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 
104 
76 
37 
159 
120 
84 
36 
acres 
1,919 
1,585 
2,103 
10,596 
20,110 
35,786 
60,424 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
115 
84 
63 
221 
160 
103 
43 
acres 
2,701 
1,958 
2,959 
15,185 
33,332 
59,109 
84,423 
Nematodes 
...farms 
25 
21 
8 
54 
21 
31 
15 
acres 
308 
346 
323 
2,565 
3,468 
10,704 
17,417 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
56 
47 
25 
101 
77 
70 
28 
acres 
801 
832 
919 
6,176 
14,530 
26,935 
42,350 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
19 
17 
7 
35 
41 
32 
15 
acres on which used 
242 
382 
320 
2,936 
7,485 
10,126 
16,895 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
37 
31 
18 
70 
57 
31 
12 
acres 
552 
452 
353 
2,299 
2,702 
1,877 
832 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
53 
47 
32 
93 
68 
23 
11 
acres 
1,262 
1,297 
1,126 
5,505 
5,215 
2,548 
2,069 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
48 
19 
15 
57 
19 
15 
3 
acres 
4,220 
2,074 
(D) 
6,340 
3,669 
8,605 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
20 
23 
23 
26 
19 
11 
8 
acres 
310 
568 
913 
1,284 
1,271 
1,166 
2,969 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
13 
5 
19 
23 
32 
21 
9 
acres 
313 
32 
296 
1,366 
4,261 
7,990 
4,094 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
80 
52 
56 
145 
116 
94 
34 
acres 
667 
1,263 
2,973 
9,368 
24,666 
48,977 
52,294 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
50 
23 
28 
77 
53 
42 
15 
acres 
398 
284 
607 
3,258 
6,632 
9,279 
6,097 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
49 
22 
4 
20 
13 
9 
2 
Solar panels 
...farms 
23 
15 
1 
15 
3 
7 
1 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
20 
7 
2 
10 
- 
1 
1 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
7 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
9 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
7 
- 
8 
1 
1 
1 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
403 
268 
160 
374 
143 
66 
19 
Part owners 
...farms 
95 
121 
88 
257 
177 
84 
35 
Tenants 
...farms 
23 
18 
9 
23 
12 
7 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
498 
389 
248 
631 
320 
150 
54 
acres 
74,983 
70,572 
53,260 
192,685 
180,669 
171,414 
253,873 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
498 
389 
248 
631 
320 
150 
54 
acres 
73,278 
67,139 
51,752 
188,964 
176,664 
165,674 
250,946 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
119 
139 
97 
280 
190 
91 
36 
acres 
8,483 
12,415 
9,705 
42,336 
48,000 
42,019 
61,252 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
118 
139 
97 
280 
189 
91 
36 
acres 
8,378 
12,415 
9,456 
42,336 
47,777 
41,829 
57,570 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
45 
54 
38 
70 
46 
27 
12 
acres 
1,810 
3,433 
1,757 
3,721 
4,228 
5,930 
6,609 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
903 
698 
404 
1,147 
570 
289 
127 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
225 
172 
144 
303 
157 
71 
17 
2 operators 
230 
188 
95 
265 
128 
55 
21 
3 operators 
51 
39 
13 
52 
35 
20 
10 
4 operators 
13 
7 
2 
19 
9 
10 
4 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
3 
15 
3 
1 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
344 
253 
130 
361 
164 
53 
26 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
277 
219 
113 
285 
134 
46 
22 
2 operators 
32 
17 
7 
25 
10 
2 
2 
3 operators 
1 
- 
1 
7 
2 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
396 
332 
224 
570 
292 
140 
47 
Female 
125 
75 
33 
84 
40 
17 
8 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
273 
206 
125 
398 
229 
120 
37 
Other 
248 
201 
132 
256 
103 
37 
18 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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