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 
644 
422 
220 
100 
88 
92 
acres treated 
78,626 
31,713 
13,245 
6,958 
7,116 
4,864 
Manure used 
farms 
150 
75 
56 
35 
32 
39 
acres treated 
6,120 
2,480 
1,570 
562 
411 
433 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
132 
109 
49 
32 
27 
29 
acres 
17,641 
5,643 
855 
1,048 
1,986 
3,256 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
805 
672 
397 
254 
155 
205 
acres 
117,375 
85,213 
39,866 
17,524 
10,947 
10,945 
Nematodes 
farms 
12 
10 
4 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
295 
90 
38 
11 
- 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
108 
40 
19 
9 
8 
2 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
10,689 
2,746 
681 
(D) 
1,112 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
23 
10 
- 
1 
5 
- 
acres on which used 
2,348 
443 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
12 
11 
11 
6 
7 
18 
acres 
1,607 
970 
527 
72 
139 
46 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
89 
136 
73 
98 
59 
62 
acres 
12,547 
12,871 
9,843 
8,499 
2,481 
3,949 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
191 
313 
336 
228 
130 
118 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
56,677 
71,403 
55,827 
24,971 
7,915 
19,263 
used 
farms 
242 
164 
55 
38 
31 
24 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
27,750 
14,457 
3,941 
1,661 
4,627 
3,370 
used 
farms 
151 
119 
59 
34 
11 
13 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
15,862 
6,713 
3,515 
1,601 
617 
1,045 
practices were used 
farms 
509 
341 
152 
98 
63 
47 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
51,806 
23,396 
9,047 
4,171 
5,854 
3,217 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
50 
52 
41 
22 
23 
34 
acres 
3,654 
3,709 
1,433 
1,248 
889 
1,808 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
37 
55 
29 
12 
18 
27 
Solar panels 
farms 
18 
27 
13 
2 
5 
7 
Wind turbines 
farms 
7 
12 
5 
3 
- 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
13 
18 
3 
7 
14 
19 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
16 
16 
24 
21 
8 
12 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,181 
2,614 
2,691 
2,587 
2,055 
2,050 
Part owners 
farms 
675 
440 
240 
143 
89 
226 
Tenants 
farms 
292 
230 
134 
90 
80 
173 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,912 
3,085 
2,950 
2,739 
2,149 
2,295 
acres 
1,229,637 
1,817,686 
1,381,368 
1,040,390 
734,844 
840,000 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,856 
3,054 
2,931 
2,730 
2,144 
2,276 
acres 
754,884 
1,052,200 
671,008 
436,983 
256,870 
460,055 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
970 
684 
383 
243 
181 
417 
acres 
296,416 
145,743 
76,335 
41,664 
52,231 
675,783 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
967 
670 
374 
233 
169 
399 
acres 
289,052 
138,548 
70,021 
37,922 
31,465 
668,648 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
849 
1,414 
1,412 
1,263 
1,067 
878 
acres 
482,117 
772,681 
716,674 
607,149 
498,740 
387,080 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,163 
4,699 
4,312 
3,933 
3,013 
3,458 
1 operator 
1,305 
2,095 
2,068 
1,934 
1,577 
1,568 
2 operators 
713 
1,020 
827 
724 
548 
793 
3 operators 
106 
121 
127 
126 
69 
59 
4 operators 
17 
41 
24 
24 
17 
20 
5 or more operators 
7 
7 
19 
12 
13 
9 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
846 
1,495 
1,418 
1,329 
955 
1,162 
1 operator 
776 
1,336 
1,202 
1,135 
867 
1,103 
2 operators 
28 
38 
57 
45 
18 
28 
3 operators 
- 
25 
21 
22 
12 
1 
4 operators 
- 
2 
3 
1 
4 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
5 
6 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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