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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
36,298 
2,124 
2,521 
4,708 
6,803 
5,459 
acres treated 
7,148,156 
2,558,071 
1 ,306,884 
1,264,527 
1,014,421 
520,462 
Manure used 
farms 
21,062 
1,252 
1,662 
3,270 
4,416 
2,567 
acres treated 
1,950,883 
687,704 
333,646 
383,949 
297,380 
101,293 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
14,904 
1,656 
1,677 
2,558 
2,818 
2,038 
acres 
2,667,175 
1,261,753 
492,326 
401,277 
272,380 
141,305 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
34,321 
2,132 
2,514 
4,667 
6,681 
5,356 
acres 
6,714,970 
2,527,969 
1,257,074 
1,135,204 
917,028 
484,496 
Nematodes 
farms 
2,275 
296 
221 
302 
412 
336 
acres 
346,553 
184,885 
54,031 
45,104 
33,098 
18,556 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,413 
445 
323 
375 
480 
459 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
470,488 
279,585 
76,343 
42,749 
35,110 
20,685 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
786 
87 
49 
76 
92 
104 
acres on which used 
86,791 
61,894 
5,771 
6,263 
4,410 
4,019 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
8,218 
792 
835 
1,410 
1,573 
1,094 
acres 
805,846 
285,020 
143,665 
153,313 
116,231 
51,455 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
8,327 
610 
626 
1,059 
1,299 
993 
acres 
780,815 
258,842 
129,162 
125,249 
104,339 
54,632 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,767 
87 
102 
154 
197 
166 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
168,766 
33,655 
19,621 
22,710 
20,148 
14,413 
used 
farms 
14,477 
1,153 
1,350 
2,128 
2,680 
2,166 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,770,594 
614,951 
360,645 
294,803 
244,629 
141,736 
used 
farms 
14,144 
1,361 
1,504 
2,516 
2,987 
2,074 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,554,272 
1,057,472 
514,329 
433,760 
306,434 
147,260 
practices were used 
farms 
24,270 
1,141 
1,353 
2,860 
4,526 
3,475 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,507,623 
834,051 
379,066 
422,505 
400,274 
229,633 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
9,992 
705 
814 
1,535 
1,898 
1,114 
acres 
553,005 
233,691 
80,776 
75,048 
66,496 
32,420 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,592 
73 
50 
104 
136 
131 
Solar panels 
farms 
728 
11 
17 
24 
50 
66 
Wind turbines 
farms 
264 
19 
14 
34 
31 
15 
Methane digesters 
farms 
29 
28 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
520 
16 
16 
40 
39 
37 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
14 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
55 
- 
3 
3 
7 
4 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
172 
23 
23 
32 
29 
28 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
45,638 
316 
401 
1,050 
2,665 
3,195 
Part owners 
farms 
21,059 
1,869 
2,169 
3,657 
4,353 
2,773 
Tenants 
farms 
3,057 
105 
95 
250 
453 
485 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
66,823 
2,188 
2,575 
4,712 
7,029 
5,979 
acres 
10,960,334 
1 ,762,295 
1,062,254 
1,367,069 
1 ,486,682 
989,300 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
66,697 
2,185 
2,570 
4,707 
7,018 
5,968 
acres 
9,932,266 
1,716,301 
1,039,368 
1 ,336,899 
1 ,432,228 
906,145 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
24,281 
1,975 
2,268 
3,910 
4,817 
3,277 
acres 
4,670,320 
1,841,622 
855,087 
756,764 
572,162 
288,322 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
24,116 
1,974 
2,264 
3,907 
4,806 
3,258 
acres 
4,636,660 
1,829,403 
851,337 
755,171 
569,246 
285,293 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
16,161 
191 
219 
285 
683 
973 
acres 
1,061,728 
58,213 
26,636 
31,763 
57,370 
86,184 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1 1 1 ,080 
5,193 
5,080 
8,524 
11,913 
9,779 
1 operator 
35,848 
668 
992 
2,210 
3,818 
3,692 
2 operators 
28,666 
829 
1,097 
2,094 
3,049 
2,370 
3 operators 
3,973 
515 
449 
538 
499 
315 
4 operators 
843 
172 
100 
84 
72 
43 
5 or more operators 
424 
106 
27 
31 
33 
33 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
34,060 
1,020 
1,141 
2,180 
3,199 
2,557 
1 operator 
30,471 
770 
972 
1,962 
2,916 
2,338 
2 operators 
1,407 
96 
74 
77 
114 
84 
3 operators 
149 
14 
4 
11 
11 
9 
4 operators 
53 
4 
1 
4 
4 
6 
5 or more operators 
21 
- 
1 
3 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
