Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
1,320 
1,041 
146 
96 
acres treated 
45,574 
27,124 
11,040 
10,036 
Manure used 
farms 
876 
702 
85 
54 
acres treated 
27,896 
16,362 
7,263 
6,514 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
592 
434 
73 
48 
acres 
7,192 
4,061 
1,312 
1,159 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
733 
536 
98 
71 
acres 
20,301 
10,543 
5,480 
5,262 
Nematodes 
farms 
119 
92 
8 
6 
acres 
(D) 
1,200 
124 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
324 
223 
43 
29 
acres 
3,782 
1,886 
524 
482 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
88 
65 
7 
6 
acres on which used 
2,075 
1,342 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
181 
134 
33 
26 
acres 
2,867 
1,611 
(D) 
361 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
374 
303 
42 
37 
acres 
5,017 
3,395 
951 
920 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
664 
550 
50 
36 
acres 
101,488 
52,943 
35,319 
33,642 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
233 
176 
19 
13 
acres 
1,908 
1,128 
281 
224 
Cropland on which conservation tillage. 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
130 
94 
27 
14 
acres 
4,145 
2,102 
1,881 
1,765 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
611 
471 
75 
55 
acres 
13,429 
7,605 
2,858 
2,710 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
384 
282 
53 
38 
acres 
5,025 
2,477 
1,515 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
271 
234 
22 
20 
Solar panels 
farms 
216 
190 
13 
12 
Wind turbines 
farms 
30 
28 
2 
2 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
8 
5 
1 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
31 
31 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
17 
13 
3 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,487 
2,980 
201 
158 
Part owners 
farms 
677 
544 
84 
74 
Tenants 
farms 
227 
177 
35 
18 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
4,166 
3,526 
285 
232 
acres 
422,443 
285,571 
68,430 
60,785 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
4,164 
3,524 
285 
232 
acres 
414,109 
278,015 
68,234 
60,605 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
905 
721 
119 
92 
acres 
60,802 
43,108 
1 1 ,357 
8,986 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
904 
721 
119 
92 
acres 
59,956 
42,953 
1 1 ,357 
8,986 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
180 
159 
9 
8 
acres 
9,180 
7,711 
196 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
7,300 
5,938 
629 
488 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,937 
1,715 
70 
54 
2 operators 
2,104 
1,767 
204 
162 
3 operators 
294 
199 
36 
27 
4 operators 
25 
12 
7 
6 
5 or more operators 
31 
8 
3 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
3,098 
2,534 
266 
206 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2,619 
2,229 
223 
173 
2 operators 
195 
142 
20 
15 
3 operators 
23 
7 
1 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
144 New Hampshire 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
