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 
3,718 
204 
194 
241 
346 
335 
acres treated 
308,534 
96,203 
53,054 
55,409 
39,246 
21,703 
Manure used 
farms 
1,240 
23 
29 
41 
54 
85 
acres treated 
29,436 
5,465 
4,208 
3,393 
2,309 
3,267 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,032 
193 
175 
195 
238 
226 
acres 
146,204 
69,605 
30,596 
20,951 
11,271 
5,910 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,091 
201 
192 
229 
336 
338 
acres 
300,039 
102,793 
57,260 
53,605 
37,636 
18,834 
Nematodes 
farms 
395 
56 
38 
39 
44 
28 
acres 
22,651 
11,578 
3,615 
3,731 
1,824 
650 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,018 
125 
105 
97 
107 
86 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
65,795 
39,127 
11,150 
7,442 
3,611 
1,492 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
305 
47 
33 
22 
31 
19 
acres on which used 
17,037 
11,375 
2,619 
1,009 
450 
342 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
480 
46 
30 
47 
58 
53 
acres 
30,920 
9,545 
6,447 
5,552 
3,708 
2,164 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
875 
74 
52 
51 
61 
75 
acres 
42,491 
13,982 
4,905 
5,985 
4,306 
2,733 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
549 
36 
24 
16 
30 
38 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
40,355 
12,171 
3,384 
2,749 
4,074 
2,601 
used 
farms 
1,027 
77 
61 
82 
127 
100 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
88,180 
29,914 
15,180 
17,211 
12,852 
4,751 
used 
farms 
640 
50 
51 
56 
97 
72 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
58,600 
16,537 
13,086 
11,281 
9,815 
3,033 
practices were used 
farms 
2,149 
114 
115 
129 
207 
214 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
126,479 
41,317 
21,982 
22,053 
13,932 
10,073 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,050 
76 
75 
82 
117 
133 
acres 
50,893 
18,460 
9,621 
7,869 
5,052 
2,955 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
591 
21 
11 
16 
21 
39 
Solar panels 
farms 
543 
19 
8 
14 
17 
38 
Wind turbines 
farms 
17 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
43 
1 
- 
2 
3 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
11 
2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,201 
69 
85 
80 
198 
340 
Part owners 
farms 
1,363 
133 
107 
160 
167 
129 
Tenants 
farms 
507 
16 
20 
27 
68 
57 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
8,576 
202 
193 
240 
365 
469 
acres 
476,798 
84,241 
37,381 
33,039 
36,330 
33,056 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
8,564 
202 
192 
240 
365 
469 
acres 
447,860 
81,415 
36,896 
32,517 
35,087 
31,343 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,884 
149 
127 
187 
236 
186 
acres 
268,824 
71,457 
42,001 
53,079 
39,516 
18,014 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,870 
149 
127 
187 
235 
186 
acres 
267,197 
71,457 
42,001 
53,032 
39,323 
17,993 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
763 
22 
12 
10 
32 
42 
acres 
30,565 
2,826 
485 
569 
1,436 
1,734 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
14,574 
435 
422 
474 
718 
793 
1 operator 
4,726 
89 
78 
123 
221 
312 
2 operators 
3,609 
67 
81 
95 
159 
181 
3 operators 
587 
43 
42 
38 
46 
23 
4 operators 
100 
14 
7 
9 
3 
4 
5 or more operators 
49 
5 
4 
2 
4 
6 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
5,028 
62 
80 
105 
180 
215 
1 operator 
4,237 
48 
58 
86 
142 
171 
2 operators 
329 
7 
8 
8 
10 
19 
3 operators 
29 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
" 
1 
- 
2 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
