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 
320 
191 
184 
640 
838 
761 
813 
acres 
21,775 
13,304 
17,023 
90,640 
179,740 
321,511 
772,265 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
2,411 
1,228 
1,222 
4,412 
4,067 
2,820 
2,358 
acres 
202,631 
120,440 
140,975 
747,009 
1,324,750 
1,902,152 
3,958,472 
Nematodes 
....farms 
20 
13 
2 
31 
40 
57 
84 
acres 
527 
539 
(D) 
4,018 
5,814 
19,704 
47,188 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
101 
40 
27 
147 
177 
254 
240 
acres 
7,323 
3,521 
1,958 
23,157 
44,973 
131,860 
259,672 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
61 
32 
36 
130 
146 
102 
159 
acres on which used 
3,031 
1,271 
2,194 
7,773 
16,118 
28,028 
70,141 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
32 
22 
25 
81 
76 
46 
52 
acres 
2,687 
3,107 
2,975 
9,830 
12,200 
12,716 
23,324 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
324 
138 
123 
454 
313 
138 
94 
acres 
27,283 
15,917 
16,050 
81,445 
88,803 
71,127 
119,232 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
145 
42 
68 
179 
168 
87 
84 
acres 
11,809 
5,434 
6,884 
22,750 
34,109 
34,717 
92,848 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
395 
168 
196 
850 
1,055 
985 
1,153 
acres 
27,604 
12,889 
16,882 
108,746 
252,674 
523,809 
1,369,819 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
207 
96 
113 
504 
684 
651 
711 
acres 
13,898 
6,298 
8,087 
57,301 
149,320 
258,545 
712,133 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
1,026 
436 
477 
2,100 
2,305 
1,624 
1,406 
acres 
68,680 
31,531 
40,423 
273,732 
526,318 
766,236 
1,315,954 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
187 
96 
78 
316 
302 
175 
141 
acres 
9,246 
6,305 
4,417 
26,963 
42,520 
48,652 
78,814 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
93 
43 
69 
209 
232 
201 
220 
Solar panels 
...farms 
55 
24 
52 
132 
158 
159 
162 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
21 
7 
10 
53 
73 
40 
55 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
11 
10 
5 
19 
11 
14 
13 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
6 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
6 
7 
1 
3 
5 
3 
8 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
80 
29 
24 
122 
157 
112 
117 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
5,682 
2,246 
1,924 
5,267 
2,508 
979 
737 
Part owners 
....farms 
1,560 
1,253 
1,173 
4,567 
4,390 
3,056 
2,566 
Tenants 
....farms 
705 
221 
193 
702 
503 
276 
215 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
7,293 
3,508 
3,109 
9,880 
6,916 
4,045 
3,313 
acres 
1,215,104 
622,634 
687,083 
2,954,568 
3,457,929 
3,366,665 
8,124,027 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
7,242 
3,499 
3,097 
9,834 
6,898 
4,035 
3,303 
acres 
987,160 
544,769 
581,982 
2,594,163 
3,126,723 
3,140,452 
7,831,387 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
2,276 
1,485 
1,374 
5,304 
4,903 
3,339 
2,787 
acres 
273,629 
189,510 
220,977 
1,209,552 
2,040,526 
2,794,570 
6,835,639 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
2,265 
1,474 
1,366 
5,269 
4,893 
3,332 
2,781 
acres 
266,310 
187,506 
200,321 
1,187,146 
2,024,444 
2,769,959 
6,758,228 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
776 
340 
364 
1,126 
891 
482 
339 
acres 
235,263 
79,869 
125,757 
382,811 
347,288 
250,824 
370,051 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
11,779 
5,577 
4,967 
15,769 
10,864 
6,085 
5,373 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
4,576 
2,069 
1,855 
6,054 
4,456 
2,823 
2,077 
2 operators 
3,010 
1,483 
1,262 
3,925 
2,519 
1,254 
1,127 
3 operators 
294 
139 
125 
431 
361 
197 
252 
4 operators 
49 
23 
34 
87 
52 
30 
46 
5 or more operators 
18 
6 
14 
39 
13 
7 
16 
Total women operators 
.number 
3,767 
1,748 
1,525 
4,745 
2,819 
1,315 
1,101 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
3,450 
1,631 
1,385 
4,301 
2,576 
1,211 
965 
2 operators 
130 
50 
55 
159 
100 
49 
60 
3 operators 
16 
3 
10 
29 
9 
2 
4 
4 operators 
1 
2 
- 
8 
4 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
1 
“ 
1 
- 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
6,952 
3,346 
2,954 
9,549 
6,822 
4,075 
3,333 
Female 
995 
374 
336 
987 
579 
236 
185 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,984 
1,445 
1,381 
4,846 
4,301 
3,039 
2,800 
Other 
4,963 
2,275 
1,909 
5,690 
3,100 
1,272 
718 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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