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 
3,799 
3,938 
2,441 
1,675 
1,197 
839 
acres treated 
270,819 
160,477 
57,210 
28,998 
15,380 
13,449 
Manure used 
farms 
638 
746 
512 
338 
276 
371 
acres treated 
14,742 
11,742 
5,832 
3,387 
2,196 
3,406 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,859 
1,654 
964 
659 
411 
260 
acres 
116,085 
56,983 
21,165 
10,080 
5,537 
3,304 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,741 
3,596 
2,150 
1,563 
1,055 
677 
acres 
285,015 
151,547 
52,402 
26,452 
14,961 
10,293 
Nematodes 
farms 
349 
289 
159 
95 
64 
17 
acres 
20,184 
8,918 
2,980 
1,890 
307 
180 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
386 
378 
220 
154 
83 
57 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
19,282 
8,361 
2,789 
1,255 
404 
333 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
53 
77 
60 
29 
18 
11 
acres on which used 
1,929 
1,402 
838 
160 
122 
51 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1,746 
1,682 
1,073 
933 
801 
519 
acres 
101,018 
63,580 
25,013 
17,994 
1 1 ,787 
11,511 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,090 
1,233 
965 
925 
785 
576 
acres 
76,016 
57,353 
29,784 
20,147 
14,069 
10,580 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
424 
629 
725 
733 
706 
194 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
27,567 
35,767 
24,520 
18,273 
1 1 ,562 
4,207 
used 
farms 
1,705 
1,536 
989 
625 
395 
260 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no tili, practices were 
acres 
97,108 
46,435 
18,980 
8,358 
4,937 
3,811 
used 
farms 
1,215 
1,080 
548 
359 
249 
123 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
66,697 
33,715 
9,086 
6,224 
2,596 
2,152 
practices were used 
farms 
2,214 
2,355 
1,487 
1,049 
677 
392 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
143,381 
84,253 
28,783 
12,908 
5,709 
4,660 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
321 
459 
346 
291 
191 
265 
acres 
8,373 
8,370 
4,658 
2,867 
1,708 
2,800 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
158 
240 
212 
177 
163 
149 
Solar panels 
farms 
35 
58 
51 
64 
45 
47 
Wind turbines 
farms 
17 
45 
23 
19 
29 
20 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
3 
1 
2 
2 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
42 
89 
92 
67 
71 
55 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
4 
1 
2 
4 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
69 
58 
58 
33 
15 
22 
Ethanol 
farms 
39 
27 
36 
18 
12 
12 
Other 
farms 
- 
7 
- 
1 
2 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
19 
48 
41 
27 
19 
15 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,166 
5,948 
6,889 
7,413 
7,978 
5,740 
Part owners 
farms 
1,254 
1,210 
759 
443 
387 
406 
Tenants 
farms 
655 
618 
415 
252 
241 
256 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
4,472 
7,210 
7,695 
7,878 
8,378 
6,172 
acres 
744,939 
1,077,491 
893,819 
770,443 
678,153 
378,480 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
4,420 
7,158 
7,648 
7,856 
8,365 
6,146 
acres 
543,428 
678,710 
482,326 
399,583 
319,631 
255,797 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,923 
1,846 
1,194 
710 
641 
673 
acres 
175,340 
127,150 
49,705 
22,786 
21,979 
36,124 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,909 
1,828 
1,174 
695 
628 
662 
acres 
165,302 
122,336 
45,931 
21,186 
19,791 
33,637 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,200 
2,388 
2,851 
2,808 
2,890 
1,487 
acres 
211,549 
403,595 
415,267 
372,460 
360,710 
125,170 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
7,253 
11,214 
1 1 ,670 
1 1 ,650 
12,193 
9,515 
1 operator 
3,331 
4,991 
5,093 
5,176 
5,619 
3,728 
2 operators 
1,418 
2,322 
2,518 
2,502 
2,569 
2,361 
3 operators 
260 
369 
339 
326 
315 
232 
4 operators 
50 
58 
77 
66 
64 
62 
5 or more operators 
16 
36 
36 
38 
39 
19 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,593 
2,803 
3,275 
3,350 
3,568 
3,259 
1 operator 
1,368 
2,479 
2,870 
3,019 
3,178 
2,870 
2 operators 
77 
133 
177 
130 
156 
164 
3 operators 
21 
10 
13 
17 
26 
19 
4 operators 
2 
7 
- 
5 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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