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 
35,759 
1,931 
2,460 
3,507 
6,405 
4,872 
acres treated 
7,587,961 
2,531,924 
1,612,277 
1,304,539 
1,177,861 
439,520 
Manure used 
farms 
15,886 
815 
983 
1,311 
2,230 
1,819 
acres treated 
820,223 
236,759 
138,965 
124,013 
118,519 
60,505 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
12,878 
1,211 
1,305 
1,619 
2,445 
1,757 
acres 
2,657,942 
1,199,831 
550,964 
382,299 
302,871 
117,914 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
32,352 
1,934 
2,453 
3,513 
6,363 
4,795 
acres 
8,651,641 
3,111,920 
1,875,976 
1,474,690 
1,312,836 
467,016 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,867 
143 
146 
210 
348 
312 
acres 
331,083 
134,841 
65,499 
51,429 
44,684 
20,438 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,672 
373 
329 
364 
580 
436 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
554,151 
304,450 
94,099 
58,178 
54,834 
21,898 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
834 
52 
51 
57 
125 
98 
acres on which used 
49,774 
8,470 
12,984 
8,219 
9,657 
4,340 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
27,772 
1,415 
1,899 
2,683 
4,777 
3,470 
acres 
4,997,908 
1,544,195 
1,053,876 
909,151 
807,865 
297,208 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
11,912 
431 
626 
818 
1,337 
1,090 
acres 
1,278,406 
359,923 
266,831 
201,707 
180,169 
76,657 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
3,985 
183 
265 
305 
501 
355 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
193,993 
38,819 
30,536 
26,961 
19,498 
13,364 
used 
farms 
20,712 
1,460 
1,914 
2,640 
4,524 
3,057 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,278,556 
1,380,268 
983,883 
783,618 
690,267 
232,403 
used 
farms 
1 1 ,276 
1,100 
1,251 
1,553 
2,457 
1,579 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,374,494 
1,027,771 
528,372 
356,685 
279,154 
99,213 
practices were used 
farms 
19,919 
972 
1,192 
1,856 
3,610 
2,906 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,421,563 
798,105 
424,925 
399,093 
408,980 
178,054 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
6,565 
487 
621 
733 
1,142 
834 
acres 
357,292 
109,005 
79,215 
56,963 
49,177 
22,723 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
2,094 
69 
86 
119 
235 
183 
Solar panels 
farms 
872 
12 
9 
20 
83 
79 
Wind turbines 
farms 
251 
18 
25 
22 
26 
18 
Methane digesters 
farms 
10 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
706 
15 
15 
49 
54 
42 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
19 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
Biodiesel 
farms 
279 
25 
36 
34 
58 
40 
Ethanol 
farms 
186 
23 
19 
25 
42 
22 
Other 
farms 
28 
1 
- 
- 
3 
10 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
627 
65 
64 
94 
125 
75 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
51,153 
350 
343 
711 
2,103 
2,871 
Part owners 
farms 
20,501 
1,593 
2,165 
2,715 
4,281 
2,435 
Tenants 
farms 
3,808 
168 
140 
308 
677 
578 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
71,837 
1,948 
2,510 
3,435 
6,418 
5,332 
acres 
8,71 1 ,772 
1,314,182 
879,508 
869,535 
1,137,415 
716,567 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
71,654 
1,943 
2,508 
3,426 
6,384 
5,306 
acres 
7,771,676 
1,263,771 
857,126 
831,855 
1,069,217 
648,885 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
24,456 
1,762 
2,306 
3,027 
4,975 
3,024 
acres 
6,208,801 
2,283,551 
1,353,382 
1,003,346 
810,341 
279,559 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
24,309 
1,761 
2,305 
3,023 
4,958 
3,013 
acres 
6,188,928 
2,282,274 
1,352,531 
1,001,840 
805,900 
278,412 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
12,553 
193 
207 
299 
642 
675 
acres 
959,969 
51,688 
23,233 
39,186 
72,639 
68,829 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
115,743 
4,309 
4,413 
5,693 
10,462 
8,843 
1 operator 
42,919 
797 
1,347 
2,250 
4,383 
3,601 
2 operators 
26,924 
769 
939 
1,100 
2,118 
1,816 
3 operators 
4,404 
378 
289 
317 
447 
355 
4 operators 
819 
103 
51 
53 
79 
71 
5 or more operators 
396 
64 
22 
14 
34 
41 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
32,237 
658 
756 
956 
1,955 
1,854 
1 operator 
28,371 
516 
671 
876 
1,758 
1,602 
2 operators 
1,537 
50 
33 
32 
83 
98 
3 operators 
175 
2 
3 
4 
5 
8 
4 operators 
32 
4 
1 
1 
4 
4 
5 or more operators 
21 
3 
1 
- 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Ohio 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
