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 
920 
1,350 
1,051 
934 
751 
1,289 
acres treated 
42,158 
34,331 
17,051 
11,895 
8,469 
18,863 
Manure used 
farms 
252 
492 
544 
557 
484 
899 
acres treated 
6,012 
7,297 
4,864 
4,251 
3,822 
5,858 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
533 
670 
393 
304 
222 
327 
acres 
9,443 
6,037 
3,323 
1,868 
1,247 
4,354 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
1,025 
1,389 
1,186 
996 
885 
1,639 
acres 
58,604 
48,456 
22,810 
12,287 
13,420 
25,469 
Nematodes 
farms 
90 
91 
57 
41 
21 
23 
acres 
994 
1,096 
197 
185 
112 
126 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
292 
363 
247 
142 
106 
89 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
5,199 
2,794 
1,385 
355 
316 
489 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
172 
191 
75 
40 
32 
64 
acres on which used 
1,735 
1,060 
223 
96 
235 
943 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
97 
144 
163 
145 
133 
197 
acres 
2,066 
3,707 
1,851 
1,337 
1,040 
2,016 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
216 
407 
377 
416 
463 
800 
acres 
8,522 
11,269 
7,244 
6,041 
5,152 
9,100 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
53 
162 
175 
144 
159 
240 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
8,529 
18,740 
10,756 
4,350 
6,401 
7,913 
used 
farms 
102 
202 
179 
176 
147 
145 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
4,895 
4,475 
1,373 
820 
486 
3,071 
used 
farms 
91 
102 
90 
84 
92 
95 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
5,968 
8,129 
1,718 
514 
1,554 
8,725 
practices were used 
farms 
425 
567 
442 
385 
302 
282 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
24,962 
13,140 
6,035 
4,357 
3,179 
8,184 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
168 
265 
176 
184 
118 
160 
acres 
4,494 
1,840 
916 
1,162 
675 
2,252 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
52 
116 
103 
123 
111 
209 
Solar panels 
farms 
36 
91 
73 
102 
91 
177 
Wind turbines 
farms 
16 
26 
17 
9 
13 
34 
Methane digesters 
farms 
1 
3 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
1 
3 
17 
13 
7 
14 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
4 
12 
8 
5 
- 
8 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
4 
8 
4 
4 
13 
Ethanol 
farms 
1 
2 
2 
- 
2 
4 
Other 
farms 
2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
4 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
15 
10 
1 
6 
- 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
1,590 
3,054 
3,356 
3,925 
4,315 
9,380 
Part owners 
farms 
435 
624 
492 
362 
283 
597 
Tenants 
farms 
178 
238 
137 
130 
111 
246 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
2,039 
3,693 
3,851 
4,296 
4,599 
9,988 
acres 
595,613 
545,989 
354,001 
229,414 
204,433 
1,145,697 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2,025 
3,678 
3,848 
4,287 
4,598 
9,977 
acres 
472,064 
407,007 
247,894 
170,220 
146,794 
1,079,086 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
619 
865 
631 
497 
400 
852 
acres 
164,437 
117,700 
42,601 
21,165 
32,209 
82,261 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
613 
862 
629 
492 
394 
843 
acres 
155,046 
116,141 
42,311 
20,854 
31,825 
73,063 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
322 
456 
413 
432 
378 
688 
acres 
132,940 
140,541 
106,397 
59,505 
58,023 
75,809 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
3,487 
6,272 
6,384 
7,100 
7,499 
16,524 
1 operator 
1,136 
1,936 
1,906 
2,038 
2,193 
4,583 
2 operators 
896 
1,683 
1,854 
2,149 
2,304 
5,175 
3 operators 
138 
239 
164 
181 
173 
354 
4 operators 
27 
44 
36 
32 
25 
71 
5 or more operators 
6 
14 
25 
17 
14 
40 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
1,238 
2,382 
2,558 
2,955 
3,164 
7,183 
1 operator 
1,075 
2,082 
2,219 
2,605 
2,822 
6,374 
2 operators 
67 
125 
126 
140 
141 
336 
3 operators 
7 
12 
14 
22 
15 
23 
4 operators 
2 
1 
10 
1 
10 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
1 
- 
3 
5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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