Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
8,769 
28 
494 
964 
2,517 
2,838 
1,928 
acres treated 
417,055 
1 ,566 
22,681 
45,281 
110,245 
140,410 
96,872 
Manure used 
farms 
2,742 
12 
173 
341 
844 
864 
508 
acres treated 
93,837 
408 
3,665 
8,724 
25,584 
35,092 
20,364 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,656 
5 
104 
197 
479 
510 
361 
acres 
72,536 
15 
4,259 
10,197 
19,062 
23,070 
15,933 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
5,110 
18 
301 
627 
1,485 
1 ,665 
1,014 
acres 
219,474 
638 
11,456 
23,439 
63,991 
70,994 
48,956 
Nematodes 
farms 
210 
- 
4 
27 
63 
63 
53 
acres 
9,605 
- 
(D) 
1,628 
3,153 
(D) 
3,101 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
670 
6 
29 
81 
179 
219 
156 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
18,337 
90 
1,104 
4,833 
3,040 
5,487 
3,783 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
336 
5 
34 
36 
92 
104 
65 
acres on which used 
8,873 
15 
1,976 
2,693 
1,244 
1,931 
1,014 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
543 
- 
26 
40 
158 
185 
134 
acres 
15,044 
- 
1,507 
931 
2,587 
6,204 
3,815 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,218 
- 
59 
124 
324 
403 
308 
acres 
35,609 
- 
3,441 
3,144 
6,222 
12,784 
10,018 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,316 
1 
66 
111 
334 
396 
408 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
134,137 
(D) 
(D) 
13,700 
31,058 
31,033 
50,230 
used 
farms 
1,755 
14 
94 
190 
486 
533 
438 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
106,470 
110 
6,308 
9,657 
29,633 
32,775 
27,987 
used 
farms 
502 
5 
34 
49 
111 
161 
142 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
16,617 
(D) 
(D) 
2,576 
3,867 
5,543 
3,757 
practices were used 
farms 
1,694 
19 
95 
201 
471 
548 
360 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
31,111 
53 
2,261 
3,726 
8,221 
10,491 
6,359 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
1,293 
5 
78 
142 
333 
434 
301 
acres 
37,121 
80 
1,916 
2,689 
10,033 
14,254 
8,149 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
617 
5 
24 
47 
209 
189 
143 
Solar panels 
farms 
382 
5 
16 
29 
127 
119 
86 
Wind turbines 
farms 
56 
- 
3 
1 
18 
18 
16 
Methane digesters 
farms 
18 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 
13 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
139 
- 
- 
2 
51 
38 
48 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
44 
- 
- 
1 
11 
10 
22 
Biodiesel 
farms 
66 
- 
- 
9 
20 
18 
19 
Ethanol 
farms 
25 
- 
2 
2 
3 
9 
9 
Other 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
3 
10 
3 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
25 
- 
- 
7 
6 
8 
4 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
18,409 
40 
652 
1,638 
4,545 
5,870 
5,664 
Part owners 
farms 
5,579 
10 
340 
782 
1,686 
1,781 
980 
Tenants 
farms 
1,302 
39 
218 
230 
345 
318 
152 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
24,016 
50 
994 
2,423 
6,234 
7,661 
6,654 
acres 
2,413,818 
4,429 
59,665 
195,833 
514,240 
761,015 
878,636 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
23,988 
50 
992 
2,420 
6,231 
7,651 
6,644 
acres 
2,231,727 
4,429 
58,148 
188,656 
481,208 
708,037 
791,249 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
6,914 
49 
558 
1,014 
2,035 
2,113 
1,145 
acres 
772,518 
3,789 
58,378 
104,434 
220,948 
261,848 
123,121 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
6,881 
49 
558 
1,012 
2,031 
2,099 
1,132 
acres 
768,641 
3,789 
58,361 
104,127 
220,114 
260,431 
121,819 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
2,501 
_ 
53 
166 
526 
755 
1,001 
acres 
185,968 
- 
1,534 
7,484 
33,866 
54,395 
88,689 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
38,757 
143 
1,973 
4,164 
10,533 
12,061 
9,883 
1 operator 
14,002 
46 
566 
1,310 
3,264 
4,503 
4,313 
2 operators 
9,690 
34 
554 
1,213 
2,900 
2,999 
1,990 
3 operators 
1,273 
7 
69 
88 
295 
380 
434 
4 operators 
229 
2 
14 
31 
81 
59 
42 
5 or more operators 
96 
- 
7 
8 
36 
28 
17 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
12,816 
54 
661 
1,462 
3,669 
3,936 
3,034 
1 operator 
11,123 
36 
592 
1,315 
3,179 
3,458 
2,543 
2 operators 
680 
3 
30 
59 
192 
189 
207 
3 operators 
74 
4 
3 
7 
17 
22 
21 
4 operators 
16 
- 
- 
2 
7 
6 
1 
5 or more operators 
9 
- 
- 
- 
5 
2 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 201 
