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 
7,442 
8,745 
4,428 
2,561 
1,644 
2,203 
acres treated 
740,789 
547,038 
182,763 
84,254 
43,821 
64,293 
Manure used 
farms 
1,373 
1,577 
782 
460 
387 
672 
acres treated 
78,083 
59,743 
22,712 
8,861 
6,856 
13,381 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,370 
1,255 
577 
272 
329 
acres 
99,070 
49,973 
15,470 
6,425 
8,297 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
4,987 
5,040 
2,516 
f ’WfeslsS 
1,049 
1,320 
acres 
421,688 
259,081 
94,382 
44,646 
27,721 
36,380 
Nematodes 
farms 
211 
191 
63 
45 
33 
28 
acres 
18,621 
7,167 
1,935 
617 
378 
473 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
284 
372 
156 
87 
64 
94 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
13,160 
10,857 
2,251 
727 
413 
502 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
88 
110 
65 
37 
23 
51 
acres on which used 
5,809 
2,836 
925 
415 
151 
919 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
851 
787 
403 
271 
182 
182 
acres 
55,380 
36,697 
16,007 
7,902 
4,770 
4,523 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,216 
1,259 
952 
636 
533 
792 
acres 
116,022 
87,496 
55,231 
27,894 
17,342 
29,075 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
442 
560 
511 
398 
338 
184 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
36,103 
38,069 
27,141 
16,321 
1 1 ,535 
14,300 
used 
farms 
2,221 
2,115 
997 
502 
303 
306 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
153,965 
90,324 
29,277 
12,477 
6,630 
9,080 
used 
farms 
928 
795 
333 
169 
96 
84 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
66,333 
32,414 
10,631 
3,188 
2,103 
2,581 
practices were used 
farms 
2,235 
2,141 
1,052 
679 
448 
491 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
141,293 
78,406 
27,979 
13,778 
5,671 
7,040 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
590 
613 
320 
241 
215 
288 
acres 
21,703 
15,520 
6,781 
4,582 
4,060 
5,910 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
258 
310 
174 
179 
158 
246 
Solar panels 
farms 
118 
159 
82 
85 
84 
132 
Wind turbines 
farms 
19 
34 
16 
10 
13 
27 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
5 
- 
3 
3 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
69 
83 
62 
63 
53 
80 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
3 
8 
6 
7 
4 
2 
Biodiesel 
farms 
34 
44 
15 
15 
12 
9 
Ethanol 
farms 
36 
41 
6 
12 
13 
7 
Other 
farms 
12 
13 
6 
8 
6 
9 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
36 
50 
19 
6 
8 
6 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,038 
12,869 
10,857 
9,350 
8,692 
14,246 
Part owners 
farms 
3,788 
3,891 
1,884 
1,013 
681 
1,076 
Tenants 
farms 
592 
828 
533 
376 
268 
534 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
10,847 
16,790 
12,761 
10,376 
9,386 
15,365 
acres 
2,679,146 
2,947,864 
1,657,360 
1,106,212 
775,015 
1,342,474 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
10,826 
16,760 
12,741 
10,363 
9,373 
15,322 
acres 
2,362,261 
2,540,606 
1,384,253 
878,070 
613,530 
1,151,913 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
4,397 
4,746 
2,437 
1,393 
955 
1,626 
acres 
676,212 
521,765 
198,266 
110,587 
57,562 
144,729 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
4,380 
4,719 
2,417 
1,389 
949 
1,610 
acres 
670,765 
515,764 
193,003 
109,015 
56,420 
142,460 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,840 
2,868 
2,085 
1,888 
1,588 
1,789 
acres 
322,332 
413,259 
278,370 
229,714 
162,627 
192,830 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
17,606 
26,889 
20,216 
16,508 
14,893 
24,257 
1 operator 
6,323 
9,607 
7,312 
5,763 
5,067 
8,391 
2 operators 
4,291 
6,991 
5,187 
4,427 
4,085 
6,785 
3 operators 
627 
761 
623 
398 
354 
527 
4 operators 
125 
174 
119 
111 
95 
115 
5 or more operators 
52 
55 
33 
40 
40 
38 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
4,988 
8,348 
6,669 
5,613 
5,353 
8,931 
1 operator 
4,457 
7,569 
5,978 
5,087 
4,821 
8,146 
2 operators 
200 
324 
284 
203 
204 
331 
3 operators 
34 
32 
34 
26 
32 
33 
4 operators 
6 
5 
4 
7 
7 
2 
5 or more operators 
1 
3 
1 
2 
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3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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