Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
...farms 
261 
280 
166 
656 
662 
617 
612 
acres 
15,520 
19,988 
13,023 
91,933 
238,862 
517,159 
1,487,861 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
...farms 
774 
716 
442 
1,484 
1,097 
843 
735 
acres 
46,212 
53,463 
36,339 
206,808 
419,970 
820,916 
2,075,954 
Nematodes 
...farms 
32 
24 
26 
73 
81 
117 
162 
acres 
2,628 
2,351 
2,548 
12,158 
25,074 
80,346 
188,079 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
...farms 
45 
46 
41 
121 
177 
229 
276 
acres 
3,742 
4,591 
3,818 
23,987 
61,311 
159,867 
443,459 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
...farms 
32 
38 
18 
74 
172 
207 
297 
acres on which used 
1,683 
3,149 
1,533 
1 1 ,250 
50,768 
119,027 
357,681 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
...farms 
24 
25 
12 
47 
34 
24 
18 
acres 
1,992 
1,273 
884 
4,631 
3,323 
6,031 
10,221 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
...farms 
338 
313 
182 
604 
467 
357 
292 
acres 
28,189 
32,311 
20,756 
100,258 
191,620 
336,548 
881,179 
Land under conservation easement 
...farms 
137 
83 
80 
234 
155 
82 
67 
acres 
7,741 
5,596 
6,502 
25,139 
29,883 
30,785 
68,074 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
...farms 
100 
99 
48 
241 
254 
286 
253 
acres 
4,523 
5,061 
2,593 
28,485 
73,968 
165,261 
330,862 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
...farms 
65 
61 
26 
173 
233 
230 
292 
acres 
3,279 
4,266 
2,387 
25,289 
86,460 
161,220 
619,384 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
...farms 
287 
286 
159 
570 
586 
569 
513 
acres 
17,354 
21,044 
12,696 
75,621 
223,012 
490,229 
1,279,956 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
...farms 
67 
70 
44 
150 
88 
71 
42 
acres 
2,199 
2,494 
1,373 
7,108 
7,546 
19,231 
19,120 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
30 
19 
15 
30 
25 
11 
14 
Solar panels 
...farms 
20 
17 
9 
24 
21 
10 
11 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
3 
2 
6 
3 
2 
- 
1 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
2 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
...farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
...farms 
2,194 
1,651 
994 
2,594 
1,221 
430 
231 
Part owners 
...farms 
674 
553 
444 
1,430 
878 
584 
423 
Tenants 
...farms 
124 
127 
40 
169 
224 
223 
275 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
...farms 
2,875 
2,204 
1,443 
4,024 
2,105 
1,017 
657 
acres 
454,898 
414,872 
320,686 
1,271,663 
1 ,250,745 
1,016,987 
1,702,587 
Owned land in farms 
...farms 
2,868 
2,204 
1,438 
4,024 
2,099 
1,014 
654 
acres 
395,244 
382,562 
291,573 
1,164,943 
1,118,468 
924,322 
1,561,134 
Land rented or leased from others 
...farms 
800 
685 
484 
1,605 
1,103 
813 
699 
acres 
75,384 
79,197 
60,640 
309,738 
472,869 
775,358 
2,061,785 
Rented or leased land in farms 
...farms 
798 
680 
484 
1,599 
1,102 
807 
698 
acres 
74,961 
78,193 
60,403 
306,084 
468,458 
758,028 
2,046,259 
Land rented or leased to others 
...farms 
333 
273 
218 
587 
393 
210 
155 
acres 
60,077 
33,314 
29,350 
110,374 
136,688 
109,995 
156,979 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
4,195 
3,262 
2,106 
5,960 
3,404 
1,880 
1,775 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
1,988 
1,519 
958 
2,771 
1,494 
741 
426 
2 operators 
850 
706 
442 
1,160 
645 
392 
297 
3 operators 
118 
95 
65 
208 
143 
82 
138 
4 operators 
27 
9 
4 
33 
25 
13 
39 
5 or more operators 
9 
2 
9 
21 
16 
9 
29 
Total women operators 
number 
1,143 
959 
604 
1,554 
716 
334 
270 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
1,028 
844 
542 
1,363 
597 
291 
204 
2 operators 
50 
44 
19 
78 
46 
17 
20 
3 operators 
5 
9 
- 
9 
9 
3 
4 
4 operators 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,585 
1,984 
1,266 
3,617 
2,106 
1,166 
895 
Female 
407 
347 
212 
576 
217 
71 
34 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,287 
1,108 
616 
1,926 
1,320 
850 
727 
Other 
1,705 
1,223 
862 
2,267 
1,003 
387 
202 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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