Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
406 
389 
366 
17 
14 
74 
acres treated 
203,503 
196,244 
181,729 
7,259 
6,628 
15,183 
Manure used 
farms 
157 
153 
141 
4 
3 
31 
acres treated 
31,484 
(D) 
23,962 
(D) 
(D) 
4,919 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
172 
166 
156 
6 
6 
27 
acres 
62,596 
60,590 
57,462 
2,006 
2,006 
3,372 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
379 
362 
343 
17 
13 
90 
acres 
185,917 
178,356 
168,238 
7,561 
(D) 
23,498 
Nematodes 
farms 
9 
9 
9 
- 
1 
acres 
1,165 
1,165 
1,165 
- 
- 
(D) 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
16 
15 
14 
1 
1 
1 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
10 
9 
8 
1 
1 
- 
acres on which used 
2,367 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
63 
58 
55 
5 
5 
5 
acres 
15,589 
14,605 
(D) 
984 
984 
164 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
103 
96 
89 
7 
7 
38 
acres 
41,069 
37,888 
34,017 
3,181 
3,181 
2,927 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
49 
43 
41 
6 
4 
11 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
120,554 
55,962 
(D) 
64,592 
(D) 
9,017 
used 
farms 
77 
73 
70 
4 
3 
6 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
29,505 
28,656 
(D) 
849 
(D) 
1,623 
used 
farms 
86 
83 
76 
3 
3 
14 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
42,051 
40,286 
38,715 
1,765 
1,765 
3,159 
practices were used 
farms 
224 
216 
205 
8 
8 
49 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
96,423 
90,439 
79,949 
5,984 
5,984 
4,000 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
96 
91 
84 
5 
5 
28 
acres 
8,162 
7,662 
7,161 
500 
500 
4,376 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
117 
108 
100 
9 
8 
27 
Solar panels 
farms 
113 
104 
97 
9 
8 
22 
Wind turbines 
farms 
10 
10 
8 
- 
- 
3 
Methane digesters 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
" 
2 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Biodiesel 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
18 
18 
15 
- 
- 
2 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
539 
482 
464 
57 
52 
261 
Part owners 
farms 
474 
445 
421 
29 
25 
116 
Tenants 
farms 
72 
58 
56 
14 
14 
25 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1,022 
936 
894 
86 
77 
379 
acres 
6,309,686 
5,804,579 
5,136,001 
505,107 
353,050 
2,443,796 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
1,013 
927 
885 
86 
77 
377 
acres 
6,074,399 
5,585,871 
4,960,581 
488,528 
339,394 
2,415,226 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
554 
509 
479 
45 
39 
144 
acres 
2,807,182 
2,610,001 
2,256,225 
197,181 
182,189 
615,216 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
546 
503 
477 
43 
39 
141 
acres 
2,761,483 
2,568,302 
2,216,338 
193,181 
182,189 
611,292 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
166 
144 
137 
22 
19 
44 
acres 
280,986 
260,407 
215,307 
20,579 
13,656 
32,494 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
2,102 
1,945 
1,844 
157 
138 
645 
1 operator 
429 
368 
347 
61 
58 
244 
2 operators 
429 
401 
392 
28 
23 
103 
3 operators 
146 
140 
137 
6 
6 
40 
4 operators 
57 
53 
45 
4 
4 
8 
5 or more operators 
24 
23 
20 
1 
" 
7 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
648 
594 
576 
54 
48 
193 
1 operator 
467 
425 
418 
42 
36 
143 
2 operators 
66 
60 
56 
6 
6 
13 
3 operators 
8 
8 
7 
- 
- 
8 
4 operators 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
1 
1 
- 
" 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Wyoming 143 
