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 
1,320 
28 
24 
60 
84 
114 
acres treated 
45,574 
11,110 
3,167 
7,062 
5,356 
3,506 
Manure used 
farms 
876 
16 
14 
39 
48 
53 
acres treated 
27,896 
8,052 
2,707 
5,140 
1,783 
1,482 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
592 
16 
15 
29 
62 
90 
acres 
7,192 
(D) 
842 
933 
(D) 
855 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
733 
27 
25 
61 
72 
100 
acres 
20,301 
7,298 
2,301 
4,678 
1,635 
1,376 
Nematodes 
farms 
119 
4 
5 
8 
19 
25 
acres 
(D) 
381 
(D) 
(D) 
194 
181 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
324 
8 
12 
19 
44 
60 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
3,782 
1,027 
474 
464 
575 
538 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
88 
5 
3 
11 
18 
5 
acres on which used 
2,075 
852 
(D) 
313 
255 
67 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
181 
7 
2 
18 
20 
23 
acres 
2,867 
782 
(D) 
309 
554 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
374 
5 
5 
15 
20 
21 
acres 
5,017 
561 
108 
543 
457 
270 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
664 
10 
8 
14 
34 
53 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
101,488 
2,451 
976 
6,509 
5,981 
12,766 
used 
farms 
233 
4 
4 
10 
17 
16 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,908 
444 
151 
301 
187 
131 
used 
farms 
130 
11 
3 
9 
4 
25 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,145 
(D) 
(D) 
426 
(D) 
131 
practices were used 
farms 
611 
21 
19 
44 
52 
69 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
13,429 
4,129 
1,696 
2,836 
674 
1,161 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
384 
11 
13 
20 
27 
43 
acres 
5,025 
1,792 
543 
623 
457 
410 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
271 
2 
1 
- 
4 
21 
Solar panels 
farms 
216 
1 
- 
- 
2 
13 
Wind turbines 
farms 
30 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,487 
7 
12 
28 
49 
78 
Part owners 
farms 
677 
22 
16 
58 
53 
76 
Tenants 
farms 
227 
2 
1 
3 
13 
19 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
4,166 
29 
28 
86 
102 
155 
acres 
422,443 
13,749 
6,718 
24,886 
16,179 
34,050 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
4,164 
29 
28 
86 
102 
154 
acres 
414,109 
13,749 
6,718 
24,575 
15,863 
33,633 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
905 
24 
17 
62 
66 
95 
acres 
60,802 
8,188 
2,585 
7,971 
(D) 
6,589 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
904 
24 
17 
61 
66 
95 
acres 
59,956 
8,188 
2,585 
7,670 
6,967 
6,589 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
180 
_ 
_ 
2 
17 
12 
acres 
9,180 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
417 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
7,300 
95 
68 
194 
209 
318 
1 operator 
1,937 
4 
10 
25 
48 
56 
2 operators 
2,104 
9 
7 
41 
44 
94 
3 operators 
294 
8 
8 
14 
19 
20 
4 operators 
25 
6 
- 
5 
4 
1 
5 or more operators 
31 
4 
4 
4 
- 
2 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
3,098 
26 
22 
62 
63 
127 
1 operator 
2,619 
13 
9 
45 
56 
109 
2 operators 
195 
5 
5 
7 
2 
6 
3 operators 
23 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
118 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
