Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
401 
338 
289 
820 
607 
387 
256 
acres 
17,553 
20,162 
18,719 
86,571 
131,351 
178,880 
307,855 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
888 
753 
657 
2,129 
1,360 
646 
319 
acres 
40,865 
48,846 
46,484 
241,819 
355,565 
420,415 
658,105 
Nematodes 
....farms 
61 
51 
43 
113 
81 
55 
50 
acres 
2,063 
2,142 
1,527 
7,453 
11,576 
16,551 
32,162 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
190 
135 
104 
262 
168 
102 
87 
acres 
7,633 
8,221 
7,475 
30,733 
30,522 
30,858 
78,960 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
72 
55 
48 
115 
100 
31 
37 
acres on which used 
2,900 
2,920 
3,533 
12,652 
17,254 
11,788 
28,387 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
609 
468 
406 
1,230 
756 
351 
181 
acres 
29,982 
27,353 
26,688 
119,198 
150,827 
158,115 
202,742 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
492 
379 
388 
960 
565 
203 
117 
acres 
19,914 
19,176 
22,618 
76,356 
80,311 
63,489 
97,015 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
136 
111 
90 
237 
131 
63 
35 
acres 
9,530 
7,076 
7,892 
25,559 
18,264 
14,169 
12,380 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
164 
137 
127 
473 
370 
238 
137 
acres 
5,077 
5,579 
5,213 
33,826 
49,052 
77,202 
93,606 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
162 
151 
152 
558 
542 
332 
216 
acres 
5,991 
7,451 
8,232 
48,470 
114,160 
156,393 
283,643 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
908 
777 
624 
1,873 
1,117 
475 
242 
acres 
35,235 
39,473 
37,279 
167,622 
187,223 
186,294 
280,789 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
291 
271 
212 
591 
389 
225 
138 
acres 
6,320 
6,202 
7,069 
25,045 
32,253 
40,906 
76,663 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
83 
66 
53 
149 
89 
37 
24 
Solar panels 
...farms 
45 
44 
26 
71 
23 
13 
2 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
15 
20 
18 
49 
53 
17 
6 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
4 
10 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
9 
3 
6 
15 
5 
3 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
1 
2 
2 
6 
5 
3 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
7 
3 
6 
21 
1 
2 
6 
Ethanol 
...farms 
1 
- 
6 
3 
2 
3 
1 
Other 
...farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
19 
16 
24 
69 
50 
14 
6 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
1,725 
1,103 
792 
1,559 
426 
141 
32 
Part owners 
....farms 
864 
809 
673 
2,189 
1,395 
598 
304 
Tenants 
....farms 
70 
119 
50 
152 
51 
23 
8 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
2,590 
1,919 
1,467 
3,751 
1,823 
741 
336 
acres 
384,502 
342,859 
305,302 
1,062,186 
873,083 
656,358 
701,472 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
2,589 
1,912 
1,465 
3,748 
1,821 
739 
336 
acres 
352,573 
320,565 
285,684 
1,016,718 
852,872 
643,180 
698,779 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
938 
932 
724 
2,354 
1,449 
621 
312 
acres 
66,224 
81,946 
75,329 
351,680 
397,034 
368,529 
480,009 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
934 
928 
723 
2,341 
1,446 
621 
312 
acres 
65,685 
81,246 
74,990 
348,609 
394,735 
368,204 
478,781 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
481 
293 
238 
493 
183 
77 
31 
acres 
32,468 
22,994 
19,957 
48,539 
22,510 
13,503 
3,921 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
4,079 
3,082 
2,430 
6,336 
3,417 
1,500 
848 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,470 
1,170 
769 
2,051 
803 
301 
88 
2 operators 
1,022 
715 
606 
1,391 
709 
271 
111 
3 operators 
122 
116 
124 
372 
270 
134 
90 
4 operators 
34 
17 
6 
64 
70 
36 
32 
5 or more operators 
11 
13 
10 
22 
20 
20 
23 
Total women operators 
.number 
1,268 
852 
710 
1,613 
744 
249 
117 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,095 
742 
622 
1,362 
628 
204 
88 
2 operators 
69 
35 
34 
101 
49 
18 
11 
3 operators 
10 
4 
4 
11 
6 
3 
1 
4 operators 
- 
2 
2 
4 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
1 
4 
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" 
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PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,317 
1,843 
1,364 
3,570 
1,772 
734 
333 
Female 
342 
188 
151 
330 
100 
28 
11 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,629 
1,331 
1,024 
2,982 
1,612 
679 
330 
Other 
1,030 
700 
491 
918 
260 
83 
14 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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