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 
24,410 
2,021 
972 
1,089 
1,545 
1,563 
acres treated 
3,488,942 
1,863,989 
485,357 
306,150 
238,142 
130,560 
Manure used 
farms 
7,427 
1,036 
395 
293 
309 
339 
acres treated 
449,093 
203,436 
46,348 
36,260 
31,873 
25,033 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
10,652 
1,780 
815 
924 
1,159 
918 
acres 
2,350,771 
1,495,234 
361,446 
228,778 
138,546 
49,658 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
19,535 
2,309 
1,037 
1,111 
1,518 
1,517 
acres 
3,776,603 
2,202,751 
558,962 
355,067 
254,113 
124,541 
Nematodes 
farms 
2,531 
730 
315 
299 
334 
168 
acres 
627,543 
447,077 
83,474 
46,697 
33,184 
7,983 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,582 
753 
312 
348 
383 
276 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
670,001 
471,108 
91,237 
58,555 
25,323 
10,233 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
2,132 
631 
318 
298 
306 
126 
acres on which used 
620,800 
412,748 
104,590 
55,047 
35,561 
6,456 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
2,763 
505 
205 
202 
229 
181 
acres 
260,687 
157,454 
35,419 
24,554 
15,115 
6,837 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
7,916 
1,017 
423 
414 
529 
436 
acres 
1,417,970 
846,879 
212,921 
129,065 
76,762 
32,362 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,615 
93 
49 
60 
96 
93 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
97,641 
12,104 
6,605 
6,677 
13,844 
7,395 
used 
farms 
7,387 
1,411 
710 
637 
774 
654 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,878,617 
1,149,193 
299,109 
174,618 
126,999 
54,326 
used 
farms 
2,875 
565 
259 
250 
285 
193 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
636,205 
427,014 
94,599 
51,823 
32,253 
11,151 
practices were used 
farms 
9,851 
1,338 
605 
681 
771 
730 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,243,393 
730,459 
183,333 
128,709 
75,666 
41,067 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
4,405 
596 
266 
257 
361 
296 
acres 
393,002 
242,426 
54,193 
29,497 
25,647 
10,603 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
961 
36 
14 
21 
36 
36 
Solar panels 
farms 
635 
12 
4 
10 
21 
20 
Wind turbines 
farms 
76 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Methane digesters 
farms 
46 
4 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
176 
3 
3 
5 
9 
5 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
84 
1 
2 
- 
1 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
143 
11 
4 
4 
7 
8 
Ethanol 
farms 
86 
11 
2 
1 
4 
3 
Other 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
32 
3 
2 
6 
4 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
32,936 
1,525 
583 
429 
527 
815 
Part owners 
farms 
14,221 
1,857 
835 
872 
1,045 
975 
Tenants 
farms 
3,061 
195 
109 
158 
290 
218 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
47,241 
3,392 
1,420 
1,303 
1,579 
1,801 
acres 
5,253,410 
1,430,467 
387,484 
251,882 
313,073 
254,602 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
47,157 
3,382 
1,418 
1,301 
1,572 
1,790 
acres 
4,836,861 
1,349,719 
377,284 
241,212 
290,527 
232,332 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
17,427 
2,074 
945 
1,037 
1,343 
1,198 
acres 
3,611,759 
1,818,302 
499,165 
345,574 
264,929 
146,760 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
17,282 
2,052 
944 
1,030 
1,335 
1,193 
acres 
3,577,895 
1,805,462 
498,022 
343,837 
260,230 
145,253 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
6,728 
555 
158 
135 
226 
283 
acres 
450,413 
93,588 
1 1 ,343 
12,407 
27,245 
23,777 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
73,846 
5,964 
2,327 
2,082 
2,758 
2,873 
1 operator 
30,657 
1,898 
917 
971 
1,208 
1,319 
2 operators 
16,435 
1,200 
460 
379 
521 
546 
3 operators 
2,522 
365 
116 
94 
101 
124 
4 operators 
468 
71 
30 
11 
27 
13 
5 or more operators 
136 
43 
4 
4 
5 
6 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
19,975 
1,080 
390 
364 
484 
569 
1 operator 
17,451 
958 
348 
312 
408 
504 
2 operators 
1,077 
50 
21 
23 
35 
27 
3 operators 
107 
6 
- 
2 
2 
2 
4 operators 
11 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
" 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
