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 
51 
47 
37 
121 
154 
132 
187 
acres 
3,116 
3,402 
3,656 
16,375 
38,447 
55,566 
85,988 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
....farms 
148 
108 
84 
342 
390 
277 
612 
acres 
8,037 
7,499 
5,969 
47,246 
98,888 
111,210 
377,108 
Nematodes 
....farms 
- 
3 
1 
- 
12 
4 
6 
acres 
- 
120 
(D) 
- 
4,168 
1,359 
4,566 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
....farms 
7 
3 
14 
9 
7 
17 
acres 
420 
291 
- 
1,420 
2,409 
2,667 
13,046 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
....farms 
- 
- 
- 
8 
4 
5 
8 
acres on which used 
" 
- 
- 
1,061 
784 
1,124 
2,427 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
....farms 
21 
23 
16 
72 
74 
56 
47 
acres 
1,745 
1,817 
1,346 
9,680 
17,362 
19,171 
28,831 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
....farms 
59 
49 
44 
119 
113 
71 
125 
acres 
5,248 
6,177 
4,152 
20,380 
29,436 
28,796 
92,696 
Land under conservation easement 
....farms 
16 
7 
10 
33 
43 
42 
77 
acres 
2,255 
1,128 
1,460 
6,970 
23,621 
37,043 
211,452 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
used 
....farms 
19 
19 
7 
42 
48 
41 
158 
acres 
517 
531 
62 
2,993 
7,495 
1 1 ,1 94 
68,310 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
used 
....farms 
22 
11 
2 
40 
90 
61 
153 
acres 
1,481 
725 
(D) 
4,234 
21,816 
27,480 
103,023 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
practices were used 
....farms 
67 
74 
49 
265 
304 
195 
415 
acres 
3,062 
5,615 
3,096 
33,516 
61,442 
65,336 
232,314 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
(excluding CRP) 
....farms 
19 
7 
3 
83 
70 
60 
156 
acres 
825 
163 
200 
4,478 
7,109 
5,949 
25,860 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
...farms 
18 
25 
19 
45 
66 
61 
388 
Solar panels 
...farms 
12 
22 
15 
34 
54 
55 
354 
Wind turbines 
...farms 
9 
10 
3 
8 
11 
17 
45 
Methane digesters 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Geoexchange systems 
...farms 
" 
3 
- 
2 
5 
1 
1 
Small hydro systems 
...farms 
1 
- 
1 
7 
1 
- 
1 
Biodiesel 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
8 
Ethanol 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 
Other 
...farms 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
11 
Wind rights leased to others 
....farms 
4 
- 
- 
9 
5 
10 
56 
TENURE 
Full owners 
....farms 
503 
249 
195 
686 
585 
388 
745 
Part owners 
....farms 
107 
72 
77 
336 
429 
352 
1,396 
Tenants 
....farms 
48 
34 
18 
76 
95 
73 
200 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
....farms 
615 
321 
275 
1,028 
1,014 
745 
2,153 
acres 
124,277 
64,461 
62,336 
382,223 
648,214 
891,806 
18,652,354 
Owned land in farms 
....farms 
610 
321 
272 
1,022 
1,014 
740 
2,141 
acres 
86,974 
54,110 
54,604 
301,442 
559,820 
805,560 
18,283,534 
Land rented or leased from others 
....farms 
161 
107 
95 
420 
526 
426 
1,607 
acres 
25,747 
16,734 
17,766 
97,084 
239,016 
329,458 
9,396,770 
Rented or leased land in farms 
....farms 
155 
106 
95 
412 
524 
425 
1,596 
acres 
16,968 
16,014 
14,551 
92,684 
225,569 
327,437 
9,308,276 
Land rented or leased to others 
....farms 
80 
49 
39 
134 
116 
90 
196 
acres 
46,082 
11,071 
10,947 
85,181 
101,841 
88,267 
457,314 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
.number 
1,075 
550 
493 
1,852 
1,794 
1,369 
4,304 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
295 
179 
117 
521 
556 
370 
1,022 
2 operators 
318 
159 
151 
466 
468 
356 
903 
3 operators 
38 
15 
18 
84 
60 
71 
283 
4 operators 
5 
2 
- 
16 
13 
8 
83 
5 or more operators 
2 
4 
11 
12 
8 
50 
Total women operators 
.number 
397 
199 
197 
644 
582 
439 
1,277 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
357 
180 
168 
526 
530 
374 
967 
2 operators 
16 
8 
10 
33 
19 
26 
116 
3 operators 
- 
1 
3 
10 
2 
3 
19 
4 operators 
2 
- 
- 
3 
2 
1 
4 
5 or more operators 
" 
“ 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
575 
304 
244 
974 
976 
737 
2,111 
Female 
83 
51 
46 
124 
133 
76 
230 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
269 
185 
136 
579 
635 
531 
1,879 
Other 
389 
170 
154 
519 
474 
282 
462 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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