Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Tennessee 
Anderson 
Bedford 
Benton 
Bledsoe 
Blount 
Bradley 
Campbell 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
26,822 
167 
451 
182 
244 
416 
248 
162 
2007 
38,260 
242 
556 
218 
332 
581 
389 
208 
acres treated, 2012 
3,488,191 
5,602 
47,233 
21,293 
26,212 
29,974 
17,959 
7,381 
2007 
4,221,902 
9,112 
61,074 
18,111 
28,996 
36,552 
26,751 
9,894 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
17,153 
84 
245 
89 
164 
254 
123 
118 
2007 
23,721 
137 
309 
121 
205 
384 
244 
133 
acres treated, 2012 
2,685,107 
1,948 
25,715 
13,522 
15,748 
15,464 
6,249 
4,341 
2007 
3,011,244 
3,331 
29,415 
12,710 
14,076 
18,743 
14,786 
3,997 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
15,782 
117 
294 
120 
140 
283 
178 
93 
2007 
24,076 
165 
357 
130 
210 
437 
255 
151 
acres treated, 2012 
803,084 
3,654 
21,518 
7,771 
10,464 
14,510 
11,710 
3,040 
2007 
1,210,658 
5,781 
31,659 
5,401 
14,920 
17,809 
11,965 
5,897 
Manure farms, 2012 
5,589 
48 
157 
28 
43 
104 
119 
34 
2007 
6,971 
53 
241 
11 
43 
135 
168 
39 
acres treated, 2012 
196,050 
829 
10,488 
449 
2,640 
2,264 
4,451 
569 
2007 
184,901 
816 
11,911 
171 
1,572 
2,300 
5,020 
552 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
5,918 
25 
108 
35 
26 
55 
59 
11 
2007 
6,507 
19 
73 
15 
43 
91 
67 
15 
acres, 2012 
1,336,922 
71 
12,877 
6,893 
2,959 
1,266 
2,392 
130 
2007 
1,299,464 
133 
3,350 
1,502 
2,445 
2,400 
3,908 
365 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
18,310 
100 
398 
95 
127 
288 
221 
81 
2007 
18,289 
111 
342 
88 
127 
321 
225 
50 
acres, 2012 
2,893,835 
3,145 
47,704 
10,987 
12,836 
18,042 
12,868 
3,040 
2007 
2,396,492 
3,528 
26,828 
7,312 
8,406 
15,089 
10,376 
1,821 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
1,006 
3 
16 
3 
11 
16 
6 
2 
2007 
550 
4 
11 
- 
5 
3 
2 
5 
acres, 2012 
135,351 
5 
2,759 
(D) 
699 
241 
28 
(D) 
2007 
113,134 
15 
274 
413 
(D) 
(D) 
30 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
1,770 
8 
17 
4 
14 
22 
10 
1 
2007 
1,664 
11 
15 
7 
13 
16 
10 
5 
acres, 2012 
421,438 
23 
3,810 
(D) 
1,083 
361 
278 
(D) 
2007 
378,723 
52 
805 
1,455 
680 
427 
125 
12 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
1,548 
5 
8 
5 
7 
18 
12 
2 
2007 
1,857 
10 
11 
- 
2 
13 
4 
5 
acres on which used, 2012 
356,975 
14 
37 
(D) 
427 
401 
602 
(D) 
2007 
512,963 
36 
84 
(D) 
389 
(D) 
10 
Item 
Cannon 
Carroll 
Carter 
Cheatham 
Chester 
Claiborne 
Clay 
Cocke 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
238 
250 
250 
163 
141 
422 
200 
218 
2007 
378 
426 
290 
257 
226 
650 
252 
344 
acres treated, 2012 
27,277 
87,438 
9,405 
11,918 
15,833 
21,136 
17,304 
11,074 
2007 
32,235 
88,814 
14,249 
16,519 
23,203 
33,493 
21,702 
14,327 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
162 
134 
149 
111 
86 
315 
116 
149 
2007 
236 
280 
191 
144 
141 
486 
163 
225 
acres treated, 2012 
21,890 
81,749 
4,351 
8,100 
11,945 
10,327 
8,359 
7,107 
2007 
21,738 
79,801 
6,889 
8,803 
16,254 
12,979 
8,680 
7,597 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
122 
149 
184 
94 
83 
246 
149 
129 
2007 
246 
207 
203 
163 
129 
447 
184 
221 
acres treated, 2012 
5,387 
5,689 
5,054 
3,818 
3,888 
10,809 
8,945 
3,967 
2007 
10,497 
9,013 
7,360 
7,716 
6,949 
20,514 
13,022 
6,730 
Manure farms, 2012 
58 
32 
59 
26 
17 
62 
58 
77 
2007 
70 
54 
57 
28 
22 
68 
61 
77 
acres treated, 2012 
2,051 
573 
793 
584 
606 
1,723 
2,206 
2,406 
2007 
1,486 
1,095 
841 
778 
402 
1,286 
2,185 
2,471 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
46 
49 
37 
61 
39 
45 
38 
32 
2007 
27 
77 
60 
72 
42 
48 
33 
51 
acres, 2012 
6,419 
40,789 
736 
2,076 
10,349 
1,371 
2,426 
1,151 
2007 
2,606 
41,430 
1,508 
1,994 
6,457 
559 
635 
1,389 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
184 
152 
141 
124 
100 
273 
126 
151 
2007 
172 
180 
163 
143 
102 
286 
110 
149 
acres, 2012 
22,077 
76,365 
3,585 
9,411 
13,387 
11,735 
8,911 
5,428 
2007 
20,328 
55,798 
4,327 
9,139 
10,464 
9,277 
3,257 
4,847 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
3 
5 
9 
11 
5 
5 
4 
9 
2007 
1 
6 
2 
11 
7 
1 
3 
5 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
138 
300 
(D) 
19 
11 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
681 
326 
(D) 
54 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
12 
16 
17 
19 
11 
18 
3 
22 
2007 
9 
13 
25 
23 
10 
20 
4 
21 
acres, 2012 
474 
5,395 
223 
570 
4,403 
88 
(D) 
925 
2007 
564 
6,165 
164 
904 
750 
320 
124 
767 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
4 
30 
14 
24 
10 
33 
16 
7 
2007 
7 
21 
7 
42 
8 
26 
20 
13 
acres on which used, 2012 
30 
19,707 
90 
479 
3,877 
341 
1,282 
(D) 
2007 
60 
16,691 
67 
625 
3,002 
289 
274 
63 
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586 Tennessee 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
