Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
6,055 
5,544 
331 
249 
acres treated 
282,472 
229,802 
29,617 
22,475 
Manure used 
farms 
3,545 
3,212 
209 
147 
acres treated 
124,671 
98,862 
(D) 
10,334 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,074 
922 
77 
63 
acres 
30,211 
20,005 
4,205 
3,850 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
3,072 
2,735 
208 
163 
acres 
140,455 
100,198 
18,630 
15,104 
Nematodes 
farms 
188 
168 
13 
12 
acres 
4,028 
(D) 
813 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
483 
415 
32 
29 
acres 
8,101 
5,141 
670 
(D) 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
185 
158 
10 
10 
acres on which used 
5,516 
2,542 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
942 
838 
71 
51 
acres 
30,973 
24,895 
4,207 
3,019 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,722 
1,602 
76 
57 
acres 
50,857 
45,068 
2,925 
2,066 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
307 
264 
30 
25 
acres 
24,031 
18,758 
3,449 
(D) 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
1,036 
907 
88 
64 
acres 
58,139 
36,077 
10,770 
8,493 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
444 
376 
41 
31 
acres 
13,045 
7,990 
2,292 
1,849 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
1,566 
1,410 
85 
67 
acres 
28,712 
21,360 
4,445 
3,835 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
844 
738 
59 
47 
acres 
16,747 
9,818 
2,677 
2,185 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
365 
324 
22 
17 
Solar panels 
farms 
249 
222 
17 
13 
Wind turbines 
farms 
29 
25 
1 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
40 
31 
3 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
5 
3 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
22 
17 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
23 
20 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
16,384 
15,363 
578 
395 
Part owners 
farms 
4,506 
4,107 
286 
211 
Tenants 
farms 
599 
539 
29 
20 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
20,902 
19,482 
864 
606 
acres 
2,785,507 
2,470,809 
186,603 
139,446 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
20,890 
19,470 
864 
606 
acres 
2,703,634 
2,399,941 
181,144 
134,470 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
5,129 
4,670 
315 
231 
acres 
909,555 
800,093 
75,568 
58,404 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,105 
4,646 
315 
231 
acres 
903,040 
794,642 
75,314 
58,300 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,036 
950 
38 
26 
acres 
88,388 
76,319 
5,713 
5,080 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
32,178 
29,480 
1,725 
1,222 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
12,448 
11,857 
256 
183 
2 operators 
7,771 
7,089 
508 
348 
3 operators 
1,021 
878 
88 
58 
4 operators 
186 
148 
25 
23 
5 or more operators 
63 
37 
16 
14 
Total women operators 
number 
9,465 
8,709 
487 
352 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
8,535 
7,950 
365 
264 
2 operators 
399 
336 
46 
32 
3 operators 
41 
29 
10 
8 
4 operators 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
