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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
41,374 
4,933 
5,014 
6,189 
7,763 
6,833 
acres treated 
14,897,415 
7,009,057 
3,203,737 
2,179,016 
1,429,705 
665,674 
Manure used 
farms 
16,582 
1,932 
1,963 
2,547 
2,919 
2,376 
acres treated 
1,580,164 
646,289 
303,725 
257,585 
196,055 
87,927 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
19,634 
3,502 
3,287 
3,625 
3,569 
2,620 
acres 
6,294,083 
3,201,493 
1,404,639 
885,869 
495,752 
206,774 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
41,571 
4,925 
5,016 
6,213 
7,782 
6,869 
acres 
17,838,092 
8,624,482 
3,834,821 
2,583,585 
1,643,692 
723,902 
Nematodes 
farms 
3,526 
702 
590 
605 
626 
453 
acres 
795,308 
363,359 
189,914 
117,830 
76,565 
33,959 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
4,652 
1,271 
792 
633 
621 
461 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,795,593 
1,140,874 
342,576 
172,505 
85,993 
33,982 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
675 
185 
95 
79 
70 
63 
acres on which used 
160,997 
98,778 
31,745 
18,804 
6,103 
3,384 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
21,521 
2,804 
3,042 
3,651 
3,907 
3,005 
acres 
6,461,173 
2,868,912 
1,514,403 
1,074,691 
592,906 
233,725 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
12,487 
1,606 
1,572 
1,727 
1,892 
1,508 
acres 
4,548,977 
2,339,835 
957,255 
528,057 
326,427 
147,582 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,719 
289 
226 
280 
284 
258 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
244,482 
65,660 
20,379 
26,866 
24,793 
18,552 
used 
farms 
4,701 
650 
703 
713 
753 
654 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
818,754 
334,381 
176,203 
152,039 
86,183 
40,929 
used 
farms 
14,110 
2,312 
2,281 
2,584 
2,698 
2,005 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,109,886 
3,090,852 
1,374,492 
911,075 
466,501 
182,860 
practices were used 
farms 
32,653 
3,381 
3,438 
4,433 
5,931 
5,520 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
11,517,373 
5,540,174 
2,379,981 
1,591,906 
1,133,856 
542,919 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
5,661 
586 
550 
726 
912 
669 
acres 
408,190 
180,225 
63,876 
56,944 
42,515 
23,949 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,702 
214 
181 
238 
175 
128 
Solar panels 
farms 
397 
10 
21 
20 
23 
34 
Wind turbines 
farms 
592 
106 
93 
120 
59 
53 
Methane digesters 
farms 
7 
1 
1 
5 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
724 
102 
70 
92 
80 
44 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
8 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Other 
farms 
22 
- 
1 
1 
1 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
875 
145 
123 
145 
115 
109 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
44,400 
875 
738 
1,370 
3,146 
4,002 
Part owners 
farms 
24,620 
4,092 
4,086 
4,368 
4,166 
2,921 
Tenants 
farms 
5,522 
445 
425 
726 
1,045 
1,129 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
69,369 
4,978 
4,843 
5,772 
7,386 
7,009 
acres 
17,078,128 
4,164,282 
2,204,663 
1,878,990 
1,926,840 
1,364,281 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
69,020 
4,967 
4,824 
5,738 
7,312 
6,923 
acres 
14,457,275 
4,031,316 
2,072,414 
1 ,740,444 
1,683,743 
1,127,142 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
30,314 
4,545 
4,515 
5,098 
5,224 
4,072 
acres 
11,648,028 
5,742,882 
2,494,493 
1,615,865 
923,899 
446,808 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
30,142 
4,537 
4,511 
5,094 
5,211 
4,050 
acres 
11,578,563 
5,719,468 
2,485,695 
1,611,613 
918,412 
443,010 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
17,211 
614 
626 
706 
1,234 
1,444 
acres 
2,690,318 
156,380 
141,047 
142,798 
248,584 
240,937 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
111,311 
9,940 
8,167 
9,630 
11,876 
1 1 ,335 
1 operator 
44,502 
2,419 
2,942 
3,928 
5,475 
5,309 
2 operators 
25,273 
2,038 
1,812 
2,065 
2,423 
2,317 
3 operators 
3,605 
655 
409 
385 
363 
342 
4 operators 
803 
185 
64 
51 
76 
66 
5 or more operators 
359 
115 
22 
35 
20 
18 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
28,540 
1,673 
1,487 
1,868 
2,413 
2,396 
1 operator 
25,795 
1,397 
1,407 
1,712 
2,202 
2,244 
2 operators 
1,036 
97 
37 
59 
68 
59 
3 operators 
138 
9 
2 
10 
5 
10 
4 operators 
28 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
18 
4 
- 
1 
6 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
