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 
206 
280 
222 
132 
153 
141 
acres treated 
5,071 
6,110 
2,983 
1,752 
1,349 
1,684 
Manure used 
farms 
169 
220 
224 
160 
141 
161 
acres treated 
5,987 
5,437 
3,365 
2,203 
1,276 
3,674 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
136 
118 
77 
45 
28 
58 
acres 
808 
725 
193 
143 
44 
209 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
154 
136 
120 
54 
37 
69 
acres 
1,474 
1,348 
560 
349 
103 
262 
Nematodes 
farms 
34 
23 
20 
8 
8 
4 
acres 
169 
111 
47 
13 
19 
57 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
58 
78 
42 
25 
26 
42 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
350 
265 
84 
54 
42 
138 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
8 
19 
11 
7 
6 
11 
acres on which used 
152 
367 
26 
22 
14 
83 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
66 
70 
46 
30 
31 
71 
acres 
1,287 
1,492 
479 
458 
491 
879 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
81 
145 
126 
65 
64 
148 
acres 
1,935 
3,104 
2,149 
1,057 
639 
2,564 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
88 
103 
107 
65 
64 
158 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
9,149 
12,479 
12,178 
3,933 
5,923 
18,638 
used 
farms 
24 
39 
36 
44 
19 
18 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
198 
162 
129 
143 
149 
76 
used 
farms 
28 
24 
26 
16 
32 
16 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
272 
287 
77 
48 
84 
29 
practices were used 
farms 
132 
109 
101 
63 
88 
37 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,079 
1,107 
884 
262 
455 
264 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
78 
78 
70 
34 
34 
33 
acres 
455 
719 
192 
191 
103 
481 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
61 
94 
94 
78 
79 
118 
Solar panels 
farms 
55 
78 
91 
69 
70 
112 
Wind turbines 
farms 
5 
23 
3 
9 
13 
7 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
" 
1 
- 
4 
7 
- 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
7 
6 
3 
- 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
1 
4 
3 
5 
2 
7 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
300 
595 
684 
652 
718 
1,393 
Part owners 
farms 
216 
265 
233 
137 
128 
160 
Tenants 
farms 
48 
55 
76 
35 
33 
71 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
517 
861 
918 
793 
847 
1,553 
acres 
76,459 
103,823 
89,321 
66,882 
59,935 
132,617 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
516 
860 
917 
789 
846 
1,553 
acres 
71,896 
97,417 
85,065 
63,520 
55,084 
120,374 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
267 
321 
311 
172 
161 
235 
acres 
16,911 
18,083 
14,409 
5,466 
5,407 
13,550 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
264 
320 
309 
172 
161 
231 
acres 
16,757 
17,791 
14,354 
5,464 
5,407 
12,588 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
77 
104 
97 
90 
77 
157 
acres 
4,717 
6,698 
4,311 
3,364 
4,851 
13,205 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
930 
1,509 
1,656 
1,304 
1,430 
2,601 
1 operator 
259 
423 
455 
402 
391 
775 
2 operators 
258 
413 
461 
382 
449 
757 
3 operators 
33 
60 
55 
28 
27 
69 
4 operators 
14 
16 
13 
10 
9 
13 
5 or more operators 
- 
3 
9 
2 
3 
10 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
366 
584 
650 
522 
578 
1,233 
1 operator 
290 
495 
564 
446 
542 
1,038 
2 operators 
29 
30 
27 
32 
18 
81 
3 operators 
6 
7 
9 
4 
- 
3 
4 operators 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
6 
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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