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 
4,259 
3,809 
2,155 
1,201 
809 
988 
acres treated 
542,916 
296,753 
107,445 
44,060 
25,431 
30,713 
Manure used 
farms 
475 
446 
293 
178 
125 
222 
acres treated 
20,720 
15,081 
6,437 
3,997 
1,429 
4,102 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
939 
675 
374 
192 
157 
154 
acres 
80,475 
40,350 
13,052 
4,491 
5,702 
3,543 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
4,363 
3,654 
1,935 
1,089 
836 
850 
acres 
631,866 
310,887 
113,374 
50,344 
32,583 
28,491 
Nematodes 
farms 
104 
77 
35 
14 
10 
10 
acres 
7,624 
2,750 
766 
190 
67 
72 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
378 
262 
100 
47 
25 
46 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
32,639 
13,363 
3,209 
712 
161 
1,158 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
47 
36 
29 
16 
15 
12 
acres on which used 
2,139 
1,372 
451 
385 
162 
86 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
193 
149 
76 
65 
53 
45 
acres 
12,929 
6,435 
2,252 
1,381 
2,113 
730 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
467 
507 
343 
329 
234 
274 
acres 
55,484 
39,736 
19,481 
17,000 
7,024 
12,101 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
323 
420 
296 
279 
248 
111 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
34,294 
44,134 
27,193 
16,781 
8,108 
5,623 
used 
farms 
1,956 
1,368 
671 
320 
172 
193 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
218,649 
104,109 
31,474 
9,499 
5,972 
16,587 
used 
farms 
1,082 
743 
280 
132 
64 
67 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
121,872 
50,981 
12,683 
5,245 
3,927 
7,325 
practices were used 
farms 
2,176 
1,914 
1,066 
477 
321 
296 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
266,749 
124,522 
48,010 
15,408 
8,165 
15,368 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
276 
280 
163 
126 
93 
103 
acres 
14,206 
11,977 
3,495 
2,716 
1,900 
2,872 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
134 
163 
99 
75 
71 
97 
Solar panels 
farms 
75 
106 
63 
39 
48 
64 
Wind turbines 
farms 
39 
21 
21 
11 
7 
23 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
16 
25 
12 
21 
12 
25 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
1 
3 
2 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
9 
13 
3 
- 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
101 
67 
78 
39 
28 
18 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,479 
5,995 
5,594 
5,130 
4,810 
5,457 
Part owners 
farms 
2,343 
1,902 
951 
492 
371 
628 
Tenants 
farms 
725 
642 
379 
239 
202 
263 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,885 
7,946 
6,576 
5,644 
5,203 
6,105 
acres 
2,434,439 
2,233,458 
1,423,901 
1,096,831 
755,598 
818,735 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,822 
7,897 
6,545 
5,622 
5,181 
6,085 
acres 
1,710,097 
1,468,022 
851,836 
551,479 
360,209 
513,825 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
3,090 
2,566 
1,353 
749 
586 
913 
acres 
826,199 
467,329 
172,431 
103,910 
99,169 
189,362 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,068 
2,544 
1,330 
731 
573 
891 
acres 
807,170 
445,368 
163,238 
98,268 
95,887 
181,768 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,772 
2,401 
2,054 
1,840 
1,686 
1,231 
acres 
743,371 
787,397 
581,258 
550,994 
398,671 
312,504 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
9,648 
12,735 
10,349 
8,815 
8,139 
9,600 
1 operator 
3,929 
4,996 
4,019 
3,292 
2,968 
3,463 
2 operators 
2,237 
3,044 
2,518 
2,263 
2,155 
2,641 
3 operators 
301 
389 
307 
251 
209 
189 
4 operators 
68 
81 
54 
44 
31 
33 
5 or more operators 
12 
29 
26 
11 
20 
22 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
2,553 
3,859 
3,352 
3,037 
2,857 
3,529 
1 operator 
2,312 
3,377 
3,031 
2,749 
2,591 
3,272 
2 operators 
107 
181 
109 
112 
109 
112 
3 operators 
9 
30 
15 
16 
16 
8 
4 operators 
- 
5 
8 
4 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
5 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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