Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
184,122 
20,805 
57,492 
17,893 
22,314 
18,406 
$5,000 to $9,999 
115,319 
10,322 
27,052 
9,788 
13,248 
12,534 
$10,000 to $24,999 
161,555 
10,593 
29,689 
1 1 ,049 
16,879 
16,741 
$25,000 to $49,999 
117,399 
5,533 
16,047 
5,984 
9,811 
1 1 ,387 
$50,000 or more 
306,242 
6,179 
18,872 
6,531 
9,201 
1 1 ,796 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
1,145,257 
158,982 
409,378 
94,858 
104,991 
88,718 
Average net loss 
..dollars 
23,897 
1 1 ,973 
12,211 
13,939 
14,874 
17,632 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
97,521 
15,502 
39,611 
9,164 
9,863 
7,520 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
346,165 
57,679 
143,788 
31,248 
33,168 
25,461 
$5,000 to $9,999 
250,531 
38,415 
98,680 
21,909 
23,816 
19,972 
$10,000 to $24,999 
261,427 
32,391 
87,848 
22,069 
25,063 
22,435 
$25,000 to $49,999 
102,545 
10,084 
26,649 
6,846 
8,803 
8,637 
$50,000 or more 
87,068 
4,911 
12,802 
3,622 
4,278 
4,693 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
... farms 
12,539 
28 
300 
105 
212 
335 
$1,000 
1,595,189 
561 
1,054 
591 
1,592 
4,180 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
810,955 
48,496 
160,549 
51,416 
64,306 
64,552 
$1,000 
18,522,606 
497,939 
1 ,785,043 
564,992 
682,452 
770,570 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
... farms 
121,756 
5,678 
14,754 
5,159 
6,952 
7,582 
$1,000 
2,301,667 
54,775 
140,842 
47,136 
67,114 
89,547 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
291 ,522 
16,328 
70,765 
24,916 
28,141 
27,073 
$1,000 
4,558,131 
165,467 
780,263 
262,285 
314,219 
337,786 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
51,931 
1,945 
10,288 
4,172 
5,411 
5,941 
$1,000 
687,084 
3,383 
31,989 
25,969 
37,730 
52,941 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
... farms 
33,161 
3,274 
6,745 
1,733 
2,078 
2,123 
$1,000 
704,038 
33,711 
112,584 
40,478 
40,654 
45,053 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
332,054 
10,342 
38,107 
13,685 
20,856 
22,658 
$1,000 
1,160,550 
10,059 
53,671 
24,185 
30,066 
36,907 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
... farms 
129,670 
1,673 
5,923 
2,664 
4,865 
5,642 
$1,000 
6,905,787 
12,536 
52,582 
26,796 
53,931 
71,302 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
28,100 
637 
3,753 
1,647 
2,416 
2,559 
$1,000 
150,233 
2,278 
8,882 
4,548 
7,610 
7,753 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
103,308 
13,795 
32,088 
6,783 
7,172 
6,804 
$1,000 
2,054,008 
215,727 
604,158 
133,591 
131,128 
129,277 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
... farms 
1,551,654 
104,813 
376,615 
113,920 
144,348 
131,531 
acres 
389,690,414 
353,289 
6,076,369 
3,640,813 
6,451,438 
7,998,256 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
1,288,875 
91,899 
293,340 
88,595 
113,352 
106,797 
acres 
314,964,600 
285,875 
4,115,755 
2,457,020 
4,415,577 
5,737,126 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
683,338 
91,899 
293,340 
72,501 
74,297 
55,730 
50 to 99 acres 
172,123 
- 
- 
16,094 
39,055 
32,233 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
136,341 
- 
- 
- 
- 
18,834 
200 to 499 acres 
136,252 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
78,343 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
52,320 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
30,158 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
141,537 
7,874 
34,596 
10,085 
12,874 
12,728 
acres 
12,802,847 
24,445 
348,728 
190,918 
311,239 
408,479 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
... farms 
97,248 
3,267 
19,647 
5,938 
7,633 
6,977 
acres 
1 1 ,395,368 
7,090 
197,907 
102,433 
165,539 
186,569 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
381,453 
10,228 
87,813 
30,542 
39,577 
33,900 
acres 
36,382,032 
33,344 
1 ,349,846 
845,982 
1,480,271 
1,570,046 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
61,442 
1,215 
7,796 
3,148 
4,246 
3,967 
acres 
14,145,567 
2,535 
64,133 
44,460 
78,812 
96,036 
Total woodland 
... farms 
840,399 
20,656 
212,244 
79,058 
99,614 
93,237 
acres 
77,012,907 
54,201 
2,351,939 
1,836,506 
3,255,985 
4,282,927 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
350,761 
9,202 
84,021 
30,606 
38,851 
38,886 
acres 
27,999,006 
23,079 
712,791 
493,809 
838,687 
1,171,155 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
606,279 
12,729 
148,493 
57,792 
73,668 
68,133 
acres 
49,013,901 
31,122 
1,639,148 
1,342,697 
2,417,298 
3,111,772 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
1,176,156 
80,624 
319,441 
88,085 
106,734 
101,932 
acres 
415,309,280 
304,023 
4,659,595 
2,556,097 
4,152,849 
5,525,863 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
74 United States 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - UNiTED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
