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 
3,160 
3,794 
2,221 
1,449 
975 
1,650 
acres treated 
147,507 
111,815 
43,372 
19,916 
12,438 
22,418 
Manure used 
farms 
2,065 
2,790 
1,714 
1,105 
858 
1,526 
acres treated 
61,466 
64,585 
26,215 
12,971 
9,748 
17,476 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,295 
1,243 
619 
445 
258 
389 
acres 
33,063 
18,641 
6,444 
2,750 
1,703 
3,280 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,859 
3,240 
1,788 
1,247 
823 
1,131 
acres 
106,904 
71,955 
27,627 
13,573 
8,749 
11,819 
Nematodes 
farms 
186 
212 
55 
58 
44 
47 
acres 
3,001 
1,727 
324 
313 
277 
234 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
450 
575 
327 
224 
154 
185 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
5,856 
4,538 
1,735 
1,158 
585 
614 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
146 
194 
74 
55 
39 
57 
acres on which used 
1,752 
2,240 
635 
514 
190 
476 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
728 
946 
576 
397 
241 
479 
acres 
20,152 
22,918 
10,944 
5,408 
3,467 
7,341 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
442 
677 
548 
412 
318 
689 
acres 
10,793 
16,162 
1 1 ,030 
6,113 
3,847 
9,976 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
321 
484 
469 
398 
397 
555 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
19,919 
25,666 
21,207 
13,994 
10,272 
17,886 
used 
farms 
1 ,566 
1,533 
697 
397 
242 
308 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
53,691 
29,343 
7,670 
3,038 
1,598 
5,123 
used 
farms 
864 
874 
337 
206 
138 
135 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
23,981 
16,117 
2,776 
1,586 
655 
1,909 
practices were used 
farms 
1,853 
2,513 
1,549 
910 
518 
512 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
45,058 
39,281 
15,158 
7,063 
3,331 
4,601 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
924 
1,083 
652 
409 
274 
393 
acres 
17,383 
14,828 
6,329 
3,328 
2,073 
4,279 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
224 
248 
244 
228 
213 
419 
Solar panels 
farms 
157 
163 
151 
162 
133 
281 
Wind turbines 
farms 
34 
18 
25 
12 
24 
40 
Methane digesters 
farms 
6 
1 
1 
- 
- 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
26 
48 
46 
54 
48 
90 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
3 
8 
3 
- 
6 
8 
Biodiesel 
farms 
15 
14 
14 
14 
17 
13 
Ethanol 
farms 
8 
5 
5 
4 
7 
6 
Other 
farms 
3 
4 
8 
2 
- 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
11 
17 
14 
8 
1 
14 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
2,935 
5,831 
5,548 
5,285 
5,115 
10,419 
Part owners 
farms 
1,600 
1,847 
967 
595 
418 
723 
Tenants 
farms 
438 
555 
293 
207 
165 
398 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
4,548 
7,687 
6,521 
5,885 
5,540 
11,149 
acres 
509,987 
784,600 
553,016 
404,976 
322,634 
732,977 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
4,535 
7,678 
6,515 
5,880 
5,533 
11,142 
acres 
484,066 
735,221 
512,005 
365,648 
286,341 
666,943 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,042 
2,417 
1,269 
816 
590 
1,136 
acres 
137,332 
135,178 
45,893 
26,841 
18,256 
40,743 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,038 
2,402 
1,260 
802 
583 
1,121 
acres 
136,625 
133,941 
45,199 
25,423 
17,843 
39,390 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
581 
1,109 
983 
929 
940 
1,537 
acres 
26,628 
50,616 
41,705 
40,746 
36,706 
67,387 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
7,552 
12,442 
10,171 
9,111 
8,630 
17,803 
1 operator 
2,903 
4,800 
4,021 
3,497 
3,280 
6,101 
2 operators 
1,683 
2,871 
2,348 
2,257 
2,097 
4,791 
3 operators 
307 
435 
341 
278 
248 
535 
4 operators 
59 
84 
69 
38 
52 
87 
5 or more operators 
21 
43 
29 
17 
21 
26 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,955 
3,642 
3,147 
2,939 
2,976 
7,099 
1 operator 
1,673 
3,015 
2,672 
2,554 
2,568 
5,987 
2 operators 
116 
270 
195 
178 
188 
476 
3 operators 
12 
23 
23 
7 
8 
32 
4 operators 
1 
3 
4 
2 
2 
16 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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