Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
9,626 
128 
562 
138 
349 
274 
acres 
3,462,433 
323 
7,496 
3,620 
13,983 
14,755 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
32,857 
175 
2,091 
777 
1,889 
1,412 
acres 
21,834,196 
596 
39,461 
29,239 
92,912 
92,742 
Nematodes 
... farms 
838 
13 
66 
14 
47 
41 
acres 
247,381 
50 
704 
433 
1,885 
1,969 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
4,292 
56 
203 
45 
121 
109 
acres 
2,026,089 
131 
2,394 
1,277 
5,385 
6,463 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
386 
11 
52 
14 
26 
24 
acres on which used 
61,841 
21 
385 
373 
775 
1,309 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
1,475 
15 
104 
69 
103 
93 
acres 
177,269 
60 
1,769 
1,515 
3,100 
4,017 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
3,467 
74 
554 
176 
413 
217 
acres 
742,458 
331 
10,892 
6,408 
20,886 
14,843 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
2,673 
14 
221 
126 
276 
184 
acres 
430,844 
36 
4,011 
4,022 
11,369 
9,648 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
17,123 
59 
685 
247 
654 
523 
acres 
10,403,753 
214 
11,730 
8,118 
26,628 
32,024 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
9,851 
19 
250 
109 
316 
243 
acres 
6,055,766 
57 
4,304 
2,773 
11,179 
12,237 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
16,205 
125 
1,003 
358 
882 
651 
acres 
6,276,913 
386 
15,410 
10,339 
36,456 
34,996 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
2,498 
30 
212 
70 
172 
110 
acres 
322,454 
128 
2,453 
1,466 
4,794 
3,244 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
1,239 
29 
145 
51 
81 
52 
Solar panels 
... farms 
763 
18 
85 
38 
47 
34 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
264 
5 
19 
12 
14 
2 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
9 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
198 
3 
38 
6 
21 
13 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
24 
1 
2 
4 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
... farms 
44 
1 
7 
- 
" 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
... farms 
735 
4 
29 
15 
35 
15 
TENURE 
Full owners 
... farms 
35,465 
1,840 
8,724 
2,300 
4,812 
2,629 
Part owners 
... farms 
21,564 
22 
643 
383 
678 
749 
Tenants 
... farms 
4,744 
113 
409 
182 
354 
273 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
... farms 
57,382 
1,863 
9,386 
2,699 
5,536 
3,389 
acres 
27,583,446 
108,232 
694,264 
383,284 
744,054 
617,110 
Owned land in farms 
... farms 
57,029 
1,862 
9,367 
2,683 
5,490 
3,378 
acres 
22,683,533 
7,451 
249,156 
143,550 
412,858 
342,519 
Land rented or leased from others 
... farms 
26,479 
142 
1,073 
572 
1,051 
1,035 
acres 
23,746,624 
1,078 
26,775 
25,822 
67,799 
87,011 
Rented or leased land in farms 
... farms 
26,308 
135 
1,052 
565 
1,032 
1,022 
acres 
23,453,762 
456 
22,994 
23,530 
62,183 
82,611 
Land rented or leased to others 
... farms 
15,042 
379 
2,306 
1,090 
1,477 
1,239 
acres 
5,192,775 
101,403 
448,889 
242,026 
336,812 
278,991 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
92,892 
3,108 
14,881 
4,381 
8,804 
5,489 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
35,864 
998 
5,210 
1,531 
3,295 
2,071 
2 operators 
21,935 
862 
4,188 
1,179 
2,236 
1,388 
3 operators 
3,193 
90 
294 
135 
248 
151 
4 operators 
543 
18 
53 
15 
42 
29 
5 or more operators 
238 
7 
31 
5 
23 
12 
Total women operators 
number 
26,096 
1,173 
5,303 
1,422 
2,842 
1,703 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
23,630 
1,056 
4,924 
1,295 
2,575 
1,546 
2 operators 
978 
50 
151 
62 
109 
61 
3 operators 
121 
4 
23 
1 
13 
7 
4 operators 
22 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
11 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
54,990 
1,593 
8,173 
2,473 
5,043 
3,203 
Female 
6,783 
382 
1,603 
392 
801 
448 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,857 
579 
2,551 
829 
1,679 
1,119 
Other 
31,916 
1,396 
7,225 
2,036 
4,165 
2,532 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
68 Kansas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
