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 
2,089 
3,613 
3,466 
2,785 
2,170 
3,097 
acres treated 
117,221 
131,992 
84,727 
52,789 
30,488 
47,527 
Manure used 
farms 
512 
1,073 
947 
878 
609 
1,036 
acres treated 
23,001 
31,184 
19,023 
13,616 
6,815 
12,504 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,013 
1,337 
941 
622 
467 
676 
acres 
31,388 
18,511 
10,581 
5,714 
3,989 
6,926 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,837 
2,719 
2,338 
1,773 
1,324 
2,052 
acres 
90,711 
76,040 
42,549 
26,345 
17,498 
28,026 
Nematodes 
farms 
168 
227 
108 
85 
56 
41 
acres 
4,369 
2,689 
919 
549 
299 
303 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
327 
413 
262 
188 
132 
188 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
6,591 
3,177 
1,248 
745 
622 
1,162 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
93 
94 
86 
46 
52 
82 
acres on which used 
2,963 
1,279 
1,041 
321 
248 
546 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
259 
252 
267 
224 
166 
273 
acres 
6,948 
3,955 
3,251 
1,841 
1,653 
3,660 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
587 
878 
910 
825 
741 
1,156 
acres 
27,902 
25,178 
21,245 
13,628 
12,193 
19,835 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
108 
208 
201 
239 
251 
217 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
8,393 
13,432 
6,384 
7,719 
7,471 
7,617 
used 
farms 
724 
858 
623 
417 
278 
301 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
32,945 
20,648 
9,055 
4,361 
3,020 
4,343 
used 
farms 
262 
327 
295 
182 
140 
117 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
8,453 
4,378 
2,973 
1,244 
1,145 
1,172 
practices were used 
farms 
930 
1,364 
1,218 
937 
671 
606 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
29,972 
23,321 
13,514 
7,163 
5,046 
5,143 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
332 
580 
541 
363 
350 
463 
acres 
6,569 
7,672 
5,514 
2,800 
2,759 
5,322 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
70 
146 
154 
103 
147 
198 
Solar panels 
farms 
46 
111 
106 
62 
104 
139 
Wind turbines 
farms 
5 
11 
7 
11 
15 
21 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
11 
7 
7 
5 
7 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
8 
24 
40 
22 
23 
34 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
8 
17 
15 
11 
12 
13 
Biodiesel 
farms 
15 
16 
24 
16 
16 
22 
Ethanol 
farms 
7 
11 
10 
10 
18 
9 
Other 
farms 
6 
5 
1 
6 
4 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
2 
1 
2 
4 
2 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,399 
3,354 
4,625 
4,960 
5,673 
9,046 
Part owners 
farms 
1,305 
2,029 
1,758 
1,325 
829 
1,391 
Tenants 
farms 
281 
457 
304 
321 
241 
487 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,710 
5,392 
6,389 
6,301 
6,511 
10,443 
acres 
330,825 
497,120 
472,024 
425,679 
382,257 
507,997 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,704 
5,383 
6,383 
6,285 
6,502 
10,437 
acres 
300,119 
448,038 
425,861 
382,210 
330,717 
458,842 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,595 
2,511 
2,075 
1,652 
1,103 
1,894 
acres 
151,076 
150,406 
84,007 
57,205 
36,531 
57,804 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,586 
2,486 
2,062 
1,646 
1,070 
1,878 
acres 
148,799 
148,510 
82,287 
56,592 
35,077 
53,826 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
426 
808 
933 
934 
1,046 
1,224 
acres 
32,983 
50,978 
47,883 
44,082 
52,994 
53,133 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
4,251 
8,377 
9,620 
9,503 
9,675 
16,416 
1 operator 
1,954 
3,727 
4,216 
4,119 
4,169 
6,159 
2 operators 
841 
1,786 
2,113 
2,134 
2,271 
4,184 
3 operators 
150 
248 
282 
308 
256 
478 
4 operators 
36 
70 
61 
37 
42 
70 
5 or more operators 
4 
9 
15 
8 
5 
33 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
899 
2,130 
2,595 
2,659 
3,053 
5,752 
1 operator 
762 
1,811 
2,274 
2,347 
2,717 
5,010 
2 operators 
61 
140 
135 
130 
139 
316 
3 operators 
5 
13 
13 
16 
14 
34 
4 operators 
- 
- 
3 
1 
4 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
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See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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