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 
54,093 
44,963 
3,053 
2,100 
acres treated 
19,641,333 
14,165,462 
1,808,006 
1,315,497 
Manure used 
farms 
19,443 
15,965 
1,110 
751 
acres treated 
2,347,716 
1,609,901 
248,529 
185,300 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
27,915 
22,484 
1,758 
1,262 
acres 
9,204,573 
6,408,016 
978,475 
750,540 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
53,988 
44,725 
3,073 
2,119 
acres 
23,200,379 
16,596,082 
2,170,257 
1,590,970 
Nematodes 
farms 
4,353 
3,558 
283 
218 
acres 
1,045,726 
734,377 
108,187 
83,007 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
5,302 
4,097 
343 
256 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,702,624 
1,088,083 
193,419 
147,579 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
352 
281 
29 
24 
acres on which used 
13,981 
11,362 
1,425 
1,165 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
40,926 
33,555 
2,298 
1,637 
acres 
12,631,135 
9,041,779 
1,061,009 
805,347 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
10,084 
8,340 
651 
466 
acres 
1,669,073 
1,215,580 
152,927 
115,353 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
3,301 
2,671 
227 
164 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
332,222 
251,704 
31,038 
20,218 
used 
farms 
22,621 
18,435 
1,388 
949 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,950,836 
4,996,752 
654,914 
465,062 
used 
farms 
24,911 
20,192 
1,494 
1,023 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
8,760,348 
6,128,467 
814,740 
589,012 
practices were used 
farms 
25,559 
21,512 
1,440 
1,013 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
7,882,556 
5,780,766 
708,597 
541,266 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
7,195 
6,049 
444 
300 
acres 
379,614 
282,267 
33,530 
22,297 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
2,463 
2,048 
112 
68 
Solar panels 
farms 
406 
357 
18 
12 
Wind turbines 
farms 
916 
726 
63 
41 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1,172 
987 
30 
18 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
18 
14 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
13 
12 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
899 
713 
47 
27 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
49,525 
42,207 
2,870 
2,056 
Part owners 
farms 
30,025 
24,998 
1,520 
1,032 
Tenants 
farms 
9,087 
7,468 
596 
409 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
80,149 
67,717 
4,414 
3,106 
acres 
18,076,106 
13,387,500 
1,559,715 
1,100,144 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
79,550 
67,205 
4,390 
3,088 
acres 
14,379,151 
10,620,219 
1,239,412 
848,825 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
39,303 
32,615 
2,134 
1,454 
acres 
16,333,494 
11,902,981 
1,525,513 
1,148,555 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
39,112 
32,466 
2,116 
1,441 
acres 
16,243,580 
11,846,281 
1,521,717 
1,146,337 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
21,581 
17,735 
1,382 
984 
acres 
3,786,869 
2,823,981 
324,099 
253,537 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
131,535 
107,105 
9,466 
6,593 
1 operator 
53,202 
46,729 
1,763 
1,309 
2 operators 
29,863 
24,469 
2,301 
1,530 
3 operators 
4,454 
2,853 
696 
493 
4 operators 
787 
447 
170 
123 
5 or more operators 
331 
175 
56 
42 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
32,907 
27,664 
1,732 
1,190 
1 operator 
30,451 
26,050 
1,354 
940 
2 operators 
948 
634 
151 
99 
3 operators 
133 
95 
18 
14 
4 operators 
21 
10 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
12 
4 
2 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
