Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
515 
498 
493 
17 
15 
87 
acres treated 
948,671 
912,362 
901,565 
36,309 
(D) 
103,191 
Manure used 
farms 
62 
58 
58 
4 
3 
17 
acres treated 
7,814 
7,274 
7,274 
540 
(D) 
2,790 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
253 
242 
239 
11 
10 
21 
acres 
354,860 
343,992 
339,739 
10,868 
(D) 
18,130 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
538 
520 
515 
18 
16 
113 
acres 
1,163,920 
1,124,366 
1,106,939 
39,554 
(D) 
124,965 
Nematodes 
farms 
26 
25 
25 
1 
1 
3 
acres 
22,124 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
194 
189 
185 
5 
5 
16 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
281,567 
277,899 
266,875 
3,668 
3,668 
20,606 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
73 
71 
71 
2 
2 
3 
acres on which used 
(D) 
54,415 
54,415 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
58 
56 
56 
2 
1 
3 
acres 
19,571 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
175 
173 
171 
2 
2 
33 
acres 
254,728 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
21,793 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
62 
58 
58 
4 
4 
64 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
46,457 
44,985 
44,985 
1,472 
1,472 
28,810 
used 
farms 
180 
173 
173 
7 
6 
38 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
318,716 
310,700 
310,700 
8,016 
(D) 
34,349 
used 
farms 
208 
202 
199 
6 
6 
27 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
377,580 
367,218 
363,985 
10,362 
10,362 
63,699 
practices were used 
farms 
297 
289 
284 
8 
7 
40 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
513,423 
481,532 
467,338 
31,891 
(D) 
23,432 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
58 
51 
51 
7 
7 
12 
acres 
19,730 
17,865 
17,865 
1,865 
1,865 
2,053 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
15 
15 
14 
- 
- 
8 
Solar panels 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
2 
Wind turbines 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
9 
9 
8 
- 
- 
4 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
219 
193 
188 
26 
25 
453 
Part owners 
farms 
364 
348 
343 
16 
14 
70 
Tenants 
farms 
124 
121 
121 
3 
3 
29 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
591 
549 
539 
42 
39 
527 
acres 
764,842 
(D) 
698,374 
(D) 
43,015 
533,164 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
583 
541 
531 
42 
39 
523 
acres 
660,783 
617,001 
605,723 
43,782 
(D) 
355,337 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
489 
470 
465 
19 
17 
102 
acres 
923,732 
894,005 
881,395 
29,727 
(D) 
677,793 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
488 
469 
464 
19 
17 
99 
acres 
917,547 
887,820 
875,210 
29,727 
(D) 
677,043 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
173 
160 
159 
13 
12 
264 
acres 
110,244 
102,636 
(D) 
7,608 
(D) 
178,577 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,161 
1,100 
1,082 
61 
53 
809 
1 operator 
375 
342 
338 
33 
32 
381 
2 operators 
243 
234 
230 
9 
9 
114 
3 operators 
69 
67 
65 
2 
1 
40 
4 operators 
15 
14 
14 
1 
- 
7 
5 or more operators 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
10 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
229 
222 
215 
7 
7 
271 
1 operator 
210 
203 
196 
7 
7 
215 
2 operators 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
16 
3 operators 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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