Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
36,298 
30,537 
3,096 
2,337 
acres treated 
7,148,156 
4,565,498 
1,314,419 
1,120,800 
Manure used 
farms 
21,062 
17,871 
1,843 
1,364 
acres treated 
1,950,883 
1,217,022 
392,011 
342,161 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
14,904 
11,552 
1,682 
1,367 
acres 
2,667,175 
1,446,359 
608,059 
542,829 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
34,321 
28,663 
3,029 
2,307 
acres 
6,714,970 
4,244,996 
1,267,538 
1,075,873 
Nematodes 
farms 
2,275 
1,739 
252 
222 
acres 
346,553 
173,749 
76,683 
70,381 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
3,413 
2,516 
381 
330 
Chemicals used to control growth. 
acres 
470,488 
217,395 
94,437 
87,500 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
786 
572 
77 
70 
acres on which used 
86,791 
20,574 
20,108 
19,624 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
8,218 
6,526 
885 
700 
acres 
805,846 
495,781 
172,430 
155,239 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
8,327 
6,808 
769 
591 
acres 
780,815 
493,193 
131,886 
115,251 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
1,767 
1,428 
168 
124 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
168,766 
113,840 
23,321 
19,423 
used 
farms 
14,477 
1 1 ,858 
1,496 
1,124 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,770,594 
1,169,125 
343,837 
283,476 
used 
farms 
14,144 
1 1 ,435 
1,509 
1,162 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,554,272 
1,571,654 
490,917 
413,260 
practices were used 
farms 
24,270 
20,952 
1,854 
1,379 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
2,507,623 
1,653,797 
422,011 
363,433 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
9,992 
8,257 
930 
718 
acres 
553,005 
295,671 
98,510 
87,538 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
1,592 
1,351 
105 
87 
Solar panels 
farms 
728 
614 
51 
42 
Wind turbines 
farms 
264 
221 
24 
22 
Methane digesters 
farms 
29 
9 
6 
6 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
520 
456 
25 
20 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
14 
12 
1 
1 
Biodiesel 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
55 
43 
8 
5 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
172 
136 
20 
18 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
45,638 
40,637 
2,402 
1,648 
Part owners 
farms 
21,059 
17,405 
2,013 
1,563 
Tenants 
farms 
3,057 
2,575 
252 
200 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
66,823 
58,156 
4,422 
3,217 
acres 
10,960,334 
8,057,821 
1,420,050 
1,157,415 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
66,697 
58,042 
4,415 
3,211 
acres 
9,932,266 
7,229,356 
1,337,351 
1,090,655 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
24,281 
20,133 
2,272 
1,767 
acres 
4,670,320 
3,012,308 
853,237 
724,429 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
24,116 
19,980 
2,265 
1,763 
acres 
4,636,660 
2,996,303 
850,662 
722,618 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
16,161 
14,179 
914 
666 
acres 
1,061,728 
844,470 
85,274 
68,571 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
111,080 
92,559 
9,801 
7,267 
1 operator 
35,848 
32,874 
1,176 
828 
2 operators 
28,666 
24,562 
2,386 
1,713 
3 operators 
3,973 
2,536 
786 
612 
4 operators 
843 
455 
217 
181 
5 or more operators 
424 
190 
102 
77 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
34,060 
29,474 
2,236 
1,621 
1 operator 
30,471 
27,059 
1,621 
1,146 
2 operators 
1,407 
971 
238 
178 
3 operators 
149 
97 
31 
27 
4 operators 
53 
26 
10 
8 
5 or more operators 
21 
15 
1 
1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
146 Wisconsin 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
