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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
55 
118 
85 
57 
44 
55 
acres treated 
2,732 
3,362 
1,534 
675 
266 
1,442 
Manure used 
farms 
33 
52 
66 
25 
41 
38 
acres treated 
796 
1,336 
772 
207 
322 
1,121 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
21 
42 
28 
12 
19 
11 
acres 
183 
613 
493 
82 
174 
51 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
46 
96 
104 
60 
46 
69 
acres 
3,134 
2,932 
2,548 
626 
402 
1,858 
Nematodes 
farms 
6 
10 
- 
- 
7 
1 
acres 
(D) 
78 
- 
- 
41 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
7 
12 
3 
12 
8 
1 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
65 
63 
(D) 
12 
38 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
14 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
acres on which used 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
2 
7 
1 
12 
1 
2 
acres 
(D) 
156 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
40 
57 
78 
34 
33 
72 
acres 
7,067 
3,627 
2,676 
785 
335 
1,875 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2 
10 
7 
6 
1 
4 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
(D) 
347 
596 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
18 
5 
7 
2 
7 
14 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
110 
(D) 
482 
(D) 
85 
145 
used 
farms 
3 
7 
2 
- 
7 
1 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
79 
85 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
practices were used 
farms 
36 
75 
56 
24 
13 
56 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,087 
873 
851 
902 
130 
1,134 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
17 
17 
15 
18 
3 
9 
acres 
(D) 
198 
280 
239 
(D) 
349 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
17 
26 
29 
14 
22 
56 
Solar panels 
farms 
16 
25 
29 
12 
22 
53 
Wind turbines 
farms 
6 
9 
- 
1 
8 
5 
Methane digesters 
farms 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
6 
2 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
166 
303 
440 
358 
272 
988 
Part owners 
farms 
28 
77 
75 
40 
16 
63 
Tenants 
farms 
26 
25 
39 
36 
12 
50 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
195 
380 
521 
398 
288 
1,052 
acres 
60,344 
53,983 
40,880 
26,487 
16,501 
883,377 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
194 
380 
515 
398 
288 
1,051 
acres 
58,234 
43,584 
26,560 
21,964 
16,153 
847,690 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
55 
102 
114 
76 
28 
113 
acres 
19,408 
29,177 
12,275 
6,130 
1,015 
13,610 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
54 
102 
114 
76 
28 
113 
acres 
19,090 
29,130 
12,275 
6,130 
1,015 
13,606 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
11 
16 
23 
24 
16 
76 
acres 
2,428 
10,446 
14,320 
4,523 
348 
35,691 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
424 
667 
862 
713 
492 
1,762 
1 operator 
92 
186 
272 
191 
117 
509 
2 operators 
99 
180 
256 
218 
175 
548 
3 operators 
19 
35 
26 
14 
7 
31 
4 operators 
3 
4 
- 
11 
1 
5 
5 or more operators 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
8 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
160 
295 
369 
312 
220 
809 
1 operator 
116 
227 
343 
253 
216 
757 
2 operators 
7 
34 
13 
13 
2 
26 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
11 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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