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U.S.

Agriculture Practices
The 2012 Census of Agriculture lets us know how farmers and ranchers
operate, from the modern agricultural practices and technologies they
adopt to the inputs and equipment they use. Census data help support
innovation and new policies in production and land use.
www.agcensus.usda.gov
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Source: 2012 Census of Agriculture, May 2014
Type of Internet Access on Farms, 2012
$19.5 BILLION
The total value spent on seeds by U.S.
farmers in 2012. One of the top 10
agriculture production expenses in the U.S.
$115,706
The average value of all machinery and
equipment on a U.S. farm in 2012.
Up 31% from 2007.*
Thats the value of about 4,285 tickets
to a major league baseball game.
96.5 MILLION
The number of no-till acres reported by
producers in the U.S. for 2012.
Thats more than the entire land area
of Nebraska and Missouri combined.
36,331
The number of
farms reporting solar
panels in 2012.
Accounting for 63%
of renewable energy
producing systems
used on farms.
$817.6 MILLION
The value of organic sales from farms
specializing in dairy and milk
production in the U.S. in 2012.
More than 25% of
all organic agriculture
sales in the nation.
70
%
of all farms
in the U.S.
had Internet
access
in 2012.
* Statistically significant change. Visit http://bit.ly/AgCensusFAQs.
DSL SERVICE
SATELLITE SERVICE
MOBILE BROADBAND PLAN
CABLE MODEM PLAN
DIAL-UP SERVICE
FIBER-OPTIC SERVICE
BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES
40%
19%
18%
15%
10%
5%
3%
57,299
The number of
farms that reported
using a renewable
energy producing
system in 2012.
Thats more than double the 23,451
operations in 2007.
.
6%
The total percent
of irrigated farmland
in the U.S.
Acres of Irrigated Land as
Percent of Land in Farms, 2012
Percent
Less than 1
1 - 4
5 - 9
10 - 24
25 - 39
40 or more
Up 66%
from 2007.*

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