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 
10,097 
503 
302 
294 
492 
635 
acres treated 
1,350,452 
626,466 
191,797 
114,005 
98,018 
71,761 
Manure used 
farms 
3,115 
255 
91 
60 
111 
162 
acres treated 
264,113 
103,367 
32,658 
18,180 
17,343 
17,471 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
4,384 
430 
259 
238 
407 
404 
acres 
815,337 
450,472 
140,399 
76,715 
69,094 
29,511 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
8,135 
556 
306 
294 
497 
633 
acres 
1,367,766 
693,360 
215,996 
123,934 
104,797 
68,824 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,272 
243 
160 
131 
156 
141 
acres 
364,138 
223,335 
66,443 
36,918 
22,119 
9,063 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
1,484 
246 
145 
118 
176 
159 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
319,570 
209,297 
50,795 
25,577 
20,674 
6,582 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
902 
194 
127 
110 
132 
76 
acres on which used 
258,308 
155,868 
44,131 
29,079 
18,665 
5,482 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
709 
148 
79 
58 
63 
39 
acres 
98,681 
60,599 
12,963 
10,405 
5,199 
1,555 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
3,216 
230 
127 
127 
167 
165 
acres 
430,967 
201,007 
64,226 
41,910 
25,097 
15,653 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
709 
34 
21 
11 
25 
31 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
184,557 
9,551 
5,551 
3,690 
10,497 
15,489 
used 
farms 
2,234 
286 
171 
138 
225 
194 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
538,758 
316,215 
96,872 
45,758 
36,957 
16,619 
used 
farms 
1,288 
218 
115 
113 
121 
109 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
405,485 
251,279 
73,161 
42,517 
21,437 
6,413 
practices were used 
farms 
4,320 
237 
158 
144 
297 
365 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
386,246 
158,297 
56,744 
35,816 
43,501 
31,739 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,291 
82 
45 
35 
41 
91 
acres 
78,705 
37,401 
9,699 
7,239 
3,269 
4,342 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
307 
8 
2 
4 
4 
22 
Solar panels 
farms 
215 
2 
1 
1 
4 
20 
Wind turbines 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Methane digesters 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
32 
- 
1 
1 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
43 
6 
- 
3 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
33 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Other 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
19,169 
365 
118 
117 
217 
386 
Part owners 
farms 
5,055 
487 
235 
186 
295 
420 
Tenants 
farms 
1,042 
34 
28 
44 
71 
70 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
24,259 
853 
353 
303 
518 
808 
acres 
3,880,021 
494,259 
194,331 
134,413 
179,627 
258,438 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
24,224 
852 
353 
303 
512 
806 
acres 
3,655,203 
483,388 
192,860 
127,829 
(D) 
242,398 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
6,138 
521 
263 
231 
368 
492 
acres 
1,336,384 
547,142 
172,574 
99,850 
97,801 
77,120 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
6,097 
521 
263 
230 
366 
490 
acres 
1,316,041 
546,682 
172,514 
98,139 
(D) 
76,694 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2,408 
93 
21 
32 
58 
105 
acres 
245,161 
11,331 
1,531 
8,295 
11,955 
16,466 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
37,060 
1,549 
559 
533 
876 
1,263 
1 operator 
15,502 
428 
245 
226 
351 
560 
2 operators 
8,206 
322 
99 
89 
182 
264 
3 operators 
1,281 
104 
33 
27 
42 
40 
4 operators 
181 
23 
3 
2 
6 
5 
5 or more operators 
96 
9 
1 
3 
2 
7 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
10,765 
296 
82 
82 
120 
260 
1 operator 
9,435 
264 
78 
70 
95 
237 
2 operators 
506 
10 
2 
3 
11 
10 
3 operators 
80 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
4 operators 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
12 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 South Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
