Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
28,783 
23,837 
1,888 
1,338 
acres treated 
14,811,337 
10,405,942 
1,793,945 
1,394,027 
Manure used 
farms 
5,977 
4,856 
452 
324 
acres treated 
557,693 
351,545 
84,578 
70,086 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
11,484 
9,058 
866 
634 
acres 
5,513,780 
3,661,550 
754,274 
611,495 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
29,502 
24,424 
1,912 
1,368 
acres 
17,616,379 
12,418,161 
2,091,279 
1,614,653 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,786 
1,420 
152 
105 
acres 
618,211 
425,678 
84,155 
64,635 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,771 
2,787 
335 
250 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,710,715 
1,032,176 
284,243 
236,704 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
192 
148 
17 
16 
acres on which used 
45,784 
24,539 
9,361 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
3,384 
2,815 
190 
132 
acres 
422,248 
325,820 
43,457 
33,193 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,120 
2,581 
215 
162 
acres 
641,247 
456,594 
71,620 
59,634 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,702 
1,386 
124 
88 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
330,952 
244,057 
34,398 
22,668 
used 
farms 
18,175 
15,074 
1,209 
854 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
9,360,482 
6,758,113 
1,042,326 
772,742 
used 
farms 
10,475 
8,325 
751 
559 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,930,116 
3,232,834 
699,597 
570,654 
practices were used 
farms 
10,567 
8,792 
719 
529 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,396,233 
2,422,779 
415,179 
328,169 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
2,826 
2,183 
235 
176 
acres 
357,264 
219,365 
62,572 
56,167 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
868 
700 
59 
48 
Solar panels 
farms 
575 
450 
44 
35 
Wind turbines 
farms 
117 
88 
8 
5 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
211 
184 
10 
9 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
4 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
8 
8 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
262 
218 
17 
14 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
24,898 
21,492 
1,431 
988 
Part owners 
farms 
18,836 
15,893 
1,108 
776 
Tenants 
farms 
6,235 
5,158 
435 
281 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
44,095 
37,691 
2,563 
1,780 
acres 
29,288,230 
19,139,606 
3,522,767 
2,651,985 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
43,734 
37,385 
2,539 
1,764 
acres 
25,457,753 
16,404,053 
3,178,459 
2,387,730 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
25,221 
21,165 
1,556 
1,065 
acres 
20,096,249 
14,393,953 
2,385,342 
1,905,033 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
25,071 
21,051 
1,543 
1,057 
acres 
19,874,030 
14,248,695 
2,363,411 
1,884,854 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
10,912 
9,096 
716 
510 
acres 
4,052,696 
2,880,811 
366,239 
284,434 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
75,855 
62,165 
5,784 
4,063 
1 operator 
28,505 
25,462 
966 
649 
2 operators 
18,111 
15,045 
1,408 
941 
3 operators 
2,712 
1,712 
465 
350 
4 operators 
449 
231 
100 
74 
5 or more operators 
192 
93 
35 
31 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
20,231 
17,294 
1,083 
772 
1 operator 
18,495 
16,135 
799 
568 
2 operators 
750 
513 
119 
82 
3 operators 
61 
43 
10 
8 
4 operators 
9 
1 
4 
4 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
146 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
