Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
260 
178 
153 
619 
589 
434 
206 
acres 
10,621 
10,213 
10,534 
63,270 
128,229 
241,834 
287,702 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
850 
619 
499 
1,706 
1,237 
741 
284 
acres 
34,056 
35,256 
30,129 
166,912 
278,905 
433,046 
426,655 
Nematodes 
....farms 
33 
38 
18 
75 
102 
110 
86 
acres 
1,359 
1,940 
762 
6,256 
20,470 
46,742 
49,411 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
63 
45 
48 
155 
154 
192 
97 
acres 
1,789 
1,439 
2,224 
12,460 
29,915 
84,896 
103,521 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
30 
38 
20 
76 
108 
116 
61 
acres on which used 
1,181 
1,617 
724 
5,994 
21,717 
46,413 
47,137 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
83 
67 
58 
223 
157 
140 
55 
acres 
2,616 
2,701 
1,888 
9,268 
14,424 
38,241 
21,662 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
127 
116 
77 
229 
156 
112 
55 
acres 
5,449 
8,006 
4,878 
19,240 
24,851 
39,964 
39,795 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
180 
154 
124 
398 
257 
109 
48 
acres 
15,468 
15,749 
13,786 
72,221 
65,032 
51,497 
35,340 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
349 
289 
248 
965 
805 
533 
233 
acres 
15,168 
18,024 
15,194 
88,675 
176,301 
299,671 
303,981 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
99 
74 
66 
273 
255 
169 
99 
acres 
3,145 
2,670 
3,039 
15,236 
30,447 
54,465 
82,174 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
266 
204 
154 
531 
415 
253 
108 
acres 
5,845 
5,597 
5,160 
28,962 
45,189 
51,415 
38,669 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
254 
200 
155 
602 
541 
301 
127 
acres 
7,829 
8,477 
6,241 
37,037 
63,684 
83,363 
73,089 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
58 
61 
39 
119 
77 
30 
4 
Solar panels 
...farms 
34 
37 
27 
78 
40 
17 
- 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
12 
15 
1 
7 
5 
2 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
6 
14 
1 
2 
2 
2 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
16 
18 
10 
16 
11 
5 
1 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
5 
11 
6 
4 
3 
4 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
5 
19 
3 
11 
13 
10 
1 
Ethanol 
...farms 
2 
11 
- 
5 
15 
6 
1 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
4 
1 
- 
8 
2 
4 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
1,746 
1,173 
727 
1,661 
592 
223 
87 
Part owners 
....farms 
1,007 
893 
643 
2,298 
1,422 
703 
262 
Tenants 
....farms 
152 
141 
111 
217 
159 
83 
17 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
2,759 
2,070 
1,371 
3,961 
2,015 
929 
349 
acres 
374,416 
340,262 
269,400 
1,026,867 
890,776 
705,866 
644,393 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
2,753 
2,066 
1,370 
3,959 
2,014 
926 
349 
acres 
355,176 
318,601 
252,432 
978,283 
854,901 
673,721 
632,914 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
1,162 
1,035 
754 
2,518 
1,582 
786 
280 
acres 
103,264 
118,258 
99,869 
485,863 
603,255 
650,103 
592,731 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
1,159 
1,034 
754 
2,515 
1,581 
786 
279 
acres 
102,960 
117,935 
99,596 
484,503 
601,372 
648,847 
591,381 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
270 
257 
151 
412 
212 
118 
34 
acres 
19,544 
21,984 
17,241 
49,944 
37,758 
33,401 
12,829 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
4,203 
3,244 
2,194 
6,442 
3,412 
1,683 
666 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,825 
1,306 
896 
2,427 
1,271 
539 
183 
2 operators 
914 
782 
483 
1,381 
661 
318 
105 
3 operators 
139 
106 
84 
308 
187 
112 
62 
4 operators 
15 
9 
12 
35 
43 
32 
9 
5 or more operators 
12 
4 
6 
25 
11 
8 
7 
Total women operators 
.number 
1,098 
857 
579 
1,464 
657 
283 
92 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
942 
798 
504 
1,249 
531 
242 
68 
2 operators 
62 
25 
30 
72 
57 
19 
9 
3 operators 
6 
3 
5 
10 
4 
1 
2 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
9 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
- 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,531 
1,982 
1,310 
3,821 
2,023 
937 
347 
Female 
374 
225 
171 
355 
150 
72 
19 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,349 
1,105 
795 
2,501 
1,574 
796 
307 
Other 
1,556 
1,102 
686 
1,675 
599 
213 
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See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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