Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
82 
71 
70 
11 
11 
9 
acres treated 
(D) 
4,232 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Manure used 
farms 
15 
15 
15 
- 
- 
1 
acres treated 
288 
288 
288 
- 
- 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
69 
60 
59 
9 
9 
3 
acres 
3,946 
3,808 
(D) 
138 
138 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
69 
61 
60 
8 
8 
2 
acres 
5,320 
4,171 
(D) 
1,149 
1,149 
(D) 
Nematodes 
farms 
18 
14 
13 
4 
4 
1 
acres 
721 
709 
(D) 
12 
12 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
36 
32 
31 
4 
4 
1 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
1,680 
1,668 
(D) 
12 
12 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
8 
4 
4 
4 
4 
- 
acres on which used 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
7 
7 
6 
- 
_ 
_ 
acres 
81 
81 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
11 
8 
8 
3 
3 
- 
acres 
38 
33 
33 
5 
5 
- 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
8 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
561 
561 
561 
- 
- 
- 
used 
farms 
10 
9 
9 
1 
1 
- 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
375 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
14 
14 
14 
- 
- 
1 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
135 
135 
135 
- 
- 
(D) 
practices were used 
farms 
34 
28 
28 
6 
6 
3 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,395 
2,363 
2,363 
1,032 
1,032 
(D) 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
20 
20 
20 
- 
- 
5 
acres 
1,306 
1,306 
1,306 
- 
- 
(D) 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
6 
4 
4 
2 
2 
- 
Solar panels 
farms 
6 
4 
4 
2 
2 
- 
Wind turbines 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biediesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
4 
4 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
101 
88 
87 
13 
13 
16 
Part owners 
farms 
25 
22 
22 
3 
3 
2 
Tenants 
farms 
23 
18 
18 
5 
5 
13 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
126 
110 
109 
16 
16 
18 
acres 
7,508 
6,051 
(D) 
1,457 
1,457 
4,100 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
126 
110 
109 
16 
16 
18 
acres 
7,500 
6,043 
(D) 
1,457 
1,457 
3,850 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
48 
40 
40 
8 
8 
15 
acres 
2,920 
2,780 
2,780 
140 
140 
683 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
48 
40 
40 
8 
8 
15 
acres 
2,920 
2,780 
2,780 
140 
140 
671 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
278 
242 
241 
36 
36 
43 
1 operator 
59 
47 
46 
12 
12 
19 
2 operators 
66 
60 
60 
6 
6 
12 
3 operators 
17 
16 
16 
1 
1 
- 
4 operators 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
4 
3 
3 
1 
1 
- 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
99 
92 
92 
7 
7 
8 
1 operator 
77 
70 
70 
7 
7 
8 
2 operators 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
- 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 operators 
2 
2 
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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