Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
3,718 
2,810 
388 
333 
acres treated 
308,534 
170,650 
58,551 
53,727 
Manure used 
farms 
1,240 
1,002 
112 
88 
acres treated 
29,436 
18,709 
3,937 
3,528 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,032 
1,383 
248 
211 
acres 
146,204 
61,411 
32,096 
29,566 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,091 
2,266 
344 
301 
acres 
300,039 
163,067 
57,125 
52,942 
Nematodes 
farms 
395 
280 
45 
41 
acres 
22,651 
11,420 
3,723 
3,527 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,018 
672 
142 
127 
acres 
65,795 
21,447 
15,247 
13,857 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
305 
188 
49 
46 
acres on which used 
17,037 
6,860 
3,877 
3,831 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
480 
326 
63 
57 
acres 
30,920 
(D) 
8,366 
7,981 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
875 
649 
80 
74 
acres 
42,491 
21,551 
6,802 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
549 
399 
52 
44 
acres 
40,355 
17,347 
7,299 
6,963 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
1,027 
785 
114 
98 
acres 
88,180 
54,485 
17,132 
16,167 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
640 
461 
91 
84 
acres 
58,600 
32,876 
13,917 
13,072 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
2,149 
1,698 
206 
179 
acres 
126,479 
71,607 
23,619 
21,542 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,050 
769 
131 
113 
acres 
50,893 
25,434 
10,590 
9,717 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
591 
432 
65 
58 
Solar panels 
farms 
543 
399 
59 
52 
Wind turbines 
farms 
17 
8 
5 
4 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
43 
38 
2 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
11 
5 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
5 
5 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,201 
6,016 
545 
453 
Part owners 
farms 
1,363 
978 
180 
150 
Tenants 
farms 
507 
335 
62 
52 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
8,576 
7,003 
726 
603 
acres 
476,798 
285,294 
61,256 
54,484 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
8,564 
6,994 
725 
603 
acres 
447,860 
266,134 
57,823 
51,423 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,884 
1,324 
242 
202 
acres 
268,824 
162,563 
51,414 
45,602 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,870 
1,313 
242 
202 
acres 
267,197 
161,082 
51,315 
45,503 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
763 
594 
82 
71 
acres 
30,565 
20,641 
3,532 
3,160 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
14,574 
11,367 
1,434 
1,212 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
4,726 
4,024 
283 
228 
2 operators 
3,609 
2,826 
397 
332 
3 operators 
587 
399 
83 
72 
4 operators 
100 
58 
21 
20 
5 or more operators 
49 
22 
3 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
5,028 
4,042 
437 
369 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
4,237 
3,493 
345 
291 
2 operators 
329 
246 
39 
32 
3 operators 
29 
19 
2 
2 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
