Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
517 
455 
439 
62 
60 
230 
acres treated 
149,378 
139,152 
133,778 
10,226 
(D) 
56,813 
Manure used 
farms 
241 
215 
208 
26 
25 
103 
acres treated 
33,822 
30,570 
(D) 
3,252 
(D) 
7,070 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
303 
264 
260 
39 
38 
128 
acres 
85,691 
79,308 
77,378 
6,383 
(D) 
18,538 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
513 
454 
439 
59 
57 
208 
acres 
171,360 
161,513 
157,167 
9,847 
(D) 
50,109 
Nematodes 
farms 
25 
16 
15 
9 
9 
15 
acres 
1,762 
1,731 
(D) 
31 
31 
2,118 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
51 
41 
40 
10 
10 
17 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
3,440 
3,328 
(D) 
112 
112 
2,041 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
33 
31 
30 
2 
2 
12 
acres on which used 
2,094 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
431 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
70 
61 
61 
9 
9 
38 
acres 
15,901 
12,833 
12,833 
3,068 
3,068 
4,959 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
120 
104 
103 
16 
15 
73 
acres 
16,377 
12,326 
(D) 
4,051 
(D) 
5,838 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
38 
35 
33 
3 
3 
28 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
(D) 
22,740 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
used 
farms 
54 
46 
45 
8 
8 
19 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,282 
5,971 
(D) 
311 
311 
10,132 
used 
farms 
71 
66 
63 
5 
5 
20 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
22,646 
22,452 
(D) 
194 
194 
14,147 
practices were used 
farms 
369 
321 
314 
48 
47 
121 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
63,135 
57,006 
55,786 
6,129 
(D) 
19,028 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
100 
83 
80 
17 
17 
32 
acres 
7,112 
4,759 
4,629 
2,353 
2,353 
692 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
61 
56 
50 
5 
3 
19 
Solar panels 
farms 
56 
53 
47 
3 
3 
17 
Wind turbines 
farms 
13 
11 
9 
2 
- 
- 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
" 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
9 
7 
7 
2 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
677 
587 
561 
90 
82 
579 
Part owners 
farms 
379 
342 
334 
37 
35 
107 
Tenants 
farms 
91 
74 
74 
17 
16 
31 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,064 
936 
902 
128 
118 
686 
acres 
1,108,386 
1,017,798 
849,118 
90,588 
52,975 
4,741,584 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,056 
929 
895 
127 
117 
689 
acres 
1,035,401 
973,282 
807,179 
62,119 
49,039 
4,583,785 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
471 
417 
409 
54 
51 
135 
acres 
381,532 
355,719 
348,195 
25,813 
25,253 
78,508 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
470 
416 
408 
54 
51 
135 
acres 
380,561 
354,940 
347,416 
25,621 
25,061 
77,808 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
116 
101 
98 
15 
11 
92 
acres 
73,957 
45,296 
42,719 
28,661 
(D) 
158,606 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
2,156 
1,914 
1,838 
242 
221 
1,188 
1 operator 
474 
390 
382 
84 
77 
415 
2 operators 
448 
413 
396 
35 
33 
193 
3 operators 
169 
151 
146 
18 
18 
85 
4 operators 
33 
29 
27 
4 
4 
16 
5 or more operators 
23 
20 
18 
3 
1 
8 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
536 
468 
450 
68 
65 
311 
1 operator 
418 
371 
363 
47 
46 
239 
2 operators 
40 
31 
26 
9 
8 
23 
3 operators 
8 
7 
7 
1 
1 
5 
4 operators 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
1 
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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