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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
6,055 
76 
66 
83 
259 
343 
acres treated 
282,472 
27,613 
16,711 
17,565 
31,290 
32,105 
Manure used 
farms 
3,545 
78 
71 
57 
166 
205 
acres treated 
124,671 
22,065 
9,943 
6,682 
13,502 
9,886 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,074 
41 
21 
26 
69 
69 
acres 
30,211 
8,821 
3,834 
3,949 
4,931 
1,805 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,072 
89 
71 
78 
222 
229 
acres 
140,455 
26,021 
25,830 
14,417 
18,334 
12,872 
Nematodes 
farms 
188 
2 
6 
7 
10 
12 
acres 
4,028 
(D) 
1,047 
869 
348 
254 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
483 
12 
9 
6 
25 
30 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
8,101 
2,784 
889 
1,018 
639 
390 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
185 
10 
4 
3 
9 
11 
acres on which used 
5,516 
2,799 
449 
(D) 
227 
232 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
942 
23 
13 
24 
52 
78 
acres 
30,973 
1,926 
1,957 
4,009 
2,672 
3,666 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,722 
20 
19 
15 
44 
63 
acres 
50,857 
1,232 
982 
1,373 
1,901 
4,642 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
307 
5 
9 
9 
21 
23 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
24,031 
185 
1,046 
2,093 
2,186 
2,770 
used 
farms 
1,036 
54 
32 
56 
111 
97 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
58,139 
15,181 
12,170 
8,852 
8,668 
3,390 
used 
farms 
444 
21 
13 
26 
39 
30 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
13,045 
4,698 
1,352 
1,885 
1,820 
723 
practices were used 
farms 
1,566 
38 
26 
40 
80 
82 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
28,712 
6,527 
2,185 
3,274 
2,716 
2,520 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
844 
37 
17 
26 
76 
57 
acres 
16,747 
5,208 
1,178 
1,637 
2,509 
1,372 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
365 
3 
2 
3 
10 
16 
Solar panels 
farms 
249 
2 
1 
2 
3 
14 
Wind turbines 
farms 
29 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
40 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
1 
3 
1 
Other 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
23 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
16,384 
74 
89 
49 
103 
207 
Part owners 
farms 
4,506 
105 
78 
75 
243 
281 
Tenants 
farms 
599 
3 
4 
23 
20 
42 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
20,902 
179 
167 
124 
346 
488 
acres 
2,785,507 
82,587 
67,772 
47,661 
138,544 
161,392 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
20,890 
179 
167 
124 
346 
488 
acres 
2,703,634 
79,385 
67,262 
45,241 
135,649 
156,762 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
5,129 
108 
82 
98 
263 
325 
acres 
909,555 
77,579 
47,169 
62,576 
102,073 
111,547 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,105 
108 
82 
98 
263 
323 
acres 
903,040 
77,079 
47,169 
62,576 
102,023 
111,206 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,036 
25 
8 
11 
20 
34 
acres 
88,388 
3,702 
510 
2,420 
2,945 
4,971 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
32,178 
342 
287 
223 
572 
823 
1 operator 
12,448 
78 
83 
80 
193 
313 
2 operators 
7,771 
73 
75 
58 
147 
157 
3 operators 
1,021 
21 
7 
9 
19 
49 
4 operators 
186 
8 
4 
- 
7 
7 
5 or more operators 
63 
2 
2 
" 
- 
4 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
9,465 
84 
74 
44 
121 
182 
1 operator 
8,535 
61 
74 
41 
117 
148 
2 operators 
399 
10 
- 
- 
2 
12 
3 operators 
41 
1 
- 
1 
- 
2 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
1 
" 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
