Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
550 
522 
381 
1,302 
1,016 
700 
452 
acres 
20,309 
26,445 
21,215 
119,518 
227,845 
382,438 
888,992 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
1,492 
1,331 
924 
2,907 
1,811 
1,049 
552 
acres 
67,504 
76,153 
59,944 
312,736 
485,920 
779,420 
1 ,455,744 
Nematodes 
....farms 
65 
54 
24 
138 
130 
87 
42 
acres 
2,771 
2,427 
1,201 
12,898 
38,798 
34,257 
88,171 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
115 
119 
94 
276 
270 
187 
144 
acres 
3,225 
4,793 
3,192 
22,829 
56,955 
94,787 
195,724 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
96 
83 
88 
274 
224 
161 
67 
acres on which used 
1,395 
1,546 
2,225 
8,926 
8,077 
8,255 
5,505 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
315 
245 
202 
552 
451 
258 
195 
acres 
10,350 
7,838 
8,113 
30,901 
48,904 
62,030 
176,988 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
444 
398 
274 
590 
363 
214 
127 
acres 
23,444 
28,203 
17,455 
59,542 
74,059 
111,863 
179,229 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
161 
135 
111 
251 
144 
76 
43 
acres 
5,954 
7,773 
7,160 
19,631 
21,570 
14,738 
28,405 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
765 
686 
496 
1,744 
1,284 
855 
493 
acres 
37,319 
44,428 
34,200 
190,811 
339,625 
587,529 
970,012 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
232 
185 
156 
541 
411 
303 
247 
acres 
7,132 
6,126 
7,455 
40,366 
63,862 
110,871 
319,661 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
824 
697 
560 
1,511 
987 
541 
297 
acres 
17,244 
18,226 
15,558 
70,444 
92,668 
95,780 
199,516 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
648 
524 
426 
1,379 
814 
349 
183 
acres 
13,426 
13,097 
12,125 
55,882 
64,866 
68,101 
82,857 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
79 
57 
52 
89 
49 
18 
11 
Solar panels 
...farms 
40 
20 
24 
44 
20 
6 
5 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
5 
3 
1 
1 
2 
- 
1 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
3 
3 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
33 
22 
27 
30 
15 
4 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
7 
6 
5 
4 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
12 
22 
4 
17 
18 
5 
4 
Ethanol 
...farms 
4 
10 
3 
6 
8 
3 
3 
Other 
...farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
3 
2 
1 
5 
- 
1 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
3,788 
2,636 
1,678 
3,397 
1,139 
344 
81 
Part owners 
....farms 
1,332 
1,176 
862 
2,773 
1,582 
934 
485 
Tenants 
....farms 
177 
144 
112 
246 
127 
45 
39 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
5,133 
3,816 
2,543 
6,176 
2,726 
1,279 
567 
acres 
764,918 
687,491 
552,517 
1,767,121 
1,335,295 
1,006,285 
813,011 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
5,120 
3,812 
2,540 
6,170 
2,721 
1,278 
566 
acres 
700,162 
636,314 
510,329 
1,657,763 
1,252,970 
967,643 
796,508 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
1,518 
1,322 
985 
3,023 
1,715 
980 
524 
acres 
133,759 
145,930 
124,401 
577,217 
637,615 
782,900 
1,257,845 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
1,509 
1,320 
974 
3,019 
1,709 
979 
524 
acres 
130,683 
145,684 
122,401 
572,946 
633,638 
780,238 
1,257,615 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
763 
575 
403 
957 
436 
164 
59 
acres 
67,832 
51,423 
44,188 
113,629 
86,302 
41,304 
16,733 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
7,736 
5,961 
3,974 
9,577 
4,406 
2,130 
1,119 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
3,244 
2,304 
1,565 
3,868 
1,644 
773 
268 
2 operators 
1,761 
1,363 
898 
2,052 
913 
386 
216 
3 operators 
248 
244 
158 
426 
254 
124 
89 
4 operators 
29 
32 
24 
57 
27 
25 
20 
5 or more operators 
15 
13 
7 
13 
10 
15 
12 
Total women operators 
.number 
2,000 
1,524 
971 
2,021 
761 
325 
161 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,811 
1,324 
872 
1,804 
667 
238 
126 
2 operators 
71 
79 
45 
95 
44 
33 
14 
3 operators 
9 
14 
3 
9 
2 
1 
1 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
5 or more operators 
2 
“ 
- 
- 
- 
1 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
4,795 
3,565 
2,424 
5,950 
2,700 
1,278 
592 
Female 
502 
391 
228 
466 
148 
45 
13 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
2,505 
1,927 
1,431 
3,806 
1,989 
1,074 
550 
Other 
2,792 
2,029 
1,221 
2,610 
859 
249 
55 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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