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 
1,837 
1,720 
1,674 
117 
103 
675 
acres treated 
1,040,572 
997,485 
969,600 
43,087 
40,790 
131,836 
Manure used 
farms 
408 
386 
374 
22 
22 
112 
acres treated 
64,064 
61,712 
61,054 
2,352 
2,352 
14,071 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
811 
764 
741 
47 
37 
201 
acres 
469,884 
455,932 
445,194 
13,952 
10,672 
46,475 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,680 
1,559 
1,517 
121 
109 
600 
acres 
1,263,419 
1,219,910 
1,185,032 
43,509 
39,789 
124,396 
Nematodes 
farms 
144 
133 
125 
11 
11 
38 
acres 
82,155 
78,229 
76,329 
3,926 
3,926 
7,640 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
241 
224 
219 
17 
17 
60 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
90,999 
88,484 
87,604 
2,515 
2,515 
16,435 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
81 
79 
77 
2 
2 
7 
acres on which used 
26,643 
(D) 
25,853 
(D) 
(D) 
2,704 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
389 
362 
353 
27 
26 
153 
acres 
124,778 
117,975 
114,513 
6,803 
(D) 
17,889 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
514 
472 
455 
42 
36 
223 
acres 
240,519 
226,696 
220,212 
13,823 
11,973 
48,149 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
166 
141 
135 
25 
21 
165 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
29,452 
27,737 
27,430 
1,715 
1,303 
14,247 
used 
farms 
983 
917 
891 
66 
57 
289 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
568,022 
547,026 
526,807 
20,996 
20,028 
37,776 
used 
farms 
589 
558 
541 
31 
26 
150 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
322,213 
312,753 
301,788 
9,460 
7,278 
34,768 
practices were used 
farms 
739 
686 
668 
53 
50 
246 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
386,392 
374,789 
366,207 
11,603 
11,173 
39,725 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
252 
238 
231 
14 
12 
95 
acres 
28,854 
28,210 
27,946 
644 
(D) 
5,957 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
83 
77 
74 
6 
4 
39 
Solar panels 
farms 
41 
41 
38 
- 
- 
15 
Wind turbines 
farms 
14 
13 
13 
1 
1 
9 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
17 
16 
16 
1 
1 
16 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
6 
4 
4 
2 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
18 
15 
13 
3 
1 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
10 
6 
6 
4 
2 
2 
Other 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
10 
7 
7 
3 
3 
8 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,915 
1,693 
1,641 
222 
187 
1,681 
Part owners 
farms 
923 
889 
869 
34 
31 
197 
Tenants 
farms 
261 
228 
220 
33 
32 
60 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,846 
2,590 
2,518 
256 
218 
1,879 
acres 
1,728,854 
1,609,937 
1,522,289 
118,917 
91,038 
602,039 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,838 
2,582 
2,510 
256 
218 
1,878 
acres 
1,523,688 
1,423,498 
1,358,891 
100,190 
81,669 
466,242 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
1,190 
1,123 
1,095 
67 
63 
263 
acres 
892,286 
853,960 
835,159 
38,326 
33,739 
93,220 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
1,184 
1,117 
1,089 
67 
63 
257 
acres 
886,688 
848,429 
829,628 
38,259 
33,672 
92,646 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
642 
573 
549 
69 
59 
617 
acres 
210,764 
191,970 
168,929 
18,794 
9,436 
136,371 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
5,548 
5,025 
4,879 
523 
470 
3,125 
1 operator 
1,484 
1,328 
1,285 
156 
127 
1,067 
2 operators 
1,073 
990 
967 
83 
74 
691 
3 operators 
398 
363 
356 
35 
35 
124 
4 operators 
89 
83 
80 
6 
6 
30 
5 or more operators 
55 
46 
42 
9 
8 
26 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,302 
1,216 
1,197 
86 
80 
1,029 
1 operator 
986 
934 
925 
52 
52 
835 
2 operators 
111 
101 
96 
10 
7 
71 
3 operators 
22 
21 
21 
1 
1 
10 
4 operators 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
3 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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