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 
13,093 
10,124 
1,155 
1,000 
acres treated 
2,326,669 
988,589 
570,222 
524,670 
Manure used 
farms 
3,891 
3,293 
278 
240 
acres treated 
131,418 
66,592 
23,770 
20,482 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
5,070 
3,318 
594 
533 
acres 
719,308 
235,108 
153,900 
137,490 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
13,207 
10,158 
1,196 
1,036 
acres 
2,558,077 
1,043,220 
702,367 
635,081 
Nematodes 
farms 
758 
420 
99 
84 
acres 
122,141 
36,214 
27,454 
16,058 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,776 
2,368 
494 
438 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
696,611 
219,693 
184,098 
165,120 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
1,446 
861 
163 
143 
acres on which used 
182,323 
66,789 
39,833 
32,272 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
3,210 
2,237 
317 
290 
acres 
299,600 
119,028 
54,344 
48,549 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
4,090 
3,318 
295 
245 
acres 
430,049 
217,225 
57,122 
51,134 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
787 
558 
100 
88 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
108,529 
46,934 
44,523 
35,188 
used 
farms 
1,935 
1,404 
242 
205 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
712,518 
283,270 
247,118 
214,474 
used 
farms 
1,102 
674 
208 
185 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
660,376 
223,131 
258,856 
243,335 
practices were used 
farms 
4,922 
3,584 
519 
442 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,004,157 
441,007 
222,269 
202,816 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,922 
1,217 
266 
243 
acres 
92,796 
31,718 
15,936 
13,531 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,401 
1,043 
149 
138 
Solar panels 
farms 
1,141 
864 
107 
96 
Wind turbines 
farms 
151 
103 
27 
27 
Methane digesters 
farms 
8 
6 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
95 
74 
8 
8 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
41 
32 
2 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
86 
61 
8 
8 
Ethanol 
farms 
22 
15 
5 
5 
Other 
farms 
30 
25 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
160 
83 
44 
41 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
27,899 
24,387 
1,482 
1,179 
Part owners 
farms 
5,440 
4,018 
571 
487 
Tenants 
farms 
2,100 
1,453 
277 
258 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
33,400 
28,449 
2,064 
1,672 
acres 
12,280,836 
5,722,892 
2,022,292 
1,791,863 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
33,339 
28,405 
2,053 
1,666 
acres 
1 1 ,233,325 
5,161,159 
1,856,325 
1,658,172 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
7,587 
5,510 
852 
749 
acres 
5,144,573 
2,868,198 
1,217,839 
1,132,224 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
7,540 
5,471 
848 
745 
acres 
5,068,253 
2,849,861 
1,196,657 
1,111,782 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,405 
3,521 
343 
283 
acres 
1,123,831 
580,070 
187,149 
154,133 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
59,237 
48,310 
4,758 
3,967 
1 operator 
15,509 
13,533 
619 
500 
2 operators 
17,279 
14,737 
1,236 
1,022 
3 operators 
1,946 
1,216 
333 
280 
4 operators 
467 
266 
96 
80 
5 or more operators 
238 
106 
46 
42 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
23,306 
19,719 
1,599 
1,293 
1 operator 
20,260 
17,680 
1,154 
927 
2 operators 
1,228 
839 
187 
151 
3 operators 
142 
99 
17 
16 
4 operators 
24 
13 
2 
1 
5 or more operators 
11 
2 
2 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 Oregon 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
