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 
14,427 
3,279 
2,902 
2,925 
2,532 
1,223 
acres treated 
17,482,867 
9,540,537 
4,131,870 
2,392,166 
1,035,651 
240,121 
Manure used 
farms 
2,725 
347 
435 
653 
637 
266 
acres treated 
243,847 
96,915 
40,711 
44,368 
37,561 
12,716 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
5,477 
1,891 
1,297 
993 
662 
256 
acres 
5,297,112 
3,457,468 
1,080,323 
494,919 
189,799 
44,174 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
15,682 
3,287 
2,923 
2,968 
2,649 
1,367 
acres 
21,732,164 
11,981,980 
5,050,308 
2,805,760 
1,300,178 
312,068 
Nematodes 
farms 
358 
149 
72 
44 
50 
14 
acres 
304,453 
210,537 
52,642 
22,019 
17,501 
1,320 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
4,246 
1,381 
1,080 
865 
506 
228 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
4,926,836 
2,973,330 
1,180,254 
529,672 
186,328 
41 ,789 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1,018 
410 
254 
163 
114 
38 
acres on which used 
702,227 
461,220 
152,626 
55,661 
24,495 
5,175 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
503 
245 
92 
42 
39 
20 
acres 
140,101 
101,925 
19,518 
5,484 
7,167 
2,646 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,169 
918 
688 
543 
348 
155 
acres 
2,988,764 
1,903,466 
622,601 
292,891 
95,081 
24,535 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,787 
371 
356 
323 
250 
171 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
938,553 
273,891 
170,049 
140,541 
78,506 
39,510 
used 
farms 
6,097 
1,489 
1,248 
1,289 
1,028 
489 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
7,848,203 
4,390,127 
1,842,023 
1,042,342 
422,100 
95,805 
used 
farms 
4,908 
1,350 
1,145 
905 
756 
365 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,159,886 
3,596,025 
1,466,875 
698,130 
299,984 
69,519 
practices were used 
farms 
7,952 
1,621 
1,371 
1,497 
1,446 
807 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
8,002,524 
4,464,024 
1,717,196 
1,062,959 
529,035 
131,819 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,302 
303 
263 
255 
180 
79 
acres 
213,810 
95,932 
47,663 
29,505 
20,416 
7,553 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
565 
91 
64 
101 
84 
47 
Solar panels 
farms 
268 
19 
28 
60 
55 
34 
Wind turbines 
farms 
142 
31 
26 
25 
23 
7 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
161 
43 
11 
22 
5 
6 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
239 
32 
27 
23 
29 
31 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
15,967 
348 
284 
402 
823 
932 
Part owners 
farms 
12,173 
2,764 
2,469 
2,318 
1,930 
879 
Tenants 
farms 
2,821 
232 
251 
427 
507 
405 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
28,447 
3,118 
2,770 
2,745 
2,819 
1,865 
acres 
24,928,152 
6,767,692 
3,844,766 
3,213,850 
2,724,111 
1,333,808 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
28,140 
3,112 
2,753 
2,720 
2,753 
1,811 
acres 
19,819,026 
6,467,030 
3,631,736 
2,896,126 
2,252,694 
939,440 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
15,090 
3,000 
2,722 
2,751 
2,452 
1,287 
acres 
19,593,352 
9,004,918 
4,190,449 
2,761,062 
1 ,747,330 
601,421 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
14,994 
2,996 
2,720 
2,745 
2,437 
1,284 
acres 
19,443,587 
8,966,726 
4,175,872 
2,745,770 
1,733,036 
586,527 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
10,292 
548 
525 
652 
926 
758 
acres 
5,258,891 
338,854 
227,607 
333,016 
485,711 
409,262 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
45,015 
5,670 
4,361 
4,447 
4,716 
3,243 
1 operator 
19,494 
1,639 
1,877 
2,049 
2,030 
1,352 
2 operators 
9,518 
1,251 
948 
927 
1,036 
731 
3 operators 
1,511 
335 
146 
144 
166 
112 
4 operators 
314 
85 
22 
24 
25 
15 
5 or more operators 
124 
34 
11 
3 
3 
6 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
11,617 
1,032 
810 
794 
999 
777 
1 operator 
10,532 
927 
757 
762 
942 
725 
2 operators 
341 
48 
22 
16 
24 
17 
3 operators 
96 
3 
3 
- 
3 
6 
4 operators 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
