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 
4,342 
3,395 
1,745 
1,215 
741 
619 
acres treated 
245,257 
116,637 
32,464 
18,886 
9,939 
9,159 
Manure used 
farms 
1,214 
1,077 
608 
388 
244 
322 
acres treated 
32,133 
19,790 
7,314 
4,410 
2,609 
3,085 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,799 
1,242 
602 
458 
226 
194 
acres 
90,242 
35,443 
9,989 
5,634 
2,814 
2,988 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
4,294 
3,258 
1,803 
1,235 
863 
573 
acres 
245,401 
112,786 
35,084 
19,331 
11,704 
9,873 
Nematodes 
farms 
365 
241 
111 
65 
23 
28 
acres 
16,844 
5,745 
1,374 
374 
153 
181 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
340 
266 
130 
130 
50 
79 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
14,826 
5,786 
1,330 
729 
189 
334 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
47 
55 
35 
21 
12 
30 
acres on which used 
1,666 
995 
568 
53 
64 
253 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
2,813 
2,421 
1,690 
1,425 
1,302 
629 
acres 
148,526 
98,509 
47,024 
30,452 
21,628 
14,796 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
819 
958 
752 
634 
573 
428 
acres 
47,786 
48,839 
24,062 
14,342 
9,350 
9,611 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
254 
286 
221 
184 
171 
123 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
16,781 
15,419 
10,301 
6,158 
4,104 
4,496 
used 
farms 
1,674 
1,287 
589 
363 
197 
91 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
77,516 
34,020 
8,909 
3,690 
1,430 
851 
used 
farms 
1,577 
1,055 
432 
280 
134 
63 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
70,693 
26,862 
5,235 
3,733 
872 
673 
practices were used 
farms 
2,193 
1,717 
960 
629 
410 
166 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
104,651 
41,941 
1 1 ,287 
5,463 
2,357 
1,237 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
543 
563 
342 
285 
275 
265 
acres 
12,809 
9,385 
4,268 
3,085 
2,795 
3,333 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
153 
217 
163 
159 
166 
106 
Solar panels 
farms 
49 
54 
46 
26 
44 
25 
Wind turbines 
farms 
32 
53 
46 
32 
25 
29 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
76 
120 
77 
90 
97 
54 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
5 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
50 
43 
40 
32 
28 
12 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,211 
6,809 
6,851 
6,830 
7,481 
4,779 
Part owners 
farms 
1,380 
1,165 
616 
378 
270 
358 
Tenants 
farms 
910 
713 
434 
268 
160 
249 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,650 
8,015 
7,498 
7,233 
7,764 
5,156 
acres 
1,022,759 
1,265,148 
944,709 
817,713 
806,261 
354,193 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,591 
7,974 
7,467 
7,208 
7,751 
5,137 
acres 
694,438 
749,406 
461,532 
317,824 
259,123 
201,958 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,314 
1,896 
1,079 
674 
442 
628 
acres 
173,173 
108,854 
44,851 
23,964 
18,232 
26,457 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,290 
1,878 
1,050 
646 
430 
607 
acres 
166,585 
103,197 
38,481 
20,103 
15,199 
23,916 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,798 
2,932 
3,025 
2,978 
3,393 
1,334 
acres 
334,909 
521,399 
489,547 
503,750 
550,171 
154,776 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
9,492 
12,811 
11,602 
10,793 
1 1 ,483 
8,186 
1 operator 
3,998 
5,211 
4,717 
4,589 
4,816 
2,827 
2 operators 
2,130 
3,009 
2,829 
2,590 
2,738 
2,369 
3 operators 
293 
376 
260 
238 
286 
154 
4 operators 
65 
57 
66 
38 
50 
28 
5 or more operators 
15 
34 
29 
21 
21 
8 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
2,318 
3,607 
3,501 
3,360 
3,761 
2,960 
1 operator 
2,116 
3,346 
3,209 
3,121 
3,501 
2,785 
2 operators 
76 
98 
94 
88 
114 
77 
3 operators 
14 
14 
21 
15 
8 
7 
4 operators 
2 
3 
9 
2 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
2 
1 
2 
" 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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