094 
555,018 
551,989 
31,076 
28,344 
37,727 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
416 
377 
370 
39 
38 
218 
acres 
60,799 
52,117 
50,778 
8,682 
(D) 
22,861 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
5,083 
4,565 
4,514 
518 
452 
1,458 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,073 
889 
880 
184 
178 
479 
2 operators 
1,089 
1,009 
1,005 
80 
79 
328 
3 operators 
353 
319 
314 
34 
24 
56 
4 operators 
80 
77 
76 
3 
2 
8 
5 or more operators 
67 
58 
56 
9 
7 
17 
Total women operators 
number 
1,424 
1,269 
1,263 
155 
140 
511 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,105 
993 
989 
112 
108 
386 
2 operators 
123 
104 
103 
19 
16 
30 
3 operators 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
8 
4 operators 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
5 
4 
4 
1 
" 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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