Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
1,066 
1,021 
1,002 
45 
43 
169 
acres treated 
1,477,487 
1,405,264 
1,362,974 
72,223 
(D) 
193,275 
Manure used 
farms 
322 
308 
300 
14 
13 
42 
acres treated 
73,543 
70,111 
65,106 
3,432 
(D) 
10,790 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
506 
487 
474 
19 
17 
91 
acres 
425,785 
400,434 
381,370 
25,351 
(D) 
79,401 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,130 
1,074 
1,054 
56 
54 
199 
acres 
1 ,928,943 
1,829,738 
1,761,454 
99,205 
(D) 
276,348 
Nematodes 
farms 
44 
40 
39 
4 
3 
5 
acres 
25,190 
19,202 
(D) 
5,988 
(D) 
1,143 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
144 
136 
135 
8 
7 
22 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
142,122 
121,978 
(D) 
20,144 
(D) 
27,320 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
16 
14 
14 
2 
2 
1 
acres on which used 
(D) 
3,548 
3,548 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
168 
160 
158 
8 
8 
30 
acres 
59,789 
58,845 
(D) 
944 
944 
4,089 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
172 
166 
164 
6 
6 
46 
acres 
109,992 
107,637 
(D) 
2,355 
2,355 
13,439 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
173 
160 
157 
13 
13 
47 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
79,776 
77,751 
(D) 
2,025 
2,025 
13,981 
used 
farms 
583 
566 
556 
17 
16 
93 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
934,369 
898,290 
873,151 
36,079 
(D) 
156,923 
used 
farms 
359 
341 
335 
18 
17 
37 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
450,005 
412,800 
393,916 
37,205 
(D) 
38,450 
practices were used 
farms 
463 
451 
442 
12 
11 
72 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
469,758 
454,794 
444,435 
14,964 
(D) 
49,419 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
129 
121 
119 
8 
8 
24 
acres 
23,023 
21,455 
(D) 
1,568 
1,568 
1,847 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
49 
45 
42 
4 
4 
7 
Solar panels 
farms 
12 
11 
11 
1 
1 
1 
Wind turbines 
farms 
13 
12 
12 
1 
1 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
27 
27 
24 
- 
- 
3 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
20 
20 
19 
- 
- 
5 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
717 
643 
631 
74 
67 
500 
Part owners 
farms 
760 
734 
723 
26 
25 
117 
Tenants 
farms 
167 
157 
155 
10 
10 
34 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,490 
1,390 
1,367 
100 
92 
618 
acres 
3,103,844 
2,961,355 
2,872,883 
142,489 
137,942 
5,842,027 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,477 
1,377 
1,354 
100 
92 
617 
acres 
2,866,994 
2,743,804 
2,661,122 
123,190 
118,969 
2,902,884 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
935 
898 
885 
37 
36 
154 
acres 
1,713,283 
1 ,654,796 
1,637,297 
58,487 
(D) 
416,908 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
927 
891 
878 
36 
35 
151 
acres 
1,694,397 
1,636,020 
1,618,521 
58,377 
(D) 
414,887 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
448 
407 
401 
41 
39 
287 
acres 
255,736 
236,327 
230,537 
19,409 
(D) 
2,941,164 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,150 
2,911 
2,835 
239 
216 
1,146 
1 operator 
718 
659 
649 
59 
55 
436 
2 operators 
576 
547 
543 
29 
27 
122 
3 operators 
231 
221 
217 
10 
10 
68 
4 operators 
75 
74 
74 
1 
1 
9 
5 or more operators 
44 
33 
26 
11 
9 
16 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
688 
652 
641 
36 
36 
262 
1 operator 
523 
513 
511 
10 
10 
178 
2 operators 
57 
53 
52 
4 
4 
13 
3 operators 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
6 
3 
2 
3 
3 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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