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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
42 
92 
61 
72 
33 
46 
acres treated 
1,148 
1,368 
537 
603 
(D) 
455 
Manure used 
farms 
15 
46 
43 
38 
26 
29 
acres treated 
152 
512 
354 
228 
220 
331 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
32 
44 
26 
24 
3 
8 
acres 
190 
259 
84 
93 
8 
22 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
33 
61 
43 
30 
5 
12 
acres 
474 
513 
171 
146 
29 
151 
Nematodes 
farms 
7 
8 
5 
3 
- 
7 
acres 
22 
25 
(D) 
3 
- 
36 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
15 
24 
15 
8 
1 
8 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
64 
62 
36 
17 
(D) 
66 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
2 
8 
1 
2 
- 
7 
acres on which used 
(D) 
30 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
60 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
4 
2 
3 
2 
_ 
_ 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
- 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
5 
12 
13 
15 
9 
11 
acres 
101 
40 
43 
117 
(D) 
189 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
6 
20 
15 
14 
9 
7 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
318 
1,070 
161 
455 
742 
213 
used 
farms 
3 
13 
12 
2 
1 
2 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
34 
(D) 
32 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
8 
15 
13 
18 
5 
- 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
(D) 
35 
25 
18 
7 
- 
practices were used 
farms 
30 
19 
22 
22 
8 
11 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
363 
129 
77 
50 
25 
90 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
12 
21 
21 
9 
3 
6 
acres 
26 
48 
49 
48 
3 
12 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
6 
11 
9 
3 
13 
13 
Solar panels 
farms 
5 
4 
7 
3 
- 
7 
Wind turbines 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
- 
5 
- 
4 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
59 
149 
140 
128 
97 
252 
Part owners 
farms 
19 
31 
21 
32 
6 
27 
Tenants 
farms 
8 
20 
7 
18 
2 
18 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
78 
180 
161 
160 
103 
279 
acres 
3,042 
10,012 
8,061 
6,463 
(D) 
8,812 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
78 
180 
161 
160 
103 
279 
acres 
2,999 
9,586 
7,906 
6,398 
(D) 
8,776 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
27 
51 
28 
50 
8 
45 
acres 
3,367 
1,042 
457 
563 
132 
738 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
27 
51 
28 
50 
8 
45 
acres 
3,367 
1,030 
457 
563 
(D) 
738 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4 
17 
7 
7 
4 
3 
acres 
(D) 
438 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
153 
331 
292 
295 
153 
459 
1 operator 
40 
97 
64 
83 
60 
147 
2 operators 
35 
82 
87 
76 
43 
138 
3 operators 
8 
14 
14 
18 
1 
12 
4 operators 
- 
7 
3 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
72 
114 
132 
123 
52 
172 
1 operator 
43 
100 
106 
98 
46 
156 
2 operators 
9 
7 
7 
11 
3 
8 
3 operators 
1 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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