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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
366 
573 
361 
312 
334 
452 
acres treated 
11,662 
13,868 
5,406 
3,681 
3,516 
4,786 
Manure used 
farms 
96 
188 
151 
135 
162 
276 
acres treated 
1,890 
2,524 
1,467 
1,425 
1,092 
2,396 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
199 
294 
151 
108 
86 
167 
acres 
2,330 
2,357 
1,045 
720 
473 
946 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
347 
492 
293 
205 
196 
262 
acres 
9,788 
10,053 
3,724 
2,255 
1,538 
2,553 
Nematodes 
farms 
37 
54 
37 
20 
15 
27 
acres 
265 
376 
214 
106 
109 
183 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
87 
136 
83 
64 
39 
89 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
724 
964 
312 
335 
272 
366 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
19 
31 
14 
19 
23 
47 
acres on which used 
255 
158 
145 
114 
248 
322 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
46 
46 
36 
32 
31 
55 
acres 
1,078 
898 
337 
357 
258 
576 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
56 
120 
81 
75 
97 
133 
acres 
2,412 
3,244 
1,593 
1,118 
874 
1,339 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
34 
68 
70 
55 
70 
108 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
3,728 
2,190 
2,088 
1,908 
2,800 
2,662 
used 
farms 
102 
141 
103 
96 
71 
67 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
3,426 
2,508 
745 
615 
340 
638 
used 
farms 
59 
85 
52 
36 
38 
44 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,970 
2,063 
270 
159 
108 
278 
practices were used 
farms 
207 
345 
241 
187 
229 
161 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
5,235 
5,531 
2,430 
1,528 
1,447 
951 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
99 
142 
107 
78 
74 
67 
acres 
2,061 
2,220 
1,081 
576 
574 
424 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
36 
89 
47 
78 
77 
156 
Solar panels 
farms 
34 
83 
43 
72 
72 
143 
Wind turbines 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
2 
- 
8 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
5 
7 
6 
9 
9 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
418 
809 
796 
912 
1,448 
2,046 
Part owners 
farms 
129 
171 
115 
90 
53 
109 
Tenants 
farms 
64 
70 
51 
37 
20 
77 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
549 
982 
916 
1,002 
1,502 
2,156 
acres 
37,171 
52,736 
34,368 
32,813 
41,450 
54,213 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
547 
980 
911 
1,002 
1,501 
2,155 
acres 
33,753 
47,568 
30,848 
30,365 
38,157 
49,911 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
196 
242 
168 
133 
74 
186 
acres 
13,803 
12,985 
6,799 
3,675 
2,395 
5,100 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
193 
241 
166 
127 
73 
186 
acres 
13,511 
12,853 
6,221 
3,401 
2,375 
5,030 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
65 
111 
96 
101 
123 
149 
acres 
3,710 
5,300 
4,098 
2,722 
3,313 
4,372 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
922 
1,769 
1,532 
1,608 
2,327 
3,574 
1 operator 
341 
585 
513 
559 
800 
1,105 
2 operators 
237 
387 
370 
415 
648 
969 
3 operators 
29 
59 
68 
55 
65 
119 
4 operators 
3 
12 
7 
5 
4 
32 
5 or more operators 
1 
7 
4 
5 
4 
7 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
286 
520 
582 
603 
878 
1,517 
1 operator 
244 
446 
495 
513 
796 
1,238 
2 operators 
18 
37 
36 
41 
32 
113 
3 operators 
2 
- 
5 
1 
6 
12 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
- 
1 
" 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
New Jersey 119 
