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 
1,552 
1,988 
974 
591 
364 
822 
acres treated 
67,123 
49,767 
17,047 
8,649 
4,568 
12,757 
Manure used 
farms 
854 
1,153 
808 
542 
384 
729 
acres treated 
32,353 
28,740 
15,426 
9,151 
5,534 
12,160 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
801 
1,023 
441 
250 
138 
369 
acres 
16,751 
11,110 
3,334 
2,896 
873 
5,310 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,357 
1,557 
734 
391 
246 
651 
acres 
41,699 
26,875 
7,814 
4,923 
2,323 
12,024 
Nematodes 
farms 
133 
197 
47 
33 
21 
43 
acres 
2,385 
1,734 
270 
139 
76 
595 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
373 
521 
202 
133 
71 
230 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
5,282 
4,831 
1,255 
1,185 
232 
3,794 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
97 
129 
51 
37 
38 
105 
acres on which used 
1,906 
1,592 
506 
469 
216 
4,567 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
682 
811 
473 
341 
230 
587 
acres 
25,752 
22,905 
9,774 
5,554 
4,712 
9,774 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
552 
973 
654 
494 
418 
1,033 
acres 
22,895 
33,282 
20,197 
12,299 
9,211 
21,530 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
139 
204 
149 
99 
118 
227 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
9,851 
11,757 
8,770 
4,390 
4,729 
11,952 
used 
farms 
207 
273 
137 
118 
64 
123 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
5,332 
5,195 
1,070 
712 
685 
1,817 
used 
farms 
232 
238 
107 
66 
52 
67 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
8,440 
4,909 
1,121 
327 
914 
806 
practices were used 
farms 
1,199 
1,492 
853 
513 
316 
404 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
38,208 
27,079 
10,104 
4,914 
2,698 
7,221 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
338 
538 
262 
163 
119 
242 
acres 
5,840 
5,425 
2,173 
1,369 
1,183 
3,460 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
114 
228 
155 
122 
114 
245 
Solar panels 
farms 
56 
162 
96 
83 
72 
158 
Wind turbines 
farms 
21 
42 
27 
18 
22 
46 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
12 
16 
11 
13 
12 
28 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
3 
2 
9 
1 
5 
10 
Biodiesel 
farms 
7 
24 
11 
2 
7 
11 
Ethanol 
farms 
4 
2 
4 
1 
1 
5 
Other 
farms 
4 
17 
4 
9 
- 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
26 
36 
30 
10 
20 
28 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,697 
3,472 
2,939 
2,593 
2,637 
6,925 
Part owners 
farms 
994 
1,358 
792 
535 
296 
612 
Tenants 
farms 
150 
199 
125 
112 
107 
202 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,697 
4,835 
3,733 
3,131 
2,934 
7,547 
acres 
407,257 
592,094 
409,230 
271,798 
234,804 
586,915 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,691 
4,830 
3,731 
3,128 
2,933 
7,537 
acres 
380,260 
542,420 
372,217 
239,531 
201,350 
521,653 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,154 
1,567 
926 
654 
412 
818 
acres 
113,649 
106,631 
52,805 
30,955 
18,916 
40,612 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,144 
1,557 
917 
647 
403 
814 
acres 
112,544 
105,350 
51,913 
29,457 
18,431 
40,291 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
406 
865 
684 
616 
562 
1,237 
acres 
28,102 
50,955 
37,905 
33,765 
33,939 
65,583 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
4,399 
7,800 
5,969 
4,984 
4,660 
12,205 
1 operator 
1,580 
2,696 
2,011 
1,714 
1,611 
3,844 
2 operators 
1,042 
2,015 
1,649 
1,357 
1,276 
3,437 
3 operators 
176 
253 
161 
140 
128 
379 
4 operators 
28 
49 
23 
16 
18 
65 
5 or more operators 
15 
16 
12 
13 
7 
14 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,339 
2,639 
2,119 
1,824 
1,817 
5,281 
1 operator 
1,162 
2,259 
1,867 
1,623 
1,628 
4,431 
2 operators 
60 
155 
109 
81 
85 
339 
3 operators 
13 
15 
8 
10 
5 
36 
4 operators 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 
11 
5 or more operators 
2 
3 
1 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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