Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,248 
36 
317 
390 
578 
574 
353 
acres treated 
777,862 
9,970 
1 1 1 ,462 
170,349 
197,921 
196,056 
92,104 
Manure used 
farms 
461 
- 
61 
74 
173 
123 
30 
acres treated 
25,183 
- 
2,144 
3,028 
11,118 
6,149 
2,744 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
620 
3 
125 
136 
159 
120 
77 
acres 
212,458 
426 
31,254 
61,210 
62,125 
39,850 
17,593 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,924 
40 
349 
457 
745 
788 
545 
acres 
1,060,324 
9,821 
120,497 
208,253 
265,243 
287,350 
169,160 
Nematodes 
farms 
58 
- 
13 
19 
11 
11 
4 
acres 
19,624 
- 
5,085 
10,922 
(D) 
2,289 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
433 
7 
92 
108 
94 
93 
39 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
195,870 
746 
40,404 
48,775 
46,234 
52,435 
7,276 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
91 
- 
17 
20 
22 
22 
10 
acres on which used 
22,123 
- 
2,764 
2,870 
7,852 
6,621 
2,016 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
71 
_ 
9 
8 
11 
23 
20 
acres 
3,224 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
929 
904 
638 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
556 
3 
44 
66 
108 
177 
158 
acres 
122,260 
1,362 
14,335 
14,839 
28,360 
44,207 
19,157 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,103 
- 
43 
109 
234 
347 
370 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
203,993 
- 
6,485 
14,192 
47,100 
73,071 
63,145 
used 
farms 
903 
11 
153 
130 
249 
195 
165 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
383,199 
6,470 
56,331 
75,924 
103,891 
82,457 
58,126 
used 
farms 
622 
- 
61 
131 
147 
183 
100 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
262,775 
- 
25,480 
70,146 
51,744 
87,011 
28,394 
practices were used 
farms 
1,342 
21 
164 
198 
327 
409 
223 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
337,770 
3,880 
38,416 
63,200 
81,452 
98,083 
52,739 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
244 
- 
17 
30 
66 
84 
47 
acres 
25,179 
- 
1,609 
7,205 
5,795 
7,711 
2,859 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
144 
- 
9 
29 
70 
21 
15 
Solar panels 
farms 
51 
- 
8 
8 
20 
10 
5 
Wind turbines 
farms 
29 
- 
3 
13 
4 
6 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
70 
- 
3 
8 
44 
7 
8 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
7 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
93 
- 
10 
11 
26 
21 
25 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
10,363 
29 
439 
870 
1,867 
2,908 
4,250 
Part owners 
farms 
2,110 
7 
255 
363 
564 
612 
309 
Tenants 
farms 
979 
53 
270 
224 
168 
155 
109 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
12,575 
39 
696 
1,252 
2,442 
3,553 
4,593 
acres 
6,147,329 
7,952 
191,812 
459,856 
1,075,215 
1,794,355 
2,618,139 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
12,473 
36 
694 
1,233 
2,431 
3,520 
4,559 
acres 
3,592,634 
5,744 
136,659 
317,457 
665,691 
1,047,180 
1,419,903 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
3,130 
60 
525 
587 
747 
777 
434 
acres 
1,469,346 
21,837 
218,377 
301,343 
374,998 
383,064 
169,727 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,089 
60 
525 
587 
732 
767 
418 
acres 
1,418,624 
21,837 
218,327 
299,058 
356,661 
370,025 
152,716 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
5,322 
10 
138 
388 
895 
1,574 
2,317 
acres 
2,605,417 
2,208 
55,203 
144,684 
427,861 
760,214 
1,215,247 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
19,444 
156 
1,466 
2,251 
4,074 
5,383 
6,114 
1 operator 
8,592 
48 
559 
781 
1,436 
2,256 
3,512 
2 operators 
4,051 
23 
331 
592 
953 
1,216 
936 
3 operators 
599 
14 
57 
60 
149 
144 
175 
4 operators 
144 
- 
13 
16 
42 
45 
28 
5 or more operators 
66 
4 
4 
8 
19 
14 
17 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
6,232 
55 
389 
634 
1,304 
1,693 
2,157 
1 operator 
5,477 
19 
353 
577 
1,132 
1,464 
1,932 
2 operators 
200 
12 
15 
17 
40 
60 
56 
3 operators 
80 
4 
2 
5 
20 
26 
23 
4 operators 
10 
- 
- 
2 
2 
4 
2 
5 or more operators 
13 
- 
- 
- 
4 
3 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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