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 
6,052 
175 
227 
396 
580 
644 
acres treated 
661,403 
149,363 
106,817 
135,907 
102,980 
59,460 
Manure used 
farms 
2,724 
93 
106 
180 
259 
220 
acres treated 
111,886 
34,599 
15,873 
13,871 
15,312 
8,824 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,930 
122 
168 
233 
343 
335 
acres 
340,370 
90,698 
78,684 
62,099 
49,503 
24,575 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
5,163 
179 
209 
361 
541 
534 
acres 
699,833 
182,727 
133,032 
155,823 
96,467 
50,501 
Nematodes 
farms 
182 
9 
8 
16 
13 
15 
acres 
9,417 
2,756 
2,105 
1,192 
1,184 
831 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
406 
22 
16 
26 
29 
37 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
13,771 
6,728 
1,322 
2,210 
1,245 
1,090 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
208 
23 
10 
13 
20 
11 
acres on which used 
17,532 
13,345 
666 
798 
1,118 
276 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
718 
32 
46 
68 
89 
100 
acres 
68,214 
10,567 
12,359 
13,122 
11,771 
10,636 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,718 
33 
42 
69 
105 
130 
acres 
104,194 
8,131 
14,541 
18,572 
19,102 
13,598 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
312 
6 
12 
26 
42 
36 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
1 1 1 ,357 
1,384 
24,473 
18,434 
24,774 
24,867 
used 
farms 
570 
16 
31 
32 
40 
29 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
43,106 
11,855 
8,868 
8,509 
6,052 
868 
used 
farms 
473 
44 
36 
61 
97 
42 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
105,248 
30,868 
20,208 
29,449 
16,672 
2,539 
practices were used 
farms 
3,404 
139 
190 
313 
455 
489 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
316,852 
67,091 
54,924 
71,523 
49,648 
32,201 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
793 
18 
17 
61 
87 
88 
acres 
30,283 
2,634 
2,870 
4,936 
6,934 
3,060 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
507 
8 
16 
27 
34 
20 
Solar panels 
farms 
425 
4 
9 
25 
29 
18 
Wind turbines 
farms 
90 
2 
2 
1 
2 
1 
Methane digesters 
farms 
5 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
40 
- 
3 
4 
3 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
20 
1 
1 
3 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
12 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
24 
2 
1 
3 
4 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
12,511 
111 
116 
204 
410 
560 
Part owners 
farms 
4,146 
131 
177 
297 
461 
480 
Tenants 
farms 
1,370 
16 
20 
37 
42 
93 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
16,701 
242 
293 
503 
874 
1,043 
acres 
9,449,716 
865,034 
1,462,624 
934,272 
860,846 
435,434 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
16,952 
242 
293 
503 
871 
1,040 
acres 
9,134,271 
818,033 
1,421,231 
922,251 
839,831 
423,224 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
5,229 
148 
197 
332 
504 
582 
acres 
1,873,257 
190,988 
309,472 
420,907 
344,958 
180,399 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,206 
147 
197 
332 
503 
573 
acres 
1,840,125 
190,838 
309,440 
417,283 
343,754 
160,178 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,339 
26 
25 
31 
50 
73 
acres 
451,527 
47,151 
(D) 
(D) 
22,219 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
28,844 
549 
610 
991 
1,476 
1,858 
1 operator 
9,508 
99 
137 
231 
490 
600 
2 operators 
6,935 
79 
118 
199 
323 
413 
3 operators 
1,194 
50 
44 
84 
72 
87 
4 operators 
242 
18 
7 
19 
22 
19 
5 or more operators 
148 
12 
7 
5 
6 
14 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
8,442 
62 
101 
175 
287 
405 
1 operator 
7,399 
50 
65 
152 
258 
347 
2 operators 
334 
3 
5 
8 
10 
18 
3 operators 
95 
2 
3 
1 
3 
2 
4 operators 
14 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
5 or more operators 
5 
" 
2 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
118 Utah 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
