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 
13,683 
905 
898 
1,611 
2,410 
1,568 
acres treated 
2,174,462 
1,027,823 
341,310 
306,947 
245,341 
93,130 
Manure used 
farms 
8,902 
444 
501 
1,056 
1,582 
849 
acres treated 
970,813 
401,606 
124,036 
159,703 
141,311 
40,793 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
7,007 
691 
556 
815 
1,108 
815 
acres 
823,419 
469,508 
125,844 
94,292 
65,685 
27,816 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1 1 ,942 
891 
889 
1,566 
2,223 
1,437 
acres 
1,909,800 
952,852 
315,516 
269,823 
201,033 
74,918 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,056 
104 
89 
114 
154 
121 
acres 
81,518 
45,183 
14,458 
6,666 
6,999 
3,013 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,141 
254 
225 
276 
450 
406 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
224,993 
123,090 
33,204 
22,512 
19,162 
10,446 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1,066 
126 
111 
110 
154 
108 
acres on which used 
91,399 
53,118 
11,415 
7,816 
7,132 
2,662 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
7,009 
526 
504 
810 
1,295 
750 
acres 
780,996 
335,661 
121,564 
107,683 
101,872 
35,745 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
6,524 
287 
314 
459 
759 
581 
acres 
447,291 
147,205 
48,887 
48,090 
50,857 
32,838 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,470 
83 
61 
90 
160 
140 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
116,708 
17,205 
10,778 
13,145 
16,274 
7,857 
used 
farms 
2,497 
296 
263 
324 
442 
250 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
280,214 
132,833 
59,438 
32,967 
30,348 
9,817 
used 
farms 
2,854 
481 
352 
460 
498 
301 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
635,595 
388,483 
107,138 
72,574 
38,776 
12,107 
practices were used 
farms 
10,602 
649 
673 
1,270 
1,918 
1,315 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,009,389 
417,163 
143,020 
156,512 
139,441 
63,029 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
3,912 
358 
281 
471 
739 
401 
acres 
215,297 
114,247 
26,694 
22,755 
23,773 
8,378 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,379 
62 
55 
81 
121 
82 
Solar panels 
farms 
815 
12 
23 
22 
70 
61 
Wind turbines 
farms 
317 
22 
20 
38 
43 
18 
Methane digesters 
farms 
20 
15 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
123 
3 
3 
8 
8 
9 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
35 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
95 
7 
4 
8 
9 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
32 
7 
3 
1 
1 
3 
Other 
farms 
46 
- 
2 
5 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
279 
14 
21 
45 
28 
21 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
23,795 
149 
210 
512 
1,345 
1,316 
Part owners 
farms 
10,263 
804 
769 
1,265 
1,734 
1,104 
Tenants 
farms 
1,479 
29 
40 
123 
229 
163 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
34,106 
956 
980 
1,781 
3,087 
2,425 
acres 
5,548,189 
1,023,846 
409,572 
552,488 
655,615 
404,570 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
34,058 
953 
979 
1,777 
3,079 
2,420 
acres 
5,226,301 
1,011,079 
404,151 
538,295 
633,216 
382,129 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
11,809 
834 
809 
1,391 
1,971 
1,273 
acres 
1,970,568 
665,016 
274,422 
263,449 
265,034 
139,079 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1 1 ,742 
833 
809 
1,388 
1,963 
1,267 
acres 
1,957,275 
663,107 
274,069 
260,639 
263,745 
137,729 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
5,334 
99 
75 
160 
300 
330 
acres 
335,181 
14,676 
5,774 
17,003 
23,688 
23,791 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
57,022 
2,309 
1,965 
3,295 
5,437 
3,999 
1 operator 
18,077 
256 
390 
864 
1,670 
1,441 
2 operators 
14,487 
350 
395 
740 
1,282 
944 
3 operators 
2,342 
247 
175 
241 
288 
154 
4 operators 
432 
79 
44 
49 
36 
25 
5 or more operators 
199 
50 
15 
6 
32 
19 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
19,215 
373 
398 
799 
1,473 
1,153 
1 operator 
16,512 
294 
332 
673 
1,237 
1,006 
2 operators 
1,072 
29 
24 
48 
87 
55 
3 operators 
124 
4 
6 
6 
14 
7 
4 operators 
24 
1 
- 
3 
- 
4 
5 or more operators 
14 
1 
- 
- 
4 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
