Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
1,389 
279 
75 
1,039 
704 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
4,350 
3,292 
855 
203 
2,659 
1,691 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,630 
1,833 
635 
162 
1,551 
1,079 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,212 
2,017 
993 
202 
1,829 
1,383 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,010 
1,185 
700 
125 
1,116 
894 
$50,000 or more 
5,341 
2,094 
2,133 
1,114 
2,653 
2,688 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,785 
18,943 
5,664 
1,178 
13,230 
12,555 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,044 
13,209 
34,139 
62,186 
18,539 
21,630 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,198 
1,797 
301 
100 
1,300 
898 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
7,850 
6,322 
1,222 
306 
4,225 
3,625 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,872 
4,453 
1,208 
211 
2,988 
2,884 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,043 
4,262 
1,537 
244 
2,828 
3,215 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,265 
1,413 
739 
113 
1,152 
1,113 
$50,000 or more 
1,557 
696 
657 
204 
737 
820 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
494 
67 
247 
180 
214 
280 
$1,000 
124,563 
8,178 
70,411 
45,974 
37,176 
87,387 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
15,139 
8,984 
4,931 
1,224 
7,915 
7,224 
$1,000 
206,982 
89,347 
82,637 
34,998 
103,480 
103,502 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,543 
583 
743 
217 
830 
713 
$1,000 
27,088 
5,158 
15,842 
6,088 
13,425 
13,662 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,031 
2,342 
538 
151 
1,792 
1,239 
$1,000 
67,196 
52,141 
1 1 ,387 
3,668 
38,637 
28,559 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,445 
1,087 
338 
20 
722 
723 
$1,000 
15,899 
1 1 ,685 
4,079 
135 
8,269 
7,630 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
389 
262 
109 
18 
220 
169 
$1,000 
3,653 
1,886 
1,548 
220 
1,723 
1,930 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,607 
3,422 
2,502 
683 
3,251 
3,356 
$1,000 
25,024 
4,403 
12,889 
7,732 
9,814 
15,210 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,362 
408 
671 
283 
681 
681 
$1,000 
34,815 
4,039 
20,465 
10,311 
17,627 
17,188 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
2,837 
1,474 
1,247 
116 
1,372 
1,465 
$1,000 
2,696 
1,037 
1,545 
113 
1,164 
1,532 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,439 
913 
392 
134 
703 
736 
$1,000 
30,611 
8,997 
14,882 
6,732 
12,821 
1 7,790 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
29,380 
18,026 
8,958 
2,396 
15,999 
13,381 
acres 
7,931,111 
1,521,309 
4,015,296 
2,394,506 
3,473,243 
4,457,868 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
25,535 
14,671 
8,596 
2,268 
13,669 
11,866 
acres 
7,316,469 
1,168,315 
3,818,170 
2,329,984 
3,128,584 
4,187,885 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
13,371 
10,255 
2,720 
396 
7,240 
6,131 
50 to 99 acres 
4,667 
2,517 
1,899 
251 
2,603 
2,064 
100 to 199 acres 
2,816 
1,123 
1,468 
225 
1,454 
1,362 
200 to 499 acres 
1,687 
493 
911 
283 
965 
722 
500 to 999 acres 
749 
100 
369 
280 
478 
271 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,117 
76 
612 
429 
517 
600 
2,000 acres or more 
1,128 
107 
617 
404 
412 
716 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,049 
1,295 
657 
97 
1,035 
1,014 
acres 
180,875 
84,837 
81,321 
14,717 
101,898 
78,977 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,631 
957 
566 
108 
830 
801 
acres 
88,764 
36,114 
44,457 
8,193 
46,278 
42,486 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,121 
3,307 
628 
186 
2,484 
1,637 
acres 
312,068 
217,634 
59,087 
35,347 
181,154 
130,914 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
537 
300 
152 
85 
298 
239 
acres 
32,935 
14,409 
12,261 
6,265 
15,329 
17,606 
Total woodland 
farms 
25,132 
18,211 
6,308 
613 
12,814 
12,318 
acres 
2,258,259 
1 ,495,986 
707,089 
55,184 
1 ,243,376 
1,014,883 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
13,537 
9,233 
3,930 
374 
6,684 
6,853 
acres 
742,185 
425,769 
296,652 
19,764 
388,520 
353,665 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
15,474 
11,589 
3,582 
303 
7,937 
7,537 
acres 
1,516,074 
1,070,217 
410,437 
35,420 
854,856 
661,218 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
216 Arkansas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
