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 
706 
864 
685 
590 
413 
772 
acres treated 
49,517 
26,538 
10,855 
6,769 
4,151 
9,046 
Manure used 
farms 
281 
336 
282 
313 
215 
439 
acres treated 
6,620 
4,983 
2,980 
2,630 
1,292 
4,902 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
333 
416 
316 
222 
190 
252 
acres 
14,991 
9,395 
3,770 
1,846 
2,592 
2,217 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
531 
690 
559 
448 
395 
716 
acres 
30,441 
19,625 
10,171 
5,677 
5,353 
10,016 
Nematodes 
farms 
32 
39 
21 
7 
11 
11 
acres 
507 
393 
198 
24 
199 
28 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
27 
78 
55 
42 
29 
45 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
199 
375 
135 
114 
198 
155 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
10 
24 
28 
23 
23 
23 
acres on which used 
279 
194 
84 
362 
361 
49 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
81 
93 
45 
59 
36 
69 
acres 
2,813 
2,605 
765 
2,075 
284 
1,217 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
139 
192 
199 
217 
198 
394 
acres 
9,661 
6,773 
3,431 
3,047 
2,089 
5,249 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
26 
28 
16 
24 
47 
49 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
4,518 
4,000 
1,276 
1,761 
2,159 
3,711 
used 
farms 
65 
110 
71 
60 
40 
76 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
2,906 
1,521 
406 
1,177 
155 
789 
used 
farms 
40 
55 
37 
22 
21 
18 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
1,524 
2,993 
542 
118 
108 
227 
practices were used 
farms 
458 
460 
298 
223 
178 
201 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
20,241 
11,725 
4,021 
1,772 
1,149 
2,557 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
107 
117 
101 
62 
42 
93 
acres 
3,033 
2,511 
947 
576 
228 
2,554 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
39 
69 
49 
65 
58 
122 
Solar panels 
farms 
36 
61 
45 
59 
45 
94 
Wind turbines 
farms 
12 
14 
1 
8 
26 
21 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
5 
1 
10 
2 
12 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
6 
3 
3 
1 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
- 
5 
- 
1 
- 
4 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
2 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
4 
2 
- 
3 
2 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
866 
1,421 
1,520 
1,648 
1,650 
4,005 
Part owners 
farms 
495 
623 
424 
326 
230 
502 
Tenants 
farms 
107 
191 
179 
151 
134 
400 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,363 
2,057 
1,948 
1,982 
1,883 
4,513 
acres 
385,527 
363,434 
191,912 
116,578 
86,124 
3,747,931 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,363 
2,050 
1,970 
2,002 
1,924 
4,694 
acres 
365,396 
330,943 
160,817 
103,926 
78,500 
3,670,119 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
600 
808 
578 
447 
324 
709 
acres 
137,157 
134,367 
55,528 
36,098 
1 1 ,634 
51,749 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
600 
808 
575 
447 
321 
703 
acres 
136,076 
133,775 
51,329 
35,246 
11,531 
50,675 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
130 
183 
166 
158 
158 
339 
acres 
21,223 
33,483 
46,412 
24,273 
23,853 
141,352 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
2,285 
3,553 
3,308 
3,326 
3,220 
7,668 
1 operator 
843 
1,181 
1,154 
1,127 
1,057 
2,589 
2 operators 
470 
871 
824 
839 
794 
2,005 
3 operators 
133 
133 
104 
131 
118 
238 
4 operators 
13 
34 
24 
17 
22 
47 
5 or more operators 
9 
16 
17 
11 
23 
28 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
542 
988 
1,023 
1,093 
1,094 
2,672 
1 operator 
471 
852 
907 
941 
930 
2,426 
2 operators 
28 
43 
38 
50 
42 
89 
3 operators 
5 
12 
9 
16 
22 
20 
4 operators 
- 
2 
2 
1 
2 
2 
5 or more operators 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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