Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
32,538 
27,533 
2,401 
1,715 
acres treated 
16,925,603 
11,678,976 
2,664,991 
2,099,919 
Manure used 
farms 
4,582 
3,723 
412 
320 
acres treated 
570,047 
314,136 
155,610 
116,676 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
9,626 
7,653 
935 
698 
acres 
3,462,433 
2,219,089 
703,017 
571,517 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
32,857 
27,635 
2,497 
1,792 
acres 
21,834,196 
15,009,522 
3,523,689 
2,802,349 
Nematodes 
farms 
838 
669 
81 
60 
acres 
247,381 
160,420 
46,548 
38,046 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
4,292 
3,306 
438 
331 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,026,089 
1,285,705 
389,920 
319,240 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
386 
295 
40 
28 
acres on which used 
61,841 
42,361 
9,591 
8,088 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1,475 
1,182 
146 
94 
acres 
177,269 
115,531 
24,888 
21,525 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,467 
3,022 
211 
130 
acres 
742,458 
557,526 
92,613 
56,000 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,673 
2,200 
204 
141 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
430,844 
328,470 
53,516 
42,876 
used 
farms 
17,123 
14,008 
1,496 
1,105 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,403,753 
6,938,997 
1,775,394 
1,428,827 
used 
farms 
9,851 
7,901 
909 
668 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,055,766 
3,841,327 
1,162,741 
936,611 
practices were used 
farms 
16,205 
13,873 
1,199 
831 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
6,276,913 
4,704,843 
828,998 
650,975 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
2,498 
2,031 
206 
139 
acres 
322,454 
203,328 
63,433 
47,052 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,239 
1,017 
92 
72 
Solar panels 
farms 
763 
620 
60 
43 
Wind turbines 
farms 
264 
208 
22 
20 
Methane digesters 
farms 
9 
7 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
198 
181 
3 
3 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
24 
20 
2 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
44 
33 
6 
6 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
735 
578 
70 
51 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
35,465 
30,895 
2,021 
1,389 
Part owners 
farms 
21,564 
18,679 
1,416 
980 
Tenants 
farms 
4,744 
3,813 
423 
308 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
57,382 
49,875 
3,456 
2,378 
acres 
27,583,446 
19,862,252 
3,706,806 
2,922,513 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
57,029 
49,574 
3,437 
2,369 
acres 
22,683,533 
16,297,412 
3,178,309 
2,497,993 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
26,479 
22,638 
1,848 
1,293 
acres 
23,746,624 
16,652,207 
3,715,021 
2,922,496 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
26,308 
22,492 
1,839 
1,288 
acres 
23,453,762 
16,460,482 
3,675,209 
2,901,260 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
15,042 
12,658 
967 
681 
acres 
5,192,775 
3,756,565 
568,309 
445,756 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
92,892 
77,752 
7,594 
5,292 
1 operator 
35,864 
32,217 
1,236 
861 
2 operators 
21,935 
18,599 
1,820 
1,241 
3 operators 
3,193 
2,132 
600 
427 
4 operators 
543 
334 
138 
99 
5 or more operators 
238 
105 
66 
49 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
26,096 
22,474 
1,661 
1,184 
1 operator 
23,630 
20,826 
1,205 
853 
2 operators 
978 
663 
189 
137 
3 operators 
121 
78 
21 
14 
4 operators 
22 
14 
1 
1 
5 or more operators 
11 
6 
2 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Kansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
