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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
28,783 
4,136 
4,148 
5,210 
6,114 
3,525 
acres treated 
14,811,337 
6,425,038 
3,309,714 
2,554,206 
1,664,863 
526,407 
Manure used 
farms 
5,977 
1,037 
903 
1,024 
1,105 
611 
acres treated 
557,693 
237,082 
102,147 
93,603 
72,828 
25,581 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1 1 ,484 
2,530 
1,996 
2,200 
2,261 
1,080 
acres 
5,513,780 
2,960,131 
1,103,733 
749,867 
486,079 
139,494 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
29,502 
4,128 
4,143 
5,216 
6,169 
3,632 
acres 
17,616,379 
7,575,358 
3,854,731 
3,061,838 
2,038,440 
675,003 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,786 
363 
306 
332 
371 
211 
acres 
618,211 
281,348 
137,299 
101,088 
65,552 
23,318 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,771 
1,081 
792 
700 
587 
253 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,710,715 
1,047,794 
334,078 
195,336 
99,334 
24,313 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
192 
45 
29 
18 
22 
12 
acres on which used 
45,784 
27,172 
9,428 
5,323 
2,364 
416 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
3,384 
433 
508 
741 
689 
404 
acres 
422,248 
101,740 
100,956 
105,027 
62,064 
30,032 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,120 
334 
383 
449 
596 
347 
acres 
641,247 
183,899 
139,133 
126,896 
98,792 
39,615 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,702 
142 
167 
188 
271 
204 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
330,952 
63,301 
64,711 
42,247 
68,340 
22,777 
used 
farms 
18,175 
2,898 
2,893 
3,645 
3,855 
2,166 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
9,360,482 
3,860,177 
2,194,148 
1,801,409 
1,047,098 
306,984 
used 
farms 
10,475 
2,273 
1,914 
1,970 
2,105 
1,050 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,930,116 
2,611,224 
1,015,749 
658,157 
462,231 
118,515 
practices were used 
farms 
10,567 
1,407 
1,407 
1,802 
2,343 
1,427 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,396,233 
1,199,146 
689,448 
660,345 
522,834 
201,736 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
2,826 
608 
407 
454 
446 
266 
acres 
357,264 
175,332 
57,311 
59,208 
33,944 
13,446 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
868 
77 
113 
118 
126 
83 
Solar panels 
farms 
575 
57 
85 
97 
93 
66 
Wind turbines 
farms 
117 
17 
16 
9 
20 
10 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
211 
10 
16 
20 
19 
11 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
- 
2 
1 
1 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
262 
31 
27 
51 
47 
29 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
24,898 
780 
634 
1,049 
2,256 
2,408 
Part owners 
farms 
18,836 
3,200 
3,295 
3,901 
3,751 
1,818 
Tenants 
farms 
6,235 
482 
520 
786 
1,229 
859 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
44,095 
3,996 
3,950 
4,984 
6,070 
4,295 
acres 
29,288,230 
8,813,482 
4,990,643 
4,375,944 
3,853,136 
2,038,519 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
43,734 
3,980 
3,929 
4,950 
6,007 
4,226 
acres 
25,457,753 
8,525,518 
4,698,915 
4,057,394 
3,396,719 
1,580,768 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
25,221 
3,690 
3,824 
4,698 
4,999 
2,702 
acres 
20,096,249 
7,244,346 
4,377,891 
3,848,826 
2,664,804 
943,689 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
25,071 
3,682 
3,815 
4,687 
4,980 
2,677 
acres 
19,874,030 
7,202,010 
4,347,566 
3,820,884 
2,622,984 
916,024 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
10,912 
616 
667 
838 
1,318 
1,181 
acres 
4,052,696 
330,300 
322,053 
346,492 
498,237 
485,416 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
75,855 
8,220 
6,935 
8,393 
10,426 
7,410 
1 operator 
28,505 
1,968 
2,469 
3,505 
4,568 
3,098 
2 operators 
18,111 
1,684 
1,571 
1,879 
2,243 
1,702 
3 operators 
2,712 
579 
346 
306 
361 
240 
4 operators 
449 
157 
52 
33 
39 
37 
5 or more operators 
192 
74 
11 
13 
25 
8 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
20,231 
1,532 
1,429 
1,797 
2,212 
1,873 
1 operator 
18,495 
1,354 
1,319 
1,667 
2,074 
1,715 
2 operators 
750 
69 
52 
51 
58 
76 
3 operators 
61 
8 
2 
8 
2 
2 
4 operators 
9 
1 
- 
1 
4 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
2 
" 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
