Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,102 
1,993 
1,921 
109 
90 
110 
acres treated 
2,835,778 
2,666,465 
2,393,772 
169,313 
80,418 
62,318 
Manure used 
farms 
448 
410 
379 
38 
27 
38 
acres treated 
85,050 
72,426 
54,844 
12,624 
4,959 
3,104 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
376 
341 
303 
35 
24 
26 
acres 
252,522 
242,597 
211,957 
9,925 
4,141 
3,103 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,250 
2,140 
2,064 
110 
90 
161 
acres 
3,700,151 
3,447,008 
3,156,175 
253,143 
139,248 
88,848 
Nematodes 
farms 
34 
31 
29 
3 
3 
4 
acres 
13,855 
13,648 
(D) 
207 
207 
206 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
299 
284 
266 
15 
9 
21 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
378,494 
357,362 
326,907 
21,132 
16,669 
14,280 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
64 
61 
59 
3 
3 
10 
acres on which used 
26,581 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9,032 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
49 
48 
42 
1 
1 
3 
acres 
12,902 
(D) 
12,147 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
158 
147 
139 
11 
11 
19 
acres 
78,219 
75,880 
72,901 
2,339 
2,339 
3,342 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
177 
170 
163 
7 
7 
27 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
527,527 
373,164 
354,515 
154,363 
154,363 
38,872 
used 
farms 
1,214 
1,169 
1,120 
45 
30 
47 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,865,714 
2,697,252 
2,423,947 
168,462 
66,110 
44,240 
used 
farms 
444 
430 
416 
14 
13 
30 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
610,705 
597,696 
554,125 
13,009 
(D) 
11,593 
practices were used 
farms 
783 
744 
719 
39 
33 
68 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
454,559 
434,734 
403,938 
19,825 
16,253 
12,453 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
212 
205 
201 
7 
6 
14 
acres 
28,888 
28,392 
27,970 
496 
(D) 
469 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
194 
180 
173 
14 
14 
32 
Solar panels 
farms 
157 
146 
140 
11 
11 
24 
Wind turbines 
farms 
28 
27 
25 
1 
1 
8 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
29 
25 
25 
4 
4 
4 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
11 
10 
10 
1 
1 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
26 
26 
23 
- 
- 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,590 
1,471 
1,423 
119 
106 
466 
Part owners 
farms 
1,629 
1,549 
1,496 
80 
60 
104 
Tenants 
farms 
290 
259 
258 
31 
27 
45 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
3,237 
3,038 
2,937 
199 
166 
571 
acres 
14,367,728 
13,180,497 
12,082,864 
1,187,231 
864,789 
6,024,467 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
3,219 
3,020 
2,919 
199 
166 
570 
acres 
13,437,066 
12,274,064 
11,222,352 
1,163,002 
855,023 
4,230,737 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,928 
1,815 
1,761 
113 
87 
150 
acres 
5,149,957 
4,902,656 
4,733,543 
247,301 
190,095 
549,072 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,919 
1,808 
1,754 
111 
87 
149 
acres 
5,126,182 
4,879,807 
4,712,406 
246,375 
189,925 
548,154 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
614 
584 
566 
30 
23 
133 
acres 
954,437 
929,282 
881,649 
25,155 
9,936 
1,794,648 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
6,544 
6,130 
5,866 
414 
302 
976 
1 operator 
1,478 
1,337 
1,301 
141 
125 
380 
2 operators 
1,366 
1,314 
1,289 
52 
43 
162 
3 operators 
487 
464 
438 
23 
17 
51 
4 operators 
122 
117 
112 
5 
4 
11 
5 or more operators 
56 
47 
37 
9 
4 
11 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,939 
1,852 
1,800 
87 
66 
311 
1 operator 
1,509 
1,448 
1,417 
61 
51 
244 
2 operators 
159 
150 
148 
9 
6 
24 
3 operators 
26 
25 
25 
1 
1 
5 
4 operators 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
" 
1 
" 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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