Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
11,484 
149 
463 
178 
340 
302 
acres 
5,513,780 
385 
6,670 
6,730 
19,203 
24,889 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
29,502 
331 
1,739 
547 
1,147 
1,064 
acres 
17,616,379 
1,128 
29,829 
21,127 
64,881 
83,563 
Nematodes 
... farms 
1,786 
17 
86 
13 
71 
73 
acres 
618,211 
45 
1,338 
463 
3,188 
6,210 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
3,771 
68 
182 
31 
95 
88 
acres 
1,710,715 
154 
2,101 
1,045 
4,898 
6,515 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
192 
12 
29 
5 
8 
5 
acres on which used 
45,784 
(D) 
242 
53 
122 
170 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
3,384 
16 
194 
39 
121 
118 
acres 
422,248 
73 
2,613 
1,187 
4,619 
4,705 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
3,120 
61 
400 
76 
186 
138 
acres 
641,247 
273 
7,041 
2,997 
10,658 
8,953 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
1,702 
16 
185 
64 
102 
66 
acres 
330,952 
64 
2,941 
2,422 
4,265 
3,927 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
18,175 
92 
674 
215 
569 
530 
acres 
9,360,482 
333 
9,846 
7,174 
28,949 
36,837 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
10,475 
48 
238 
96 
240 
280 
acres 
4,930,116 
110 
3,161 
2,896 
10,769 
17,519 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
10,567 
145 
543 
186 
385 
312 
acres 
3,396,233 
402 
7,401 
5,741 
17,861 
20,364 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
2,826 
30 
264 
54 
87 
59 
acres 
357,264 
60 
2,790 
1,080 
3,056 
2,006 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
868 
31 
147 
17 
49 
19 
Solar panels 
... farms 
575 
14 
47 
13 
20 
16 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
117 
3 
9 
- 
6 
- 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
211 
16 
83 
4 
23 
2 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
... farms 
8 
- 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
... farms 
262 
3 
13 
6 
7 
21 
TENURE 
Full owners 
... farms 
24,898 
3,176 
6,802 
1,161 
1,970 
1,340 
Part owners 
... farms 
18,836 
56 
649 
249 
325 
404 
Tenants 
... farms 
6,235 
288 
674 
257 
396 
353 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
... farms 
44,095 
3,239 
7,469 
1,436 
2,338 
1,770 
acres 
29,288,230 
149,242 
572,872 
262,003 
402,805 
383,861 
Owned land in farms 
... farms 
43,734 
3,232 
7,451 
1,410 
2,295 
1,744 
acres 
25,457,753 
12,046 
174,477 
73,526 
170,033 
176,638 
Land rented or leased from others 
... farms 
25,221 
348 
1,335 
511 
735 
768 
acres 
20,096,249 
7,876 
37,529 
26,733 
52,109 
71,290 
Rented or leased land in farms 
... farms 
25,071 
344 
1,323 
506 
721 
757 
acres 
19,874,030 
1,226 
28,844 
23,824 
49,189 
67,944 
Land rented or leased to others 
... farms 
10,912 
508 
1,931 
663 
829 
748 
acres 
4,052,696 
143,846 
407,080 
191,386 
235,692 
210,569 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
75,855 
5,572 
12,495 
2,443 
3,844 
3,008 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
28,505 
1,808 
4,163 
975 
1,663 
1,306 
2 operators 
18,111 
1,475 
3,615 
623 
937 
703 
3 operators 
2,712 
178 
297 
58 
69 
68 
4 operators 
449 
33 
43 
7 
18 
14 
5 or more operators 
192 
26 
7 
4 
4 
6 
Total women operators 
number 
20,231 
1,939 
4,401 
735 
1,111 
885 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
18,495 
1,719 
4,089 
677 
1,001 
813 
2 operators 
750 
104 
139 
26 
45 
34 
3 operators 
61 
4 
10 
2 
4 
- 
4 operators 
9 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
" 
- 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
45,878 
2,950 
7,035 
1,479 
2,343 
1,825 
Female 
4,091 
570 
1,090 
188 
348 
272 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
29,819 
1,091 
2,260 
561 
944 
839 
Other 
20,150 
2,429 
5,865 
1,106 
1,747 
1,258 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
68 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
