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 
2,835 
167 
214 
412 
598 
272 
acres treated 
737,658 
178,141 
140,618 
152,246 
143,619 
40,302 
Manure used 
farms 
1,044 
64 
78 
131 
134 
91 
acres treated 
96,908 
1 1 ,547 
16,407 
25,539 
12,400 
10,363 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,041 
79 
106 
165 
216 
84 
acres 
215,211 
62,000 
39,621 
43,855 
37,403 
16,369 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,825 
155 
212 
366 
509 
253 
acres 
676,412 
174,475 
118,085 
134,487 
107,859 
44,619 
Nematodes 
farms 
43 
6 
7 
8 
5 
2 
acres 
10,433 
4,202 
2,200 
3,640 
231 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
87 
12 
17 
12 
16 
3 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
20,406 
11,178 
5,734 
1,296 
1,925 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
33 
5 
4 
6 
5 
4 
acres on which used 
5,423 
2,261 
(D) 
944 
873 
(D) 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
431 
26 
54 
66 
81 
39 
acres 
82,501 
18,760 
20,997 
19,850 
15,052 
2,274 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,167 
39 
45 
75 
150 
97 
acres 
203,293 
52,986 
22,354 
33,644 
32,776 
16,430 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
278 
11 
20 
25 
43 
28 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
285,584 
30,248 
109,600 
36,620 
27,697 
16,648 
used 
farms 
397 
50 
50 
57 
79 
41 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
91,953 
22,292 
14,503 
16,230 
25,011 
9,265 
used 
farms 
403 
66 
57 
103 
84 
29 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
159,567 
53,405 
25,909 
44,534 
19,542 
8,517 
practices were used 
farms 
1,626 
102 
139 
263 
392 
215 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
410,303 
95,539 
72,902 
94,657 
87,739 
30,042 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
494 
27 
29 
84 
113 
50 
acres 
46,298 
4,410 
4,546 
9,060 
15,074 
4,626 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
768 
32 
53 
121 
158 
80 
Solar panels 
farms 
647 
29 
49 
113 
143 
64 
Wind turbines 
farms 
147 
6 
11 
9 
19 
7 
Methane digesters 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
17 
- 
- 
7 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
11 
1 
- 
4 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
12 
- 
1 
3 
3 
2 
Ethanol 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
3 
Other 
farms 
22 
- 
1 
2 
7 
3 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
85 
7 
5 
9 
18 
13 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,792 
68 
117 
295 
556 
495 
Part owners 
farms 
3,207 
159 
266 
458 
634 
374 
Tenants 
farms 
737 
24 
32 
66 
138 
59 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1 1 ,034 
228 
383 
757 
1,193 
873 
acres 
21,209,981 
4,449,137 
3,531,919 
3,747,644 
3,179,887 
1,302,254 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
10,999 
227 
383 
753 
1,190 
869 
acres 
20,336,052 
4,414,829 
3,481,519 
3,646,689 
3,041,479 
1,210,044 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
4,004 
185 
298 
527 
781 
438 
acres 
10,170,919 
2,003,255 
1,552,183 
2,027,234 
1,795,108 
751,111 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,944 
183 
298 
524 
772 
433 
acres 
10,027,589 
1,999,255 
1,544,724 
2,009,999 
1,752,849 
739,837 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,186 
26 
24 
67 
123 
125 
acres 
1,017,259 
38,308 
57,859 
118,190 
180,667 
103,484 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
19,655 
556 
812 
1,460 
2,214 
1,528 
1 operator 
5,301 
94 
164 
359 
612 
452 
2 operators 
5,441 
80 
158 
329 
586 
390 
3 operators 
707 
39 
60 
100 
106 
64 
4 operators 
178 
23 
25 
20 
14 
13 
5 or more operators 
109 
15 
8 
11 
10 
9 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
6,977 
121 
217 
406 
678 
508 
1 operator 
6,042 
75 
163 
324 
593 
445 
2 operators 
350 
8 
21 
32 
31 
30 
3 operators 
56 
6 
1 
6 
5 
1 
4 operators 
13 
3 
1 
- 
2 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
" 
1 
- 
- 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
