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 
846 
1,588 
1,371 
1,083 
945 
2,038 
acres treated 
61,655 
77,601 
37,278 
22,361 
14,728 
34,782 
Manure used 
farms 
258 
465 
375 
360 
273 
705 
acres treated 
21,630 
23,852 
8,935 
6,196 
3,677 
10,804 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
425 
605 
454 
324 
292 
546 
acres 
15,568 
12,975 
6,105 
3,099 
3,295 
8,104 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
796 
1,226 
974 
736 
655 
1,462 
acres 
46,973 
42,928 
21,549 
12,329 
9,623 
27,453 
Nematodes 
farms 
105 
154 
94 
36 
21 
31 
acres 
2,531 
2,410 
767 
221 
103 
228 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
144 
202 
132 
71 
43 
48 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,169 
2,806 
798 
318 
141 
413 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
52 
72 
35 
39 
21 
44 
acres on which used 
2,360 
1,635 
343 
272 
143 
330 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
56 
63 
51 
43 
37 
72 
acres 
1,815 
1,733 
1,219 
737 
515 
1,941 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
235 
386 
369 
367 
339 
704 
acres 
14,457 
18,176 
12,721 
8,923 
10,271 
18,526 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
54 
90 
62 
83 
122 
176 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
14,172 
25,099 
24,897 
10,792 
26,941 
37,878 
used 
farms 
236 
292 
248 
144 
131 
169 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,952 
6,709 
3,444 
1,509 
1,131 
2,592 
used 
farms 
132 
146 
95 
87 
49 
103 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
3,950 
2,608 
908 
923 
871 
1,418 
practices were used 
farms 
381 
722 
666 
509 
391 
450 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
16,562 
18,120 
9,523 
5,588 
3,551 
6,805 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
103 
187 
186 
144 
98 
279 
acres 
3,058 
4,056 
2,687 
1,469 
1,048 
4,437 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
16 
31 
35 
46 
46 
93 
Solar panels 
farms 
5 
22 
22 
34 
33 
71 
Wind turbines 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
2 
2 
6 
3 
6 
10 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
3 
- 
2 
- 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
1 
3 
10 
6 
12 
Ethanol 
farms 
4 
4 
5 
5 
9 
2 
Other 
farms 
1 
2 
2 
1 
2 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
688 
1,791 
2,293 
2,634 
3,160 
7,400 
Part owners 
farms 
496 
833 
620 
464 
318 
701 
Tenants 
farms 
101 
126 
127 
85 
99 
257 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,184 
2,629 
2,920 
3,102 
3,483 
8,106 
acres 
257,080 
474,469 
432,070 
391,936 
366,309 
697,089 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,184 
2,624 
2,913 
3,098 
3,478 
8,101 
acres 
245,121 
444,264 
399,699 
360,211 
(D) 
664,243 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
603 
965 
757 
558 
419 
961 
acres 
72,832 
90,165 
50,558 
40,641 
21,551 
66,150 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
597 
959 
747 
549 
417 
958 
acres 
(D) 
88,693 
(D) 
40,268 
(D) 
63,021 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
124 
252 
336 
412 
427 
548 
acres 
13,705 
31,677 
41,807 
32,098 
40,321 
35,975 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,878 
3,944 
4,378 
4,581 
5,150 
12,349 
1 operator 
810 
1,746 
1,903 
2,033 
2,273 
4,927 
2 operators 
387 
844 
974 
952 
1,090 
3,003 
3 operators 
71 
135 
143 
169 
175 
342 
4 operators 
8 
22 
10 
21 
32 
49 
5 or more operators 
9 
3 
10 
8 
7 
37 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
392 
987 
1,240 
1,330 
1,580 
4,396 
1 operator 
348 
895 
1,071 
1,146 
1,382 
3,849 
2 operators 
14 
43 
71 
66 
73 
203 
3 operators 
4 
2 
9 
14 
14 
33 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
2 
2 
6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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