Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
10 
1 
5 
6 
2 
2 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4 
3 
3 
2 
2 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
18 
10 
3 
14 
3 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
10 
11 
3 
16 
4 
4 
- 
$50,000 or more 
22 
15 
9 
52 
26 
17 
8 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
122 
90 
37 
82 
29 
6 
6 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
. dollars 
65,438 
38,060 
61,326 
96,004 
340,019 
95,700 
367,215 
Less than $1 ,000 
4 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 to $4,999 
8 
12 
2 
13 
3 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
27 
20 
7 
6 
2 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
33 
21 
10 
24 
5 
3 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
19 
18 
6 
18 
1 
1 
- 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
31 
17 
12 
21 
18 
2 
6 
Total 
...farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
94 
68 
33 
96 
37 
14 
6 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
1,048 
1,168 
542 
2,369 
2,184 
(D) 
(D) 
services 
...farms 
19 
13 
4 
15 
5 
2 
3 
$1,000 
47 
67 
7 
83 
(D) 
(D) 
(Z) 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
32 
11 
8 
22 
9 
6 
- 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
69 
21 
245 
93 
89 
69 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
23 
15 
9 
19 
7 
2 
- 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
110 
130 
97 
156 
35 
(D) 
“ 
(see text) 
...farms 
5 
9 
6 
19 
2 
3 
3 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
124 
722 
(D) 
(D) 
(Z) 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
14 
11 
8 
43 
18 
8 
5 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
35 
28 
(D) 
303 
203 
198 
(D) 
payments received 
...farms 
4 
- 
- 
6 
2 
1 
4 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
(D) 
“ 
" 
18 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
7 
11 
1 
21 
14 
5 
- 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
67 
156 
(D) 
781 
644 
(D) 
“ 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
17 
20 
6 
21 
10 
1 
3 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
316 
(D) 
(D) 
213 
1,114 
(D) 
(Z) 
Total cropland 
...farms 
175 
114 
52 
162 
65 
25 
6 
acres 
10,678 
8,875 
5,201 
29,209 
21,428 
18,038 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
167 
108 
52 
153 
59 
24 
5 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
8,837 
7,089 
4,541 
24,802 
17,718 
15,391 
7,531 
1 to 49 acres 
88 
56 
20 
35 
9 
2 
- 
50 to 99 acres 
49 
24 
11 
24 
4 
1 
- 
100 to 199 acres 
30 
26 
15 
28 
7 
2 
- 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
2 
6 
66 
28 
4 
1 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
11 
9 
1 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
2 
improvements (see text) 
...farms 
24 
18 
6 
21 
19 
8 
1 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
485 
1,192 
(D) 
(D) 
2,715 
1,713 
(D) 
were abandoned 
...farms 
12 
5 
5 
15 
3 
3 
- 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
233 
25 
52 
340 
79 
32 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
41 
23 
12 
36 
5 
4 
2 
acres 
1,012 
543 
(D) 
1,687 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
16 
6 
1 
6 
4 
1 
1 
acres 
111 
26 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland 
...farms 
159 
122 
52 
137 
50 
24 
5 
acres 
12,142 
13,872 
5,778 
22,294 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
48 
40 
12 
42 
12 
7 
3 
acres 
1,943 
2,187 
371 
4,387 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
141 
114 
48 
118 
44 
24 
5 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
10,199 
11,685 
5,407 
17,907 
12,624 
13,184 
2,920 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
118 
88 
39 
86 
30 
14 
2 
acres 
2,830 
3,002 
1,321 
3,198 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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