Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Bedford 
Bland 
Botetourt 
Brunswick 
Buchanan 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
602 
210 
231 
106 
21 
2007 
776 
223 
281 
139 
38 
acres treated, 2012 
38,324 
12,473 
14,333 
14,877 
323 
2007 
56,810 
10,721 
16,315 
15,846 
636 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
485 
182 
178 
80 
17 
2007 
607 
169 
194 
103 
24 
acres treated, 2012 
25,586 
6,935 
8,890 
12,088 
203 
2007 
32,391 
6,027 
10,233 
12,478 
437 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
287 
100 
118 
52 
6 
2007 
429 
112 
156 
67 
16 
acres treated, 2012 
12,738 
5,538 
5,443 
2,789 
120 
2007 
24,419 
4,694 
6,082 
3,368 
199 
Manure farms, 2012 
156 
32 
80 
18 
9 
2007 
158 
26 
88 
24 
7 
acres treated, 2012 
4,903 
2,750 
4,244 
1,238 
138 
2007 
7,879 
609 
3,311 
968 
44 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
65 
12 
23 
39 
2 
2007 
70 
13 
32 
37 
2 
acres, 2012 
2,781 
339 
1,523 
7,082 
(D) 
2007 
2,654 
290 
3,292 
4,181 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
278 
79 
164 
59 
9 
2007 
223 
86 
155 
54 
17 
acres, 2012 
9,895 
2,733 
7,945 
12,868 
74 
2007 
7,548 
3,329 
6,573 
8,780 
199 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
6 
1 
4 
20 
- 
2007 
15 
1 
1 
20 
- 
acres, 2012 
72 
(D) 
59 
2,449 
- 
2007 
1,093 
(D) 
(D) 
1,551 
- 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
45 
1 
16 
11 
1 
2007 
29 
- 
7 
2 
1 
acres, 2012 
1,506 
(D) 
936 
3,031 
(D) 
2007 
855 
133 
(D) 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
16 
3 
11 
9 
- 
2007 
16 
- 
3 
13 
1 
acres on which used, 2012 
424 
(D) 
299 
1,200 
- 
2007 
327 
(D) 
929 
(D) 
Item 
Buckingham 
Campbell 
Caroline 
Carroll 
Charles City 
Charlotte 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
145 
329 
92 
503 
37 
267 
2007 
196 
402 
132 
614 
37 
288 
acres treated, 2012 
9,725 
29,833 
31,491 
31,302 
16,421 
24,993 
2007 
14,241 
41,880 
30,789 
36,087 
15,399 
22,843 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
92 
271 
82 
323 
28 
228 
2007 
112 
316 
76 
382 
26 
218 
acres treated, 2012 
4,506 
18,635 
30,820 
18,628 
16,315 
18,248 
2007 
7,791 
24,046 
28,958 
16,510 
15,159 
14,201 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
90 
166 
28 
324 
11 
132 
2007 
133 
236 
82 
426 
14 
161 
acres treated, 2012 
5,219 
11,198 
671 
12,674 
106 
6,745 
2007 
6,450 
17,834 
1,831 
19,577 
240 
8,642 
Manure farms, 2012 
62 
106 
22 
29 
4 
56 
2007 
66 
90 
58 
79 
11 
61 
acres treated, 2012 
4,332 
10,029 
208 
1,254 
32 
2,391 
2007 
3,987 
4,729 
2,563 
2,098 
138 
2,270 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
21 
54 
40 
83 
27 
71 
2007 
23 
44 
42 
90 
18 
60 
acres, 2012 
1,407 
2,810 
25,507 
3,616 
17,868 
6,520 
2007 
1,067 
2,949 
20,996 
2,715 
9,256 
3,286 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
74 
147 
79 
182 
32 
146 
2007 
49 
137 
80 
187 
24 
94 
acres, 2012 
5,947 
11,599 
33,497 
6,257 
20,311 
19,033 
2007 
2,429 
7,118 
29,719 
5,829 
11,801 
6,031 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
1 
7 
7 
11 
5 
4 
2007 
- 
1 
6 
6 
1 
6 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
72 
4,107 
132 
328 
265 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
89 
(D) 
326 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
8 
16 
16 
47 
15 
18 
2007 
4 
15 
15 
33 
6 
8 
acres, 2012 
451 
(D) 
4,905 
1,872 
8,749 
550 
2007 
13 
180 
7,480 
892 
843 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
1 
10 
3 
18 
1 
7 
2007 
2 
10 
2 
14 
2 
7 
acres on which used, 2012 
(D) 
141 
(D) 
359 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
(D) 
191 
(□) 
335 
(D) 
224 
-continued 
690 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
