Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
488 
423 
416 
65 
59 
75 
acres treated 
143,921 
129,490 
124,870 
14,431 
9,860 
11,657 
Manure used 
farms 
171 
148 
147 
23 
23 
16 
acres treated 
39,130 
37,448 
(D) 
1,682 
1,682 
3,130 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
332 
280 
274 
52 
49 
52 
acres 
102,859 
94,562 
91,940 
8,297 
(D) 
4,552 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
476 
403 
393 
73 
66 
76 
acres 
144,725 
128,375 
124,132 
16,350 
11,698 
11,947 
Nematodes 
farms 
90 
77 
75 
13 
10 
6 
acres 
29,401 
27,659 
(D) 
1,742 
(D) 
543 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
155 
131 
127 
24 
22 
12 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
37,729 
36,696 
35,481 
1,033 
(D) 
1,292 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
71 
61 
59 
10 
9 
8 
acres on which used 
23,602 
22,181 
(D) 
1,421 
(□) 
1,134 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
70 
64 
62 
6 
4 
4 
acres 
14,129 
12,626 
(D) 
1,503 
(D) 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
219 
185 
179 
34 
32 
45 
acres 
47,228 
38,685 
36,367 
8,543 
(D) 
6,671 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
62 
59 
52 
3 
3 
7 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
37,878 
30,711 
(D) 
7,167 
7,167 
1,554 
used 
farms 
154 
136 
129 
18 
17 
22 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
52,908 
48,700 
46,383 
4,208 
(D) 
5,276 
used 
farms 
95 
91 
88 
4 
4 
12 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
49,410 
44,902 
(D) 
4,508 
4,508 
3,595 
practices were used 
farms 
216 
176 
172 
40 
35 
42 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
33,623 
23,315 
22,347 
10,308 
6,647 
2,024 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
86 
77 
75 
9 
7 
19 
acres 
16,651 
15,248 
(D) 
1,403 
(D) 
480 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
17 
17 
17 
- 
- 
6 
Solar panels 
farms 
9 
9 
9 
- 
- 
1 
Wind turbines 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
" 
" 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
758 
659 
642 
99 
91 
258 
Part owners 
farms 
264 
250 
243 
14 
12 
17 
Tenants 
farms 
86 
59 
58 
27 
27 
8 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,023 
910 
886 
113 
103 
275 
acres 
478,056 
403,767 
345,272 
74,289 
38,496 
140,369 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,022 
909 
885 
113 
103 
275 
acres 
448,012 
(D) 
316,989 
(D) 
(D) 
133,432 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
350 
309 
301 
41 
39 
25 
acres 
125,925 
(D) 
112,194 
(D) 
(D) 
6,155 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
350 
309 
301 
41 
39 
25 
acres 
124,093 
(D) 
110,489 
(D) 
(D) 
6,133 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
134 
123 
118 
11 
11 
39 
acres 
31,876 
30,201 
29,988 
1,675 
1,675 
6,959 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,853 
1,633 
1,588 
220 
207 
488 
1 operator 
560 
480 
468 
80 
72 
163 
2 operators 
405 
363 
356 
42 
41 
80 
3 operators 
116 
99 
94 
17 
16 
28 
4 operators 
17 
17 
16 
- 
- 
5 
5 or more operators 
10 
9 
9 
1 
1 
7 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
511 
459 
454 
52 
51 
151 
1 operator 
434 
388 
383 
46 
45 
105 
2 operators 
28 
25 
25 
3 
3 
14 
3 operators 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
1 
- 
" 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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