Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
...farms 
896 
644 
585 
1,408 
841 
310 
96 
acres 
48,681 
43,689 
46,544 
176,401 
214,079 
173,067 
130,339 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
2,015 
1,480 
1,201 
3,029 
1,451 
457 
120 
acres 
127,890 
121,384 
121,343 
476,189 
500,467 
381,366 
249,779 
Nematodes 
...farms 
86 
56 
77 
131 
107 
42 
18 
acres 
3,731 
3,108 
4,640 
12,415 
16,592 
15,458 
1 7,585 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
189 
151 
124 
298 
243 
119 
42 
acres 
5,891 
6,366 
6,510 
24,292 
38,048 
42,693 
40,415 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
87 
48 
44 
120 
63 
33 
11 
acres on which used 
3,472 
2,733 
2,208 
6,501 
8,015 
9,749 
3,641 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
625 
486 
392 
1,013 
558 
150 
41 
acres 
18,690 
18,202 
16,531 
62,378 
61,432 
39,968 
21,465 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
370 
261 
208 
437 
230 
67 
15 
acres 
10,608 
7,124 
8,293 
25,070 
24,097 
14,210 
6,590 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
402 
236 
199 
493 
189 
75 
14 
acres 
30,155 
22,227 
22,565 
61,297 
42,230 
31,054 
8,657 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
1,245 
948 
761 
2,148 
1,099 
399 
95 
acres 
68,506 
63,935 
65,421 
270,372 
310,904 
254,974 
162,444 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
690 
540 
462 
1,277 
678 
223 
58 
acres 
26,766 
26,406 
26,416 
102,989 
106,396 
80,948 
64,611 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
1,195 
882 
645 
1,421 
645 
156 
33 
acres 
37,705 
36,514 
29,179 
93,139 
65,803 
35,402 
16,897 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
902 
596 
553 
1,322 
711 
218 
48 
acres 
33,265 
25,139 
26,775 
85,125 
78,563 
50,799 
23,121 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
112 
73 
61 
160 
75 
29 
13 
Solar panels 
...farms 
65 
44 
35 
100 
49 
19 
6 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
6 
4 
3 
18 
3 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
3 
- 
3 
7 
9 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
23 
17 
9 
28 
10 
2 
2 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
6 
2 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
7 
10 
7 
14 
8 
- 
2 
Ethanol 
...farms 
3 
4 
3 
2 
7 
- 
1 
Other 
...farms 
1 
2 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
14 
11 
10 
18 
15 
1 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
2,352 
1,344 
814 
1,420 
399 
66 
24 
Part owners 
...farms 
1,327 
1,150 
922 
2,580 
1,271 
418 
107 
Tenants 
...farms 
224 
166 
130 
224 
98 
31 
8 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
3,688 
2,497 
1,737 
4,003 
1,670 
484 
131 
acres 
521,508 
417,301 
334,278 
1,009,193 
694,704 
322,514 
268,694 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
3,679 
2,494 
1,736 
4,000 
1,670 
484 
131 
acres 
494,582 
401,331 
321,035 
978,396 
675,236 
312,372 
266,294 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
1,554 
1,317 
1,052 
2,809 
1,370 
449 
115 
acres 
117,504 
124,773 
122,441 
493,759 
493,281 
371,826 
255,079 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
1,551 
1,316 
1,052 
2,804 
1,369 
449 
115 
acres 
116,845 
124,203 
122,346 
492,789 
493,026 
371,510 
255,079 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
481 
240 
175 
401 
165 
43 
12 
acres 
27,585 
16,540 
13,338 
31,767 
19,723 
10,458 
2,400 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
5,956 
4,277 
2,974 
7,066 
3,210 
1,014 
356 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2,245 
1,468 
1,039 
2,124 
828 
211 
51 
2 operators 
1,353 
906 
633 
1,507 
576 
178 
47 
3 operators 
246 
218 
154 
504 
277 
83 
18 
4 operators 
40 
51 
24 
51 
56 
26 
9 
5 or more operators 
19 
17 
16 
38 
31 
17 
14 
Total women operators 
number 
1,554 
1,066 
660 
1,542 
519 
162 
27 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,351 
917 
549 
1,296 
419 
118 
25 
2 operators 
85 
59 
41 
101 
39 
14 
1 
3 operators 
11 
4 
7 
12 
6 
4 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
3,545 
2,468 
1,760 
3,952 
1,708 
506 
135 
Female 
358 
192 
106 
272 
60 
9 
4 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,261 
1,675 
1,285 
3,154 
1,469 
470 
118 
Other 
1,642 
985 
581 
1,070 
299 
45 
21 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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