Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
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 
1,743 
1,635 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
4,350 
4,046 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,630 
2,375 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,212 
2,858 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,010 
1,696 
$50,000 or more 
5,341 
3,162 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,785 
23,579 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,044 
16,068 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,198 
2,077 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
7,850 
7,408 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,872 
5,491 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,043 
5,570 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,265 
1,947 
$50,000 or more 
1,557 
1,086 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
494 
203 
$1,000 
124,563 
35,216 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income frem farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
15,139 
12,437 
$1,000 
206,982 
101,611 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,543 
1,187 
$1,000 
27,088 
14,168 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,031 
2,305 
$1,000 
67,196 
29,195 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,445 
1,276 
$1,000 
15,899 
1 1 ,353 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
389 
291 
$1,000 
3,653 
1,971 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,607 
5,220 
$1,000 
25,024 
10,503 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,362 
937 
$1,000 
34,815 
17,053 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
2,837 
2,618 
$1,000 
2,696 
1,955 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,439 
1,146 
$1,000 
30,611 
15,414 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
29,380 
24,813 
acres 
7,931,111 
3,483,507 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
25,535 
21,565 
acres 
7,316,469 
3,078,572 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
13,371 
12,427 
50 to 99 acres 
4,667 
4,235 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,816 
2,394 
200 to 499 acres 
1,687 
1,293 
500 to 999 acres 
749 
478 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,117 
439 
2,000 acres or more 
1,128 
299 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,049 
1,807 
acres 
180,875 
131,174 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,631 
1,404 
acres 
88,764 
63,592 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,121 
3,292 
acres 
312,068 
192,741 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
537 
394 
acres 
32,935 
17,428 
Total woodland 
farms 
25,132 
22,526 
acres 
2,258,259 
1,698,328 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
13,537 
12,397 
acres 
742,185 
638,454 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
15,474 
13,628 
acres 
1,516,074 
1,059,874 
Partnership 
64 
162 
142 
177 
148 
1,486 
1,165 
60,735 
66 
232 
200 
265 
163 
239 
248 
81,002 
1,671 
69,697 
252 
10,589 
367 
17,241 
76 
1,781 
55 
949 
910 
12,607 
342 
14,530 
120 
551 
190 
1 1 ,450 
2,826 
3,723,037 
2,488 
3,604,385 
427 
209 
213 
199 
140 
548 
752 
141 
20,112 
129 
15,316 
471 
72,703 
100 
10,521 
1,312 
249,959 
582 
51,362 
920 
198,597 
Registered 
under 
state law 
36 
80 
92 
110 
102 
1,303 
746 
79,751 
35 
127 
111 
169 
105 
199 
225 
75,429 
1,296 
61,820 
211 
9,375 
294 
15,125 
55 
1,632 
39 
861 
721 
11,130 
301 
13,312 
63 
350 
146 
10,034 
2,193 
3,373,384 
1,958 
3,286,959 
229 
132 
130 
157 
118 
495 
697 
110 
15,253 
105 
13,745 
351 
48,565 
88 
8,862 
869 
194,047 
340 
35,030 
647 
159,017 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
140 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
