Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
3,099 
5 
187 
371 
831 
1,045 
660 
acres treated 
138,367 
31 
7,227 
14,945 
44,307 
42,655 
29,202 
Manure used 
farms 
1,383 
2 
56 
149 
399 
508 
269 
acres treated 
24,352 
(D) 
(D) 
1,991 
7,536 
9,137 
4,731 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,342 
3 
90 
194 
371 
415 
269 
acres 
68,341 
6 
2,096 
7,364 
14,560 
16,148 
28,167 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,608 
5 
123 
321 
677 
926 
556 
acres 
158,637 
40 
3,907 
12,405 
47,778 
32,800 
61,707 
Nematodes 
farms 
79 
- 
2 
14 
18 
24 
21 
acres 
981 
- 
(D) 
220 
256 
(D) 
282 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
189 
- 
8 
30 
41 
61 
49 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
1,603 
28 
170 
448 
341 
616 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
90 
- 
6 
6 
15 
36 
27 
acres on which used 
1,943 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
450 
618 
541 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
328 
- 
17 
33 
82 
109 
87 
acres 
15,361 
- 
974 
3,782 
2,319 
4,586 
3,700 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
898 
3 
55 
156 
196 
292 
196 
acres 
30,591 
(D) 
(D) 
7,859 
3,664 
11,331 
5,895 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
151 
26 
24 
52 
49 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
29,367 
“ 
" 
4,163 
8,241 
6,573 
10,390 
used 
farms 
272 
- 
4 
41 
67 
100 
60 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
6,829 
32 
521 
3,225 
1,425 
1,626 
used 
farms 
145 
- 
9 
20 
35 
49 
32 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
12,584 
" 
214 
1,589 
2,033 
1,972 
6,776 
practices were used 
farms 
1,483 
- 
87 
193 
396 
429 
378 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
66,862 
“ 
4,828 
7,511 
15,331 
17,250 
21,942 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
374 
- 
17 
40 
107 
125 
85 
acres 
8,527 
- 
650 
734 
1,934 
3,023 
2,186 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
260 
- 
16 
22 
61 
89 
72 
Solar panels 
farms 
209 
- 
11 
17 
47 
67 
67 
Wind turbines 
farms 
46 
- 
- 
8 
14 
18 
6 
Methane digesters 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
29 
- 
11 
- 
5 
11 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
10 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Other 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
7 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
8,195 
17 
491 
950 
1,926 
2,472 
2,339 
Part owners 
farms 
2,134 
8 
151 
422 
529 
635 
389 
Tenants 
farms 
759 
9 
112 
145 
193 
142 
158 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
10,351 
25 
644 
1,372 
2,465 
3,112 
2,733 
acres 
2,945,832 
2,487 
39,769 
92,848 
277,814 
1,789,266 
743,648 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
10,414 
25 
649 
1,385 
2,466 
3,117 
2,772 
acres 
2,840,144 
2,487 
39,361 
93,480 
270,821 
1,744,191 
689,804 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
2,820 
17 
254 
556 
716 
769 
508 
acres 
490,214 
3,050 
32,086 
78,227 
136,135 
131,111 
109,605 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2,804 
17 
254 
551 
713 
766 
503 
acres 
463,199 
2,890 
32,086 
78,080 
118,101 
127,716 
104,326 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
831 
2 
22 
55 
143 
288 
321 
acres 
162,196 
(D) 
(D) 
4,018 
(D) 
48,497 
77,267 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
17,680 
44 
1,248 
2,567 
4,358 
5,129 
4,334 
1 operator 
5,745 
26 
315 
645 
1,249 
1,708 
1,802 
2 operators 
4,491 
6 
402 
748 
1,165 
1,323 
847 
3 operators 
637 
2 
31 
95 
181 
160 
168 
4 operators 
122 
- 
3 
12 
34 
34 
39 
5 or more operators 
93 
- 
3 
17 
19 
24 
30 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
5,452 
10 
455 
902 
1,385 
1,582 
1,118 
1 operator 
4,859 
10 
427 
808 
1,248 
1,396 
970 
2 operators 
196 
- 
5 
24 
58 
61 
48 
3 operators 
48 
- 
2 
14 
7 
13 
12 
4 operators 
9 
- 
3 
1 
- 
1 
4 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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