Table 49. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Any fertilizer, manure, or chemicals used 
farms 
607 
652 
Chemical expenses 
... farms 
460 
399 
$1,000 
1,760 
1,441 
Manure used 
farms 
226 
193 
Acres treated to control- 
acres treated 
2,424 
2,934 
Insects 
... farms 
264 
208 
acres 
7,387 
5,881 
Any fertilizer or chemical expenses 
farms 
728 
749 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
313 
198 
$1,000 
4,720 
4,617 
acres 
10,645 
7,121 
Nematodes 
... farms 
69 
10 
Commercial fertilizer, lime. 
acres 
1,780 
552 
and soil conditioners used 
farms 
494 
547 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
149 
87 
acres treated 
13,974 
13,482 
acres 
(D) 
2,736 
Commercial fertilizer, lime. 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
and soil conditioners expenses 
farms 
674 
707 
ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
39 
35 
$1,000 
2,960 
3,175 
acres on which used 
(D) 
275 
Table 50. Land Use Practices by Size of Farm: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Land use practices 
Farms 
Acres 
Land use practices 
Farms 
Acres 
Land drained by tile 
20 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were used - Con. 
Average per farm 
(X) 
(D) 
No-till practices used: - Con. 
Acres drained: 
200 to 499 acres 
1 
(D) 
1 to 9 acres 
13 
(D) 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7 
161 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
- 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, excluding no till. 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
practices were used 
81 
630 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
Average per farm 
(X) 
8 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
Conservation tillage used: 
1 to 9 acres 
74 
(D) 
Land artificially drained 
79 
695 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5 
103 
Average per farm 
(X) 
9 
50 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1 
(D) 
Acres drained by ditches: 
1 to 9 acres 
49 
148 
200 to 499 acres 
1 
(D) 
1 0 to 49 acres 
27 
367 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
50 to 99 acres 
3 
180 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage practices were used 
198 
7,202 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
Average per farm 
(X) 
36 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
Conventional tillage used: 
1 to 9 acres 
119 
357 
Land under conservation easement 
87 
3,905 
1 0 to 49 acres 
46 
1,005 
Average per farm 
(X) 
45 
50 to 99 acres 
11 
736 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
8 
1,057 
Acres under easement: 
1 to 9 acres 
20 
84 
200 to 499 acres 
14 
4,047 
1 0 to 49 acres 
36 
812 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
50 to 99 acres 
21 
1,495 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
10 
1,514 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
Cropland planted to a cover crop (excluding CRP) 
126 
2,537 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
Average per farm 
(X) 
20 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
Cover crop acres (excluding CRP): 
1 to 9 acres 
92 
231 
Cropland on which no-till practices were used 
51 
836 
1 0 to 49 acres 
18 
349 
Average per farm 
(X) 
16 
50 to 99 acres 
7 
470 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
6 
737 
No-till practices used: 
1 to 9 acres 
35 
84 
200 to 499 acres 
3 
750 
1 0 to 49 acres 
13 
319 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
50 to 99 acres 
2 
(D) 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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