Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS 
Commercial fertilizer, lime, and soil 
conditioners used 
farms 
2,835 
1,553 
1,099 
183 
1,215 
1,620 
acres treated 
737,658 
252,979 
420,392 
64,287 
292,733 
444,925 
Manure used 
farms 
1,044 
611 
396 
37 
357 
687 
acres treated 
96,908 
47,071 
47,558 
2,279 
26,326 
70,582 
Acres treated to control- 
Insects 
farms 
1,041 
546 
425 
70 
428 
613 
acres 
215,211 
63,213 
129,563 
22,435 
90,185 
125,026 
Weeds, grass, or brush 
farms 
2,825 
1,584 
1,064 
177 
1,173 
1,652 
acres 
676,412 
198,925 
416,789 
60,698 
324,749 
351,663 
Nematodes 
farms 
43 
18 
18 
7 
23 
20 
acres 
10,433 
1,763 
8,082 
588 
7,091 
3,342 
Diseases in crops and orchards 
farms 
87 
35 
35 
17 
35 
52 
Chemicals used to control growth, 
acres 
20,406 
1,256 
16,458 
2,692 
5,711 
14,695 
thin fruit, ripen, or defoliate 
farms 
33 
12 
16 
5 
12 
21 
acres on which used 
5,423 
688 
3,407 
1,328 
2,243 
3,180 
LAND USE PRACTICES 
Land drained by tile 
farms 
431 
220 
188 
23 
206 
225 
acres 
82,501 
30,535 
44,928 
7,038 
43,341 
39,160 
Land artificially drained by ditches 
farms 
1,167 
772 
337 
58 
480 
687 
acres 
203,293 
65,512 
123,805 
13,976 
70,097 
133,196 
Land under conservation easement 
farms 
278 
188 
79 
11 
124 
154 
Cropland on which no-till practices were 
acres 
285,584 
166,205 
114,190 
5,189 
70,598 
214,986 
used 
farms 
397 
187 
199 
11 
169 
228 
Cropland on which conservation tillage, 
including no till, practices were 
acres 
91,953 
25,696 
62,550 
3,707 
29,692 
62,261 
used 
farms 
403 
133 
228 
42 
178 
225 
Cropland on which conventional tillage 
acres 
159,567 
25,387 
122,597 
11,583 
70,372 
89,195 
practices were used 
farms 
1,626 
740 
753 
133 
772 
854 
Cropland planted to a cover crop 
acres 
410,303 
83,549 
280,942 
45,812 
175,537 
234,766 
(excluding CRP) 
farms 
494 
240 
230 
24 
184 
310 
acres 
46,298 
16,533 
26,894 
2,871 
22,702 
23,596 
ENERGY 
Renewable energy producing systems 
farms 
768 
417 
307 
44 
288 
480 
Solar panels 
farms 
647 
342 
273 
32 
233 
414 
Wind turbines 
farms 
147 
108 
32 
7 
43 
104 
Methane digesters 
farms 
9 
4 
3 
2 
1 
8 
Geoexchange systems 
farms 
17 
11 
4 
2 
16 
1 
Small hydro systems 
farms 
11 
5 
4 
2 
5 
6 
Biodiesel 
farms 
12 
4 
8 
- 
7 
5 
Ethanol 
farms 
5 
3 
2 
- 
4 
1 
Other 
farms 
22 
12 
8 
2 
7 
15 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
85 
28 
55 
2 
35 
50 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
7,792 
7,792 
_ 
_ 
3,533 
4,259 
Part owners 
farms 
3,207 
- 
3,207 
- 
1,396 
1,811 
Tenants 
farms 
737 
- 
- 
737 
372 
365 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
1 1 ,034 
7,792 
3,207 
35 
4,952 
6,082 
acres 
21,209,981 
9,390,743 
11,769,109 
50,129 
8,456,852 
12,753,129 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
10,999 
7,792 
3,207 
- 
4,929 
6,070 
acres 
20,336,052 
8,759,886 
11,576,166 
" 
8,127,020 
12,209,032 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
4,004 
60 
3,207 
737 
1,797 
2,207 
acres 
10,170,919 
61,654 
7,513,538 
2,595,727 
4,094,690 
6,076,229 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
3,944 
- 
3,207 
737 
1,768 
2,176 
acres 
10,027,589 
- 
7,441,451 
2,586,138 
4,008,429 
6,019,160 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
1,186 
864 
277 
45 
560 
626 
acres 
1,017,259 
692,511 
265,030 
59,718 
416,093 
601,166 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
Farms by number of operators: 
number 
19,655 
12,909 
5,559 
1,187 
5,301 
14,354 
1 operator 
5,301 
3,533 
1,396 
372 
5,301 
- 
2 operators 
5,441 
3,714 
1,416 
311 
- 
5,441 
3 operators 
707 
368 
305 
34 
- 
707 
4 operators 
178 
104 
63 
11 
- 
178 
5 or more operators 
109 
73 
27 
9 
- 
109 
Total women operators 
Farms by number of women operators: 
number 
6,977 
4,802 
1,788 
387 
726 
6,251 
1 operator 
6,042 
4,196 
1,509 
337 
726 
5,316 
2 operators 
350 
219 
112 
19 
- 
350 
3 operators 
56 
39 
13 
4 
- 
56 
4 operators 
13 
9 
4 
- 
" 
13 
5 or more operators 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
216 Wyoming 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
