Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
150 
137 
127 
13 
11 
45 
acres treated 
118,937 
84,730 
78,601 
34,207 
(D) 
7,079 
Manure used 
farms 
28 
26 
23 
2 
2 
15 
acres treated 
5,228 
(D) 
4,678 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
84 
77 
68 
7 
6 
2 
acres 
69,867 
51,046 
39,070 
18,821 
(D) 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
156 
146 
136 
10 
9 
37 
acres 
103,963 
82,022 
67,652 
21,941 
(D) 
3,730 
Nematodes 
farms 
5 
4 
3 
1 
1 
- 
acres 
11,863 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
12 
12 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
5,692 
5,692 
5,644 
- 
- 
- 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
acres on which used 
2,073 
2,073 
2,073 
- 
- 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
17 
17 
11 
- 
_ 
1 
acres 
5,593 
5,593 
2,493 
- 
- 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
54 
50 
41 
4 
1 
31 
acres 
27,845 
(D) 
13,499 
(D) 
(D) 
7,667 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
10 
10 
10 
3 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
6,128 
6,128 
6,128 
- 
- 
48 
used 
farms 
38 
34 
30 
4 
4 
12 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,946 
4,608 
(D) 
2,338 
2,338 
486 
used 
farms 
21 
20 
18 
1 
1 
1 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
14,805 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
practices were used 
farms 
106 
101 
92 
5 
5 
48 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
32,245 
30,550 
26,128 
1,695 
1,695 
4,647 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
19 
18 
18 
1 
1 
22 
acres 
(D) 
2,438 
2,438 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
28 
28 
27 
- 
- 
13 
Solar panels 
farms 
20 
20 
19 
- 
- 
13 
Wind turbines 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
2 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
9 
9 
9 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
7 
6 
6 
1 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
226 
210 
204 
16 
12 
200 
Part owners 
farms 
77 
69 
55 
8 
7 
32 
Tenants 
farms 
40 
36 
32 
4 
2 
15 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
303 
279 
259 
24 
19 
232 
acres 
2,234,471 
1,844,987 
1,588,726 
389,484 
45,705 
1,546,129 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
303 
279 
259 
24 
19 
232 
acres 
2,092,649 
1,713,225 
(D) 
379,424 
(D) 
1,541,383 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
117 
105 
87 
12 
9 
47 
acres 
194,141 
175,693 
(D) 
18,448 
(D) 
6,546 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
117 
105 
87 
12 
9 
47 
acres 
194,141 
175,693 
(D) 
18,448 
(D) 
6,515 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
26 
22 
20 
4 
3 
27 
acres 
(D) 
131,762 
(D) 
(D) 
105 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
703 
629 
576 
74 
56 
388 
1 operator 
147 
134 
128 
13 
10 
120 
2 operators 
116 
109 
102 
7 
5 
115 
3 operators 
59 
54 
43 
5 
5 
11 
4 operators 
9 
8 
8 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
12 
10 
10 
2 
1 
1 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
200 
188 
177 
12 
10 
127 
1 operator 
129 
124 
113 
5 
3 
113 
2 operators 
18 
17 
17 
1 
1 
7 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
7 
6 
6 
1 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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