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 
13,093 
808 
694 
817 
1,192 
1,099 
acres treated 
2,326,669 
1,120,796 
444,762 
313,991 
182,441 
90,679 
Manure used 
farms 
3,891 
156 
110 
124 
168 
220 
acres treated 
131,418 
51,952 
11,053 
12,373 
9,486 
8,013 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
5,070 
592 
399 
457 
677 
559 
acres 
719,308 
422,313 
108,879 
68,247 
73,884 
17,824 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
13,207 
813 
686 
810 
1,232 
1,081 
acres 
2,558,077 
1,195,163 
541,316 
372,719 
192,814 
88,073 
Nematodes 
farms 
758 
179 
77 
81 
82 
74 
acres 
122,141 
86,687 
12,315 
16,113 
3,569 
1,423 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,776 
487 
344 
348 
508 
428 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
696,611 
425,928 
125,523 
80,614 
36,336 
14,427 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1,446 
223 
153 
149 
213 
149 
acres on which used 
182,323 
105,114 
32,137 
22,904 
13,103 
4,072 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
3,210 
330 
220 
232 
348 
309 
acres 
299,600 
149,157 
53,623 
27,516 
25,528 
15,153 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
4,090 
206 
146 
180 
269 
237 
acres 
430,049 
191,034 
59,290 
48,683 
37,060 
17,560 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
787 
32 
27 
42 
59 
62 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
108,529 
17,011 
7,715 
10,128 
17,086 
13,303 
used 
farms 
1,935 
243 
201 
192 
184 
119 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
712,518 
336,295 
205,595 
104,954 
38,699 
11,751 
used 
farms 
1,102 
213 
145 
146 
145 
87 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
660,376 
373,604 
135,391 
92,961 
38,809 
7,033 
practices were used 
farms 
4,922 
525 
400 
439 
529 
496 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,004,157 
506,602 
185,050 
158,656 
72,982 
31,949 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,922 
190 
95 
127 
212 
198 
acres 
92,796 
51,305 
8,825 
11,143 
6,933 
4,710 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,401 
75 
57 
69 
108 
86 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,141 
45 
37 
41 
88 
67 
Wind turbines 
farms 
151 
20 
14 
18 
6 
9 
Methane digesters 
farms 
8 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
95 
3 
5 
2 
6 
6 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
41 
3 
- 
- 
3 
5 
Biodiesel 
farms 
86 
3 
5 
8 
18 
7 
Ethanol 
farms 
22 
1 
1 
4 
2 
- 
Other 
farms 
30 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
160 
18 
28 
27 
13 
12 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
27,899 
231 
237 
438 
919 
1,166 
Part owners 
farms 
5,440 
618 
518 
502 
648 
458 
Tenants 
farms 
2,100 
140 
104 
167 
224 
186 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
33,400 
853 
756 
948 
1,570 
1,637 
acres 
12,280,836 
2,892,605 
1,570,258 
1,570,895 
1 ,980,309 
724,934 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
33,339 
849 
755 
940 
1,567 
1,624 
acres 
11,233,325 
2,780,598 
1,524,450 
1,535,832 
1 ,871 ,406 
659,648 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
7,587 
760 
622 
671 
872 
647 
acres 
5,144,573 
1,583,381 
918,246 
791,308 
844,844 
366,102 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
7,540 
758 
622 
669 
872 
644 
acres 
5,068,253 
1,571,119 
917,313 
765,024 
829,003 
356,882 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,405 
150 
91 
116 
203 
298 
acres 
1,123,831 
124,269 
46,741 
61,347 
124,744 
74,506 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
59,237 
2,255 
1,639 
1,894 
3,069 
3,032 
1 operator 
15,509 
305 
336 
514 
816 
817 
2 operators 
17,279 
381 
344 
439 
775 
834 
3 operators 
1,946 
192 
128 
122 
142 
116 
4 operators 
467 
54 
37 
25 
36 
30 
5 or more operators 
238 
57 
14 
7 
22 
13 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
23,306 
508 
455 
546 
961 
1,051 
1 operator 
20,260 
363 
348 
426 
789 
890 
2 operators 
1,228 
44 
38 
57 
65 
67 
3 operators 
142 
6 
5 
2 
10 
9 
4 operators 
24 
6 
4 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
11 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Oregon 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
