Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
19,634 
390 
1,276 
468 
1,051 
1,026 
acres 
6,294,083 
1,227 
17,685 
15,185 
51,982 
67,022 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
41,571 
531 
3,401 
1,390 
3,153 
2,962 
acres 
17,838,092 
1,906 
55,193 
48,452 
157,921 
207,765 
Nematodes 
... farms 
3,526 
81 
234 
90 
209 
206 
acres 
795,308 
284 
3,173 
3,097 
9,843 
12,478 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
4,652 
158 
435 
130 
233 
185 
acres 
1,795,593 
473 
4,374 
3,850 
10,513 
9,223 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
675 
36 
105 
26 
46 
25 
acres on which used 
160,997 
88 
1,049 
771 
1,087 
1,092 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
21,521 
235 
2,272 
795 
1,687 
1,480 
acres 
6,461,173 
979 
36,670 
26,008 
83,140 
96,131 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
12,487 
131 
1,257 
432 
831 
898 
acres 
4,548,977 
531 
21,457 
12,644 
33,129 
45,738 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
2,719 
19 
284 
126 
246 
239 
acres 
244,482 
58 
4,097 
3,267 
8,309 
12,051 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
4,701 
96 
355 
173 
366 
325 
acres 
818,754 
184 
4,127 
4,403 
11,702 
13,598 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
14,110 
89 
627 
341 
726 
830 
acres 
6,109,886 
294 
10,167 
9,866 
33,787 
49,306 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
32,653 
624 
3,200 
1,232 
2,690 
2,493 
acres 
11,517,373 
2,016 
48,290 
38,283 
129,405 
163,653 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
5,661 
82 
712 
211 
503 
420 
acres 
408,190 
206 
5,873 
3,114 
9,904 
1 1 ,283 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
1,702 
37 
290 
95 
148 
101 
Solar panels 
... farms 
397 
21 
105 
30 
61 
33 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
592 
11 
48 
23 
31 
38 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
724 
10 
144 
37 
63 
36 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
8 
1 
2 
- 
3 
- 
Biodiesel 
... farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
... farms 
22 
- 
1 
2 
6 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
... farms 
875 
7 
110 
19 
60 
55 
TENURE 
Full owners 
... farms 
44,400 
2,901 
13,200 
3,462 
5,829 
4,435 
Part owners 
... farms 
24,620 
121 
1,266 
572 
1,004 
1,258 
Tenants 
... farms 
5,522 
466 
826 
307 
561 
471 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
... farms 
69,369 
3,030 
14,524 
4,056 
6,883 
5,734 
acres 
17,078,128 
65,518 
919,947 
423,088 
779,612 
880,231 
Owned land in farms 
... farms 
69,020 
3,022 
14,466 
4,034 
6,833 
5,693 
acres 
14,457,275 
14,737 
379,328 
219,462 
516,198 
595,720 
Land rented or leased from others 
... farms 
30,314 
599 
2,134 
889 
1,596 
1,743 
acres 
11,648,028 
3,953 
46,296 
36,651 
88,593 
130,593 
Rented or leased land in farms 
... farms 
30,142 
587 
2,092 
879 
1,565 
1,729 
acres 
11,578,563 
1,999 
41,951 
34,079 
86,534 
126,274 
Land rented or leased to others 
... farms 
17,211 
535 
4,599 
1,750 
2,026 
1,971 
acres 
2,690,318 
52,735 
544,964 
206,198 
265,473 
288,830 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
111,311 
5,268 
22,857 
6,296 
10,761 
8,877 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
44,502 
1,960 
8,720 
2,646 
4,564 
3,844 
2 operators 
25,273 
1,357 
5,870 
1,503 
2,431 
2,038 
3 operators 
3,605 
117 
522 
144 
314 
207 
4 operators 
803 
41 
130 
36 
64 
53 
5 or more operators 
359 
13 
50 
12 
21 
22 
Total women operators 
number 
28,540 
1,809 
7,498 
1,875 
3,028 
2,370 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
25,795 
1,580 
6,648 
1,734 
2,775 
2,202 
2 operators 
1,036 
83 
344 
50 
90 
75 
3 operators 
138 
9 
40 
11 
19 
6 
4 operators 
28 
7 
8 
2 
4 
- 
5 or more operators 
18 
1 
1 
- 
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PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
68,172 
2,855 
13,181 
3,841 
6,620 
5,531 
Female 
6,370 
633 
2,111 
500 
774 
633 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
39,423 
1,319 
4,664 
1,368 
2,647 
2,535 
Other 
35,119 
2,169 
10,628 
2,973 
4,747 
3,629 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
68 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
