Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
New Hampshire 
Belknap 
Carroll 
Cheshire 
Coos 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
1,320 
83 
77 
133 
89 
2007 
1,482 
92 
80 
160 
93 
acres treated, 2012 
45,574 
2,120 
1,980 
4,074 
6,369 
2007 
51,029 
1,991 
2,746 
5,025 
5,346 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
1,141 
65 
71 
121 
74 
2007 
1,246 
71 
65 
139 
73 
acres treated, 2012 
41,823 
1,875 
1,807 
3,706 
5,833 
2007 
46,452 
1,755 
2,076 
4,642 
5,002 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
312 
24 
16 
33 
27 
2007 
400 
30 
27 
35 
27 
acres treated, 2012 
3,751 
245 
173 
368 
536 
2007 
4,577 
236 
670 
383 
344 
Manure farms, 2012 
876 
59 
72 
102 
59 
2007 
921 
62 
64 
86 
47 
acres treated, 2012 
27,896 
1,531 
1,413 
2,399 
5,019 
2007 
30,110 
951 
1,237 
1,786 
5,440 
Acres treated to control-- 
Insects farms, 2012 
592 
35 
50 
51 
42 
2007 
469 
25 
16 
39 
25 
acres, 2012 
7,192 
618 
264 
873 
246 
2007 
9,819 
669 
(D) 
879 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
733 
40 
48 
64 
53 
2007 
407 
18 
11 
36 
22 
acres, 2012 
20,301 
921 
784 
1,912 
2,906 
2007 
15,200 
387 
289 
1,782 
2,007 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
119 
4 
13 
11 
10 
2007 
24 
- 
- 
3 
6 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
Ill 
164 
20 
2007 
673 
- 
(D) 
12 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
324 
14 
16 
23 
21 
2007 
239 
11 
12 
18 
17 
acres, 2012 
3,782 
354 
117 
236 
41 
2007 
3,612 
98 
34 
89 
43 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
88 
3 
2 
9 
3 
2007 
78 
5 
5 
2 
2 
acres on which used, 2012 
2,075 
7 
(D) 
155 
81 
2007 
1,564 
57 
13 
(D) 
(D) 
Item 
Grafton 
Hillsborough 
Merrimack 
Rockingham 
Strafford 
Sullivan 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
160 
183 
192 
201 
129 
73 
2007 
166 
204 
236 
224 
128 
99 
acres treated, 2012 
5,409 
5,760 
8,582 
3,725 
2,522 
5,033 
2007 
5,300 
6,552 
9,234 
5,446 
3,106 
6,283 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
140 
147 
183 
163 
116 
61 
2007 
142 
169 
203 
188 
118 
78 
acres treated, 2012 
5,003 
5,005 
8,108 
3,336 
2,350 
4,800 
2007 
4,763 
6,058 
8,480 
4,819 
3,011 
5,846 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
34 
52 
32 
50 
27 
17 
2007 
42 
59 
60 
62 
20 
38 
acres treated, 2012 
406 
755 
474 
389 
172 
233 
2007 
537 
494 
754 
627 
95 
437 
Manure farms, 2012 
111 
105 
124 
106 
78 
60 
2007 
125 
108 
155 
136 
67 
71 
acres treated, 2012 
6,251 
1,946 
3,555 
1,783 
1,238 
2,761 
2007 
6,849 
1,878 
4,500 
2,620 
965 
3,884 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
45 
82 
90 
99 
67 
31 
2007 
38 
84 
68 
92 
63 
19 
acres, 2012 
365 
1,656 
1,088 
914 
514 
654 
2007 
634 
1,742 
1,202 
1,835 
926 
589 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
89 
84 
121 
111 
75 
48 
2007 
57 
59 
64 
60 
45 
35 
acres, 2012 
3,444 
1,872 
3,464 
1,377 
956 
2,665 
2007 
2,555 
1,310 
2,824 
1,128 
611 
2,307 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
13 
10 
21 
21 
5 
11 
2007 
1 
1 
4 
6 
3 
- 
acres, 2012 
50 
457 
473 
143 
34 
180 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
25 
4 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
28 
46 
47 
80 
29 
20 
2007 
10 
52 
34 
49 
21 
15 
acres, 2012 
107 
1,226 
621 
668 
199 
213 
2007 
164 
1,095 
780 
1,071 
156 
82 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
6 
16 
15 
21 
9 
4 
2007 
7 
17 
12 
17 
6 
5 
acres on which used, 2012 
107 
903 
286 
436 
51 
(D) 
2007 
87 
349 
223 
724 
24 
12 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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