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 
344 
575 
614 
483 
609 
931 
acres treated 
49,743 
16,761 
5,982 
12,303 
7,612 
15,901 
Manure used 
farms 
99 
209 
241 
240 
273 
414 
acres treated 
14,732 
2,903 
1,379 
1,363 
1,830 
1,997 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
191 
314 
306 
193 
266 
353 
acres 
14,427 
4,579 
1,910 
1,330 
3,804 
2,773 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
316 
451 
365 
319 
420 
541 
acres 
58,045 
29,849 
7,091 
2,886 
8,720 
6,670 
Nematodes 
farms 
47 
74 
61 
23 
77 
49 
acres 
1,686 
618 
295 
75 
224 
175 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
63 
107 
105 
49 
115 
107 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
561 
591 
371 
99 
304 
255 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
37 
35 
60 
49 
67 
111 
acres on which used 
665 
559 
147 
179 
136 
534 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
13 
60 
42 
62 
50 
111 
acres 
318 
(D) 
552 
3,369 
3,622 
5,234 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
73 
186 
263 
245 
284 
742 
acres 
8,105 
33,206 
5,238 
13,048 
15,981 
14,390 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
34 
54 
51 
49 
39 
126 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
15,475 
(D) 
1 1 ,075 
7,354 
974 
25,893 
used 
farms 
97 
155 
172 
155 
160 
337 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
18,548 
9,834 
3,912 
906 
1,055 
7,250 
used 
farms 
54 
87 
100 
105 
88 
135 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
14,458 
5,356 
2,158 
1,401 
833 
1,267 
practices were used 
farms 
217 
340 
418 
361 
277 
549 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
24,171 
26,848 
7,736 
1 1 ,364 
1,231 
12,078 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
67 
92 
135 
136 
142 
283 
acres 
3,089 
2,755 
965 
1,142 
4,112 
2,197 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
122 
158 
154 
109 
131 
180 
Solar panels 
farms 
106 
140 
139 
97 
110 
167 
Wind turbines 
farms 
20 
24 
- 
4 
11 
10 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
- 
7 
2 
- 
7 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
6 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
1 
12 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
7 
8 
7 
2 
7 
6 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
10 
10 
2 
2 
1 
5 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
766 
1,455 
1,783 
1,867 
2,266 
5,857 
Part owners 
farms 
392 
567 
432 
388 
370 
1,069 
Tenants 
farms 
125 
304 
433 
555 
670 
2,356 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,165 
2,037 
2,226 
2,257 
2,643 
6,932 
acres 
1,669,028 
1,187,466 
999,469 
332,244 
347,286 
5,077,263 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,206 
2,207 
2,537 
2,680 
3,202 
9,052 
acres 
1,655,590 
1,271,850 
1 ,202,428 
711,945 
867,033 
6,725,037 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
465 
668 
526 
500 
459 
1,021 
acres 
1,110,706 
850,088 
357,360 
227,027 
187,842 
1,257,256 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
459 
664 
526 
496 
447 
1,008 
acres 
1,094,519 
847,499 
350,776 
225,762 
187,160 
1,117,540 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
115 
159 
159 
127 
148 
333 
acres 
120,940 
92,624 
74,358 
60,350 
36,472 
236,185 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
2,144 
3,724 
4,117 
4,367 
5,043 
13,335 
1 operator 
622 
1,233 
1,467 
1,575 
1,903 
5,909 
2 operators 
529 
895 
974 
1,005 
1,172 
2,848 
3 operators 
107 
151 
162 
184 
177 
457 
4 operators 
10 
28 
21 
20 
30 
31 
5 or more operators 
15 
19 
24 
26 
24 
37 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
669 
1,266 
1,426 
1,494 
1,740 
4,803 
1 operator 
566 
1,061 
1,209 
1,203 
1,505 
4,199 
2 operators 
38 
74 
58 
106 
86 
276 
3 operators 
5 
6 
27 
20 
21 
12 
4 operators 
3 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
7 
4 
3 
- 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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