Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
item 
Kansas 
Allen 
Anderson 
Atchison 
Barber 
Barton 
Bourbon 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
32,538 
264 
434 
426 
183 
404 
348 
2007 
36,843 
332 
463 
514 
238 
421 
453 
acres treated, 2012 
16,925,603 
72,856 
124,473 
118,539 
113,123 
274,919 
85,466 
2007 
19,587,868 
111,589 
150,235 
145,996 
159,422 
292,859 
102,708 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
28,836 
211 
364 
354 
177 
394 
214 
2007 
31,767 
250 
379 
402 
222 
401 
249 
acres treated, 2012 
15,909,606 
58,753 
108,699 
96,725 
108,398 
260,951 
45,240 
2007 
18,133,537 
86,903 
124,334 
111,886 
150,350 
286,635 
46,481 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
7,736 
113 
167 
216 
19 
52 
212 
2007 
10,444 
166 
201 
315 
41 
56 
310 
acres treated, 2012 
1,015,997 
14,103 
15,774 
21,814 
4,725 
13,968 
40,226 
2007 
1,454,331 
24,686 
25,901 
34,110 
9,072 
6,224 
56,227 
Manure farms, 2012 
4,582 
36 
59 
79 
18 
58 
60 
2007 
5,646 
33 
71 
119 
18 
72 
51 
acres treated, 2012 
570,047 
1,127 
1,876 
1,979 
1,832 
4,866 
2,114 
2007 
551,116 
2,038 
3,195 
3,763 
2,339 
13,018 
3,413 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
9,626 
69 
74 
83 
66 
170 
54 
2007 
8,980 
49 
78 
96 
37 
155 
47 
acres, 2012 
3,462,433 
13,855 
20,973 
25,928 
11,725 
48,264 
10,018 
2007 
3,228,032 
13,680 
20,626 
15,687 
12,801 
72,485 
7,784 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
32,857 
247 
343 
369 
212 
450 
279 
2007 
26,876 
191 
313 
386 
126 
287 
262 
acres, 2012 
21,834,196 
80,957 
163,325 
129,634 
143,143 
323,475 
67,662 
2007 
14,882,494 
74,057 
117,675 
104,365 
77,104 
191,137 
47,779 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
838 
4 
6 
11 
1 
9 
3 
2007 
399 
2 
2 
16 
1 
10 
4 
acres, 2012 
247,381 
1,024 
1,092 
1,646 
(D) 
2,869 
1,342 
2007 
125,357 
(D) 
(D) 
2,186 
(D) 
3,675 
1,642 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
4,292 
6 
22 
17 
21 
56 
7 
2007 
2,038 
3 
13 
17 
12 
27 
5 
acres, 2012 
2,026,089 
2,385 
7,933 
1,975 
14,466 
20,939 
612 
2007 
1,049,277 
(D) 
1,671 
3,875 
8,948 
10,695 
182 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
386 
- 
3 
4 
5 
2 
5 
2007 
92 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres on which used, 2012 
61,841 
- 
148 
1,200 
1,098 
(D) 
32 
2007 
26,069 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
item 
Brown 
Butler 
Chase 
Chautauqua 
Cherokee 
Cheyenne 
Clark 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
342 
559 
115 
97 
364 
193 
102 
2007 
479 
673 
134 
111 
465 
234 
94 
acres treated, 2012 
178,519 
185,404 
29,115 
20,757 
151,476 
141,875 
78,129 
2007 
221,498 
235,495 
38,689 
22,529 
193,568 
189,813 
82,146 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
291 
470 
89 
48 
280 
191 
98 
2007 
413 
509 
107 
54 
351 
226 
92 
acres treated, 2012 
162,509 
168,596 
22,290 
11,677 
136,045 
141,532 
77,037 
2007 
194,422 
205,092 
30,361 
11,698 
170,887 
186,443 
79,953 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
119 
172 
36 
59 
149 
5 
6 
2007 
218 
254 
36 
62 
207 
13 
11 
acres treated, 2012 
16,010 
16,808 
6,825 
9,080 
15,431 
343 
1,092 
2007 
27,076 
30,403 
8,328 
10,831 
22,681 
3,370 
2,193 
Manure farms, 2012 
56 
93 
28 
18 
60 
28 
13 
2007 
97 
129 
23 
7 
83 
32 
14 
acres treated, 2012 
3,403 
7,464 
1,497 
1,751 
16,835 
4,851 
3,367 
2007 
4,637 
9,283 
1,940 
138 
10,030 
2,401 
4,451 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
133 
130 
28 
12 
124 
67 
18 
2007 
118 
147 
37 
21 
65 
57 
28 
acres, 2012 
64,677 
32,945 
3,197 
1,403 
52,792 
31,019 
6,080 
2007 
42,206 
27,084 
3,891 
2,762 
14,361 
40,317 
13,782 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
339 
543 
102 
91 
316 
229 
114 
2007 
370 
444 
84 
102 
275 
165 
84 
acres, 2012 
212,979 
245,697 
34,445 
32,324 
191,438 
219,183 
102,454 
2007 
203,864 
177,145 
28,199 
25,270 
146,126 
152,080 
64,115 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
20 
7 
- 
- 
10 
2 
- 
2007 
8 
13 
- 
- 
8 
1 
- 
acres, 2012 
6,486 
988 
- 
- 
2,201 
(D) 
- 
2007 
2,894 
2,346 
- 
- 
338 
(D) 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
37 
66 
6 
3 
22 
46 
19 
2007 
31 
27 
1 
3 
20 
9 
14 
acres, 2012 
28,610 
17,356 
599 
85 
6,542 
18,673 
11,375 
2007 
8,157 
3,454 
(D) 
(D) 
2,802 
2,277 
7,581 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
1 
5 
- 
2 
10 
- 
- 
2007 
2 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
acres on which used, 2012 
(D) 
114 
- 
(D) 
1,538 
- 
- 
2007 
(D) 
559 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 605 
