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 
54,093 
6,631 
9,346 
9,478 
9,804 
6,777 
acres treated 
19,641,333 
7,400,534 
5,936,630 
3,442,971 
1,767,933 
660,923 
Manure used 
farms 
19,443 
3,619 
3,921 
3,494 
2,797 
1,759 
acres treated 
2,347,716 
1,137,003 
564,910 
343,576 
166,268 
66,618 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
27,915 
4,487 
5,789 
5,485 
4,764 
2,869 
acres 
9,204,573 
3,826,629 
2,697,572 
1,549,264 
728,063 
255,935 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
53,988 
6,648 
9,340 
9,486 
9,761 
6,727 
acres 
23,200,379 
8,878,250 
7,121,567 
4,023,114 
2,028,992 
714,277 
Nematodes 
farms 
4,353 
582 
785 
809 
783 
561 
acres 
1,045,726 
350,493 
313,207 
211,456 
104,130 
41,769 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
5,302 
969 
1,149 
900 
745 
544 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,702,624 
781,407 
478,118 
269,457 
108,156 
42,292 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
352 
17 
35 
28 
36 
36 
acres on which used 
13,981 
532 
2,355 
1,950 
3,086 
2,459 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
40,926 
4,995 
7,138 
7,291 
6,892 
4,330 
acres 
12,631,135 
4,627,542 
3,920,209 
2,262,745 
1,089,289 
370,415 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
10,084 
881 
1,383 
1,277 
1,377 
1,002 
acres 
1,669,073 
485,172 
509,920 
265,423 
172,101 
82,467 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
3,301 
371 
491 
452 
419 
329 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
332,222 
79,833 
80,245 
54,354 
38,447 
22,084 
used 
farms 
22,621 
3,096 
4,594 
4,219 
3,987 
2,524 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,950,836 
2,572,348 
2,238,201 
1,221,141 
586,674 
206,056 
used 
farms 
24,911 
3,807 
5,241 
4,944 
4,638 
2,740 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
8,760,348 
3,514,185 
2,707,929 
1,482,075 
720,209 
227,882 
practices were used 
farms 
25,559 
3,020 
4,108 
4,334 
4,623 
3,399 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
7,882,556 
2,960,995 
2,325,188 
1,387,979 
747,418 
294,040 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
7,195 
801 
1,089 
1,134 
1,110 
788 
acres 
379,614 
106,546 
93,615 
69,262 
48,097 
26,419 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
2,463 
347 
375 
316 
282 
179 
Solar panels 
farms 
406 
12 
24 
42 
47 
37 
Wind turbines 
farms 
916 
213 
203 
140 
101 
42 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1,172 
128 
153 
145 
139 
93 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
18 
- 
3 
3 
1 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
7 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
899 
170 
187 
161 
116 
60 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
49,525 
1,190 
1,146 
2,077 
3,969 
4,182 
Part owners 
farms 
30,025 
5,488 
7,378 
6,275 
4,511 
2,206 
Tenants 
farms 
9,087 
671 
1,127 
1,407 
1,748 
1,400 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
80,149 
6,707 
8,559 
8,425 
8,637 
6,505 
acres 
18,076,106 
3,715,548 
3,233,191 
2,550,501 
2,093,278 
1,272,805 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
79,550 
6,678 
8,524 
8,352 
8,480 
6,388 
acres 
14,379,151 
3,532,354 
3,073,879 
2,321,006 
1,793,831 
973,800 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
39,303 
6,166 
8,509 
7,689 
6,281 
3,625 
acres 
16,333,494 
6,451,780 
5,134,028 
2,720,852 
1,205,891 
425,412 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
39,112 
6,159 
8,505 
7,682 
6,259 
3,606 
acres 
16,243,580 
6,447,072 
5,125,550 
2,688,959 
1,195,130 
419,388 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
21,581 
768 
972 
1,152 
1,606 
1,623 
acres 
3,786,869 
187,902 
167,790 
261,388 
310,208 
305,029 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
131,535 
12,740 
14,609 
14,089 
14,500 
1 1 ,230 
1 operator 
53,202 
3,477 
5,707 
6,183 
6,680 
4,997 
2 operators 
29,863 
2,745 
3,190 
2,961 
3,000 
2,302 
3 operators 
4,454 
892 
597 
529 
443 
386 
4 operators 
787 
159 
113 
65 
74 
72 
5 or more operators 
331 
76 
44 
21 
31 
31 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
32,907 
2,434 
2,961 
2,676 
2,890 
2,439 
1 operator 
30,451 
2,218 
2,729 
2,528 
2,663 
2,235 
2 operators 
948 
81 
88 
61 
90 
81 
3 operators 
133 
12 
14 
5 
9 
14 
4 operators 
21 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
12 
2 
2 
2 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
