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 
75,746 
2,263 
2,322 
3,104 
5,422 
5,638 
acres treated 
16,670,293 
4,869,473 
2,749,719 
2,309,600 
2,148,521 
1,189,592 
Manure used 
farms 
10,644 
630 
345 
342 
492 
569 
acres treated 
1,061,624 
353,690 
116,188 
104,477 
107,267 
73,775 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
22,179 
1,681 
1,548 
1,602 
2,198 
1,762 
acres 
6,506,975 
2,932,755 
1,255,408 
793,611 
670,118 
285,777 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
67,918 
2,395 
2,353 
3,148 
5,435 
5,522 
acres 
20,007,797 
5,592,053 
3,270,527 
2,998,917 
2,920,791 
1,558,537 
Nematodes 
farms 
3,774 
428 
484 
608 
692 
402 
acres 
1,260,084 
385,167 
292,785 
275,074 
181,596 
63,957 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
4,314 
563 
515 
508 
556 
334 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
1,062,998 
565,864 
199,406 
140,185 
92,225 
30,168 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
6,495 
870 
1,029 
1,079 
1,143 
666 
acres on which used 
2,851,621 
1,088,182 
718,344 
529,582 
326,384 
104,223 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1,674 
59 
35 
36 
71 
95 
acres 
224,633 
34,757 
7,597 
16,595 
12,692 
22,908 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
14,022 
324 
325 
320 
485 
572 
acres 
2,539,170 
596,805 
429,766 
242,971 
271 ,824 
174,126 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,767 
33 
58 
59 
154 
187 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
726,976 
31,489 
136,379 
35,454 
54,958 
66,234 
used 
farms 
9,294 
559 
560 
688 
966 
741 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,576,585 
983,059 
482,118 
408,487 
331,890 
130,364 
used 
farms 
7,171 
733 
770 
821 
1,026 
640 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,618,325 
1,370,079 
769,491 
642,046 
426,282 
157,454 
practices were used 
farms 
28,537 
1,449 
1,641 
2,085 
3,409 
2,886 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
9,905,134 
2,930,218 
1,885,170 
1,601,675 
1,591,100 
671,211 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
7,051 
233 
305 
381 
575 
540 
acres 
911,061 
203,51 1 
180,050 
149,026 
129,476 
58,935 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
4,824 
74 
89 
142 
318 
383 
Solar panels 
farms 
3,549 
28 
62 
96 
260 
280 
Wind turbines 
farms 
1,143 
41 
33 
45 
71 
81 
Methane digesters 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
104 
3 
- 
- 
1 
7 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
58 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
98 
2 
- 
1 
9 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
251 
1 
- 
3 
14 
32 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1,217 
38 
64 
84 
123 
99 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
179,783 
1,306 
727 
1,039 
2,858 
4,470 
Part owners 
farms 
54,297 
1,612 
1,681 
2,308 
4,066 
4,498 
Tenants 
farms 
14,729 
420 
539 
723 
1,158 
991 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
234,807 
2,931 
2,429 
3,387 
6,966 
9,012 
acres 
84,340,215 
10,704,137 
6,466,182 
8,175,679 
10,484,051 
8,088,122 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
234,080 
2,918 
2,408 
3,347 
6,924 
8,968 
acres 
76,985,100 
10,346,323 
6,187,866 
7,870,323 
9,720,761 
7,340,193 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
69,426 
2,044 
2,226 
3,038 
5,237 
5,502 
acres 
53,928,046 
7,856,635 
7,849,660 
7,899,365 
9,575,437 
5,912,109 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
69,026 
2,032 
2,220 
3,031 
5,224 
5,489 
acres 
53,168,338 
7,805,970 
7,790,471 
7,867,313 
9,502,416 
5,821,806 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
20,876 
353 
337 
453 
934 
1,279 
acres 
8,114,823 
408,479 
337,505 
337,408 
836,311 
838,232 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
375,888 
6,317 
4,722 
6,189 
12,071 
14,842 
1 operator 
141,340 
1,420 
1,607 
2,453 
4,854 
5,984 
2 operators 
92,683 
1,347 
1,039 
1,257 
2,623 
3,288 
3 operators 
1 1 ,694 
355 
219 
265 
497 
553 
4 operators 
2,127 
107 
50 
62 
81 
88 
5 or more operators 
965 
109 
32 
33 
27 
46 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
122,748 
1,433 
1,033 
1,254 
2,725 
3,822 
1 operator 
108,481 
1,151 
924 
1,068 
2,351 
3,295 
2 operators 
5,789 
91 
43 
74 
150 
205 
3 operators 
726 
25 
5 
11 
22 
32 
4 operators 
91 
5 
2 
- 
2 
4 
5 or more operators 
27 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
124 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
