Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
17 
1 
3 
5 
3 
5 
$1,000 to $4,999 
42 
- 
2 
6 
9 
16 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
25 
- 
4 
- 
8 
6 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
21 
- 
- 
5 
7 
7 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
15 
1 
- 
1 
2 
6 
5 
$50,000 or more 
20 
- 
1 
1 
9 
7 
2 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
210 
- 
10 
23 
59 
89 
29 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
36,337 
- 
12,700 
1 1 ,842 
29,326 
56,798 
15,384 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
24 
1 
6 
14 
3 
$1,000 to $4,999 
62 
- 
3 
8 
17 
25 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
48 
- 
4 
8 
10 
17 
9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
47 
- 
- 
5 
17 
20 
5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
17 
- 
2 
1 
5 
8 
1 
$50,000 or more 
12 
- 
- 
1 
4 
5 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
80 
4 
12 
23 
30 
11 
$1,000 
1,699 
- 
12 
164 
255 
1,170 
98 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
12 
2 
2 
8 
$1,000 
99 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
14 
- 
1 
1 
5 
3 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
(D) 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
11 
1 
5 
3 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
18 
2 
8 
7 
1 
$1,000 
1,265 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1 
. 
. 
. 
. 
1 
. 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
3 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
2 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
38 
. 
3 
5 
8 
15 
7 
$1,000 
261 
- 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
149 
33 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
248 
11 
23 
72 
94 
48 
acres 
23,002 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,792 
12,687 
5,721 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
211 
- 
11 
23 
60 
79 
38 
acres 
8,724 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,329 
3,988 
1,869 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
167 
10 
18 
50 
61 
28 
50 to 99 acres 
17 
- 
- 
2 
4 
7 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
15 
- 
- 
2 
5 
6 
2 
200 to 499 acres 
8 
- 
- 
1 
1 
2 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
13 
1 
7 
2 
3 
acres 
492 
- 
- 
(D) 
43 
(D) 
94 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
22 
2 
7 
8 
5 
acres 
1,319 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
769 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
71 
2 
5 
14 
34 
16 
acres 
11,215 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,085 
6,968 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
21 
- 
1 
7 
8 
5 
acres 
1,252 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
498 
Total woodland 
farms 
144 
_ 
6 
17 
45 
53 
23 
acres 
13,219 
- 
180 
1,414 
4,001 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
49 
- 
2 
6 
17 
18 
6 
acres 
2,317 
- 
(D) 
110 
488 
1,298 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
113 
- 
5 
16 
35 
40 
17 
acres 
10,902 
- 
(D) 
1,304 
3,513 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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