Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
...farms 
8 
5 
4 
18 
4 
- 
1 
acres 
463 
464 
403 
1,700 
1,912 
- 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
14 
8 
6 
22 
5 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
601 
525 
3,280 
2,296 
- 
(D) 
Nematodes 
...farms 
2 
3 
2 
11 
- 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
76 
(D) 
875 
- 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
7 
5 
3 
14 
2 
- 
1 
acres 
144 
194 
190 
1,290 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Chemicals used te control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
2 
- 
2 
6 
- 
- 
- 
acres on which used 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
2 
_ 
_ 
1 
1 
_ 
1 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
1 
1 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
6 
- 
2 
4 
1 
- 
- 
acres 
875 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
1 
1 
3 
4 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
10 
6 
6 
19 
4 
- 
2 
acres 
725 
(D) 
408 
2,901 
1,420 
- 
(D) 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
3 
2 
4 
3 
4 
- 
1 
acres 
200 
(D) 
329 
425 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Solar panels 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
21 
14 
13 
17 
4 
1 
2 
Part ewners 
...farms 
13 
5 
6 
13 
2 
- 
- 
Tenants 
...farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
34 
19 
19 
30 
6 
1 
2 
acres 
4,412 
3,175 
3,846 
7,939 
2,862 
(D) 
(D) 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
34 
19 
19 
30 
6 
1 
2 
acres 
4,412 
3,175 
3,828 
7,899 
2,862 
(D) 
(D) 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
14 
6 
7 
13 
3 
_ 
1 
acres 
1,128 
855 
824 
1,941 
1,255 
- 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
14 
6 
7 
13 
3 
- 
1 
acres 
1,128 
855 
824 
1,941 
1,255 
- 
(D) 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
_ 
_ 
1 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
59 
31 
37 
48 
13 
1 
3 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
18 
11 
5 
16 
2 
1 
3 
2 operators 
11 
8 
14 
11 
4 
- 
- 
3 operators 
5 
- 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
19 
11 
9 
9 
2 
- 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
17 
5 
9 
7 
2 
- 
- 
2 operators 
1 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
29 
16 
19 
24 
5 
1 
3 
Female 
6 
4 
1 
6 
2 
- 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
10 
15 
11 
14 
6 
1 
2 
Other 
25 
5 
9 
16 
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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