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 
8,303 
13,961 
10,894 
8,197 
6,538 
9,104 
acres treated 
1 ,053,575 
1,028,171 
505,310 
299,276 
172,641 
344,415 
Manure used 
farms 
903 
1,552 
1,416 
1,171 
1,186 
2,038 
acres treated 
76,471 
88,885 
53,845 
30,930 
20,150 
35,946 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,054 
2,837 
2,193 
1,776 
1,720 
2,808 
acres 
193,833 
161,931 
75,839 
41,218 
33,270 
63,215 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
7,536 
11,756 
8,833 
6,817 
5,707 
8,416 
acres 
1,262,728 
1,113,400 
497,233 
278,747 
178,252 
336,612 
Nematodes 
farms 
343 
325 
157 
89 
100 
146 
acres 
38,315 
13,055 
2,942 
1,436 
1,319 
4,438 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
386 
430 
328 
219 
193 
282 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
16,006 
8,920 
5,239 
1,353 
1,652 
1,980 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
519 
399 
209 
178 
142 
261 
acres on which used 
54,276 
14,449 
3,316 
3,163 
2,351 
7,351 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
116 
238 
239 
209 
228 
348 
acres 
20,790 
25,826 
23,809 
8,092 
9,279 
42,288 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
911 
1,957 
1,907 
1,868 
1,910 
3,443 
acres 
165,164 
236,011 
138,626 
80,173 
49,728 
153,976 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
245 
476 
391 
347 
320 
497 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
133,816 
85,775 
42,456 
34,025 
22,630 
83,760 
used 
farms 
816 
1,386 
1,040 
788 
662 
1,088 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
85,706 
62,904 
33,485 
16,950 
1 1 ,685 
29,937 
used 
farms 
669 
840 
540 
395 
313 
424 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
98,231 
76,063 
27,633 
14,715 
8,166 
28,165 
practices were used 
farms 
3,285 
4,454 
3,031 
2,092 
1,852 
2,353 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
469,706 
352,448 
170,428 
70,809 
52,570 
109,799 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
699 
1,217 
929 
678 
573 
921 
acres 
46,587 
51,599 
29,230 
17,069 
15,473 
30,105 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
465 
792 
601 
470 
466 
1,024 
Solar panels 
farms 
361 
551 
440 
315 
355 
801 
Wind turbines 
farms 
100 
205 
143 
105 
105 
214 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
1 
3 
3 
3 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
14 
15 
14 
21 
15 
14 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
14 
4 
11 
15 
10 
Biodiesel 
farms 
7 
14 
11 
26 
8 
20 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
28 
49 
27 
31 
17 
49 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
139 
249 
172 
97 
56 
96 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
8,923 
21,985 
25,700 
25,141 
28,941 
58,693 
Part owners 
farms 
6,625 
10,177 
7,456 
5,492 
4,019 
6,363 
Tenants 
farms 
1,204 
2,221 
1,954 
1,571 
1,433 
2,515 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
15,608 
32,286 
33,255 
30,722 
33,022 
65,189 
acres 
8,533,211 
9,864,799 
5,840,396 
3,560,585 
2,699,434 
9,923,619 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
15,548 
32,162 
33,156 
30,633 
32,960 
65,056 
acres 
7,627,262 
8,559,491 
5,009,878 
3,035,038 
2,317,514 
8,970,451 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
7,872 
12,462 
9,476 
7,104 
5,491 
8,974 
acres 
4,471,809 
4,068,790 
1,920,009 
972,362 
602,210 
2,799,660 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
7,829 
12,398 
9,410 
7,063 
5,452 
8,878 
acres 
4,316,947 
4,011,488 
1,888,683 
957,230 
566,299 
2,639,715 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,897 
3,542 
3,173 
2,420 
2,279 
4,209 
acres 
1,060,811 
1,362,610 
861,844 
540,679 
417,831 
1,113,113 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
25,035 
51,677 
52,877 
48,408 
51,997 
101,753 
1 operator 
9,973 
19,976 
20,052 
18,275 
19,085 
37,661 
2 operators 
5,663 
12,230 
12,962 
12,176 
13,538 
26,560 
3 operators 
888 
1,737 
1,699 
1,394 
1,422 
2,665 
4 operators 
146 
288 
288 
266 
234 
517 
5 or more operators 
82 
152 
109 
93 
114 
168 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
7,170 
16,021 
17,475 
16,526 
18,491 
36,798 
1 operator 
6,280 
14,095 
15,519 
14,716 
16,330 
32,752 
2 operators 
373 
764 
786 
747 
870 
1,686 
3 operators 
44 
111 
102 
77 
117 
180 
4 operators 
3 
12 
7 
15 
10 
31 
5 or more operators 
- 
3 
8 
5 
6 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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