Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
1,595 
178 
225 
26 
29 
50 
acres 
677,931 
434 
1,842 
466 
1,057 
1,838 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
10,440 
313 
1,157 
210 
224 
267 
acres 
9,850,643 
1,050 
15,820 
5,611 
8,629 
13,005 
Nematodes 
... farms 
178 
24 
31 
5 
- 
5 
acres 
75,477 
66 
223 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
1,105 
104 
67 
8 
6 
11 
acres 
944,792 
227 
369 
111 
229 
409 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
258 
64 
47 
9 
1 
6 
acres on which used 
68,782 
168 
364 
(D) 
(D) 
319 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
229 
4 
42 
3 
12 
8 
acres 
36,688 
7 
508 
(D) 
309 
271 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
1,229 
60 
272 
52 
49 
61 
acres 
228,633 
275 
5,049 
1,787 
2,501 
3,992 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
948 
9 
46 
22 
25 
37 
acres 
1,280,318 
10 
896 
1,173 
1,781 
3,520 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
4,241 
41 
135 
22 
41 
37 
acres 
6,859,498 
63 
1,412 
464 
1,307 
1,932 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
1,873 
17 
39 
8 
11 
11 
acres 
1,753,711 
22 
358 
203 
362 
554 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
4,504 
95 
305 
97 
113 
132 
acres 
1,892,025 
177 
3,000 
2,443 
3,840 
6,098 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
976 
36 
113 
22 
37 
24 
acres 
128,183 
62 
1,132 
260 
975 
652 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
1,087 
28 
166 
23 
18 
29 
Solar panels 
... farms 
847 
19 
117 
15 
14 
21 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
189 
2 
31 
4 
1 
3 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
124 
8 
39 
4 
1 
5 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
39 
2 
6 
1 
3 
2 
Biodiesel 
... farms 
22 
1 
8 
- 
- 
2 
Ethanol 
... farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
... farms 
31 
- 
5 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
... farms 
101 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
... farms 
18,143 
2,198 
4,972 
750 
873 
791 
Part owners 
... farms 
7,664 
34 
356 
158 
140 
179 
Tenants 
... farms 
2,201 
133 
190 
45 
70 
114 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
... farms 
25,934 
2,234 
5,342 
908 
1,016 
987 
acres 
45,917,168 
147,541 
215,590 
104,686 
110,665 
171,976 
Owned land in farms 
... farms 
25,807 
2,232 
5,328 
908 
1,013 
970 
acres 
41,202,521 
8,440 
126,571 
47,973 
75,872 
100,333 
Land rented or leased from others 
... farms 
9,944 
169 
558 
205 
212 
296 
acres 
18,751,461 
5,299 
13,878 
7,765 
14,428 
32,539 
Rented or leased land in farms 
... farms 
9,865 
167 
546 
203 
210 
293 
acres 
18,556,396 
547 
9,777 
7,155 
12,732 
25,391 
Land rented or leased to others 
... farms 
3,660 
198 
400 
121 
127 
167 
acres 
4,909,712 
143,853 
93,120 
57,323 
36,489 
78,791 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
45,246 
3,594 
8,772 
1,504 
1,705 
1,650 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
14,029 
1,271 
2,588 
462 
549 
578 
2 operators 
11,717 
998 
2,739 
449 
465 
470 
3 operators 
1,699 
72 
139 
34 
58 
28 
4 operators 
383 
19 
22 
2 
5 
3 
5 or more operators 
180 
5 
30 
6 
6 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
15,478 
1,417 
3,588 
581 
629 
604 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
13,587 
1,284 
3,300 
513 
546 
573 
2 operators 
727 
53 
121 
23 
31 
9 
3 operators 
97 
2 
10 
2 
7 
3 
4 operators 
21 
3 
4 
4 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
9 
1 
" 
- 
" 
“ 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
23,765 
1,829 
4,381 
791 
908 
882 
Female 
4,243 
536 
1,137 
162 
175 
202 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
15,434 
952 
1,921 
369 
425 
402 
Other 
12,574 
1,413 
3,597 
584 
658 
682 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
66 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
