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 
2,835 
2,005 
350 
290 
acres treated 
737,658 
380,591 
138,381 
111,855 
Manure used 
farms 
1,044 
759 
97 
75 
acres treated 
96,908 
43,782 
16,723 
10,477 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,041 
718 
124 
101 
acres 
215,211 
107,730 
41,513 
37,268 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,825 
2,041 
315 
257 
acres 
676,412 
321,549 
145,448 
89,789 
Nematodes 
farms 
43 
27 
6 
5 
acres 
10,433 
(D) 
2,218 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
87 
58 
12 
8 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
20,406 
6,376 
8,800 
7,341 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
33 
19 
4 
4 
acres on which used 
5,423 
2,261 
795 
795 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
431 
316 
47 
41 
acres 
82,501 
52,854 
13,894 
12,798 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,167 
929 
97 
80 
acres 
203,293 
105,164 
54,133 
52,313 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
278 
168 
50 
48 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
285,584 
94,619 
61,394 
(D) 
used 
farms 
397 
259 
55 
45 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
91,953 
42,024 
18,801 
15,887 
used 
farms 
403 
235 
68 
57 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
159,567 
83,089 
31,268 
24,516 
practices were used 
farms 
1,626 
1,141 
212 
180 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
410,303 
227,926 
81,954 
72,451 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
494 
312 
58 
50 
acres 
46,298 
27,173 
6,587 
5,518 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
768 
516 
108 
92 
Solar panels 
farms 
647 
422 
90 
75 
Wind turbines 
farms 
147 
111 
23 
22 
Methane digesters 
farms 
9 
7 
2 
2 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
17 
12 
3 
3 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
11 
7 
3 
3 
Biodiesel 
farms 
12 
9 
1 
1 
Ethanol 
farms 
5 
5 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
22 
16 
2 
2 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
85 
46 
19 
15 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,792 
6,406 
586 
461 
Part owners 
farms 
3,207 
2,198 
419 
327 
Tenants 
farms 
737 
550 
90 
63 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
11,034 
8,627 
1,006 
789 
acres 
21,209,981 
8,315,019 
4,141,480 
3,507,328 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
10,999 
8,604 
1,005 
788 
acres 
20,336,052 
7,897,178 
3,949,249 
3,316,789 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
4,004 
2,789 
517 
398 
acres 
10,170,919 
4,728,457 
2,020,064 
1,666,418 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,944 
2,748 
509 
390 
acres 
10,027,589 
4,647,588 
2,007,226 
1,653,580 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,186 
865 
111 
104 
acres 
1,017,259 
498,710 
205,069 
203,377 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
19,655 
14,757 
2,151 
1,666 
1 operator 
5,301 
4,265 
363 
294 
2 operators 
5,441 
4,398 
511 
377 
3 operators 
707 
374 
147 
123 
4 operators 
178 
57 
56 
43 
5 or more operators 
109 
60 
18 
14 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
6,977 
5,436 
700 
538 
1 operator 
6,042 
4,939 
493 
365 
2 operators 
350 
187 
84 
72 
3 operators 
56 
31 
9 
7 
4 operators 
13 
5 
3 
2 
5 or more operators 
3 
2 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
142 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
