Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
6,052 
4,650 
655 
558 
acres treated 
661,403 
319,371 
135,841 
119,213 
Manure used 
farms 
2,724 
2,053 
327 
273 
acres treated 
111,886 
47,670 
23,324 
20,734 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
2,930 
2,143 
356 
310 
acres 
340,370 
164,959 
71,182 
65,175 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
5,163 
3,826 
616 
540 
acres 
699,833 
301,224 
177,140 
164,602 
Nematodes 
farms 
182 
124 
18 
17 
acres 
9,417 
4,953 
584 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
406 
294 
44 
41 
acres 
13,771 
4,638 
3,652 
3,352 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
208 
136 
27 
26 
acres on which used 
17,532 
8,514 
6,493 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
718 
501 
109 
99 
acres 
68,214 
30,652 
16,702 
15,173 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,718 
1,343 
182 
164 
acres 
104,194 
63,158 
18,821 
13,814 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
312 
188 
58 
52 
acres 
111,357 
36,408 
35,425 
32,017 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
farms 
570 
422 
75 
65 
acres 
43,106 
11,004 
15,688 
(D) 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
farms 
473 
302 
80 
69 
acres 
105,248 
35,423 
33,032 
32,434 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
farms 
3,404 
2,430 
484 
405 
acres 
316,852 
150,355 
84,334 
76,091 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
793 
572 
89 
70 
acres 
30,283 
16,501 
5,978 
5,186 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
507 
375 
52 
45 
Solar panels 
farms 
425 
308 
44 
41 
Wind turbines 
farms 
90 
71 
6 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
5 
1 
2 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
40 
31 
5 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
20 
18 
1 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
12 
10 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
6 
6 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
24 
11 
3 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
12,511 
10,248 
1,007 
860 
Part owners 
farms 
4,146 
3,164 
496 
417 
Tenants 
farms 
1,370 
1,163 
85 
68 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
16,701 
13,444 
1,507 
1,279 
acres 
9,449,716 
2,318,640 
1,281,106 
1 
,162,424 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
16,952 
13,703 
1,504 
1,277 
acres 
9,134,271 
2,294,752 
1,220,333 
1 
,103,497 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
5,229 
4,041 
582 
487 
acres 
1,873,257 
1,007,771 
405,446 
367,695 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,206 
4,023 
578 
483 
acres 
1,840,125 
997,182 
384,574 
346,823 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,339 
975 
156 
143 
acres 
451,527 
137,215 
81,749 
79,893 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
28,844 
22,409 
3,091 
2,644 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
9,508 
8,054 
565 
481 
2 operators 
6,935 
5,611 
683 
565 
3 operators 
1,194 
688 
252 
215 
4 operators 
242 
131 
62 
58 
5 or more operators 
148 
91 
26 
26 
Total women operators 
number 
8,442 
6,899 
696 
615 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
7,399 
6,204 
538 
459 
2 operators 
334 
220 
51 
50 
3 operators 
95 
70 
12 
12 
4 operators 
14 
7 
5 
5 
5 or more operators 
5 
3 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
144 Utah 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
