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 
1,115 
711 
418 
238 
168 
204 
acres treated 
108,614 
52,299 
17,922 
7,938 
10,685 
1 1 ,237 
Manure used 
farms 
295 
197 
144 
64 
68 
106 
acres treated 
10,274 
5,785 
3,341 
897 
581 
1,990 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
284 
207 
161 
84 
82 
59 
acres 
25,666 
13,180 
4,303 
2,778 
2,720 
4,270 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,248 
976 
651 
400 
275 
407 
acres 
143,037 
87,338 
32,472 
17,384 
9,967 
20,035 
Nematodes 
farms 
31 
30 
16 
4 
5 
11 
acres 
2,873 
1,594 
120 
24 
30 
96 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
47 
35 
30 
6 
9 
12 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
3,091 
2,161 
759 
32 
351 
136 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
6 
- 
7 
4 
4 
7 
acres on which used 
282 
- 
182 
10 
24 
110 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
89 
91 
76 
53 
21 
38 
acres 
4,182 
4,199 
2,102 
1,349 
611 
2,748 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
129 
162 
82 
60 
69 
65 
acres 
11,734 
9,370 
3,108 
2,107 
1,415 
1,833 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
201 
293 
195 
163 
112 
92 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
30,068 
40,450 
18,812 
8,500 
4,267 
5,215 
used 
farms 
369 
195 
115 
48 
20 
57 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
36,020 
15,669 
4,749 
3,291 
803 
2,937 
used 
farms 
209 
121 
76 
43 
28 
27 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
24,731 
12,365 
1,480 
1,072 
2,925 
1,226 
practices were used 
farms 
658 
469 
224 
148 
86 
137 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
58,972 
33,042 
7,240 
3,577 
2,886 
9,054 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
97 
100 
62 
57 
36 
56 
acres 
3,478 
3,648 
2,021 
1,756 
658 
1,871 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
40 
72 
36 
29 
34 
54 
Solar panels 
farms 
23 
18 
8 
8 
3 
14 
Wind turbines 
farms 
5 
16 
8 
4 
12 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
12 
43 
22 
15 
15 
34 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
13 
23 
13 
9 
16 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,441 
2,604 
2,251 
1,920 
1,698 
2,384 
Part owners 
farms 
746 
616 
260 
161 
134 
257 
Tenants 
farms 
331 
316 
132 
101 
99 
197 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,230 
3,250 
2,519 
2,097 
1,839 
2,657 
acres 
1,895,149 
1,298,100 
1,128,685 
539,670 
442,670 
4,304,289 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,187 
3,220 
2,511 
2,081 
1,832 
2,641 
acres 
997,021 
717,592 
550,604 
250,529 
169,156 
2,194,117 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,088 
947 
402 
266 
243 
470 
acres 
397,854 
368,970 
81,431 
64,381 
31,139 
292,639 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,077 
932 
392 
262 
233 
454 
acres 
380,729 
348,732 
76,674 
63,716 
27,239 
284,291 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
739 
1,309 
1,006 
861 
749 
667 
acres 
915,253 
600,746 
582,838 
289,806 
277,414 
2,118,520 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,751 
5,169 
3,980 
3,267 
2,824 
4,241 
1 operator 
1,511 
2,139 
1,528 
1,284 
1,170 
1,626 
2 operators 
846 
1,211 
965 
780 
668 
1,093 
3 operators 
126 
155 
112 
88 
74 
86 
4 operators 
20 
22 
26 
17 
11 
17 
5 or more operators 
15 
9 
12 
13 
8 
16 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
988 
1,538 
1,240 
1,067 
903 
1,491 
1 operator 
884 
1,372 
1,114 
921 
761 
1,303 
2 operators 
50 
65 
27 
40 
47 
55 
3 operators 
- 
6 
2 
4 
4 
5 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
5 or more operators 
- 
3 
11 
9 
6 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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