watering, etc. Household utility costs were excluded 
from these items. 
Total greenhouse vegetables and fresh cut herbs. 
This category includes greenhouse tomatoes and 
other greenhouse vegetables and fresh cut herbs. 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses. This includes gross 
income from farm-related sources received in 2012 
before taxes and expenses from the sales of farm 
byproducts and other sales and services closely 
related to the principal functions of the farm 
business. The data exclude income from employment 
or business activities which were separate from the 
farm business. Categories that make up the farm- 
related income calculation changed between the 
2002 and 2007 censuses. In the 2012 census as in the 
2007 census, Crop and livestock insurance payments 
received and Amount from State and local 
government agricultural program payments are 
published separately. In the 2002 census, these 
categories were combined with Other farm-related 
income sources. 
Agri-tourism and recreational services. This income 
includes income from recreational services such as 
hunting, fishing, farm or wine tours, hay rides, etc. 
Amount from State and local government 
agricultural program payments. This income 
includes State and local government agricultural 
program payments. Respondents were to exclude the 
State and local portion of CREP payments if they 
were reported in the amount received for 
participation in CREP in section 5, item 1 of the 
report form. 
Crop and livestock insurance payments received. 
This income includes insurance payments from crop 
and livestock losses. 
Customwork and other agricultural services. This 
income includes gross receipts received by the farm 
operators for providing services for others such as 
planting, plowing, spraying, and harvesting. Income 
from customwork and other agricultural services is 
generally included in the agriculture census if it is 
closely related to the farming operation. However, it 
is excluded if it constituted a separate business or 
was conducted from another location. 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Gross cash rent or share payments. This income 
includes gross cash or share payments received from 
renting out farmland, payments received from the 
lease or sale of allotments, and payments received 
for livestock pastured on a per-head, per month, or 
per pound basis. It excludes rental income from 
nonfarm property. 
Other-farm related income sources. This is other 
income which is closely related to the agricultural 
operation. This income includes animal boarding, 
breeding fees (horse breeding or stud fees received 
were reported in the Value of Sales section in the 
Other animals and other animal products category), 
tobacco quota buyouts. State fuel tax refunds, farm 
generated energy, etc. Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received and amount from State and local 
government agricultural program payments were 
published separately. 
Patronage dividends and refunds from cooperatives. 
This income includes payments to a farmer or 
rancher for business done with a cooperative to 
which he/she usually belongs. The payment is 
usually for goods sold through the co-op. 
Sales of forest products. This income includes gross 
receipts from sales of standing timber, pulpwood, 
firewood, etc. from the farm or ranch operation. It 
excludes income from nonfarm timber tracts, 
sawmill businesses, cut Christmas trees, maple 
products, and short-rotation woody crops. 
Total market value of agricultural products sold 
and government payments. This category 
represents the value of products sold plus 
government payments. Total value of products sold 
combines total sales not under production contract 
and total sales under production contract. 
Government payments consist of government 
payments received from the Conservation Reserve 
Program (CRP), Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), 
Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP), or 
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program 
(CREP) plus government payments received from 
Federal, State, and local programs other than the 
CRP, WRP, FWP, and CREP, and Commodity 
Credit Corporation loans. 
Total operators. See Operators, total. 
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