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 
2,058 
146 
129 
225 
236 
188 
acres treated 
198,600 
96,324 
27,759 
29,024 
18,299 
8,245 
Manure used 
farms 
1,932 
115 
100 
208 
265 
169 
acres treated 
211,664 
91,064 
27,198 
35,349 
26,510 
9,601 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
766 
51 
35 
38 
91 
89 
acres 
28,278 
17,687 
3,507 
1,726 
2,162 
1,074 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,281 
138 
114 
157 
173 
129 
acres 
103,502 
61,887 
15,711 
12,342 
6,552 
2,914 
Nematodes 
farms 
156 
10 
6 
4 
14 
25 
acres 
2,938 
1,401 
479 
319 
153 
170 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
411 
16 
19 
15 
43 
47 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
5,585 
2,527 
1,040 
367 
368 
350 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
96 
7 
6 
7 
5 
9 
acres on which used 
3,175 
1,242 
636 
422 
46 
165 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
595 
48 
42 
78 
82 
31 
acres 
23,552 
6,593 
3,768 
4,620 
2,914 
571 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
936 
45 
38 
82 
97 
45 
acres 
48,612 
17,531 
6,669 
7,122 
4,207 
1,635 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
901 
40 
31 
57 
101 
87 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
137,559 
15,992 
9,254 
13,971 
21,074 
14,968 
used 
farms 
322 
44 
20 
31 
23 
24 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,336 
6,481 
882 
1,161 
452 
503 
used 
farms 
288 
35 
29 
36 
32 
14 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
15,116 
7,942 
3,092 
1,800 
1,203 
282 
practices were used 
farms 
1,210 
132 
106 
146 
167 
129 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
88,150 
49,627 
12,815 
11,261 
6,993 
2,403 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
686 
62 
63 
61 
92 
81 
acres 
20,120 
10,313 
3,519 
1,688 
1,599 
860 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
631 
15 
12 
13 
34 
33 
Solar panels 
farms 
537 
4 
7 
6 
20 
25 
Wind turbines 
farms 
83 
1 
5 
3 
10 
4 
Methane digesters 
farms 
14 
11 
- 
2 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
13 
- 
- 
" 
1 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
33 
- 
- 
3 
7 
4 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,823 
19 
32 
68 
169 
193 
Part owners 
farms 
2,063 
140 
120 
219 
270 
175 
Tenants 
farms 
452 
2 
9 
33 
49 
41 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,894 
159 
152 
287 
439 
368 
acres 
1,015,793 
144,688 
72,529 
86,475 
109,991 
73,073 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,886 
159 
152 
287 
439 
368 
acres 
972,059 
143,577 
72,426 
85,072 
107,511 
70,117 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,525 
142 
129 
252 
319 
216 
acres 
281,339 
64,044 
30,513 
45,716 
45,028 
22,212 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,515 
142 
129 
252 
319 
216 
acres 
279,654 
64,044 
30,293 
45,716 
45,028 
22,212 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
704 
6 
6 
15 
38 
37 
acres 
45,419 
1,111 
323 
1,403 
2,480 
2,956 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
12,257 
369 
332 
586 
854 
686 
1 operator 
3,286 
47 
43 
124 
197 
170 
2 operators 
3,430 
54 
85 
138 
228 
205 
3 operators 
463 
40 
20 
48 
52 
31 
4 operators 
117 
12 
9 
9 
10 
2 
5 or more operators 
42 
8 
4 
1 
1 
1 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
4,811 
75 
102 
164 
291 
246 
1 operator 
4,130 
63 
84 
135 
245 
228 
2 operators 
262 
3 
6 
10 
17 
9 
3 operators 
38 
- 
2 
3 
4 
- 
4 operators 
8 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Vermont 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
