Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
129 
84 
101 
304 
233 
156 
184 
acres 
8,600 
7,020 
9,072 
43,816 
54,003 
59,850 
126,910 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
252 
147 
140 
455 
390 
275 
335 
acres 
14,831 
13,023 
12,859 
66,097 
86,870 
106,835 
345,437 
Nematodes 
....farms 
7 
2 
3 
14 
9 
7 
11 
acres 
387 
(D) 
376 
656 
801 
2,096 
2,959 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
8 
4 
7 
26 
13 
14 
8 
acres 
344 
360 
288 
2,427 
1,045 
2,747 
4,177 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
3 
2 
3 
11 
10 
7 
16 
acres on which used 
(D) 
(D) 
468 
1,730 
1,342 
766 
11,361 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
41 
32 
29 
112 
36 
47 
31 
acres 
3,096 
2,502 
2,753 
18,762 
10,950 
16,328 
4,762 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
56 
56 
31 
122 
77 
70 
44 
acres 
3,970 
5,586 
2,687 
15,607 
19,447 
22,690 
13,195 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
20 
12 
2 
36 
21 
42 
42 
acres 
1,046 
1,393 
(D) 
6,210 
4,474 
21,598 
73,146 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
21 
10 
8 
38 
31 
38 
58 
acres 
506 
280 
181 
2,925 
1,603 
6,404 
28,951 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
26 
11 
9 
62 
61 
66 
83 
acres 
822 
257 
501 
4,420 
12,689 
12,804 
72,246 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
209 
134 
123 
397 
362 
244 
290 
acres 
10,019 
7,055 
7,908 
35,331 
49,332 
54,847 
128,029 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
47 
32 
27 
86 
77 
41 
62 
acres 
1,468 
956 
760 
3,745 
5,058 
4,096 
8,765 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
14 
14 
8 
37 
32 
38 
50 
Solar panels 
...farms 
12 
12 
7 
35 
28 
36 
40 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
4 
- 
1 
5 
8 
2 
10 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
1 
2 
" 
- 
4 
1 
2 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
- 
1 
3 
- 
2 
1 
5 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
6 
12 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
443 
246 
171 
555 
457 
283 
289 
Part owners 
....farms 
207 
178 
142 
454 
369 
284 
347 
Tenants 
....farms 
68 
37 
15 
66 
66 
56 
69 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
654 
424 
315 
1,009 
827 
569 
638 
acres 
86,386 
80,535 
65,847 
303,908 
478,666 
615,137 
7,409,553 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
652 
426 
314 
1,018 
842 
598 
654 
acres 
84,348 
65,119 
56,901 
285,826 
460,139 
648,236 
7,238,262 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
273 
211 
156 
516 
418 
309 
401 
acres 
28,422 
25,614 
21,045 
98,339 
150,495 
196,170 
1,264,988 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
273 
211 
156 
512 
418 
309 
398 
acres 
28,342 
25,614 
21,044 
97,804 
148,421 
193,596 
1,244,938 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
49 
42 
23 
95 
69 
35 
59 
acres 
2,421 
16,224 
9,199 
21,697 
31,273 
12,338 
234,576 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
1,119 
794 
533 
1,762 
1,543 
1,112 
1,245 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
403 
245 
167 
575 
428 
294 
346 
2 operators 
242 
147 
120 
374 
335 
218 
234 
3 operators 
62 
49 
38 
90 
94 
84 
97 
4 operators 
9 
9 
3 
26 
25 
16 
22 
5 or more operators 
2 
11 
- 
10 
10 
11 
6 
Total women operators 
.number 
296 
177 
114 
383 
353 
249 
217 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
258 
139 
106 
338 
287 
199 
177 
2 operators 
16 
6 
4 
16 
22 
16 
15 
3 operators 
2 
3 
- 
3 
6 
4 
1 
4 operators 
- 
3 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
" 
- 
1 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
651 
431 
304 
1,008 
822 
578 
670 
Female 
67 
30 
24 
67 
70 
45 
35 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
268 
184 
190 
627 
553 
411 
540 
Other 
450 
277 
138 
448 
339 
212 
165 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Utah 67 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
