Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
9,667 
4,287 
4,396 
984 
4,436 
5,231 
acres treated 
7,608,547 
1,483,305 
5,195,129 
930,113 
3,129,436 
4,479,111 
Manure used 
farms 
2,429 
1,380 
920 
129 
831 
1,598 
acres treated 
182,819 
57,415 
110,204 
15,200 
57,355 
125,464 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,595 
728 
700 
167 
676 
919 
acres 
677,931 
133,540 
466,265 
78,126 
302,596 
375,335 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
10,440 
4,746 
4,644 
1,050 
4,697 
5,743 
acres 
9,850,643 
2,154,956 
6,480,201 
1,215,486 
4,021,290 
5,829,353 
Nematodes 
farms 
178 
82 
62 
34 
69 
109 
acres 
75,477 
18,049 
35,075 
22,353 
20,810 
54,667 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,105 
357 
585 
163 
515 
590 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
944,792 
138,231 
668,633 
137,928 
425,413 
519,379 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
258 
145 
97 
16 
106 
152 
acres on which used 
68,782 
4,952 
49,687 
14,143 
30,448 
38,334 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
229 
112 
99 
18 
103 
126 
acres 
36,688 
8,046 
27,023 
1,619 
13,443 
23,245 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,229 
674 
434 
121 
561 
668 
acres 
228,633 
60,616 
144,061 
23,956 
104,522 
124,111 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
948 
591 
303 
54 
433 
515 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1,280,318 
555,298 
621,891 
103,129 
555,415 
724,903 
used 
farms 
4,241 
1,330 
2,322 
589 
2,050 
2,191 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,859,498 
1,225,860 
4,701,440 
932,198 
2,756,946 
4,102,552 
used 
farms 
1,873 
622 
1,045 
206 
939 
934 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,753,711 
400,328 
1,161,733 
191,650 
793,609 
960,102 
practices were used 
farms 
4,504 
2,046 
2,065 
393 
2,117 
2,387 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,892,025 
541,335 
1,193,460 
157,230 
855,552 
1,036,473 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
976 
468 
426 
82 
397 
579 
acres 
128,183 
34,472 
80,873 
12,838 
56,846 
71,337 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,087 
586 
447 
54 
417 
670 
Solar panels 
farms 
847 
452 
358 
37 
312 
535 
Wind turbines 
farms 
189 
114 
63 
12 
69 
120 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
- 
4 
- 
1 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
124 
68 
51 
5 
52 
72 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
39 
29 
9 
1 
23 
16 
Biodiesel 
farms 
22 
14 
8 
- 
13 
9 
Ethanol 
farms 
11 
6 
5 
- 
7 
4 
Other 
farms 
31 
15 
14 
2 
18 
13 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
101 
43 
53 
5 
42 
59 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,143 
18,143 
_ 
_ 
9,258 
8,885 
Part owners 
farms 
7,664 
- 
7,664 
- 
3,467 
4,197 
Tenants 
farms 
2,201 
- 
- 
2,201 
1,304 
897 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
25,934 
18,143 
7,664 
127 
12,796 
13,138 
acres 
45,917,168 
24,319,613 
21,410,520 
187,035 
21,477,673 
24,439,495 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
25,807 
18,143 
7,664 
- 
12,725 
13,082 
acres 
41,202,521 
20,729,151 
20,473,370 
- 
18,272,638 
22,929,883 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
9,944 
79 
7,664 
2,201 
4,801 
5,143 
acres 
18,751,461 
56,442 
13,632,270 
5,062,749 
8,145,726 
10,605,735 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
9,865 
- 
7,664 
2,201 
4,771 
5,094 
acres 
18,556,396 
- 
13,533,082 
5,023,314 
8,065,011 
10,491,385 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
3,660 
2,472 
1,021 
167 
1,873 
1,787 
acres 
4,909,712 
3,646,904 
1,036,338 
226,470 
3,285,750 
1,623,962 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
45,246 
28,782 
13,135 
3,329 
14,029 
31,217 
1 operator 
14,029 
9,258 
3,467 
1,304 
14,029 
- 
2 operators 
11,717 
7,702 
3,281 
734 
- 
11,717 
3 operators 
1,699 
886 
695 
118 
- 
1,699 
4 operators 
383 
183 
161 
39 
- 
383 
5 or more operators 
180 
114 
60 
6 
- 
180 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
15,478 
10,588 
3,972 
918 
2,302 
13,176 
1 operator 
13,587 
9,382 
3,416 
789 
2,302 
1 1 ,285 
2 operators 
727 
448 
216 
63 
- 
727 
3 operators 
97 
65 
31 
1 
- 
97 
4 operators 
21 
19 
2 
- 
21 
5 or more operators 
9 
7 
2 
- 
- 
9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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