Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal 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 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
106 
6 
6 
3 
21 
35 
35 
$1,000 to $4,999 
308 
6 
5 
22 
82 
128 
65 
$5,000 to $9,999 
127 
1 
4 
8 
25 
54 
35 
$10,000 to $24,999 
141 
- 
10 
10 
26 
61 
34 
$25,000 to $49,999 
59 
6 
3 
4 
25 
11 
10 
$50,000 or more 
55 
1 
3 
2 
20 
19 
10 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
2,415 
19 
82 
198 
683 
816 
617 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
19,148 
7,969 
17,031 
23,877 
16,173 
20,588 
19,642 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
165 
8 
6 
56 
54 
41 
$1,000 to $4,999 
583 
- 
24 
43 
152 
193 
171 
$5,000 to $9,999 
603 
13 
22 
41 
155 
205 
167 
$10,000 to $24,999 
732 
6 
15 
65 
241 
267 
138 
$25,000 to $49,999 
187 
- 
7 
21 
54 
53 
52 
$50,000 or more 
145 
- 
6 
22 
25 
44 
48 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
" 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
954 
1 
39 
87 
272 
319 
236 
$1,000 
12,240 
(D) 
(D) 
885 
2,787 
3,148 
4,725 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
76 
3 
5 
18 
35 
15 
$1,000 
401 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
85 
148 
109 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
206 
- 
3 
16 
55 
53 
79 
$1,000 
603 
- 
4 
(D) 
170 
97 
(□) 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
205 
11 
15 
74 
71 
34 
$1,000 
926 
- 
361 
17 
206 
250 
92 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
89 
1 
2 
1 
40 
22 
23 
$1,000 
1,422 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
259 
621 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
73 
1 
29 
32 
11 
$1,000 
93 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
47 
8 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
16 
. 
. 
4 
4 
4 
4 
$1,000 
54 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
34 
10 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
36 
_ 
1 
11 
12 
4 
8 
$1,000 
354 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
239 
34 
63 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
387 
1 
23 
41 
80 
146 
96 
$1,000 
8,385 
(D) 
(D) 
530 
1,781 
1,917 
4,030 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
2,092 
21 
74 
146 
559 
744 
548 
acres 
38,087 
346 
1,320 
2,239 
11,209 
14,131 
8,842 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,950 
21 
73 
133 
521 
691 
511 
acres 
29,607 
(D) 
(D) 
1,813 
8,847 
10,413 
7,022 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,817 
18 
68 
123 
484 
638 
486 
50 to 99 acres 
99 
3 
4 
7 
22 
44 
19 
100 to 199 acres 
22 
- 
1 
2 
8 
7 
4 
200 to 499 acres 
11 
- 
- 
1 
6 
2 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
209 
1 
11 
18 
59 
67 
53 
acres 
4,414 
(D) 
(D) 
240 
929 
2,603 
561 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
127 
5 
18 
26 
48 
30 
acres 
691 
- 
47 
81 
131 
209 
223 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
263 
3 
27 
66 
114 
53 
acres 
2,942 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,104 
813 
933 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
77 
- 
2 
9 
27 
18 
21 
acres 
433 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
198 
93 
103 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,880 
8 
53 
182 
546 
663 
428 
acres 
69,003 
152 
2,978 
3,531 
18,028 
26,698 
17,616 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
625 
8 
21 
90 
205 
187 
114 
acres 
9,374 
(D) 
(D) 
553 
1,944 
4,608 
2,106 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,534 
2 
37 
137 
414 
569 
375 
acres 
59,629 
(D) 
(D) 
2,978 
16,084 
22,090 
15,510 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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