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 
4,419 
6,111 
3,931 
2,356 
1,733 
2,399 
acres treated 
292,060 
277,068 
113,689 
52,423 
29,963 
46,515 
Manure used 
farms 
1,304 
1,686 
1,036 
746 
534 
976 
acres treated 
35,303 
37,907 
18,273 
12,569 
6,739 
12,793 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,311 
1,264 
767 
425 
337 
432 
acres 
36,921 
22,680 
9,146 
5,398 
2,548 
4,477 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,886 
3,425 
2,101 
1,387 
1,007 
1,460 
acres 
125,441 
100,475 
39,669 
22,921 
13,275 
20,239 
Nematodes 
farms 
130 
159 
77 
54 
29 
37 
acres 
3,864 
4,283 
763 
457 
129 
175 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
316 
361 
242 
139 
86 
121 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
6,826 
4,183 
1,597 
721 
280 
506 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
238 
192 
89 
56 
51 
64 
acres on which used 
2,859 
2,178 
719 
396 
215 
575 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
463 
636 
462 
356 
311 
377 
acres 
15,990 
15,648 
10,009 
6,798 
3,857 
5,434 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
650 
1,116 
969 
786 
685 
1,121 
acres 
48,074 
49,895 
29,933 
19,985 
12,711 
20,068 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
242 
360 
281 
235 
233 
116 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
15,584 
17,839 
10,202 
5,666 
3,577 
2,779 
used 
farms 
1,375 
1,467 
969 
537 
324 
346 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
67,218 
47,095 
19,104 
8,363 
3,732 
5,759 
used 
farms 
368 
440 
254 
155 
110 
125 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
10,540 
8,274 
3,183 
1,585 
820 
1,452 
practices were used 
farms 
1,772 
1,851 
1,284 
788 
547 
581 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
34,259 
25,079 
12,076 
5,490 
2,685 
4,782 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,191 
1,164 
678 
452 
350 
443 
acres 
20,175 
16,277 
7,748 
3,937 
3,004 
4,069 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
120 
198 
180 
139 
172 
223 
Solar panels 
farms 
77 
112 
69 
59 
87 
104 
Wind turbines 
farms 
3 
5 
18 
16 
10 
12 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
4 
14 
8 
5 
7 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
29 
70 
92 
65 
68 
80 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
5 
14 
24 
18 
14 
16 
Biodiesel 
farms 
15 
24 
22 
26 
12 
35 
Ethanol 
farms 
5 
10 
20 
16 
7 
18 
Other 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
3 
2 
4 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
5 
4 
4 
3 
2 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,318 
9,633 
9,271 
8,392 
8,617 
14,096 
Part owners 
farms 
2,263 
2,747 
1,751 
960 
705 
1,070 
Tenants 
farms 
375 
581 
426 
337 
253 
523 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,588 
12,413 
11,052 
9,366 
9,334 
15,186 
acres 
1 ,232,444 
1,681,147 
1,038,102 
715,602 
615,094 
954,777 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,581 
12,380 
1 1 ,022 
9,352 
9,322 
15,166 
acres 
1,127,142 
1,516,471 
933,964 
634,650 
543,633 
871,596 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,653 
3,348 
2,186 
1,313 
974 
1,613 
acres 
326,400 
304,674 
142,684 
68,939 
46,437 
92,384 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,638 
3,328 
2,177 
1,297 
958 
1,593 
acres 
319,803 
300,832 
139,908 
67,702 
44,571 
90,631 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,113 
2,012 
1,634 
1,228 
1,205 
1,317 
acres 
111,899 
168,518 
106,914 
82,189 
73,327 
84,934 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
10,275 
18,881 
16,819 
14,087 
14,040 
23,539 
1 operator 
4,150 
7,900 
6,818 
5,855 
5,621 
8,697 
2 operators 
2,395 
4,354 
4,037 
3,407 
3,545 
6,327 
3 operators 
353 
597 
477 
339 
335 
543 
4 operators 
41 
80 
96 
68 
60 
94 
5 or more operators 
17 
30 
20 
20 
14 
28 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
2,458 
5,011 
4,877 
4,202 
4,376 
7,986 
1 operator 
2,197 
4,505 
4,431 
3,820 
4,008 
7,303 
2 operators 
106 
201 
195 
165 
169 
298 
3 operators 
11 
33 
17 
12 
8 
27 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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