Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,058 
1,014 
873 
171 
800 
1,258 
acres treated 
198,600 
29,520 
160,593 
8,487 
68,750 
129,850 
Manure used 
farms 
1,932 
910 
911 
111 
687 
1,245 
acres treated 
211,664 
33,373 
170,685 
7,606 
69,825 
141,839 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
766 
473 
221 
72 
297 
469 
acres 
28,278 
5,769 
21,693 
816 
8,549 
19,729 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,281 
609 
577 
95 
491 
790 
acres 
103,502 
13,112 
87,502 
2,888 
35,114 
68,388 
Nematodes 
farms 
156 
94 
42 
20 
70 
86 
acres 
2,938 
966 
1,839 
133 
596 
2,342 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
411 
269 
101 
41 
174 
237 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
5,585 
1,996 
3,325 
264 
1,757 
3,828 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
96 
63 
28 
5 
34 
62 
acres on which used 
3,175 
1,189 
1,908 
78 
1,185 
1,990 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
595 
306 
269 
20 
248 
347 
acres 
23,552 
7,053 
15,179 
1,320 
8,588 
14,964 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
936 
530 
370 
36 
340 
596 
acres 
48,612 
10,763 
36,334 
1,515 
14,640 
33,972 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
901 
547 
310 
44 
331 
570 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
137,559 
73,203 
62,114 
2,242 
46,204 
91,355 
used 
farms 
322 
160 
139 
23 
136 
186 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
10,336 
1,513 
8,596 
227 
3,829 
6,507 
used 
farms 
288 
138 
134 
16 
132 
156 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
15,116 
1,788 
12,941 
387 
7,550 
7,566 
practices were used 
farms 
1,210 
548 
558 
104 
473 
737 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
88,150 
10,215 
75,450 
2,485 
28,401 
59,749 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
686 
298 
303 
85 
248 
438 
acres 
20,120 
2,727 
16,461 
932 
4,918 
15,202 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
631 
449 
149 
33 
180 
451 
Solar panels 
farms 
537 
404 
103 
30 
153 
384 
Wind turbines 
farms 
83 
45 
35 
3 
17 
66 
Methane digesters 
farms 
14 
- 
14 
- 
- 
14 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
13 
7 
6 
- 
2 
11 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
1 
3 
- 
- 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
33 
14 
15 
4 
9 
24 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Other 
farms 
22 
18 
4 
- 
3 
19 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
4,823 
4,823 
_ 
_ 
2,221 
2,602 
Part owners 
farms 
2,063 
- 
2,063 
- 
848 
1,215 
Tenants 
farms 
452 
- 
- 
452 
217 
235 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
6,894 
4,823 
2,063 
8 
3,074 
3,820 
acres 
1,015,793 
589,257 
425,867 
669 
421,922 
593,871 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
6,886 
4,823 
2,063 
- 
3,069 
3,817 
acres 
972,059 
553,129 
418,930 
- 
402,202 
569,857 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,525 
10 
2,063 
452 
1,073 
1,452 
acres 
281,339 
397 
235,024 
45,918 
113,628 
167,711 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,515 
- 
2,063 
452 
1,065 
1,450 
acres 
279,654 
- 
234,193 
45,461 
112,446 
167,208 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
704 
555 
136 
13 
289 
415 
acres 
45,419 
36,525 
7,768 
1,126 
20,902 
24,517 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
12,257 
7,861 
3,631 
765 
3,286 
8,971 
1 operator 
3,286 
2,221 
848 
217 
3,286 
- 
2 operators 
3,430 
2,298 
953 
179 
- 
3,430 
3 operators 
463 
234 
186 
43 
- 
463 
4 operators 
117 
44 
65 
8 
- 
117 
5 or more operators 
42 
26 
11 
5 
- 
42 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
4,811 
3,283 
1,232 
296 
774 
4,037 
1 operator 
4,130 
2,845 
1,029 
256 
774 
3,356 
2 operators 
262 
166 
82 
14 
- 
262 
3 operators 
38 
21 
13 
4 
- 
38 
4 operators 
8 
8 
- 
- 
- 
8 
5 or more operators 
2 
2 
- 
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2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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