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 
241 
248 
188 
134 
123 
238 
acres treated 
28,952 
16,055 
9,120 
3,225 
3,633 
21,747 
Manure used 
farms 
68 
113 
72 
58 
67 
168 
acres treated 
4,719 
5,620 
3,527 
2,245 
735 
3,806 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
67 
79 
49 
33 
55 
108 
acres 
5,037 
3,401 
1,549 
570 
1,046 
4,360 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
213 
268 
185 
137 
157 
370 
acres 
21,138 
16,656 
9,517 
3,924 
4,213 
41,439 
Nematodes 
farms 
2 
4 
2 
4 
1 
2 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
38 
(D) 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
2 
5 
7 
7 
4 
2 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
(D) 
23 
60 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
4 
1 
3 
- 
1 
- 
acres on which used 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(□) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
35 
28 
28 
15 
27 
32 
acres 
1,830 
1,696 
854 
217 
555 
416 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
96 
130 
109 
83 
99 
244 
acres 
11,041 
10,026 
4,937 
3,527 
2,314 
13,258 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
26 
30 
22 
14 
12 
47 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
16,075 
21,995 
10,863 
2,422 
1,798 
11,618 
used 
farms 
21 
28 
11 
23 
12 
25 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
1,565 
1,174 
360 
291 
653 
609 
used 
farms 
17 
12 
11 
5 
2 
17 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
2,077 
1,668 
671 
(D) 
(D) 
2,739 
practices were used 
farms 
166 
128 
71 
44 
31 
75 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
15,119 
6,827 
2,302 
1,738 
436 
3,002 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
51 
53 
30 
16 
13 
28 
acres 
3,095 
1,667 
629 
302 
163 
2,726 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
36 
67 
25 
29 
25 
142 
Solar panels 
farms 
26 
60 
20 
16 
21 
106 
Wind turbines 
farms 
6 
17 
10 
11 
5 
46 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
6 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
6 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
8 
8 
6 
2 
2 
7 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
583 
856 
750 
682 
794 
2,596 
Part owners 
farms 
276 
284 
174 
114 
74 
394 
Tenants 
farms 
74 
94 
54 
30 
32 
134 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
864 
1,142 
927 
798 
868 
3,001 
acres 
826,651 
585,904 
266,963 
260,218 
145,666 
2,913,738 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
859 
1,140 
924 
796 
868 
2,990 
acres 
732,587 
533,862 
202,302 
159,153 
131,701 
2,781,887 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
351 
386 
235 
154 
107 
542 
acres 
352,704 
395,751 
90,075 
58,901 
66,753 
1,077,844 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
350 
378 
228 
144 
106 
528 
acres 
352,524 
388,620 
88,254 
51,005 
66,113 
1,034,409 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
118 
135 
94 
86 
67 
321 
acres 
94,244 
59,173 
66,482 
108,961 
14,605 
175,286 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
1,577 
2,081 
1,579 
1,351 
1,479 
5,018 
1 operator 
425 
502 
427 
361 
380 
1,525 
2 operators 
422 
645 
509 
423 
472 
1,427 
3 operators 
60 
68 
36 
31 
41 
102 
4 operators 
18 
14 
4 
6 
3 
38 
5 or more operators 
8 
5 
2 
5 
4 
32 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
569 
814 
641 
527 
619 
1,877 
1 operator 
498 
711 
595 
482 
555 
1,601 
2 operators 
29 
47 
20 
18 
26 
88 
3 operators 
1 
3 
2 
3 
4 
24 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
5 or more operators 
2 
- 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wyoming 117 
