Table 49. Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Item 
2012 
2007 
Any fertilizer, manure, or chemicals used 
farms 
17,193 
19,973 
Chemical expenses 
....farms 
16,025 
14,470 
$1,000 
319,017 
219,911 
Manure used 
farms 
3,779 
3,906 
Acres treated to control- 
acres treated 
380,456 
301,993 
Insects 
....farms 
5,637 
4,652 
acres 
2,425,471 
2,249,879 
Any fertilizer or chemical expenses 
farms 
20,954 
23,353 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
11,118 
9,631 
$1,000 
672,192 
483,756 
acres 
3,780,101 
3,206,515 
Nematodes 
....farms 
852 
394 
Commercial fertilizer, lime. 
acres 
319,154 
186,505 
and soil conditioners used 
farms 
14,168 
17,267 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
1,578 
953 
acres treated 
3,089,983 
3,593,572 
acres 
709,504 
492,730 
Commercial fertilizer, lime. 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
and soil conditioners expenses 
farms 
17,951 
21,157 
ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
1,038 
775 
$1,000 
353,175 
263,845 
acres on which used 
548,525 
617,806 
Table 50. Land Use Practices by Size of Farm: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Land use practices 
Farms 
Acres 
Land use practices 
Farms 
Acres 
Land drained by tile 
404 
33,013 
Cropland on which no-till practices were used - Con. 
Average per farm 
(X) 
82 
No-till practices used: - Con. 
Acres drained: 
200 to 499 acres 
297 
96,780 
1 to 9 acres 
116 
(D) 
500 to 999 acres 
188 
126,737 
1 0 to 49 acres 
164 
3,602 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
126 
161,643 
50 to 99 acres 
51 
3,179 
2,000 acres or more 
56 
190,744 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
43 
5,674 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, excluding no till. 
200 to 499 acres 
18 
5,178 
practices were used 
1,510 
908,660 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
2,966 
Average per farm 
(X) 
602 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5 
6,353 
2,000 acres or more 
2 
(D) 
Conservation tillage used: 
1 to 9 acres 
285 
878 
Land artificially drained 
4,827 
1,661,892 
1 0 to 49 acres 
279 
5,781 
Average per farm 
(X) 
344 
50 to 99 acres 
108 
7,435 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
137 
19,122 
Acres drained by ditches: 
1 to 9 acres 
685 
2,917 
200 to 499 acres 
234 
78,559 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,559 
38,277 
500 to 999 acres 
210 
151,563 
50 to 99 acres 
727 
49,164 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
134 
181,319 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
620 
81,949 
2,000 acres or more 
123 
464,003 
200 to 499 acres 
495 
147,016 
Cropland on which conventional tillage practices were used 
4,931 
2,157,189 
500 to 999 acres 
282 
198,027 
Average per farm 
(X) 
437 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
243 
332,569 
2,000 acres or more 
216 
811,973 
Conventional tillage used: 
1 to 9 acres 
1,398 
4,877 
Land under conservation easement 
1,257 
187,943 
1 0 to 49 acres 
1,172 
27,567 
Average per farm 
(X) 
150 
50 to 99 acres 
346 
23,889 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
462 
62,711 
Acres under easement: 
1 to 9 acres 
150 
618 
200 to 499 acres 
469 
150,175 
1 0 to 49 acres 
489 
12,843 
500 to 999 acres 
415 
294,250 
50 to 99 acres 
250 
17,937 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
370 
517,979 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
187 
25,359 
2,000 acres or more 
299 
1,075,741 
200 to 499 acres 
112 
33,917 
Cropland planted to a cover crop (excluding CRP) 
1,019 
66,069 
500 to 999 acres 
38 
27,066 
Average per farm 
(X) 
65 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
17 
23,406 
2,000 acres or more 
14 
46,797 
Cover crop acres (excluding CRP): 
1 to 9 acres 
307 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were used 
1,852 
620,535 
1 0 to 49 acres 
452 
9,890 
Average per farm 
(X) 
335 
50 to 99 acres 
109 
6,899 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
65 
7,856 
No-till practices used: 
1 to 9 acres 
393 
1,461 
200 to 499 acres 
58 
16,746 
1 0 to 49 acres 
469 
1 1 ,035 
500 to 999 acres 
21 
13,417 
50 to 99 acres 
161 
11,187 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6 
7,610 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
162 
20,948 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
(D) 
38 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
