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 
44 
21 
23 
109 
180 
168 
542 
acres 
2,494 
1,698 
2,279 
18,062 
52,229 
77,620 
517,912 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
335 
185 
193 
822 
1,048 
1,375 
4,311 
acres 
25,751 
15,623 
22,315 
138,939 
355,807 
902,933 
8,345,160 
Nematodes 
....farms 
8 
3 
2 
13 
19 
27 
41 
acres 
559 
129 
(D) 
1,539 
3,376 
13,601 
55,369 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
16 
12 
21 
60 
131 
162 
507 
acres 
1,137 
1,194 
2,615 
11,548 
48,287 
94,074 
784,592 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
4 
2 
4 
8 
16 
21 
76 
acres on which used 
468 
(D) 
341 
1,212 
3,539 
5,401 
56,782 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
2 
10 
10 
29 
22 
27 
60 
acres 
(D) 
254 
208 
1,937 
4,448 
6,167 
22,374 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
45 
43 
37 
138 
135 
99 
238 
acres 
4,026 
3,960 
4,689 
22,753 
34,847 
39,285 
105,469 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
49 
40 
14 
120 
123 
137 
326 
acres 
6,507 
6,241 
1,982 
28,925 
65,454 
107,057 
1,056,772 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
88 
31 
42 
229 
382 
696 
2,497 
acres 
8,099 
2,781 
5,706 
42,165 
144,941 
503,242 
6,147,386 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
31 
19 
14 
105 
238 
333 
1,047 
acres 
2,570 
1,191 
1,686 
15,233 
71,066 
180,654 
1,479,812 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
123 
83 
91 
484 
570 
668 
1,743 
acres 
10,179 
7,536 
9,056 
69,928 
152,991 
284,448 
1,342,329 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
34 
22 
16 
74 
79 
110 
409 
acres 
1,881 
735 
1,302 
3,747 
9,375 
21,361 
86,701 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
27 
21 
15 
82 
80 
104 
494 
Solar panels 
...farms 
22 
13 
11 
61 
68 
64 
422 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
11 
3 
5 
21 
19 
18 
71 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
8 
8 
15 
35 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
5 
- 
2 
- 
1 
7 
10 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
3 
1 
2 
- 
1 
2 
2 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
2 
3 
- 
2 
4 
Other 
...farms 
2 
- 
3 
1 
2 
17 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
8 
9 
8 
72 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
1,074 
520 
413 
1,824 
1,464 
1,340 
1,924 
Part owners 
....farms 
166 
114 
99 
531 
831 
1,129 
3,927 
Tenants 
....farms 
118 
36 
39 
259 
265 
302 
630 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
1,248 
639 
518 
2,373 
2,310 
2,483 
5,876 
acres 
308,425 
231,576 
157,476 
1,099,058 
1,788,693 
3,231,177 
38,350,305 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
1,240 
634 
512 
2,355 
2,295 
2,469 
5,851 
acres 
180,820 
111,931 
109,297 
733,432 
1,348,441 
2,699,370 
35,660,041 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
291 
151 
140 
806 
1,105 
1,445 
4,566 
acres 
40,256 
22,918 
25,264 
224,447 
517,388 
1,258,601 
16,588,678 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
284 
150 
138 
790 
1,096 
1,431 
4,557 
acres 
33,796 
20,018 
22,136 
201,445 
502,546 
1,219,257 
16,501,596 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
172 
119 
89 
460 
477 
509 
821 
acres 
134,065 
122,545 
51,307 
388,628 
455,094 
571,151 
2,777,346 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
2,094 
1,087 
858 
4,068 
3,893 
4,291 
11,730 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
770 
314 
299 
1,460 
1,479 
1,541 
2,718 
2 operators 
497 
311 
219 
970 
890 
1,012 
2,697 
3 operators 
65 
39 
20 
133 
147 
161 
803 
4 operators 
15 
1 
7 
32 
33 
47 
197 
5 or more operators 
11 
5 
6 
19 
11 
10 
66 
Total women operators 
.number 
726 
418 
304 
1,358 
1,209 
1,297 
3,347 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
615 
368 
269 
1,167 
1,043 
1,100 
2,809 
2 operators 
39 
14 
7 
74 
63 
71 
222 
3 operators 
2 
4 
7 
13 
12 
14 
21 
4 operators 
3 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
2 
5 or more operators 
3 
2 
- 
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1 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,122 
566 
449 
2,146 
2,182 
2,460 
6,049 
Female 
236 
104 
102 
468 
378 
311 
432 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
545 
298 
244 
1,236 
1,435 
1,907 
5,700 
Other 
813 
372 
307 
1,378 
1,125 
864 
781 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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