Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
444 
399 
285 
1,059 
1,073 
818 
539 
acres 
27,200 
36,599 
32,019 
179,863 
403,995 
610,725 
951,070 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
1,061 
792 
590 
1,772 
1,383 
962 
598 
acres 
69,619 
71,832 
70,774 
337,711 
638,486 
938,194 
1,378,856 
Nematodes 
....farms 
76 
84 
74 
277 
402 
408 
282 
acres 
3,562 
6,548 
7,779 
33,720 
97,447 
171,018 
290,460 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
145 
114 
70 
290 
386 
406 
282 
acres 
6,287 
6,893 
6,045 
37,680 
101,301 
189,598 
297,184 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
85 
81 
68 
245 
364 
384 
297 
acres on which used 
3,989 
6,967 
6,875 
32,353 
101,965 
173,822 
283,234 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
159 
141 
82 
293 
277 
232 
140 
acres 
4,673 
5,863 
3,574 
24,454 
46,630 
69,015 
86,495 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
428 
257 
204 
607 
514 
395 
253 
acres 
24,700 
22,343 
23,172 
112,111 
218,233 
351,967 
554,255 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
118 
76 
61 
142 
104 
63 
36 
acres 
7,367 
5,314 
4,282 
15,492 
16,561 
13,162 
11,206 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
428 
353 
303 
1,054 
928 
731 
437 
acres 
25,583 
26,101 
32,296 
167,924 
330,348 
498,203 
729,925 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
138 
126 
116 
304 
327 
309 
234 
acres 
5,105 
8,512 
9,434 
37,005 
80,006 
172,904 
305,478 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
470 
377 
229 
848 
825 
621 
414 
acres 
23,232 
27,724 
17,430 
102,921 
226,222 
301,208 
443,737 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
249 
180 
153 
409 
368 
237 
163 
acres 
7,269 
9,348 
9,703 
30,904 
63,072 
86,639 
153,692 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
35 
21 
21 
47 
27 
16 
15 
Solar panels 
...farms 
20 
13 
7 
25 
15 
5 
7 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
1 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
1 
- 
2 
2 
1 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
10 
4 
7 
8 
9 
3 
1 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
4 
- 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
6 
- 
5 
10 
3 
7 
6 
Ethanol 
...farms 
4 
4 
2 
4 
3 
3 
4 
Other 
...farms 
- 
1 
- 
4 
- 
" 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
2 
1 
7 
6 
1 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
1,256 
754 
449 
964 
344 
189 
103 
Part owners 
....farms 
953 
749 
551 
1,567 
1,226 
804 
468 
Tenants 
....farms 
117 
101 
55 
197 
136 
74 
58 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
2,209 
1,507 
1,001 
2,535 
1,574 
995 
571 
acres 
293,622 
238,519 
183,941 
646,763 
589,714 
675,685 
984,688 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
2,209 
1,503 
1,000 
2,531 
1,570 
993 
571 
acres 
269,357 
218,497 
170,179 
583,619 
549,939 
646,707 
955,312 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
1,079 
855 
612 
1,777 
1,363 
881 
526 
acres 
94,820 
100,445 
82,835 
386,192 
620,725 
814,822 
1,163,548 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
1,070 
850 
606 
1,764 
1,362 
878 
526 
acres 
93,999 
98,245 
81,685 
380,207 
619,609 
811,143 
1,160,026 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
414 
268 
187 
477 
234 
123 
60 
acres 
25,086 
22,222 
14,912 
69,129 
40,891 
32,657 
32,898 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
3,317 
2,290 
1,585 
3,956 
2,578 
1,704 
1,207 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,545 
1,062 
646 
1,788 
1,073 
615 
289 
2 operators 
628 
424 
313 
709 
469 
316 
206 
3 operators 
120 
95 
77 
196 
125 
103 
86 
4 operators 
22 
21 
16 
24 
24 
25 
30 
5 or more operators 
11 
2 
3 
11 
15 
8 
18 
Total women operators 
.number 
717 
497 
328 
681 
356 
199 
151 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
622 
410 
278 
582 
284 
177 
116 
2 operators 
29 
31 
25 
40 
30 
8 
12 
3 operators 
11 
7 
- 
5 
4 
2 
2 
4 operators 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
" 
- 
“ 
- 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,127 
1,475 
975 
2,546 
1,628 
1,030 
615 
Female 
199 
129 
80 
182 
78 
37 
14 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,307 
927 
658 
1,926 
1,440 
949 
578 
Other 
1,019 
677 
397 
802 
266 
118 
51 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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