Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
503 
- 
14 
49 
116 
191 
133 
acres treated 
8,357 
- 
142 
654 
1,873 
3,743 
1,945 
Manure used 
farms 
321 
- 
8 
40 
122 
92 
59 
acres treated 
4,482 
- 
42 
332 
1,241 
1,830 
1,037 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
186 
- 
- 
11 
44 
73 
58 
acres 
1,088 
- 
- 
19 
157 
468 
444 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
213 
- 
- 
20 
48 
78 
67 
acres 
2,564 
- 
- 
240 
512 
1,212 
600 
Nematodes 
farms 
41 
- 
- 
3 
3 
21 
14 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
14 
254 
91 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
105 
- 
- 
8 
14 
52 
31 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
696 
- 
- 
8 
73 
354 
261 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
32 
- 
- 
4 
6 
15 
7 
acres on which used 
634 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
141 
188 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
63 
_ 
_ 
2 
14 
32 
15 
acres 
703 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
350 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
154 
- 
2 
14 
47 
56 
35 
acres 
1,875 
- 
(D) 
317 
495 
759 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
299 
- 
3 
15 
78 
127 
76 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
53,448 
■ 
673 
498 
6,017 
37,123 
9,137 
used 
farms 
81 
- 
12 
1 
14 
25 
29 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
238 
(D) 
(D) 
35 
101 
87 
used 
farms 
34 
- 
- 
- 
5 
18 
11 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
137 
■ 
■ 
■ 
37 
69 
31 
practices were used 
farms 
162 
- 
14 
8 
30 
66 
44 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,851 
- 
14 
106 
361 
977 
393 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
102 
- 
- 
14 
28 
38 
22 
acres 
865 
- 
- 
64 
84 
408 
309 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
150 
- 
20 
7 
32 
53 
38 
Solar panels 
farms 
123 
- 
20 
5 
18 
51 
29 
Wind turbines 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
3 
8 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
2 
5 
- 
8 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
8 
- 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,908 
3 
69 
165 
516 
613 
542 
Part owners 
farms 
303 
- 
7 
55 
86 
100 
55 
Tenants 
farms 
73 
- 
9 
10 
33 
12 
9 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,212 
3 
76 
220 
602 
713 
598 
acres 
187,503 
(D) 
(D) 
7,385 
41,874 
81,646 
54,078 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,211 
3 
76 
220 
602 
713 
597 
acres 
182,844 
140 
2,380 
7,385 
40,013 
79,895 
53,031 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
376 
_ 
16 
65 
119 
112 
64 
acres 
17,959 
- 
1,281 
2,800 
6,128 
5,220 
2,530 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
376 
- 
16 
65 
119 
112 
64 
acres 
17,959 
- 
1,281 
2,800 
6,128 
5,220 
2,530 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
90 
_ 
_ 
_ 
36 
33 
21 
acres 
4,659 
- 
- 
- 
1,861 
1,751 
1,047 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,737 
3 
136 
393 
1,087 
1,206 
912 
1 operator 
1,019 
3 
38 
101 
232 
293 
352 
2 operators 
1,119 
- 
46 
111 
364 
390 
208 
3 operators 
126 
- 
- 
14 
32 
38 
42 
4 operators 
9 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
2 
5 or more operators 
11 
- 
1 
4 
2 
2 
2 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,541 
- 
56 
164 
514 
508 
299 
1 operator 
1,308 
- 
56 
151 
432 
422 
247 
2 operators 
102 
- 
- 
5 
35 
39 
23 
3 operators 
8 
- 
- 
1 
4 
1 
2 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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