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 
346 
471 
361 
252 
175 
297 
acres treated 
7,528 
7,879 
3,469 
2,341 
1,262 
2,170 
Manure used 
farms 
178 
286 
254 
247 
183 
258 
acres treated 
5,170 
6,588 
2,616 
2,512 
1,324 
1,942 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
251 
303 
212 
88 
78 
133 
acres 
3,495 
2,930 
1,197 
508 
525 
866 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
268 
317 
209 
103 
77 
154 
acres 
4,467 
3,629 
1,747 
996 
747 
1,301 
Nematodes 
farms 
56 
68 
51 
29 
8 
44 
acres 
1,225 
976 
368 
230 
50 
341 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
126 
144 
103 
54 
26 
64 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
1,873 
1,436 
640 
295 
59 
487 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
34 
35 
44 
29 
5 
34 
acres on which used 
722 
319 
266 
205 
36 
347 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
60 
72 
52 
21 
24 
21 
acres 
708 
996 
420 
226 
171 
124 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
78 
126 
105 
113 
89 
87 
acres 
1,764 
2,779 
1,973 
1,246 
1,016 
613 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
40 
73 
65 
30 
35 
43 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
2,992 
11,096 
6,534 
2,150 
1,562 
4,634 
used 
farms 
32 
64 
85 
33 
51 
26 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,088 
868 
300 
53 
167 
180 
used 
farms 
22 
63 
24 
24 
25 
23 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
205 
343 
185 
40 
59 
50 
practices were used 
farms 
183 
229 
164 
132 
127 
116 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,705 
1,676 
725 
720 
341 
587 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
118 
159 
111 
86 
93 
59 
acres 
610 
1,093 
405 
324 
243 
246 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
45 
75 
89 
51 
57 
105 
Solar panels 
farms 
38 
48 
72 
44 
48 
78 
Wind turbines 
farms 
15 
15 
32 
17 
9 
29 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
7 
- 
1 
5 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
17 
5 
- 
1 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Other 
farms 
6 
- 
1 
6 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
8 
- 
6 
2 
7 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
394 
816 
843 
898 
908 
1,815 
Part owners 
farms 
191 
233 
186 
118 
124 
116 
Tenants 
farms 
35 
76 
48 
34 
90 
59 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
585 
1,049 
1,029 
1,016 
1,032 
1,931 
acres 
102,566 
160,593 
112,229 
163,976 
80,338 
145,758 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
585 
1,049 
1,029 
1,016 
1,032 
1,931 
acres 
99,501 
156,087 
105,778 
160,280 
77,410 
143,121 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
227 
309 
241 
152 
214 
175 
acres 
15,838 
19,221 
9,193 
4,735 
5,501 
3,686 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
226 
309 
234 
152 
214 
175 
acres 
15,773 
19,101 
9,008 
4,735 
5,491 
3,686 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
50 
89 
85 
75 
70 
78 
acres 
3,130 
4,626 
6,636 
3,696 
2,938 
2,637 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,101 
1,863 
1,714 
1,701 
1,751 
3,107 
1 operator 
246 
530 
524 
475 
535 
992 
2 operators 
303 
499 
491 
514 
547 
898 
3 operators 
50 
64 
49 
48 
38 
81 
4 operators 
12 
20 
10 
12 
2 
19 
5 or more operators 
9 
12 
3 
1 
- 
- 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
460 
708 
747 
716 
777 
1,437 
1 operator 
339 
583 
633 
661 
719 
1,257 
2 operators 
50 
54 
49 
23 
29 
88 
3 operators 
7 
4 
4 
3 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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