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 
9,667 
668 
1,208 
1,779 
1,766 
1,016 
acres treated 
7,608,547 
2,369,859 
2,050,754 
1,776,633 
899,746 
280,052 
Manure used 
farms 
2,429 
157 
209 
272 
318 
180 
acres treated 
182,819 
47,193 
32,307 
42,124 
20,572 
8,507 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,595 
196 
232 
253 
230 
139 
acres 
677,931 
257,098 
168,419 
125,281 
72,944 
27,861 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
10,440 
688 
1,256 
1,857 
1,858 
1,099 
acres 
9,850,643 
2,958,863 
2,695,821 
2,324,711 
1,126,630 
366,510 
Nematodes 
farms 
178 
21 
25 
25 
34 
11 
acres 
75,477 
28,194 
22,002 
12,983 
11,104 
673 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,105 
155 
243 
233 
179 
78 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
944,792 
333,904 
311,329 
192,536 
79,269 
19,162 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
258 
39 
39 
27 
16 
13 
acres on which used 
68,782 
40,696 
16,704 
7,355 
1,897 
539 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
229 
22 
31 
18 
33 
19 
acres 
36,688 
2,927 
6,345 
9,867 
3,126 
5,766 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,229 
64 
77 
123 
152 
116 
acres 
228,633 
57,320 
42,794 
39,368 
32,330 
17,013 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
948 
45 
56 
81 
146 
99 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,280,318 
348,290 
116,818 
205,579 
212,322 
106,748 
used 
farms 
4,241 
454 
807 
1,021 
831 
423 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,859,498 
2,250,124 
2,126,969 
1,563,026 
632,298 
163,663 
used 
farms 
1,873 
156 
303 
456 
400 
241 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,753,711 
461,641 
503,672 
454,088 
223,970 
71,870 
practices were used 
farms 
4,504 
239 
417 
789 
1,022 
606 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,892,025 
332,963 
371,993 
475,656 
431,575 
154,139 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
976 
47 
116 
146 
185 
97 
acres 
128,183 
12,520 
24,945 
36,788 
30,610 
8,568 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,087 
61 
72 
177 
174 
115 
Solar panels 
farms 
847 
41 
56 
151 
147 
98 
Wind turbines 
farms 
189 
13 
9 
25 
16 
15 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
124 
9 
8 
13 
14 
9 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
39 
1 
2 
2 
4 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
1 
2 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
11 
2 
- 
2 
- 
3 
Other 
farms 
31 
1 
2 
8 
4 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
101 
13 
13 
16 
24 
12 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,143 
186 
325 
661 
1,114 
1,211 
Part owners 
farms 
7,664 
536 
1,000 
1,470 
1,454 
840 
Tenants 
farms 
2,201 
65 
154 
255 
314 
282 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
25,934 
723 
1,333 
2,139 
2,579 
2,065 
acres 
45,917,168 
8,703,791 
7,704,640 
8,216,241 
7,660,032 
3,227,275 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
25,807 
722 
1,325 
2,131 
2,568 
2,051 
acres 
41,202,521 
8,524,310 
7,476,249 
7,880,828 
6,693,486 
2,796,653 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
9,944 
601 
1,157 
1,728 
1,775 
1,133 
acres 
18,751,461 
4,160,345 
3,974,869 
4,327,884 
2,665,620 
1,387,015 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
9,865 
601 
1,154 
1,725 
1,768 
1,122 
acres 
18,556,396 
4,154,802 
3,950,117 
4,311,828 
2,640,635 
1,347,312 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,660 
99 
179 
293 
380 
364 
acres 
4,909,712 
185,024 
253,143 
351,469 
991,531 
470,325 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
45,246 
1,661 
2,784 
4,193 
4,714 
3,696 
1 operator 
14,029 
277 
564 
1,015 
1,429 
1,192 
2 operators 
11,717 
288 
627 
1,024 
1,159 
964 
3 operators 
1,699 
157 
201 
278 
242 
139 
4 operators 
383 
39 
75 
58 
36 
34 
5 or more operators 
180 
26 
12 
11 
16 
4 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
15,478 
358 
729 
1,164 
1,394 
1,185 
1 operator 
13,587 
272 
625 
992 
1,224 
1,055 
2 operators 
727 
25 
43 
80 
72 
56 
3 operators 
97 
3 
6 
4 
6 
6 
4 operators 
21 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
9 
2 
" 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
