Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
41,374 
35,922 
2,967 
2,207 
acres treated 
14,897,415 
10,733,600 
2,355,227 
1,914,993 
Manure used 
farms 
16,582 
14,377 
1,336 
1,016 
acres treated 
1,580,164 
1,122,585 
268,614 
233,109 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
19,634 
16,382 
1,676 
1,287 
acres 
6,294,083 
4,415,155 
1,015,246 
849,541 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
41,571 
36,079 
2,995 
2,228 
acres 
17,838,092 
12,847,655 
2,823,201 
2,284,990 
Nematodes 
farms 
3,526 
2,942 
306 
231 
acres 
795,308 
554,708 
123,298 
105,324 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
4,652 
3,583 
484 
378 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,795,593 
1,082,931 
349,270 
297,135 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
675 
472 
84 
63 
acres on which used 
160,997 
84,277 
35,659 
24,608 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
21,521 
18,618 
1,548 
1,164 
acres 
6,461,173 
4,848,233 
888,807 
718,818 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
12,487 
10,716 
873 
658 
acres 
4,548,977 
3,075,601 
763,612 
602,890 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
2,719 
2,289 
226 
166 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
244,482 
184,896 
25,332 
22,260 
used 
farms 
4,701 
4,039 
355 
276 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
818,754 
628,939 
118,240 
99,546 
used 
farms 
14,110 
11,996 
1,152 
893 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
6,109,886 
4,355,588 
987,633 
814,790 
practices were used 
farms 
32,653 
28,675 
2,242 
1,627 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
11,517,373 
8,295,381 
1,830,742 
1,457,906 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
5,661 
4,773 
505 
387 
acres 
408,190 
279,283 
69,414 
59,015 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,702 
1,490 
93 
67 
Solar panels 
farms 
397 
360 
16 
11 
Wind turbines 
farms 
592 
501 
38 
23 
Methane digesters 
farms 
7 
6 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
724 
638 
42 
35 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
8 
6 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
5 
5 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
22 
19 
2 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
875 
748 
65 
49 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
44,400 
39,739 
2,360 
1,640 
Part owners 
farms 
24,620 
21,351 
1,843 
1,402 
Tenants 
farms 
5,522 
4,440 
465 
360 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
69,369 
61,410 
4,214 
3,050 
acres 
17,078,128 
13,549,638 
1,949,914 
1,510,033 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
69,020 
61,090 
4,203 
3,042 
acres 
14,457,275 
11,363,014 
1,757,798 
1,367,787 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
30,314 
25,941 
2,319 
1,766 
acres 
11,648,028 
8,229,493 
1,928,022 
1,570,608 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
30,142 
25,791 
2,308 
1,762 
acres 
11,578,563 
8,184,911 
1,918,270 
1,561,717 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
17,211 
15,186 
987 
699 
acres 
2,690,318 
2,231,206 
201,868 
151,137 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
111,311 
94,154 
9,492 
6,962 
1 operator 
44,502 
41,001 
1,371 
1,012 
2 operators 
25,273 
21,520 
2,261 
1,596 
3 operators 
3,605 
2,373 
721 
552 
4 operators 
803 
447 
223 
162 
5 or more operators 
359 
189 
92 
80 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
28,540 
25,095 
1,573 
1,150 
1 operator 
25,795 
23,174 
1,152 
829 
2 operators 
1,036 
736 
159 
117 
3 operators 
138 
88 
26 
22 
4 operators 
28 
18 
5 
4 
5 or more operators 
18 
13 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Minnesota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
