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 
59 
77 
31 
75 
32 
14 
4 
acres 
2,788 
3,855 
2,321 
6,459 
6,835 
(D) 
(D) 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
70 
91 
46 
130 
54 
18 
4 
acres 
(D) 
5,428 
3,171 
10,282 
11,037 
5,571 
(D) 
Nematodes 
....farms 
12 
15 
12 
30 
18 
5 
2 
acres 
599 
899 
1,287 
2,942 
3,758 
1,364 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
35 
50 
23 
49 
25 
11 
2 
acres 
(D) 
2,928 
2,087 
4,095 
4,530 
2,675 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
6 
20 
9 
16 
9 
2 
2 
acres on which used 
206 
824 
512 
1,368 
1,846 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
19 
24 
5 
19 
12 
6 
1 
acres 
412 
877 
153 
702 
477 
355 
(D) 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
31 
35 
17 
46 
18 
11 
1 
acres 
787 
1,690 
(D) 
2,025 
1,266 
(D) 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
27 
37 
16 
54 
14 
2 
3 
acres 
2,904 
3,979 
2,370 
12,624 
2,645 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
7 
16 
11 
24 
12 
6 
2 
acres 
269 
876 
274 
1,037 
1,260 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
7 
5 
8 
20 
17 
7 
2 
acres 
(D) 
329 
359 
1,476 
2,396 
1,922 
(D) 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
55 
46 
27 
94 
28 
7 
2 
acres 
2,350 
2,429 
1,321 
6,619 
4,906 
(D) 
(D) 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
43 
39 
17 
63 
19 
7 
- 
acres 
1,588 
1,632 
468 
3,553 
2,525 
1,155 
- 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
37 
20 
4 
25 
11 
1 
1 
Solar panels 
...farms 
33 
10 
3 
18 
7 
1 
1 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
2 
9 
- 
8 
2 
1 
- 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
1 
- 
- 
6 
1 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
153 
118 
57 
145 
34 
7 
7 
Part owners 
....farms 
81 
70 
46 
113 
44 
16 
- 
Tenants 
....farms 
7 
9 
5 
11 
3 
2 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
235 
188 
103 
258 
78 
23 
7 
acres 
31,982 
31,150 
20,474 
76,520 
41,480 
22,255 
34,202 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
234 
188 
103 
258 
78 
23 
7 
acres 
31,285 
30,528 
19,606 
75,088 
40,514 
22,223 
34,202 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
88 
79 
51 
125 
47 
18 
- 
acres 
6,476 
8,600 
6,428 
18,895 
11,274 
8,521 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
88 
79 
51 
124 
47 
18 
- 
acres 
6,451 
8,450 
6,428 
17,097 
11,073 
8,500 
" 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
31 
29 
16 
32 
12 
2 
- 
acres 
722 
(D) 
868 
3,230 
1,167 
(D) 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
401 
348 
194 
496 
165 
65 
13 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
132 
87 
51 
114 
33 
10 
3 
2 operators 
85 
82 
40 
103 
26 
3 
2 
3 operators 
17 
23 
11 
37 
10 
8 
2 
4 operators 
5 
3 
3 
12 
11 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
3 
3 
1 
1 
- 
Total women operators 
.number 
112 
113 
55 
147 
39 
8 
6 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
86 
84 
39 
98 
28 
6 
2 
2 operators 
8 
8 
4 
20 
4 
1 
2 
3 operators 
- 
3 
- 
3 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
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“ 
" 
" 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
193 
167 
99 
229 
73 
23 
7 
Female 
48 
30 
9 
40 
8 
2 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
147 
128 
71 
177 
61 
22 
4 
Other 
94 
69 
37 
92 
20 
3 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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