Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
997 
86 
106 
187 
97 
107 
acres treated 
281,399 
127,827 
50,623 
63,038 
20,410 
9,490 
Manure used 
farms 
420 
21 
23 
60 
28 
33 
acres treated 
31,035 
3,799 
4,145 
14,076 
2,939 
1,522 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
375 
54 
71 
63 
31 
23 
acres 
140,072 
73,226 
41,448 
17,984 
4,447 
1,371 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
952 
87 
97 
154 
94 
99 
acres 
244,067 
120,819 
54,057 
37,549 
12,990 
7,152 
Nematodes 
farms 
41 
6 
3 
7 
1 
- 
acres 
13,194 
1 1 ,939 
75 
975 
(D) 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
70 
11 
4 
7 
1 
4 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
7,696 
6,330 
136 
975 
(D) 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
38 
5 
7 
7 
3 
- 
acres on which used 
4,759 
(D) 
643 
1,660 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
70 
6 
11 
13 
6 
9 
acres 
1 1 ,296 
3,520 
1,796 
1,943 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
515 
35 
14 
59 
38 
55 
acres 
98,365 
40,033 
3,167 
17,657 
13,133 
8,010 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
72 
3 
4 
10 
6 
19 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
14,586 
3,220 
604 
(D) 
1,572 
(D) 
used 
farms 
178 
34 
16 
34 
16 
25 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
17,527 
(D) 
(D) 
2,556 
(D) 
1,077 
used 
farms 
76 
13 
12 
13 
6 
12 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
19,460 
13,780 
957 
1,142 
(D) 
352 
practices were used 
farms 
638 
70 
72 
107 
69 
60 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
74,234 
33,615 
15,912 
12,461 
4,650 
2,619 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
178 
4 
12 
44 
16 
23 
acres 
10,526 
695 
(D) 
(D) 
1,954 
1,094 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
265 
12 
14 
39 
21 
15 
Solar panels 
farms 
223 
7 
8 
18 
18 
15 
Wind turbines 
farms 
53 
4 
1 
14 
3 
2 
Methane digesters 
farms 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
20 
3 
6 
2 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
6 
1 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
8 
2 
- 
6 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,227 
66 
98 
225 
150 
161 
Part owners 
farms 
631 
59 
51 
97 
71 
54 
Tenants 
farms 
279 
11 
13 
12 
25 
30 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
3,867 
125 
149 
322 
222 
215 
acres 
5,410,194 
2,436,990 
786,385 
511,375 
493,948 
99,924 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
3,858 
125 
149 
322 
221 
215 
acres 
5,216,886 
2,318,991 
785,869 
507,655 
491,694 
98,492 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
913 
70 
64 
109 
96 
86 
acres 
803,364 
260,210 
151,255 
78,600 
94,271 
137,413 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
910 
70 
64 
109 
96 
84 
acres 
696,875 
260,210 
151,255 
78,600 
94,151 
31,413 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
238 
16 
3 
15 
17 
21 
acres 
299,797 
(D) 
(D) 
3,720 
2,374 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
6,880 
275 
306 
567 
384 
428 
1 operator 
1,877 
49 
59 
166 
135 
101 
2 operators 
1,930 
52 
69 
121 
89 
123 
3 operators 
266 
29 
29 
37 
19 
20 
4 operators 
34 
2 
3 
3 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
30 
4 
2 
7 
1 
1 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
2,701 
53 
80 
141 
111 
151 
1 operator 
2,360 
39 
60 
127 
92 
130 
2 operators 
135 
7 
10 
7 
8 
8 
3 operators 
12 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
112 Nevada 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
