Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Ohio 
Adams 
Allen 
Ashland 
Ashtabula 
Athens 
Auglaize 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
35,759 
538 
565 
512 
471 
183 
674 
2007 
39,330 
636 
602 
564 
542 
199 
686 
acres treated, 2012 
7,587,961 
56,668 
122,910 
82,236 
76,164 
8,289 
148,082 
2007 
8,144,573 
55,992 
140,015 
82,717 
68,058 
1 1 ,044 
158,740 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
33,673 
465 
556 
484 
448 
146 
668 
2007 
36,736 
553 
586 
540 
517 
169 
672 
acres treated, 2012 
7,460,338 
48,135 
122,568 
80,705 
74,705 
6,403 
147,801 
2007 
7,979,599 
45,900 
139,699 
80,932 
67,248 
8,756 
157,735 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
5,322 
229 
23 
75 
71 
59 
30 
2007 
6,451 
244 
35 
97 
68 
70 
35 
acres treated, 2012 
127,623 
8,533 
342 
1,531 
1,459 
1,886 
281 
2007 
164,974 
10,092 
316 
1,785 
810 
2,288 
1,005 
Manure farms, 2012 
15,886 
225 
104 
328 
283 
124 
306 
2007 
17,596 
264 
165 
359 
329 
132 
292 
acres treated, 2012 
820,223 
9,190 
6,414 
16,382 
12,663 
3,127 
23,523 
2007 
805,897 
7,772 
7,009 
18,757 
16,165 
3,876 
18,342 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
12,878 
122 
178 
177 
161 
29 
253 
2007 
1 1 ,735 
138 
151 
163 
168 
28 
256 
acres, 2012 
2,657,942 
8,763 
39,630 
25,142 
21,320 
921 
44,965 
2007 
1,929,062 
5,462 
26,071 
13,698 
14,101 
1,780 
38,699 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
32,352 
338 
558 
463 
395 
86 
690 
2007 
28,826 
284 
498 
440 
413 
82 
616 
acres, 2012 
8,651,641 
39,093 
149,783 
81,269 
76,037 
4,653 
167,283 
2007 
7,241,927 
26,100 
126,888 
68,163 
53,805 
5,070 
149,433 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
1,867 
12 
25 
33 
26 
3 
45 
2007 
1,009 
4 
20 
12 
11 
- 
30 
acres, 2012 
331,083 
699 
5,569 
4,537 
2,061 
11 
1 1 ,580 
2007 
153,740 
287 
980 
1,106 
536 
- 
5,887 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
3,672 
36 
52 
59 
63 
4 
87 
2007 
2,737 
14 
28 
31 
63 
7 
32 
acres, 2012 
554,151 
1,216 
9,365 
1,667 
823 
26 
12,362 
2007 
316,045 
163 
5,592 
883 
958 
(D) 
7,423 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
834 
37 
4 
10 
24 
2 
13 
2007 
729 
32 
2 
7 
20 
3 
13 
acres on which used, 2012 
49,774 
284 
1,176 
692 
773 
(D) 
1,133 
2007 
27,621 
303 
(D) 
113 
415 
5 
367 
Item 
Belmont 
Brown 
Butler 
Carroll 
Champaign 
Clark 
Clermont 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
183 
612 
369 
294 
463 
384 
278 
2007 
207 
816 
408 
328 
496 
381 
360 
acres treated, 2012 
1 1 ,547 
101,578 
82,761 
30,646 
120,016 
111,260 
48,439 
2007 
9,705 
137,066 
75,194 
31,213 
136,731 
119,086 
59,812 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
152 
544 
332 
269 
450 
356 
224 
2007 
170 
725 
368 
285 
477 
363 
305 
acres treated, 2012 
6,183 
97,544 
81,432 
28,624 
119,362 
110,380 
46,710 
2007 
6,510 
131,482 
73,250 
28,780 
135,805 
117,782 
58,392 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
69 
168 
80 
68 
45 
52 
91 
2007 
72 
200 
91 
94 
60 
50 
101 
acres treated, 2012 
5,364 
4,034 
1,329 
2,022 
654 
880 
1,729 
2007 
3,195 
5,584 
1,944 
2,433 
926 
1,304 
1,420 
Manure farms, 2012 
143 
257 
176 
245 
173 
124 
118 
2007 
156 
263 
218 
256 
215 
131 
141 
acres treated, 2012 
3,577 
5,087 
7,279 
12,112 
7,065 
7,411 
1,824 
2007 
4,616 
6,392 
6,168 
10,513 
8,570 
5,895 
1,781 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
25 
147 
124 
80 
206 
177 
71 
2007 
19 
216 
112 
73 
191 
168 
90 
acres, 2012 
270 
23,803 
29,627 
8,606 
41,643 
55,885 
19,184 
2007 
404 
23,165 
10,954 
7,018 
42,816 
46,763 
13,063 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
86 
500 
339 
221 
429 
371 
207 
2007 
77 
486 
299 
201 
401 
313 
196 
acres, 2012 
1,268 
104,870 
97,092 
25,556 
145,469 
141,987 
75,608 
2007 
1,379 
106,519 
52,819 
19,402 
141,068 
106,994 
41,621 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
5 
35 
19 
9 
34 
29 
16 
2007 
- 
27 
11 
4 
21 
15 
12 
acres, 2012 
78 
16,078 
2,634 
562 
5,120 
5,881 
15,703 
2007 
- 
6,924 
1,457 
70 
2,254 
2,877 
3,683 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
8 
37 
29 
21 
55 
42 
22 
2007 
3 
49 
21 
15 
36 
40 
29 
acres, 2012 
54 
3,185 
2,559 
1,044 
6,968 
9,527 
750 
2007 
(D) 
5,611 
1,144 
719 
10,053 
8,918 
650 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 201 2 
6 
35 
12 
8 
12 
2 
7 
2007 
1 
28 
8 
8 
6 
4 
13 
acres on which used, 2012 
55 
1,529 
689 
357 
1,325 
(D) 
66 
2007 
(D) 
252 
111 
136 
507 
122 
133 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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