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 
1,190 
1,692 
1,449 
1,384 
1,316 
1,452 
acres treated 
52,112 
48,995 
23,353 
20,829 
11,214 
17,497 
Manure used 
farms 
288 
521 
531 
516 
573 
684 
acres treated 
9,685 
9,392 
5,857 
4,178 
3,208 
6,221 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
512 
633 
416 
283 
263 
279 
acres 
8,403 
9,142 
2,529 
4,939 
798 
2,350 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,165 
1,703 
1,373 
1,356 
1,313 
1,675 
acres 
45,242 
43,930 
24,224 
18,054 
1 1 ,964 
24,578 
Nematodes 
farms 
53 
73 
42 
38 
33 
26 
acres 
585 
858 
234 
167 
77 
113 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
365 
477 
319 
200 
155 
145 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
6,234 
4,471 
1,597 
482 
309 
690 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
125 
140 
126 
67 
48 
53 
acres on which used 
2,058 
1,697 
652 
206 
138 
242 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
287 
372 
306 
236 
237 
333 
acres 
7,184 
7,292 
4,411 
3,297 
1,778 
4,661 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
325 
540 
430 
504 
514 
739 
acres 
15,636 
21,819 
9,907 
9,067 
5,333 
14,660 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
88 
100 
83 
100 
99 
95 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
18,948 
10,139 
3,482 
3,033 
1,649 
6,035 
used 
farms 
138 
220 
141 
159 
197 
141 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
5,640 
2,606 
2,408 
2,166 
1,265 
1,139 
used 
farms 
74 
92 
59 
46 
55 
40 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,918 
8,247 
1,461 
340 
192 
420 
practices were used 
farms 
498 
633 
451 
330 
308 
313 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
19,026 
16,440 
6,182 
2,110 
1,549 
3,611 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
208 
316 
196 
150 
95 
135 
acres 
3,295 
2,339 
1,183 
884 
555 
1,624 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
129 
179 
152 
149 
154 
243 
Solar panels 
farms 
103 
149 
135 
140 
136 
200 
Wind turbines 
farms 
14 
19 
13 
5 
14 
19 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
8 
12 
9 
7 
16 
21 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
13 
2 
2 
4 
5 
Biodiesel 
farms 
13 
5 
8 
9 
4 
6 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
3 
1 
1 
- 
3 
Other 
farms 
2 
3 
5 
5 
5 
7 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
13 
25 
4 
7 
4 
9 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,704 
3,221 
3,540 
4,073 
4,802 
7,568 
Part owners 
farms 
498 
664 
474 
386 
257 
417 
Tenants 
farms 
181 
315 
222 
167 
160 
234 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,213 
3,892 
4,018 
4,465 
5,061 
7,987 
acres 
682,533 
952,375 
393,347 
533,765 
232,848 
746,967 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,202 
3,885 
4,014 
4,459 
5,059 
7,985 
acres 
523,320 
802,386 
294,274 
424,509 
172,116 
644,786 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
684 
984 
702 
559 
422 
664 
acres 
232,422 
115,088 
170,571 
35,073 
18,391 
69,147 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
679 
979 
696 
553 
417 
651 
acres 
228,313 
112,995 
169,398 
34,750 
17,418 
66,038 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
388 
616 
592 
530 
563 
858 
acres 
163,322 
152,082 
100,246 
109,579 
61,705 
105,290 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,910 
6,998 
6,979 
7,606 
8,466 
13,389 
1 operator 
1,096 
1,888 
1,849 
1,964 
2,314 
3,610 
2 operators 
1,113 
1,994 
2,125 
2,417 
2,656 
4,201 
3 operators 
129 
232 
202 
192 
190 
301 
4 operators 
34 
55 
38 
40 
39 
79 
5 or more operators 
11 
31 
22 
13 
20 
28 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,438 
2,718 
2,840 
3,256 
3,662 
5,871 
1 operator 
1,241 
2,338 
2,511 
2,885 
3,275 
5,194 
2 operators 
86 
142 
128 
149 
165 
287 
3 operators 
7 
19 
19 
21 
15 
29 
4 operators 
1 
4 
1 
1 
3 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
4 
2 
1 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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