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 
286 
460 
308 
214 
214 
337 
acres treated 
5,439 
5,850 
3,257 
2,354 
1,601 
3,644 
Manure used 
farms 
98 
188 
152 
157 
113 
209 
acres treated 
2,357 
1,967 
1,079 
1,501 
610 
1,551 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
217 
311 
145 
95 
89 
131 
acres 
1,647 
1,334 
550 
316 
313 
1,143 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
232 
310 
162 
73 
90 
149 
acres 
2,014 
2,097 
835 
460 
353 
2,058 
Nematodes 
farms 
58 
54 
14 
4 
11 
21 
acres 
426 
240 
77 
47 
31 
312 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
112 
136 
43 
39 
26 
61 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
807 
548 
135 
111 
42 
538 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
17 
31 
7 
7 
7 
18 
acres on which used 
166 
178 
17 
48 
14 
184 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
22 
37 
8 
9 
9 
33 
acres 
269 
282 
49 
82 
43 
536 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
81 
105 
70 
59 
47 
169 
acres 
901 
1,001 
884 
476 
290 
1,388 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
37 
89 
102 
79 
93 
215 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
2,485 
4,913 
9,022 
4,506 
4,025 
9,792 
used 
farms 
26 
94 
54 
28 
24 
50 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
221 
386 
74 
155 
71 
598 
used 
farms 
22 
36 
42 
9 
18 
13 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
119 
106 
191 
31 
53 
115 
practices were used 
farms 
132 
194 
186 
105 
152 
165 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
1,135 
1,266 
526 
252 
230 
807 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
110 
162 
119 
66 
65 
87 
acres 
1,261 
573 
523 
237 
167 
717 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
26 
63 
45 
57 
58 
105 
Solar panels 
farms 
21 
53 
39 
54 
53 
83 
Wind turbines 
farms 
2 
5 
5 
1 
4 
17 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
1 
2 
3 
2 
6 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
11 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
4 
4 
5 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
6 
1 
1 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
307 
652 
613 
597 
757 
2,216 
Part owners 
farms 
120 
144 
115 
102 
70 
202 
Tenants 
farms 
66 
94 
107 
49 
106 
211 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
428 
796 
728 
699 
827 
2,419 
acres 
31,675 
46,241 
51,846 
35,309 
35,055 
95,104 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
427 
796 
728 
699 
827 
2,418 
acres 
30,417 
44,449 
51,006 
34,220 
34,387 
93,051 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
187 
245 
222 
151 
178 
413 
acres 
(D) 
7,724 
(D) 
3,197 
1,587 
8,588 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
186 
238 
222 
151 
176 
413 
acres 
9,036 
7,579 
6,801 
3,187 
1,557 
8,467 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
43 
58 
52 
51 
48 
105 
acres 
1,266 
1,937 
844 
1,099 
698 
2,174 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
811 
1,477 
1,338 
1,198 
1,435 
4,092 
1 operator 
250 
458 
424 
386 
495 
1,391 
2 operators 
190 
331 
336 
298 
389 
1,069 
3 operators 
38 
67 
60 
50 
41 
130 
4 operators 
10 
21 
13 
11 
1 
28 
5 or more operators 
5 
13 
2 
3 
7 
11 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
301 
617 
589 
543 
614 
1,915 
1 operator 
228 
472 
450 
425 
517 
1,543 
2 operators 
19 
46 
48 
39 
39 
141 
3 operators 
9 
16 
11 
12 
3 
26 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
1 
- 
3 
5 or more operators 
1 
2 
- 
2 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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