Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 
1,137 
- 
73 
119 
272 
341 
332 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
2,605 
8 
140 
289 
637 
789 
742 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,439 
6 
94 
151 
314 
449 
425 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,436 
7 
75 
174 
368 
384 
428 
$25,000 to $49,999 
643 
- 
32 
69 
188 
181 
173 
$50,000 or more 
763 
7 
44 
120 
186 
244 
162 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
15,733 
63 
1,007 
2,177 
4,310 
4,547 
3,629 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
12,404 
7,962 
1 1 ,309 
11,755 
12,307 
12,473 
13,205 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,483 
8 
121 
166 
358 
406 
424 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,187 
32 
296 
726 
1,431 
1,531 
1,171 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,671 
11 
242 
572 
1,040 
1,037 
769 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,652 
6 
258 
461 
1,005 
1,101 
821 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,261 
4 
69 
202 
347 
327 
312 
$50,000 or more 
479 
2 
21 
50 
129 
145 
132 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
36 
2 
_ 
6 
10 
15 
3 
$1,000 
2,889 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
795 
1,360 
380 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
6,692 
17 
397 
907 
1,710 
1,942 
1,719 
$1,000 
53,392 
28 
1,614 
5,063 
10,170 
18,760 
1 7,758 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
492 
4 
49 
76 
140 
131 
92 
$1,000 
3,409 
20 
295 
480 
877 
996 
743 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,617 
1 
41 
132 
294 
493 
656 
$1,000 
30,707 
(D) 
(D) 
2,360 
4,633 
12,118 
1 1 ,336 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
782 
2 
42 
94 
196 
233 
215 
$1,000 
7,462 
(D) 
(D) 
614 
1,596 
2,191 
2,801 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
174 
- 
- 
23 
48 
55 
48 
$1,000 
921 
- 
- 
75 
337 
281 
227 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
2,448 
7 
172 
374 
661 
719 
515 
$1,000 
2,002 
1 
90 
332 
539 
663 
377 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
348 
- 
29 
58 
93 
96 
72 
$1,000 
3,759 
- 
216 
527 
1,126 
1,260 
631 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,262 
5 
101 
210 
385 
363 
198 
$1,000 
666 
(D) 
(D) 
111 
199 
179 
137 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
639 
1 
50 
89 
161 
168 
170 
$1,000 
4,467 
(D) 
(D) 
564 
863 
1,071 
1,506 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
14,094 
47 
748 
1,665 
3,658 
4,164 
3,812 
acres 
1,057,652 
5,085 
47,889 
129,737 
275,630 
325,175 
274,136 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
11,447 
40 
658 
1,426 
3,128 
3,444 
2,751 
acres 
776,789 
4,784 
40,067 
106,401 
211,062 
250,251 
164,224 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,663 
26 
442 
933 
2,071 
2,289 
1,902 
50 to 99 acres 
2,124 
1 
116 
247 
590 
657 
513 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,039 
2 
64 
154 
294 
307 
218 
200 to 499 acres 
446 
11 
27 
71 
123 
133 
81 
500 to 999 acres 
93 
- 
6 
9 
29 
30 
19 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
52 
- 
3 
8 
14 
15 
12 
2,000 acres or more 
30 
- 
- 
4 
7 
13 
6 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,063 
7 
93 
129 
296 
302 
236 
acres 
64,513 
165 
4,763 
5,106 
16,845 
17,995 
19,639 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
809 
3 
42 
102 
210 
271 
181 
acres 
32,334 
30 
1,053 
5,235 
7,492 
10,129 
8,395 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
2,524 
5 
45 
189 
519 
697 
1,069 
acres 
174,534 
106 
1,872 
12,321 
38,458 
43,735 
78,042 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
218 
- 
10 
20 
57 
62 
69 
acres 
9,482 
- 
134 
674 
1,773 
3,065 
3,836 
Total woodland 
farms 
13,704 
45 
763 
1,712 
3,592 
4,230 
3,362 
acres 
1,024,848 
1,878 
35,518 
90,431 
240,072 
349,412 
307,537 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,016 
31 
439 
863 
1,937 
2,178 
1,568 
acres 
299,693 
466 
13,224 
29,303 
78,740 
96,320 
81,640 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
8,739 
26 
447 
1,065 
2,203 
2,770 
2,228 
acres 
725,155 
1,412 
22,294 
61,128 
161,332 
253,092 
225,897 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Arkansas 195 
