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 
2,034 
1,573 
750 
495 
314 
484 
acres treated 
180,388 
89,851 
27,931 
13,158 
5,494 
14,287 
Manure used 
farms 
340 
294 
210 
112 
114 
227 
acres treated 
10,389 
7,327 
2,778 
1,338 
1,437 
3,183 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
537 
348 
209 
149 
96 
78 
acres 
43,475 
16,593 
6,144 
3,869 
2,547 
1,848 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,177 
1,644 
805 
540 
425 
623 
acres 
215,611 
107,944 
38,383 
17,171 
10,421 
21,479 
Nematodes 
farms 
85 
63 
30 
13 
5 
7 
acres 
5,987 
2,951 
421 
180 
53 
14 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
113 
82 
69 
43 
24 
27 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
5,946 
2,532 
836 
291 
101 
154 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
23 
8 
13 
6 
9 
7 
acres on which used 
666 
95 
194 
(D) 
23 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
230 
128 
67 
71 
55 
58 
acres 
10,714 
6,024 
1,883 
1,524 
890 
1,394 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
272 
205 
119 
128 
151 
136 
acres 
23,543 
13,474 
4,704 
4,971 
3,420 
2,800 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
155 
170 
131 
93 
128 
53 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
25,878 
19,351 
8,919 
4,487 
3,518 
7,423 
used 
farms 
1,143 
791 
347 
207 
118 
112 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
86,604 
39,831 
12,707 
4,041 
2,343 
5,140 
used 
farms 
536 
321 
133 
77 
55 
41 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
38,763 
16,537 
4,341 
1,576 
934 
2,089 
practices were used 
farms 
807 
598 
303 
207 
135 
131 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
66,345 
32,544 
10,000 
4,060 
3,493 
6,282 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
133 
151 
100 
92 
69 
100 
acres 
6,085 
5,035 
2,680 
983 
747 
2,493 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
65 
52 
62 
43 
53 
76 
Solar panels 
farms 
27 
35 
41 
24 
15 
35 
Wind turbines 
farms 
22 
2 
2 
4 
6 
9 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
18 
11 
23 
17 
34 
32 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
6 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
15 
24 
10 
7 
7 
14 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
2,440 
3,571 
2,889 
2,438 
2,339 
4,094 
Part owners 
farms 
891 
787 
335 
241 
210 
407 
Tenants 
farms 
614 
604 
372 
196 
198 
375 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
3,388 
4,398 
3,252 
2,684 
2,556 
4,522 
acres 
1,408,512 
1,408,957 
666,924 
422,664 
382,344 
927,105 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
3,331 
4,358 
3,224 
2,679 
2,549 
4,501 
acres 
974,381 
847,030 
350,676 
177,111 
159,823 
689,418 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,533 
1,408 
714 
446 
415 
792 
acres 
391,971 
269,608 
77,997 
33,285 
51,147 
192,685 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,505 
1,391 
707 
437 
408 
782 
acres 
371,981 
253,315 
75,354 
30,707 
48,734 
184,471 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,139 
1,561 
1,065 
849 
803 
875 
acres 
454,121 
578,220 
318,891 
248,131 
224,934 
245,901 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
5,803 
7,404 
5,358 
4,210 
4,046 
7,650 
1 operator 
2,356 
2,857 
2,076 
1,676 
1,550 
2,382 
2 operators 
1,364 
1,827 
1,357 
1,080 
1,113 
2,291 
3 operators 
187 
234 
117 
106 
69 
167 
4 operators 
33 
36 
23 
10 
14 
15 
5 or more operators 
5 
8 
23 
3 
1 
21 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,597 
2,278 
1,670 
1,413 
1,461 
2,969 
1 operator 
1,420 
2,062 
1,512 
1,291 
1,387 
2,694 
2 operators 
84 
93 
53 
50 
31 
133 
3 operators 
3 
7 
16 
6 
4 
3 
4 operators 
- 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
- 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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