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 
44,084 
1,419 
1,807 
2,661 
5,180 
5,994 
acres treated 
9,809,442 
2,300,199 
1,629,808 
1,579,914 
1,645,886 
990,677 
Manure used 
farms 
8,753 
384 
361 
600 
1,117 
1,040 
acres treated 
648,298 
110,871 
60,440 
89,820 
117,137 
80,394 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
10,733 
912 
970 
1,240 
1,878 
1,576 
acres 
3,454,842 
1,358,914 
712,230 
542,991 
452,644 
199,731 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
31,847 
1,428 
1,778 
2,549 
4,682 
4,908 
acres 
9,957,304 
2,941,475 
2,066,243 
1,752,437 
1,551,980 
761,271 
Nematodes 
farms 
1,563 
209 
134 
124 
244 
281 
acres 
512,511 
250,164 
78,735 
60,669 
59,261 
34,491 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
2,580 
383 
232 
244 
339 
325 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
703,820 
391,006 
106,521 
91,989 
56,585 
29,809 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
916 
199 
118 
87 
62 
76 
acres on which used 
381,534 
248,313 
79,306 
24,461 
10,186 
8,213 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
5,808 
275 
386 
566 
995 
910 
acres 
884,110 
218,743 
162,458 
140,520 
151,604 
85,506 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
9,035 
441 
520 
652 
1,056 
978 
acres 
2,058,741 
713,406 
375,329 
268,605 
239,280 
129,061 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
3,268 
51 
85 
136 
237 
326 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
274,123 
18,996 
22,537 
34,502 
26,022 
28,597 
used 
farms 
15,606 
848 
1,186 
1,767 
2,876 
2,485 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,017,507 
1,130,362 
847,420 
772,230 
667,389 
298,353 
used 
farms 
7,978 
659 
882 
1,104 
1,639 
1,289 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,706,746 
924,852 
629,053 
492,058 
397,141 
146,392 
practices were used 
farms 
14,191 
737 
828 
1,225 
2,110 
2,245 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
3,140,274 
1,070,217 
597,301 
493,895 
442,337 
262,357 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
4,464 
229 
257 
445 
676 
590 
acres 
390,114 
120,911 
59,980 
58,533 
61,347 
30,787 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,823 
35 
56 
71 
178 
158 
Solar panels 
farms 
826 
9 
12 
20 
59 
66 
Wind turbines 
farms 
192 
11 
13 
9 
23 
17 
Methane digesters 
farms 
21 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
536 
9 
10 
18 
37 
52 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
38 
- 
- 
1 
4 
3 
Biodiesel 
farms 
227 
4 
18 
18 
29 
29 
Ethanol 
farms 
225 
5 
22 
23 
37 
23 
Other 
farms 
76 
2 
- 
1 
16 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
233 
15 
16 
17 
32 
28 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
70,447 
680 
384 
653 
2,019 
3,659 
Part owners 
farms 
24,041 
1,075 
1,454 
2,075 
3,568 
3,536 
Tenants 
farms 
4,683 
149 
216 
237 
419 
531 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
94,700 
1,761 
1,844 
2,733 
5,617 
7,220 
acres 
20,640,373 
1,827,973 
1,544,843 
1,750,992 
2,611,193 
2,397,301 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
94,488 
1,755 
1,838 
2,728 
5,587 
7,195 
acres 
18,506,370 
1,758,312 
1,491,789 
1,683,685 
2,457,248 
2,184,703 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
28,838 
1,226 
1,670 
2,313 
3,993 
4,082 
acres 
9,802,370 
2,291,371 
1,730,599 
1,563,396 
1,594,262 
913,621 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
28,724 
1,224 
1,670 
2,312 
3,987 
4,067 
acres 
9,759,767 
2,284,640 
1,724,416 
1,561,493 
1,591,826 
909,965 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
14,447 
189 
196 
275 
646 
1,083 
acres 
2,176,606 
76,392 
59,237 
69,210 
156,381 
216,254 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
152,817 
3,580 
3,326 
4,583 
9,179 
1 1 ,780 
1 operator 
54,055 
790 
1,094 
1,752 
3,498 
4,458 
2 operators 
38,889 
743 
740 
890 
2,026 
2,724 
3 operators 
4,811 
272 
162 
280 
393 
414 
4 operators 
1,010 
63 
40 
29 
57 
82 
5 or more operators 
406 
36 
18 
14 
32 
48 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
46,874 
747 
556 
801 
1,954 
2,914 
1 operator 
42,254 
614 
501 
732 
1,762 
2,587 
2 operators 
1,858 
44 
24 
30 
79 
135 
3 operators 
225 
6 
1 
3 
8 
16 
4 operators 
38 
4 
1 
- 
1 
1 
5 or more operators 
13 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Missouri 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
