Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
... farms 
1,074 
100 
272 
109 
95 
118 
acres 
30,211 
215 
1,384 
678 
876 
1,214 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
... farms 
3,072 
91 
501 
269 
272 
349 
acres 
140,455 
231 
3,623 
3,076 
3,511 
7,109 
Nematodes 
... farms 
188 
10 
58 
12 
16 
25 
acres 
4,028 
25 
261 
55 
71 
262 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
... farms 
483 
48 
152 
46 
43 
56 
acres 
8,101 
96 
677 
263 
244 
534 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
... farms 
185 
10 
44 
12 
14 
26 
acres on which used 
5,516 
16 
199 
105 
118 
463 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
... farms 
942 
13 
101 
46 
97 
112 
acres 
30,973 
42 
822 
812 
1,895 
1,943 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
... farms 
1,722 
45 
380 
130 
223 
227 
acres 
50,857 
187 
3,399 
2,100 
4,333 
5,140 
Land under conservation easement 
... farms 
307 
2 
37 
13 
33 
36 
acres 
24,031 
(D) 
592 
364 
1,188 
1,659 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
... farms 
1,036 
39 
154 
66 
104 
103 
acres 
58,139 
66 
1,130 
676 
2,216 
1,697 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
... farms 
444 
15 
109 
48 
44 
38 
acres 
13,045 
26 
519 
196 
259 
306 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
... farms 
1,566 
55 
337 
147 
142 
183 
acres 
28,712 
106 
1,360 
716 
897 
1,663 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
... farms 
844 
31 
140 
75 
71 
102 
acres 
16,747 
52 
637 
466 
425 
911 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
... farms 
365 
20 
71 
22 
39 
48 
Solar panels 
... farms 
249 
18 
40 
11 
23 
32 
Wind turbines 
... farms 
29 
- 
5 
4 
4 
2 
Methane digesters 
... farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
... farms 
40 
- 
9 
1 
4 
6 
Small hydro systems 
... farms 
5 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
Biodiesel 
... farms 
22 
4 
6 
1 
- 
2 
Ethanol 
... farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other 
... farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
... farms 
23 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
... farms 
16,384 
861 
4,559 
1,944 
2,296 
2,243 
Part owners 
... farms 
4,506 
48 
428 
259 
378 
537 
Tenants 
... farms 
599 
47 
141 
41 
72 
61 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
... farms 
20,902 
909 
4,992 
2,203 
2,677 
2,781 
acres 
2,785,507 
7,099 
147,739 
125,399 
214,333 
296,768 
Owned land in farms 
... farms 
20,890 
909 
4,987 
2,203 
2,674 
2,780 
acres 
2,703,634 
4,342 
132,530 
120,304 
208,071 
290,683 
Land rented or leased from others 
... farms 
5,129 
95 
573 
303 
455 
602 
acres 
909,555 
467 
11,552 
11,051 
22,967 
39,427 
Rented or leased land in farms 
... farms 
5,105 
95 
569 
300 
450 
598 
acres 
903,040 
352 
11,108 
10,716 
21,182 
39,003 
Land rented or leased to others 
... farms 
1,036 
41 
230 
105 
111 
131 
acres 
88,388 
2,872 
15,653 
5,430 
8,047 
6,509 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
32,178 
1,444 
7,664 
3,341 
4,096 
4,173 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
12,448 
530 
2,911 
1,306 
1,583 
1,672 
2 operators 
7,771 
381 
1,962 
812 
1,016 
1,034 
3 operators 
1,021 
29 
210 
103 
115 
116 
4 operators 
186 
15 
33 
17 
27 
14 
5 or more operators 
63 
1 
12 
6 
5 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
9,465 
548 
2,534 
1,046 
1,227 
1,240 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
8,535 
488 
2,310 
958 
1,095 
1,138 
2 operators 
399 
24 
103 
41 
54 
45 
3 operators 
41 
4 
6 
2 
8 
4 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
" 
- 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
18,784 
700 
4,354 
1,936 
2,432 
2,503 
Female 
2,705 
256 
774 
308 
314 
338 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
9,164 
363 
1,787 
800 
1,122 
1,178 
Other 
12,325 
593 
3,341 
1,444 
1,624 
1,663 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
66 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
