Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS - Con. 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
....farms 
207 
131 
106 
425 
380 
349 
382 
acres 
22,003 
16,737 
16,815 
94,185 
134,260 
221,085 
706,503 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
459 
324 
248 
931 
932 
819 
1,236 
acres 
41,715 
34,470 
35,365 
201,377 
406,576 
706,086 
2,899,169 
Nematodes 
....farms 
32 
23 
26 
88 
96 
93 
118 
acres 
3,127 
2,144 
2,834 
17,442 
24,606 
57,843 
229,776 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
132 
97 
78 
314 
348 
388 
617 
acres 
13,672 
10,784 
10,586 
66,701 
107,097 
251,287 
1,109,426 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
127 
75 
59 
199 
149 
135 
136 
acres on which used 
12,651 
7,765 
7,492 
38,475 
40,401 
67,432 
171,441 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
68 
58 
38 
157 
170 
96 
92 
acres 
4,163 
3,783 
2,423 
19,520 
37,826 
34,612 
52,975 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
107 
82 
44 
204 
146 
76 
70 
acres 
6,596 
7,218 
3,882 
29,251 
43,623 
35,683 
56,520 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
56 
26 
26 
87 
94 
46 
67 
acres 
3,511 
2,339 
3,814 
15,603 
23,688 
29,886 
78,465 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
57 
41 
20 
113 
151 
175 
364 
acres 
2,858 
2,494 
2,012 
17,821 
41,571 
95,927 
635,109 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
35 
33 
15 
181 
270 
301 
534 
acres 
3,172 
3,497 
1,273 
32,839 
91,951 
234,496 
1,248,231 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
170 
141 
144 
532 
548 
500 
680 
acres 
10,431 
11,725 
16,626 
87,123 
185,839 
344,691 
1,368,460 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
88 
64 
41 
140 
152 
90 
81 
acres 
6,297 
6,112 
4,310 
18,914 
28,181 
36,655 
58,634 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
27 
20 
8 
36 
34 
34 
56 
Solar panels 
...farms 
22 
18 
4 
18 
17 
11 
24 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
6 
8 
5 
12 
14 
25 
30 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
" 
- 
- 
1 
- 
1 
2 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
2 
1 
- 
1 
1 
3 
- 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
3 
1 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
Other 
...farms 
- 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 
" 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
2 
2 
4 
12 
13 
21 
35 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
874 
463 
329 
1,065 
695 
399 
280 
Part owners 
....farms 
254 
223 
142 
576 
600 
537 
842 
Tenants 
....farms 
52 
53 
56 
164 
213 
187 
349 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
1,131 
686 
473 
1,648 
1,313 
944 
1,133 
acres 
246,788 
144,706 
116,598 
602,365 
831,685 
1,083,296 
6,381,405 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
1,128 
686 
471 
1,641 
1,295 
936 
1,122 
acres 
158,471 
112,800 
93,886 
480,227 
666,162 
890,130 
6,072,951 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
310 
278 
198 
744 
815 
726 
1,193 
acres 
28,893 
34,319 
36,526 
187,296 
398,073 
703,721 
4,172,222 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
306 
276 
198 
740 
813 
724 
1,191 
acres 
27,994 
33,375 
31,215 
170,234 
390,002 
685,733 
4,147,794 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
205 
123 
100 
331 
310 
217 
255 
acres 
89,216 
32,850 
28,023 
139,200 
173,594 
211,154 
332,882 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
1,916 
1,217 
842 
2,918 
2,498 
1,987 
2,951 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
587 
366 
276 
932 
755 
521 
522 
2 operators 
486 
295 
200 
709 
579 
425 
663 
3 operators 
82 
64 
43 
107 
138 
132 
198 
4 operators 
17 
9 
5 
46 
22 
31 
52 
5 or more operators 
8 
5 
3 
11 
14 
14 
36 
Total women operators 
.number 
608 
389 
245 
846 
704 
508 
727 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
552 
335 
209 
731 
619 
397 
594 
2 operators 
28 
17 
10 
45 
36 
42 
52 
3 operators 
- 
4 
4 
7 
3 
3 
4 
4 operators 
- 
2 
1 
1 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
- 
“ 
“ 
“ 
3 
2 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
1,000 
648 
458 
1,568 
1,353 
1,039 
1,414 
Female 
180 
91 
69 
237 
155 
84 
57 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
647 
412 
323 
1,135 
1,028 
859 
1,312 
Other 
533 
327 
204 
670 
480 
264 
159 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Washington 73 
