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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
32,538 
2,179 
2,931 
3,917 
5,788 
4,502 
acres treated 
16,925,603 
5,033,162 
3,998,998 
3,282,297 
2,570,374 
993,454 
Manure used 
farms 
4,582 
571 
503 
618 
687 
464 
acres treated 
570,047 
273,517 
94,835 
62,925 
60,187 
26,817 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
9,626 
1,244 
1,355 
1,564 
1,827 
1,145 
acres 
3,462,433 
1,404,104 
754,683 
569,252 
424,320 
162,461 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
32,857 
2,218 
2,961 
4,049 
6,077 
4,825 
acres 
21,834,196 
6,686,496 
5,207,403 
4,145,370 
3,337,125 
1,290,257 
Nematodes 
farms 
838 
101 
121 
123 
152 
91 
acres 
247,381 
63,589 
69,444 
51,242 
39,418 
12,219 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
4,292 
652 
699 
746 
811 
526 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,026,089 
794,513 
512,093 
363,794 
228,633 
75,814 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
386 
63 
42 
44 
39 
43 
acres on which used 
61,841 
27,236 
12,491 
9,041 
3,567 
4,911 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1,475 
110 
131 
167 
286 
200 
acres 
177,269 
38,819 
38,452 
27,322 
31,524 
15,312 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,467 
121 
166 
236 
431 
359 
acres 
742,458 
137,427 
117,098 
125,802 
144,575 
66,730 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,673 
81 
129 
178 
338 
270 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
430,844 
67,642 
41,029 
55,830 
81,263 
48,947 
used 
farms 
17,123 
1,596 
2,138 
2,758 
3,600 
2,351 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,403,753 
3,538,914 
2,688,477 
1,965,684 
1,389,497 
434,891 
used 
farms 
9,851 
1,106 
1,328 
1,663 
2,077 
1,309 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,055,766 
2,272,341 
1,463,002 
1,053,912 
792,429 
272,049 
practices were used 
farms 
16,205 
862 
1,295 
1,973 
3,177 
2,648 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
6,276,913 
1,243,425 
1,346,960 
1,345,875 
1,283,064 
579,367 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
2,498 
210 
257 
338 
387 
265 
acres 
322,454 
91,622 
63,008 
61,511 
46,083 
23,064 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,239 
83 
99 
141 
174 
103 
Solar panels 
farms 
763 
47 
61 
99 
102 
59 
Wind turbines 
farms 
264 
25 
23 
26 
39 
29 
Methane digesters 
farms 
9 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
198 
12 
16 
19 
24 
16 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
24 
- 
1 
3 
5 
5 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
44 
1 
2 
1 
12 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
735 
49 
72 
94 
124 
65 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
35,465 
462 
356 
501 
1,515 
2,166 
Part owners 
farms 
21,564 
1,675 
2,424 
3,325 
4,455 
2,998 
Tenants 
farms 
4,744 
291 
295 
417 
642 
649 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
57,382 
2,148 
2,794 
3,868 
6,001 
5,212 
acres 
27,583,446 
4,909,496 
3,799,862 
3,488,460 
4,170,324 
2,452,342 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
57,029 
2,137 
2,780 
3,826 
5,970 
5,164 
acres 
22,683,533 
4,737,327 
3,611,967 
3,228,147 
3,680,434 
1,970,190 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
26,479 
1,969 
2,721 
3,757 
5,112 
3,663 
acres 
23,746,624 
6,803,192 
5,432,911 
4,583,115 
3,649,253 
1,419,753 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
26,308 
1,966 
2,719 
3,742 
5,097 
3,647 
acres 
23,453,762 
6,748,257 
5,404,067 
4,505,865 
3,608,644 
1,395,230 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
15,042 
324 
447 
730 
1,233 
1,324 
acres 
5,192,775 
227,104 
216,739 
337,563 
530,499 
506,675 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
92,892 
4,460 
4,922 
6,287 
9,480 
8,457 
1 operator 
35,864 
1,059 
1,636 
2,601 
4,253 
3,648 
2 operators 
21,935 
914 
1,103 
1,322 
1,948 
1,790 
3 operators 
3,193 
345 
285 
268 
346 
303 
4 operators 
543 
65 
36 
37 
42 
52 
5 or more operators 
238 
45 
15 
15 
23 
20 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
26,096 
789 
922 
1,243 
1,973 
1,982 
1 operator 
23,630 
683 
839 
1,132 
1,845 
1,799 
2 operators 
978 
40 
37 
51 
46 
74 
3 operators 
121 
6 
3 
1 
10 
7 
4 operators 
22 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
5 or more operators 
11 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
