Table 41 . Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mifflin 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Montour 
Northampton 
Northumberlan 
d 
Perry 
Philadelphia 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
403 
90 
201 
200 
238 
395 
418 
8 
2007 
531 
130 
327 
239 
255 
499 
438 
7 
acres treated, 2012 
35,403 
8,109 
9,311 
16,631 
40,088 
65,868 
50,534 
14 
2007 
35,179 
8,513 
13,069 
15,449 
46,447 
74,417 
48,362 
7 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
389 
85 
158 
189 
216 
378 
393 
8 
2007 
475 
116 
279 
225 
231 
482 
409 
7 
acres treated, 2012 
33,404 
7,983 
8,490 
15,729 
39,743 
63,646 
46,583 
14 
2007 
32,744 
8,181 
12,296 
14,824 
45,842 
73,106 
46,168 
7 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
117 
11 
63 
62 
39 
105 
117 
- 
2007 
166 
23 
79 
54 
45 
106 
103 
- 
acres treated, 2012 
1,999 
126 
821 
902 
345 
2,222 
3,951 
- 
2007 
2,435 
332 
773 
625 
605 
1,311 
2,194 
- 
Manure farms, 2012 
306 
47 
124 
143 
122 
287 
325 
1 
2007 
391 
58 
161 
159 
118 
298 
343 
5 
acres treated, 2012 
21,051 
1,062 
3,419 
6,998 
3,036 
21,594 
37,232 
(D) 
2007 
23,142 
939 
3,899 
5,451 
4,493 
24,483 
27,054 
24 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
223 
52 
111 
72 
133 
244 
178 
8 
2007 
247 
54 
117 
74 
140 
235 
133 
4 
acres, 2012 
18,075 
4,026 
3,475 
3,156 
26,792 
34,001 
13,223 
(D) 
2007 
15,525 
2,887 
4,072 
5,284 
22,466 
40,913 
9,852 
4 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
345 
78 
172 
182 
213 
400 
381 
4 
2007 
344 
67 
191 
153 
194 
411 
318 
1 
acres, 2012 
28,181 
6,936 
9,034 
15,089 
46,222 
67,394 
45,365 
7 
2007 
25,060 
5,420 
9,403 
11,964 
37,668 
68,840 
40,968 
(D) 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
33 
7 
13 
5 
25 
37 
11 
2007 
6 
5 
13 
2 
4 
13 
5 
- 
acres, 2012 
1,846 
(D) 
210 
168 
3,081 
3,145 
1,638 
- 
2007 
776 
18 
359 
(D) 
2,063 
929 
560 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
52 
18 
32 
11 
73 
88 
48 
1 
2007 
39 
26 
43 
24 
63 
57 
21 
4 
acres, 2012 
2,900 
448 
214 
657 
1 1 ,809 
6,348 
2,105 
(D) 
2007 
1,078 
357 
362 
1,258 
1,233 
3,015 
659 
4 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
17 
6 
11 
16 
18 
47 
10 
- 
2007 
17 
6 
15 
7 
9 
23 
11 
- 
acres on which used, 2012 
392 
27 
264 
194 
619 
2,039 
127 
- 
2007 
240 
18 
263 
96 
521 
656 
68 
- 
Item 
Pike 
Potter 
Schuylkill 
Snyder 
Somerset 
Sullivan 
Susquehanna 
Tioga 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
14 
128 
388 
445 
560 
79 
277 
330 
2007 
18 
137 
442 
525 
581 
69 
316 
377 
acres treated, 2012 
1,375 
16,677 
47,530 
33,609 
64,223 
6,877 
14,408 
27,226 
2007 
1,725 
15,737 
52,047 
37,287 
57,958 
5,066 
19,012 
28,774 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
14 
122 
371 
416 
534 
74 
242 
317 
2007 
13 
131 
420 
479 
543 
64 
282 
359 
acres treated, 2012 
(D) 
16,350 
46,524 
32,235 
59,866 
6,562 
12,745 
25,487 
2007 
1,590 
15,101 
50,999 
35,424 
52,538 
4,662 
16,942 
26,174 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
1 
16 
70 
99 
156 
17 
57 
49 
2007 
6 
21 
65 
129 
185 
15 
74 
65 
acres treated, 2012 
(D) 
327 
1,006 
1,374 
4,357 
315 
1,663 
1,739 
2007 
135 
636 
1,048 
1,863 
5,420 
404 
2,070 
2,600 
Manure farms, 2012 
4 
109 
256 
410 
484 
38 
243 
288 
2007 
6 
93 
235 
423 
498 
50 
262 
276 
acres treated, 2012 
(D) 
12,239 
19,385 
24,451 
38,861 
3,697 
19,485 
29,594 
2007 
95 
9,395 
13,495 
24,878 
37,660 
4,331 
20,327 
24,761 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
3 
26 
252 
237 
151 
24 
66 
85 
2007 
7 
37 
252 
215 
164 
22 
56 
69 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
4,938 
26,101 
1 1 ,324 
14,971 
1,202 
2,195 
4,752 
2007 
(D) 
5,426 
26,623 
11,577 
12,956 
714 
2,194 
3,535 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
6 
90 
413 
433 
477 
66 
224 
310 
2007 
7 
81 
409 
365 
390 
47 
189 
262 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
13,189 
50,581 
32,652 
45,135 
5,176 
8,928 
21,943 
2007 
1,434 
9,191 
42,904 
27,733 
30,018 
2,944 
6,522 
13,899 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
2 
11 
39 
37 
15 
3 
11 
9 
2007 
- 
1 
28 
11 
10 
3 
9 
8 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
1,147 
2,988 
575 
1,737 
55 
43 
546 
2007 
(D) 
2,611 
369 
1,055 
36 
312 
342 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
_ 
19 
134 
118 
39 
7 
21 
33 
2007 
5 
14 
105 
89 
26 
6 
19 
11 
acres, 2012 
- 
3,309 
7,307 
2,869 
828 
50 
562 
643 
2007 
59 
2,028 
6,873 
1,413 
326 
62 
341 
209 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
1 
8 
29 
21 
13 
4 
16 
12 
2007 
- 
5 
33 
13 
8 
5 
8 
8 
acres on which used, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
1,734 
566 
114 
8 
329 
107 
2007 
249 
1,344 
191 
133 
83 
147 
137 
-continued 
520 Pennsylvania 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
