Table 41. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Wise 
Wythe 
York 
Chesapeake City 
Suffolk 
Virginia Beach City 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners 
farms, 2012 
49 
463 
16 
117 
133 
78 
2007 
79 
497 
7 
139 
147 
92 
acres treated, 2012 
1,058 
32,182 
(D) 
25,134 
43,982 
16,961 
2007 
2,029 
35,321 
54 
37,931 
49,102 
19,887 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture 
farms, 2012 
34 
365 
14 
95 
105 
66 
2007 
54 
399 
7 
113 
114 
68 
acres treated, 2012 
712 
21,804 
24,945 
43,290 
16,545 
2007 
1,309 
20,531 
54 
37,066 
47,796 
19,529 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized 
farms, 2012 
21 
207 
2 
28 
36 
20 
2007 
37 
237 
- 
38 
50 
27 
acres treated, 2012 
346 
10,378 
(D) 
189 
692 
416 
2007 
720 
14,790 
865 
1,306 
358 
Manure 
farms, 2012 
17 
101 
10 
38 
39 
22 
2007 
24 
120 
- 
53 
29 
27 
acres treated, 2012 
279 
4,930 
82 
582 
864 
1,003 
2007 
470 
4,613 
- 
1,270 
894 
258 
Acres treated to control-- 
Insects 
farms, 2012 
15 
70 
5 
70 
90 
49 
2007 
11 
60 
4 
57 
100 
57 
acres, 2012 
110 
3,837 
30 
21,010 
30,709 
16,773 
2007 
97 
3,640 
34 
15,527 
39,586 
13,941 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms, 2012 
34 
274 
16 
116 
136 
72 
2007 
32 
261 
3 
96 
123 
67 
acres, 2012 
620 
12,866 
143 
33,654 
46,780 
20,128 
2007 
431 
9,322 
(D) 
29,037 
42,922 
18,245 
Nematodes 
farms, 2012 
2 
14 
9 
23 
14 
2007 
- 
3 
1 
9 
29 
1 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
578 
- 
3,528 
11,647 
2,300 
2007 
62 
(D) 
(D) 
11,016 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms, 2012 
7 
19 
4 
22 
41 
31 
2007 
5 
17 
- 
11 
27 
17 
acres, 2012 
15 
437 
13 
8,492 
12,230 
6,793 
2007 
36 
110 
- 
111 
5,945 
1,514 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit, 
ripen, or defoliate 
farms, 2012 
4 
3 
1 
3 
36 
1 
2007 
- 
8 
- 
3 
24 
8 
acres on which used, 2012 
4 
60 
(D) 
(D) 
14,575 
(D) 
2007 
- 
86 
(D) 
8,519 
1,095 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 697 
