Table 41 . Fertilizers and Chemicals Applied: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Mississippi 
Adams 
Alcorn 
Amite 
Attala 
Benton 
Bolivar 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
14,168 
64 
192 
225 
112 
109 
238 
2007 
17,267 
67 
223 
245 
172 
115 
282 
acres treated, 2012 
3,089,983 
7,206 
32,591 
16,070 
12,237 
17,806 
209,206 
2007 
3,593,572 
7,721 
30,272 
16,975 
21,349 
17,650 
259,682 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
7,597 
24 
110 
87 
67 
79 
236 
2007 
9,018 
34 
123 
88 
73 
63 
278 
acres treated, 2012 
2,590,363 
4,097 
26,329 
6,017 
9,336 
15,445 
(D) 
2007 
2,929,839 
4,081 
23,541 
4,785 
1 1 ,588 
12,965 
259,492 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
8,419 
47 
128 
179 
55 
49 
2 
2007 
10,575 
40 
156 
190 
138 
68 
4 
acres treated, 2012 
499,620 
3,109 
6,262 
10,053 
2,901 
2,361 
(D) 
2007 
663,733 
3,640 
6,731 
12,190 
9,761 
4,685 
190 
Manure farms, 2012 
3,779 
12 
20 
79 
32 
18 
- 
2007 
3,906 
1 
25 
90 
46 
9 
4 
acres treated, 2012 
380,456 
352 
1,914 
7,839 
3,612 
3,606 
- 
2007 
301,993 
(D) 
1,628 
7,734 
3,357 
218 
1,446 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
5,637 
18 
63 
53 
37 
36 
180 
2007 
4,652 
33 
31 
42 
36 
19 
227 
acres, 2012 
2,425,471 
8,824 
20,096 
4,022 
6,648 
15,739 
172,360 
2007 
2,249,879 
6,451 
11,968 
3,274 
6,937 
2,354 
258,807 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
11,118 
28 
134 
121 
69 
79 
317 
2007 
9,631 
29 
105 
114 
78 
56 
296 
acres, 2012 
3,780,101 
10,528 
29,368 
9,566 
15,078 
22,706 
319,894 
2007 
3,206,515 
6,628 
20,520 
7,187 
1 1 ,345 
13,267 
315,087 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
852 
7 
4 
10 
10 
2 
35 
2007 
394 
1 
3 
3 
8 
- 
39 
acres, 2012 
319,154 
(D) 
(D) 
127 
3,520 
(D) 
29,345 
2007 
186,505 
(D) 
(D) 
1,380 
2,567 
30,062 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
1,578 
3 
13 
19 
14 
6 
83 
2007 
953 
2 
8 
5 
5 
- 
77 
acres, 2012 
709,504 
(D) 
13,902 
188 
1 ,665 
3,654 
70,573 
2007 
492,730 
(D) 
5,711 
1,386 
(D) 
- 
67,565 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
1,038 
2 
6 
14 
9 
- 
31 
2007 
775 
1 
1 
- 
7 
3 
60 
acres on which used, 2012 
548,525 
(D) 
4,962 
722 
4,453 
- 
29,176 
2007 
617,806 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
4,359 
835 
64,671 
Item 
Calhoun 
Carroll 
Chickasaw 
Choctaw 
Claiborne 
Clarke 
Clay 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners farms, 2012 
227 
178 
179 
77 
71 
135 
137 
2007 
310 
232 
210 
99 
97 
198 
212 
acres treated, 2012 
63,270 
36,714 
38,907 
4,793 
12,949 
8,893 
15,808 
2007 
66,721 
47,072 
41,056 
6,096 
17,600 
8,785 
32,692 
Cropland fertilized, except cropland pasture farms, 2012 
150 
102 
97 
44 
38 
57 
62 
2007 
210 
106 
116 
40 
34 
104 
83 
acres treated, 2012 
54,634 
27,419 
26,315 
2,347 
10,014 
4,384 
8,786 
2007 
55,864 
30,630 
26,965 
3,012 
12,884 
3,234 
10,823 
Pastureland and rangeland fertilized farms, 2012 
122 
106 
110 
43 
42 
103 
88 
2007 
157 
161 
122 
71 
71 
121 
152 
acres treated, 2012 
8,636 
9,295 
12,592 
2,446 
2,935 
4,509 
7,022 
2007 
10,857 
16,442 
14,091 
3,084 
4,716 
5,551 
21,869 
Manure farms, 2012 
15 
32 
59 
19 
12 
57 
22 
2007 
17 
22 
20 
15 
10 
32 
33 
acres treated, 2012 
570 
6,246 
9,737 
746 
3,674 
4,088 
3,315 
2007 
478 
4,078 
1,821 
237 
1,532 
1,981 
6,435 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects farms, 2012 
112 
67 
50 
15 
21 
38 
35 
2007 
125 
51 
61 
22 
11 
34 
40 
acres, 2012 
45,221 
27,578 
19,340 
876 
6,594 
4,116 
3,937 
2007 
39,917 
19,897 
16,218 
3,030 
7,097 
861 
7,102 
Weeds, grass, or brush farms, 2012 
184 
141 
138 
44 
67 
97 
108 
2007 
152 
125 
113 
53 
54 
79 
89 
acres, 2012 
62,957 
41,593 
35,029 
2,171 
11,719 
4,703 
18,171 
2007 
47,148 
30,731 
25,848 
3,355 
12,575 
2,179 
13,260 
Nematodes farms, 2012 
50 
19 
15 
2 
5 
3 
2 
2007 
12 
8 
13 
1 
1 
4 
2 
acres, 2012 
17,938 
3,374 
1,604 
(D) 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
2007 
2,018 
2,710 
1,105 
(D) 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards farms, 2012 
41 
23 
14 
4 
7 
11 
2 
2007 
18 
9 
10 
1 
6 
8 
8 
acres, 2012 
12,540 
3,669 
4,542 
52 
(D) 
549 
(D) 
2007 
5,427 
3,503 
1,618 
(D) 
(D) 
87 
1,451 
Chemicals used to control growth, thin fruit. 
ripen, or defoliate farms, 2012 
36 
29 
5 
1 
3 
3 
3 
2007 
41 
17 
5 
1 
1 
- 
7 
acres on which used, 2012 
17,957 
9,641 
1,072 
(D) 
3,150 
26 
(D) 
2007 
12,194 
10,214 
2,059 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
1,182 
-continued 
532 Mississippi 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
