Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
9,667 
6,482 
973 
797 
acres treated 
7,608,547 
3,535,614 
1,174,837 
974,836 
Manure used 
farms 
2,429 
1,726 
217 
174 
acres treated 
182,819 
76,491 
18,174 
14,188 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,595 
994 
199 
160 
acres 
677,931 
272,678 
149,628 
117,985 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
10,440 
6,954 
1,075 
892 
acres 
9,850,643 
4,318,546 
1,743,098 
1,474,697 
Nematodes 
farms 
178 
119 
21 
19 
acres 
75,477 
55,909 
5,507 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,105 
665 
120 
104 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
944,792 
418,410 
133,608 
121,122 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
258 
160 
24 
23 
acres on which used 
68,782 
22,605 
10,564 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
229 
155 
22 
17 
acres 
36,688 
(D) 
3,991 
3,822 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,229 
932 
120 
100 
acres 
228,633 
112,371 
34,701 
29,617 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
948 
623 
121 
103 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,280,318 
518,047 
195,872 
178,437 
used 
farms 
4,241 
2,459 
521 
421 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,859,498 
2,765,688 
1,183,856 
1,015,721 
used 
farms 
1,873 
1,152 
247 
212 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,753,711 
832,162 
299,251 
249,711 
practices were used 
farms 
4,504 
3,205 
448 
358 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,892,025 
1,091,162 
333,851 
259,267 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
976 
643 
107 
90 
acres 
128,183 
79,243 
19,583 
15,686 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,087 
760 
101 
81 
Solar panels 
farms 
847 
594 
72 
61 
Wind turbines 
farms 
189 
134 
19 
10 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
1 
1 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
124 
80 
11 
8 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
39 
33 
2 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
22 
16 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
11 
8 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
31 
19 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
101 
58 
13 
10 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,143 
14,760 
1,327 
1,052 
Part owners 
farms 
7,664 
5,158 
773 
633 
Tenants 
farms 
2,201 
1,646 
220 
182 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
25,934 
20,011 
2,115 
1,698 
acres 
45,917,168 
18,215,154 
7,309,819 
6,089,626 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
25,807 
19,918 
2,100 
1,685 
acres 
41,202,521 
16,645,947 
6,888,771 
5,754,532 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
9,944 
6,856 
1,010 
830 
acres 
18,751,461 
10,121,054 
2,931,378 
2,535,493 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
9,865 
6,804 
993 
815 
acres 
18,556,396 
9,975,769 
2,906,291 
2,511,781 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,660 
2,542 
371 
298 
acres 
4,909,712 
1,714,492 
446,135 
358,806 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
45,246 
33,073 
4,653 
3,755 
1 operator 
14,029 
11,508 
663 
540 
2 operators 
11,717 
9,011 
1,178 
930 
3 operators 
1,699 
830 
331 
271 
4 operators 
383 
136 
114 
98 
5 or more operators 
180 
79 
34 
28 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
15,478 
11,841 
1,387 
1,123 
1 operator 
13,587 
10,816 
1,018 
789 
2 operators 
727 
402 
142 
129 
3 operators 
97 
49 
17 
14 
4 operators 
21 
11 
6 
6 
5 or more operators 
9 
5 
2 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
