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 
3,975 
2,999 
1,498 
938 
648 
584 
acres treated 
230,895 
110,169 
32,954 
16,074 
10,365 
9,769 
Manure used 
farms 
1,435 
1,347 
800 
521 
314 
428 
acres treated 
36,493 
25,839 
11,400 
6,018 
3,290 
5,543 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,187 
913 
432 
231 
163 
105 
acres 
60,629 
23,436 
7,662 
2,892 
3,159 
1,778 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,869 
2,902 
1,544 
1,038 
796 
617 
acres 
228,981 
112,820 
39,260 
21,891 
14,350 
10,308 
Nematodes 
farms 
248 
141 
86 
38 
25 
12 
acres 
9,985 
1,860 
875 
472 
428 
61 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
302 
269 
148 
83 
40 
32 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
14,902 
3,118 
911 
381 
247 
104 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
38 
60 
27 
34 
3 
21 
acres on which used 
721 
874 
212 
157 
29 
190 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
1,436 
1,077 
771 
699 
694 
435 
acres 
68,384 
38,826 
27,290 
17,018 
14,431 
10,587 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
965 
956 
650 
590 
574 
447 
acres 
85,885 
73,455 
36,876 
23,763 
17,597 
12,245 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
186 
297 
256 
270 
164 
209 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
14,757 
23,882 
17,104 
13,057 
5,800 
13,632 
used 
farms 
436 
353 
141 
153 
84 
61 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
16,814 
7,606 
1,464 
1,181 
998 
956 
used 
farms 
1,104 
595 
261 
116 
76 
78 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
56,400 
18,939 
3,832 
1,304 
847 
2,784 
practices were used 
farms 
3,468 
2,833 
1,611 
1,010 
613 
415 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
185,824 
87,810 
24,436 
12,431 
8,338 
9,698 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
496 
534 
355 
296 
248 
289 
acres 
13,368 
11,305 
5,156 
3,987 
3,155 
3,710 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
123 
135 
158 
114 
124 
112 
Solar panels 
farms 
47 
38 
68 
43 
50 
43 
Wind turbines 
farms 
25 
32 
30 
26 
32 
16 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
49 
63 
54 
51 
61 
58 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
3 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
2 
4 
5 
- 
- 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
36 
57 
47 
32 
43 
23 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
3,720 
5,566 
5,934 
6,399 
6,803 
5,847 
Part owners 
farms 
1,629 
1,388 
758 
512 
288 
412 
Tenants 
farms 
550 
444 
265 
240 
135 
118 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
5,393 
6,984 
6,704 
6,923 
7,101 
6,276 
acres 
1,018,790 
1,211,432 
1,022,410 
879,586 
815,325 
591,529 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
5,349 
6,954 
6,692 
6,911 
7,091 
6,259 
acres 
808,185 
924,910 
686,850 
522,525 
442,582 
417,164 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,199 
1,846 
1,050 
774 
443 
548 
acres 
182,570 
117,954 
48,940 
28,740 
17,600 
28,277 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,179 
1,832 
1,023 
752 
423 
530 
acres 
176,076 
112,232 
45,214 
24,606 
15,851 
26,386 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,452 
2,128 
2,260 
2,412 
2,659 
1,676 
acres 
217,099 
292,244 
339,286 
361,195 
374,492 
176,256 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
8,501 
10,849 
10,288 
10,511 
10,499 
9,715 
1 operator 
3,751 
4,463 
4,107 
4,272 
4,426 
3,410 
2 operators 
1,835 
2,550 
2,510 
2,536 
2,481 
2,706 
3 operators 
244 
290 
243 
247 
234 
193 
4 operators 
44 
70 
75 
73 
54 
45 
5 or more operators 
25 
25 
22 
23 
31 
23 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
2,095 
3,062 
3,263 
3,400 
3,319 
3,564 
1 operator 
1,889 
2,766 
2,959 
3,035 
3,034 
3,150 
2 operators 
66 
118 
111 
141 
114 
166 
3 operators 
16 
16 
20 
18 
14 
18 
4 operators 
1 
3 
3 
6 
2 
7 
5 or more operators 
3 
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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