Table 49. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Any fertilizer, manure, or chemicals used 
farms 
1,342 
1,078 
Chemical expenses 
... farms 
1,328 
850 
$1,000 
15,696 
1 1 ,776 
Manure used 
farms 
420 
293 
Acres treated to control- 
acres treated 
31,035 
23,926 
Insects 
... farms 
375 
270 
acres 
140,072 
111,140 
Any fertilizer or chemical expenses 
farms 
1,620 
1,158 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
952 
646 
$1,000 
45,665 
32,752 
acres 
244,067 
191,267 
Nematodes 
... farms 
41 
3 
Commercial fertilizer, lime. 
acres 
13,194 
(D) 
and soil conditioners used 
farms 
997 
824 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
70 
24 
acres treated 
281,399 
259,118 
acres 
7,696 
7,674 
Commercial fertilizer, lime. 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
and soil conditioners expenses 
farms 
1,183 
921 
ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
38 
18 
$1,000 
29,969 
20,975 
acres on which used 
4,759 
8,124 
Table 50. Land Use Practices by Size of Farm: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Land use practices 
Farms 
Acres 
Land use practices 
Farms 
Acres 
Land drained by tile 
70 
1 1 ,296 
Cropland on which no-till practices were used - Con. 
Average per farm 
(X) 
161 
No-till practices used: - Con. 
Acres drained: 
200 to 499 acres 
12 
4,310 
1 to 9 acres 
12 
35 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
(D) 
1 0 to 49 acres 
18 
538 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2 
(D) 
50 to 99 acres 
16 
1,170 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
11 
1,413 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, excluding no till. 
200 to 499 acres 
10 
2,640 
practices were used 
76 
19,460 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
Average per farm 
(X) 
256 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1 
(D) 
2,000 acres or more 
2 
(D) 
Conservation tillage used: 
1 to 9 acres 
13 
23 
Land artificially drained 
515 
98,365 
1 0 to 49 acres 
28 
662 
Average per farm 
(X) 
191 
50 to 99 acres 
20 
(D) 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
7 
(D) 
Acres drained by ditches: 
1 to 9 acres 
113 
525 
200 to 499 acres 
3 
(D) 
1 0 to 49 acres 
185 
4,437 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
2,221 
50 to 99 acres 
48 
3,245 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
56 
7,697 
2,000 acres or more 
2 
(D) 
200 to 499 acres 
75 
22,997 
Cropland on which conventional tillage practices were used 
638 
74,234 
500 to 999 acres 
21 
13,278 
Average per farm 
(X) 
116 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
9 
12,186 
2,000 acres or more 
8 
34,000 
Conventional tillage used: 
1 to 9 acres 
157 
585 
Land under conservation easement 
72 
14,586 
1 0 to 49 acres 
212 
5,087 
Average per farm 
(X) 
203 
50 to 99 acres 
84 
5,989 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
106 
14,323 
Acres under easement: 
1 to 9 acres 
12 
42 
200 to 499 acres 
47 
13,921 
1 0 to 49 acres 
22 
(D) 
500 to 999 acres 
21 
14,213 
50 to 99 acres 
7 
441 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6 
9,214 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
17 
2,328 
2,000 acres or more 
5 
10,902 
200 to 499 acres 
6 
1,586 
Cropland planted to a cover crop (excluding CRP) 
178 
10,526 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
2,914 
Average per farm 
(X) 
59 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2 
(D) 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
(D) 
Cover crop acres (excluding CRP): 
1 to 9 acres 
43 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were used 
178 
17,527 
1 0 to 49 acres 
77 
1,844 
Average per farm 
(X) 
98 
50 to 99 acres 
18 
1,092 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
30 
3,995 
No-till practices used: 
1 to 9 acres 
39 
87 
200 to 499 acres 
8 
2,090 
1 0 to 49 acres 
77 
1,760 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
(D) 
50 to 99 acres 
21 
1,773 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
22 
3,040 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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