Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
28,783 
9,041 
15,691 
4,051 
16,864 
11,919 
acres treated 
14,811,337 
2,185,360 
10,778,648 
1,847,329 
7,517,762 
7,293,575 
Manure used 
farms 
5,977 
1,788 
3,612 
577 
2,852 
3,125 
acres treated 
557,693 
98,907 
385,779 
73,007 
235,425 
322,268 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1 1 ,484 
3,043 
6,561 
1,880 
6,307 
5,177 
acres 
5,513,780 
771,538 
3,953,984 
788,258 
2,708,022 
2,805,758 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
29,502 
9,584 
15,810 
4,108 
17,171 
12,331 
acres 
17,616,379 
2,760,717 
12,789,141 
2,066,521 
9,084,697 
8,531,682 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,786 
486 
984 
316 
953 
833 
acres 
618,211 
96,296 
425,389 
96,526 
295,938 
322,273 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,771 
805 
2,237 
729 
1,912 
1,859 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,710,715 
189,202 
1,241,645 
279,868 
753,787 
956,928 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
192 
92 
69 
31 
88 
104 
acres on which used 
45,784 
12,943 
22,609 
10,232 
21,752 
24,032 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
3,384 
975 
1,990 
419 
1,890 
1,494 
acres 
422,248 
75,719 
290,434 
56,095 
212,493 
209,755 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,120 
1,136 
1,516 
468 
1,665 
1,455 
acres 
641,247 
123,874 
422,452 
94,921 
326,748 
314,499 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,702 
934 
691 
77 
871 
831 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
330,952 
113,224 
195,203 
22,525 
117,808 
213,144 
used 
farms 
18,175 
4,838 
10,753 
2,584 
10,930 
7,245 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
9,360,482 
1,286,196 
7,000,123 
1,074,163 
4,983,590 
4,376,892 
used 
farms 
10,475 
2,572 
6,436 
1,467 
6,056 
4,419 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,930,116 
778,658 
3,545,606 
605,852 
2,364,061 
2,566,055 
practices were used 
farms 
10,567 
3,487 
5,526 
1,554 
6,303 
4,264 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,396,233 
631,942 
2,315,855 
448,436 
1,809,997 
1,586,236 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
2,826 
854 
1,614 
358 
1,302 
1,524 
acres 
357,264 
59,009 
227,789 
70,466 
149,086 
208,178 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
868 
432 
369 
67 
366 
502 
Solar panels 
farms 
575 
241 
278 
56 
233 
342 
Wind turbines 
farms 
117 
55 
47 
15 
54 
63 
Methane digesters 
farms 
4 
2 
2 
- 
1 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
211 
150 
55 
6 
80 
131 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
- 
4 
- 
1 
3 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
8 
1 
6 
1 
1 
7 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
262 
129 
115 
18 
129 
133 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
24,898 
24,898 
_ 
_ 
13,762 
11,136 
Part owners 
farms 
18,836 
- 
18,836 
- 
10,876 
7,960 
Tenants 
farms 
6,235 
- 
- 
6,235 
3,867 
2,368 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
44,095 
24,898 
18,836 
361 
24,876 
19,219 
acres 
29,288,230 
14,632,885 
14,489,124 
166,221 
14,836,351 
14,451,879 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
43,734 
24,898 
18,836 
- 
24,638 
19,096 
acres 
25,457,753 
11,859,293 
13,598,460 
" 
12,618,563 
12,839,190 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
25,221 
150 
18,836 
6,235 
14,836 
10,385 
acres 
20,096,249 
62,311 
15,129,146 
4,904,792 
9,893,848 
10,202,401 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
25,071 
- 
18,836 
6,235 
14,743 
10,328 
acres 
19,874,030 
- 
15,061,155 
4,812,875 
9,794,479 
10,079,551 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
10,912 
7,519 
2,882 
511 
6,262 
4,650 
acres 
4,052,696 
2,835,903 
958,655 
258,138 
2,317,157 
1,735,539 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
75,855 
38,042 
28,586 
9,227 
28,505 
47,350 
1 operator 
28,505 
13,762 
10,876 
3,867 
28,505 
- 
2 operators 
18,111 
9,630 
6,521 
1,960 
- 
18,111 
3 operators 
2,712 
1,196 
1,189 
327 
- 
2,712 
4 operators 
449 
213 
190 
46 
- 
449 
5 or more operators 
192 
97 
60 
35 
- 
192 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
20,231 
12,010 
6,419 
1,802 
2,270 
17,961 
1 operator 
18,495 
10,792 
6,032 
1,671 
2,270 
16,225 
2 operators 
750 
522 
167 
61 
- 
750 
3 operators 
61 
43 
15 
3 
- 
61 
4 operators 
9 
7 
2 
- 
9 
5 or more operators 
3 
3 
- 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 Nebraska 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
