Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,420 
3 
140 
307 
582 
804 
584 
acres treated 
510,515 
(D) 
(D) 
89,931 
142,220 
119,574 
104,527 
Manure used 
farms 
838 
18 
100 
192 
324 
204 
acres treated 
28,819 
- 
297 
3,342 
5,641 
8,101 
1 1 ,438 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
396 
- 
10 
39 
97 
132 
118 
acres 
44,509 
- 
555 
9,100 
18,746 
8,649 
7,459 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,794 
6 
136 
355 
664 
942 
691 
acres 
741,674 
(D) 
56,933 
(D) 
190,761 
190,261 
158,144 
Nematodes 
farms 
34 
3 
2 
11 
9 
9 
acres 
9,062 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
26 
20 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
168 
- 
15 
20 
37 
48 
48 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
51,754 
10,407 
10,983 
19,364 
9,247 
1,753 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
87 
- 
2 
5 
14 
32 
34 
acres on which used 
2,585 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
372 
1,910 
268 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
75 
- 
2 
5 
17 
28 
23 
acres 
8,180 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
275 
3,031 
4,714 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
480 
- 
39 
47 
122 
147 
125 
acres 
43,341 
- 
4,803 
4,533 
5,567 
17,519 
10,919 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
390 
- 
12 
27 
66 
130 
155 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
257,859 
- 
8,050 
24,741 
29,942 
89,232 
105,894 
used 
farms 
676 
1 
50 
115 
153 
194 
163 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
388,044 
(D) 
(D) 
66,436 
122,248 
74,971 
83,704 
used 
farms 
282 
- 
11 
26 
71 
85 
89 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
109,906 
“ 
3,915 
13,904 
29,814 
31,297 
30,976 
practices were used 
farms 
988 
2 
64 
114 
274 
292 
242 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
184,029 
(D) 
(D) 
19,018 
65,367 
44,035 
39,770 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
278 
- 
10 
39 
66 
81 
82 
acres 
19,626 
- 
3,334 
2,852 
3,840 
6,063 
3,537 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
373 
- 
6 
46 
75 
125 
121 
Solar panels 
farms 
274 
- 
4 
35 
53 
97 
85 
Wind turbines 
farms 
74 
- 
2 
14 
15 
21 
22 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
55 
- 
2 
5 
9 
20 
19 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
15 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
9 
Biodiesel 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Other 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
4 
- 
4 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
20 
- 
- 
1 
2 
7 
10 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
9,933 
32 
282 
976 
2,198 
3,244 
3,201 
Part owners 
farms 
1,840 
2 
88 
291 
479 
598 
382 
Tenants 
farms 
801 
19 
112 
155 
194 
189 
132 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
11,831 
34 
370 
1,273 
2,696 
3,860 
3,598 
acres 
11,522,670 
44,945 
116,034 
2,345,469 
2,566,430 
3,654,431 
2,795,361 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
11,773 
34 
370 
1,267 
2,677 
3,842 
3,583 
acres 
8,711,202 
44,945 
99,314 
1,824,446 
1,758,348 
2,701,379 
2,282,770 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,681 
23 
202 
448 
684 
795 
529 
acres 
2,310,671 
18,906 
139,097 
309,928 
542,206 
769,295 
531,239 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,641 
21 
200 
446 
673 
787 
514 
acres 
2,241,562 
18,266 
137,337 
305,698 
519,944 
743,868 
516,449 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,744 
2 
29 
143 
334 
552 
684 
acres 
2,880,577 
(D) 
(D) 
525,253 
830,344 
978,479 
527,381 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
19,709 
79 
788 
2,257 
4,706 
6,344 
5,535 
1 operator 
6,484 
38 
220 
652 
1,311 
2,043 
2,220 
2 operators 
5,395 
8 
236 
717 
1,391 
1,769 
1,274 
3 operators 
510 
3 
12 
41 
126 
156 
172 
4 operators 
123 
4 
12 
12 
23 
41 
31 
5 or more operators 
62 
- 
2 
- 
20 
22 
18 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
7,434 
28 
290 
855 
1,846 
2,404 
2,011 
1 operator 
6,539 
14 
264 
806 
1,623 
2,096 
1,736 
2 operators 
322 
7 
10 
23 
74 
101 
107 
3 operators 
54 
- 
2 
1 
10 
24 
17 
4 operators 
14 
- 
- 
- 
7 
6 
1 
5 or more operators 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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