Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
136 
126 
124 
10 
8 
44 
acres treated 
19,860 
19,685 
(D) 
175 
(D) 
3,193 
Manure used 
farms 
108 
95 
94 
13 
12 
16 
acres treated 
12,570 
11,425 
(D) 
1,145 
(D) 
(D) 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
64 
60 
59 
4 
4 
11 
acres 
5,540 
5,498 
(D) 
42 
42 
461 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
104 
104 
103 
- 
- 
25 
acres 
19,751 
19,751 
(D) 
- 
- 
1,876 
Nematodes 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
2 
acres 
420 
420 
420 
- 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
28 
28 
27 
- 
- 
8 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
2,008 
2,008 
(D) 
282 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
14 
14 
12 
- 
- 
3 
acres on which used 
2,671 
2,671 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
24 
20 
20 
4 
4 
9 
acres 
1,376 
1,191 
1,191 
185 
185 
495 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
33 
29 
27 
4 
4 
11 
acres 
(D) 
1,123 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
10 
9 
9 
1 
- 
3 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
(D) 
1,726 
1,726 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
used 
farms 
34 
34 
33 
- 
- 
7 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,444 
10,444 
(D) 
848 
used 
farms 
25 
21 
21 
4 
4 
2 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
(D) 
2,715 
2,715 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
practices were used 
farms 
58 
53 
53 
5 
5 
13 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,586 
2,579 
2,579 
7 
7 
321 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
39 
33 
33 
6 
5 
8 
acres 
4,182 
4,143 
4,143 
39 
(D) 
70 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
17 
14 
14 
3 
3 
2 
Solar panels 
farms 
8 
5 
5 
3 
3 
2 
Wind turbines 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
3 
3 
2 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
301 
264 
255 
37 
32 
142 
Part owners 
farms 
100 
92 
90 
8 
8 
13 
Tenants 
farms 
28 
26 
26 
2 
2 
3 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
401 
356 
345 
45 
40 
155 
acres 
94,847 
84,342 
77,946 
10,505 
8,029 
33,248 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
401 
356 
345 
45 
40 
155 
acres 
91,682 
81,434 
(D) 
10,248 
8,028 
30,867 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
128 
118 
116 
10 
10 
16 
acres 
32,181 
29,834 
(D) 
2,347 
2,347 
1,713 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
128 
118 
116 
10 
10 
16 
acres 
31,371 
29,024 
(D) 
2,347 
2,347 
1,713 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
38 
35 
33 
3 
1 
10 
acres 
3,975 
(D) 
3,462 
(D) 
(D) 
2,381 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
721 
637 
624 
84 
70 
252 
1 operator 
233 
201 
191 
32 
29 
102 
2 operators 
142 
134 
134 
8 
8 
32 
3 operators 
41 
39 
38 
2 
2 
14 
4 operators 
7 
4 
4 
3 
2 
6 
5 or more operators 
6 
4 
4 
2 
1 
4 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
198 
180 
178 
18 
18 
71 
1 operator 
173 
158 
156 
15 
15 
47 
2 operators 
11 
11 
11 
- 
- 
6 
3 operators 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
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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