Table 65. Summary by 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 - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
281 
191 
140 
87 
60 
168 
acres 
32,579 
12,494 
3,408 
3,915 
844 
19,129 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,198 
845 
509 
367 
227 
1,011 
acres 
159,804 
83,049 
24,284 
17,110 
5,734 
91,309 
Nematodes 
farms 
33 
32 
17 
4 
6 
11 
acres 
4,684 
1,641 
270 
24 
32 
96 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
45 
35 
34 
10 
8 
14 
acres 
2,724 
2,470 
991 
454 
33 
456 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
6 
- 
7 
- 
7 
8 
acres on which used 
282 
- 
182 
- 
27 
117 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
92 
64 
46 
44 
7 
133 
acres 
5,074 
2,936 
1,052 
901 
257 
7,151 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
124 
120 
80 
33 
55 
186 
acres 
12,133 
6,550 
4,674 
1,375 
1,336 
7,015 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
156 
136 
115 
86 
56 
558 
acres 
20,344 
21,376 
16,045 
6,813 
5,055 
54,087 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
369 
204 
106 
63 
20 
108 
acres 
37,999 
19,161 
6,128 
2,207 
614 
19,077 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
219 
129 
69 
47 
26 
54 
acres 
28,797 
14,001 
1,604 
1,567 
509 
5,880 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
659 
476 
233 
192 
80 
192 
acres 
71,132 
36,022 
7,822 
5,281 
954 
15,237 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
90 
79 
46 
46 
34 
133 
acres 
4,283 
3,113 
1,719 
1,153 
470 
5,115 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
35 
57 
30 
25 
28 
96 
Solar panels 
farms 
23 
15 
7 
7 
5 
18 
Wind turbines 
farms 
4 
7 
6 
7 
7 
20 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
8 
39 
17 
13 
15 
54 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
14 
19 
3 
2 
9 
34 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,199 
1,622 
1,404 
1,235 
930 
6,130 
Part owners 
farms 
752 
612 
232 
173 
106 
423 
Tenants 
farms 
330 
293 
131 
87 
90 
266 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,994 
2,257 
1,640 
1,418 
1,038 
6,593 
acres 
1,678,884 
691,138 
759,365 
233,917 
143,024 
6,514,532 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,951 
2,234 
1,636 
1,408 
1,036 
6,553 
acres 
834,288 
492,894 
445,651 
134,421 
67,139 
3,186,891 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,091 
914 
367 
271 
202 
717 
acres 
460,697 
271,847 
96,663 
55,027 
19,629 
530,430 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,082 
905 
363 
260 
196 
689 
acres 
398,320 
264,038 
93,791 
52,862 
18,343 
506,134 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
623 
672 
485 
404 
275 
3,023 
acres 
906,973 
206,053 
316,586 
101,661 
77,171 
3,351,937 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
3,401 
3,741 
2,678 
2,254 
1,713 
9,983 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,370 
1,462 
952 
801 
586 
4,335 
2 operators 
763 
944 
729 
636 
503 
2,082 
3 operators 
115 
100 
76 
51 
28 
291 
4 operators 
20 
17 
10 
7 
8 
53 
5 or more operators 
13 
4 
- 
- 
1 
58 
Total women operators 
number 
874 
1,138 
856 
743 
600 
3,135 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
788 
1,020 
816 
695 
541 
2,590 
2 operators 
43 
54 
20 
24 
25 
124 
3 operators 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3 
16 
4 operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
38 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,155 
2,270 
1,575 
1,342 
995 
5,801 
Female 
126 
257 
192 
153 
131 
1,018 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,200 
1,140 
581 
495 
342 
1,556 
Other 
1,081 
1,387 
1,186 
1,000 
784 
5,263 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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