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 
707 
699 
479 
352 
383 
610 
acres treated 
107,153 
54,640 
25,277 
8,158 
7,107 
29,168 
Manure used 
farms 
167 
228 
183 
171 
158 
386 
acres treated 
8,374 
8,340 
4,391 
3,085 
2,204 
5,722 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
105 
128 
84 
70 
67 
91 
acres 
18,695 
2,898 
802 
456 
731 
2,746 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
770 
765 
480 
382 
398 
887 
acres 
162,579 
68,968 
38,109 
19,195 
11,578 
77,679 
Nematodes 
farms 
15 
22 
9 
8 
6 
2 
acres 
325 
61 
78 
42 
(D) 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
57 
51 
44 
34 
22 
9 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
6,423 
986 
898 
221 
43 
21 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
25 
29 
28 
19 
11 
12 
acres on which used 
1,077 
165 
133 
48 
70 
98 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
24 
20 
14 
12 
15 
21 
acres 
3,557 
1,143 
(D) 
(D) 
328 
994 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
105 
137 
109 
85 
100 
161 
acres 
10,356 
14,145 
4,290 
3,163 
2,729 
5,125 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
91 
118 
76 
54 
55 
127 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
57,267 
62,254 
35,216 
15,227 
6,938 
113,659 
used 
farms 
231 
173 
79 
71 
38 
113 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
67,256 
22,634 
6,156 
15,465 
1,337 
10,570 
used 
farms 
151 
68 
36 
30 
5 
27 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
26,946 
4,966 
(D) 
1,830 
(D) 
2,714 
practices were used 
farms 
439 
381 
207 
140 
105 
159 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
63,054 
27,709 
9,158 
4,430 
3,144 
18,204 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
83 
89 
63 
49 
42 
59 
acres 
5,576 
2,895 
2,203 
922 
781 
2,375 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
80 
93 
48 
71 
59 
137 
Solar panels 
farms 
58 
63 
36 
49 
46 
102 
Wind turbines 
farms 
21 
17 
10 
17 
9 
37 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
13 
16 
6 
11 
4 
21 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
3 
- 
5 
1 
13 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
4 
- 
6 
- 
3 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
8 
6 
2 
3 
- 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,541 
2,215 
1,961 
1,800 
1,961 
5,168 
Part owners 
farms 
658 
577 
335 
202 
150 
442 
Tenants 
farms 
243 
246 
161 
110 
90 
281 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,215 
2,812 
2,312 
2,006 
2,116 
5,634 
acres 
2,151,192 
1,642,867 
913,820 
461,158 
1,508,960 
3,727,192 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,199 
2,792 
2,296 
2,002 
2,111 
5,610 
acres 
1,743,751 
1,257,598 
632,476 
348,182 
1,124,738 
2,724,250 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
915 
832 
505 
314 
250 
734 
acres 
719,764 
455,276 
212,866 
84,058 
42,444 
721,320 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
901 
823 
496 
312 
240 
723 
acres 
701,098 
434,844 
205,860 
80,564 
33,167 
696,169 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
414 
501 
369 
254 
226 
581 
acres 
426,107 
405,701 
288,350 
116,470 
393,499 
1,028,093 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,823 
4,822 
3,826 
3,292 
3,372 
9,063 
1 operator 
1,281 
1,564 
1,305 
1,096 
1,168 
3,138 
2 operators 
1,010 
1,251 
1,020 
916 
943 
2,515 
3 operators 
107 
171 
98 
74 
62 
170 
4 operators 
30 
33 
16 
10 
18 
34 
5 or more operators 
14 
19 
18 
16 
10 
34 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,308 
1,779 
1,459 
1,277 
1,344 
3,481 
1 operator 
1,131 
1,531 
1,272 
1,128 
1,224 
3,133 
2 operators 
59 
88 
69 
59 
48 
128 
3 operators 
14 
19 
9 
5 
4 
21 
4 operators 
3 
- 
2 
4 
3 
6 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
2 
- 
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1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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