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 
2,280 
3,599 
2,608 
1,694 
1,297 
2,259 
acres treated 
154,915 
156,081 
72,845 
36,743 
22,111 
40,586 
Manure used 
farms 
731 
955 
760 
526 
452 
996 
acres treated 
31,255 
32,597 
16,596 
8,235 
6,022 
14,589 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
528 
640 
382 
259 
241 
444 
acres 
11,982 
6,721 
2,946 
1,578 
2,052 
4,360 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,529 
1,924 
1,261 
835 
711 
1,440 
acres 
58,493 
51,889 
21,761 
1 1 ,246 
8,445 
19,149 
Nematodes 
farms 
85 
83 
52 
19 
24 
43 
acres 
2,108 
1,074 
367 
211 
181 
206 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
175 
297 
176 
105 
74 
192 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,541 
2,430 
769 
265 
419 
1,028 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
84 
114 
75 
33 
46 
79 
acres on which used 
1,584 
1,084 
566 
226 
304 
558 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
143 
165 
131 
84 
92 
183 
acres 
3,995 
3,825 
2,319 
973 
1,103 
2,771 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
167 
321 
336 
277 
248 
547 
acres 
7,345 
9,003 
7,970 
5,218 
3,673 
10,021 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
285 
438 
268 
244 
246 
486 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
37,160 
47,478 
20,869 
17,667 
19,790 
40,956 
used 
farms 
695 
655 
414 
225 
163 
259 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
25,967 
12,769 
6,926 
2,574 
1,851 
3,097 
used 
farms 
184 
196 
153 
85 
59 
70 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
4,684 
3,274 
1,663 
640 
267 
273 
practices were used 
farms 
511 
640 
515 
363 
268 
340 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
10,787 
8,113 
4,999 
2,753 
2,162 
2,898 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
390 
468 
326 
220 
163 
296 
acres 
8,913 
6,440 
3,898 
1,951 
2,060 
3,619 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
102 
175 
198 
113 
128 
269 
Solar panels 
farms 
68 
110 
129 
65 
81 
168 
Wind turbines 
farms 
12 
21 
20 
9 
6 
23 
Methane digesters 
farms 
8 
5 
23 
5 
1 
9 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
28 
39 
49 
35 
34 
51 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
15 
11 
22 
10 
5 
22 
Biodiesel 
farms 
13 
27 
33 
11 
12 
28 
Ethanol 
farms 
5 
9 
18 
6 
4 
15 
Other 
farms 
2 
5 
4 
- 
4 
8 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1 
2 
3 
2 
1 
19 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,805 
4,262 
4,603 
4,171 
4,523 
9,528 
Part owners 
farms 
1,744 
2,356 
1,574 
898 
648 
1,139 
Tenants 
farms 
267 
411 
375 
249 
179 
376 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
3,550 
6,629 
6,187 
5,079 
5,174 
10,678 
acres 
639,655 
829,561 
548,774 
402,618 
375,343 
749,188 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
3,549 
6,618 
6,177 
5,069 
5,171 
10,667 
acres 
603,911 
772,065 
517,069 
366,823 
330,062 
678,733 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,016 
2,784 
1,960 
1,154 
830 
1,522 
acres 
296,033 
248,450 
121,217 
60,557 
42,096 
96,099 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,011 
2,767 
1,949 
1,147 
827 
1,515 
acres 
294,973 
246,508 
120,412 
59,884 
41,540 
95,328 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
341 
637 
582 
555 
622 
1,083 
acres 
36,804 
59,438 
32,510 
36,468 
45,837 
71,226 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
5,729 
10,336 
9,728 
7,948 
8,059 
17,195 
1 operator 
2,250 
4,241 
3,883 
3,063 
2,979 
5,783 
2 operators 
1,296 
2,384 
2,297 
1,962 
2,099 
4,604 
3 operators 
221 
332 
300 
241 
225 
519 
4 operators 
34 
55 
40 
41 
33 
101 
5 or more operators 
15 
17 
32 
11 
14 
36 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,509 
2,854 
3,002 
2,680 
2,914 
6,865 
1 operator 
1,282 
2,569 
2,648 
2,334 
2,563 
5,892 
2 operators 
86 
120 
143 
138 
138 
413 
3 operators 
11 
15 
11 
14 
25 
29 
4 operators 
3 
- 
5 
1 
12 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
3 
4 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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