Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,874 
2,554 
2,527 
320 
303 
667 
acres treated 
1,445,515 
1,305,102 
1,252,961 
140,413 
116,695 
192,508 
Manure used 
farms 
513 
440 
437 
73 
68 
59 
acres treated 
109,709 
91,877 
90,877 
17,832 
15,582 
14,677 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,355 
1,191 
1,170 
164 
144 
245 
acres 
644,268 
567,492 
519,245 
76,776 
61,974 
99,316 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,817 
2,511 
2,473 
306 
283 
689 
acres 
1,640,276 
1,479,653 
1,416,837 
160,623 
131,765 
225,380 
Nematodes 
farms 
330 
297 
293 
33 
33 
54 
acres 
139,428 
126,342 
125,232 
13,086 
13,086 
12,198 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
391 
345 
342 
46 
39 
79 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
109,148 
97,780 
96,995 
1 1 ,368 
(D) 
56,388 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
584 
533 
526 
51 
47 
86 
acres on which used 
265,249 
242,372 
(D) 
22,877 
22,825 
29,315 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
67 
56 
54 
11 
10 
16 
acres 
35,603 
29,825 
(D) 
5,778 
(D) 
672 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
519 
463 
458 
56 
54 
124 
acres 
244,721 
225,794 
(D) 
18,927 
(D) 
30,734 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
100 
88 
85 
12 
12 
75 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
62,816 
56,688 
(D) 
6,128 
6,128 
21,910 
used 
farms 
446 
396 
391 
50 
46 
117 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
196,932 
172,448 
170,962 
24,484 
(D) 
19,886 
used 
farms 
461 
418 
410 
43 
38 
102 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
313,216 
285,990 
282,762 
27,226 
(D) 
51,589 
practices were used 
farms 
1,360 
1,214 
1,192 
146 
138 
328 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
883,550 
808,516 
766,819 
75,034 
69,097 
93,551 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
305 
253 
247 
52 
50 
85 
acres 
70,766 
57,260 
55,341 
13,506 
(D) 
8,855 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
237 
214 
211 
23 
21 
84 
Solar panels 
farms 
179 
159 
157 
20 
18 
61 
Wind turbines 
farms 
65 
60 
59 
5 
5 
23 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
8 
6 
6 
2 
2 
8 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
42 
40 
38 
2 
2 
46 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,617 
4,000 
3,903 
617 
554 
2,328 
Part owners 
farms 
1,399 
1,241 
1,224 
158 
150 
266 
Tenants 
farms 
843 
756 
748 
87 
87 
116 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,064 
5,288 
5,173 
776 
705 
2,602 
acres 
9,033,469 
7,318,825 
6,944,220 
1,714,644 
1,040,859 
2,475,647 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,016 
5,241 
5,127 
775 
704 
2,594 
acres 
8,375,863 
6,781,083 
6,474,925 
1,594,780 
(D) 
2,073,007 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,262 
2,014 
1,989 
248 
239 
387 
acres 
4,591,322 
4,289,894 
4,234,228 
301,428 
292,815 
660,783 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,242 
1,997 
1,972 
245 
237 
382 
acres 
4,533,902 
4,236,691 
4,184,035 
297,21 1 
(D) 
654,037 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
734 
641 
616 
93 
77 
493 
acres 
715,026 
590,945 
519,488 
124,081 
81,068 
409,386 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
11,640 
10,235 
9,996 
1,405 
1,255 
4,343 
1 operator 
3,484 
2,962 
2,888 
522 
482 
1,538 
2 operators 
2,422 
2,176 
2,151 
246 
232 
832 
3 operators 
715 
655 
642 
60 
54 
265 
4 operators 
152 
139 
139 
13 
10 
51 
5 or more operators 
86 
65 
55 
21 
13 
24 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
3,341 
3,035 
2,968 
306 
277 
1,501 
1 operator 
2,584 
2,363 
2,325 
221 
206 
1,124 
2 operators 
310 
281 
278 
29 
22 
138 
3 operators 
36 
27 
26 
9 
9 
20 
4 operators 
2 
2 
1 
- 
- 
7 
5 or more operators 
3 
3 
1 
- 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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