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 
570 
1,256 
1,123 
943 
645 
691 
acres treated 
33,453 
52,661 
30,483 
18,656 
1 1 ,202 
10,733 
Manure used 
farms 
371 
713 
577 
487 
343 
477 
acres treated 
14,630 
20,870 
10,403 
7,437 
3,934 
5,319 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
114 
173 
182 
139 
106 
134 
acres 
1,354 
1,901 
1,181 
788 
484 
1,163 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
350 
579 
451 
385 
271 
347 
acres 
12,351 
12,084 
6,023 
5,070 
3,507 
3,946 
Nematodes 
farms 
18 
31 
33 
19 
19 
31 
acres 
156 
138 
230 
248 
(D) 
363 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
46 
76 
90 
56 
56 
77 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
360 
464 
409 
296 
139 
713 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
10 
24 
24 
26 
23 
41 
acres on which used 
136 
530 
142 
306 
(□) 
387 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
138 
182 
170 
87 
82 
93 
acres 
5,228 
4,964 
3,010 
1,277 
865 
1,399 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
128 
240 
309 
298 
239 
347 
acres 
5,159 
14,111 
7,314 
5,484 
3,774 
4,885 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
38 
58 
58 
39 
26 
21 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
5,452 
3,768 
3,422 
1,743 
838 
528 
used 
farms 
94 
157 
142 
101 
99 
93 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,114 
2,870 
1,986 
1,149 
827 
932 
used 
farms 
35 
62 
59 
38 
64 
57 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
700 
744 
416 
120 
288 
299 
practices were used 
farms 
156 
272 
285 
228 
171 
188 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,881 
3,237 
2,177 
1,575 
648 
972 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
61 
126 
127 
109 
97 
111 
acres 
717 
1,058 
1,000 
851 
576 
641 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
33 
58 
44 
54 
68 
74 
Solar panels 
farms 
23 
45 
28 
33 
42 
56 
Wind turbines 
farms 
1 
3 
2 
10 
9 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
11 
4 
5 
2 
12 
6 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
6 
- 
7 
1 
4 
4 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
1 
7 
2 
8 
3 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
579 
1,837 
2,668 
2,988 
3,428 
4,362 
Part owners 
farms 
530 
1,071 
826 
563 
345 
389 
Tenants 
farms 
45 
100 
101 
74 
68 
119 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,109 
2,911 
3,497 
3,551 
3,779 
4,751 
acres 
265,424 
504,942 
453,959 
352,176 
327,867 
383,183 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,109 
2,908 
3,494 
3,551 
3,773 
4,751 
acres 
254,504 
493,820 
442,559 
343,774 
316,554 
368,124 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
576 
1,174 
936 
639 
415 
513 
acres 
128,167 
177,259 
99,126 
49,876 
24,722 
29,461 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
575 
1,171 
927 
637 
413 
508 
acres 
127,165 
175,670 
98,212 
49,467 
23,297 
29,176 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
93 
138 
185 
146 
170 
206 
acres 
11,922 
12,711 
12,314 
8,811 
12,738 
15,344 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,799 
4,494 
5,342 
5,396 
5,526 
7,374 
1 operator 
636 
1,772 
2,129 
2,111 
2,363 
2,690 
2 operators 
419 
1,042 
1,240 
1,314 
1,328 
1,918 
3 operators 
81 
157 
191 
158 
113 
216 
4 operators 
12 
30 
22 
35 
25 
36 
5 or more operators 
6 
7 
13 
7 
12 
10 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
452 
1,164 
1,527 
1,633 
1,689 
2,495 
1 operator 
401 
1,054 
1,382 
1,493 
1,537 
2,227 
2 operators 
18 
46 
56 
64 
67 
124 
3 operators 
5 
6 
11 
4 
6 
5 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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