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 ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
14,080 
7,682 
5,211 
12,652 
4,892 
1,707 
988 
$5,000 to $9,999 
10,438 
6,469 
4,764 
12,432 
5,281 
1,893 
1,098 
$1 0,000 to $24,999 
14,375 
10,150 
7,840 
23,373 
12,763 
4,997 
3,106 
$25,000 to $49,999 
10,427 
7,398 
6,141 
20,075 
13,462 
6,692 
4,442 
$50,000 or more 
12,984 
1 1 ,477 
1 1 ,424 
53,171 
62,181 
51,694 
50,732 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
62,309 
38,703 
26,480 
72,777 
42,641 
23,802 
21,618 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
19,746 
23,858 
28,114 
37,119 
71,311 
114,998 
214,641 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
5,201 
2,670 
1,729 
3,843 
1,514 
591 
313 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
16,714 
9,651 
5,951 
13,680 
5,423 
2,121 
1,281 
$5,000 to $9,999 
13,362 
7,750 
5,063 
12,451 
5,673 
2,156 
1,284 
$1 0,000 to $24,999 
16,207 
10,649 
7,233 
19,878 
10,033 
4,402 
3,219 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,600 
4,805 
3,659 
1 1 ,438 
7,659 
4,082 
3,283 
$50,000 or more 
4,225 
3,178 
2,845 
1 1 ,487 
12,339 
10,450 
12,238 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
433 
348 
350 
1,845 
2,857 
2,974 
2,752 
$1,000 
7,649 
7,130 
9,250 
73,713 
225,294 
430,767 
833,408 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
53,435 
37,506 
30,227 
105,305 
86,823 
59,245 
49,095 
$1,000 
703,984 
487,668 
430,841 
1,998,113 
2,804,173 
3,246,804 
4,550,027 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
6,525 
5,332 
4,572 
18,210 
19,340 
15,538 
12,114 
$1,000 
84,777 
60,342 
57,534 
285,181 
413,261 
443,401 
557,757 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
20,783 
13,551 
10,300 
31,760 
21,789 
13,471 
12,645 
$1,000 
293,167 
201,393 
153,472 
564,926 
487,842 
394,132 
603,179 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
4,144 
3,106 
2,363 
7,062 
4,199 
1,895 
1,405 
$1,000 
44,766 
35,760 
29,852 
120,187 
100,317 
75,341 
128,850 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
1,671 
1,247 
985 
3,459 
3,220 
2,528 
4,098 
$1,000 
27,869 
18,775 
18,250 
63,710 
57,150 
67,642 
178,161 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
21,843 
16,213 
14,100 
54,984 
51,320 
37,732 
30,214 
$1,000 
37,524 
29,207 
26,576 
128,856 
191,873 
237,474 
354,151 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
6,649 
4,850 
4,752 
22,114 
27,064 
23,316 
20,158 
$1,000 
111,919 
84,621 
96,446 
647,052 
1 ,390,983 
1 ,874,462 
2,483,158 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
2,273 
1,672 
1,288 
4,752 
3,528 
2,064 
1,511 
$1,000 
8,049 
6,631 
5,191 
25,001 
25,673 
24,190 
24,426 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
4,940 
3,418 
2,611 
8,437 
6,953 
5,059 
5,248 
$1,000 
95,913 
50,900 
43,513 
163,187 
136,941 
129,927 
219,747 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
105,371 
69,913 
54,179 
171,541 
126,910 
82,286 
70,227 
acres 
9,234,199 
7,349,873 
7,135,516 
36,278,549 
58,646,501 
79,370,751 
167,154,860 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
83,564 
59,252 
46,477 
148,813 
114,733 
76,535 
65,518 
acres 
6,341,110 
5,610,170 
5,523,418 
28,780,760 
49,471,560 
68,663,555 
133,562,674 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
31,736 
18,558 
1 1 ,345 
22,789 
7,246 
2,416 
1,481 
50 to 99 acres 
22,623 
14,874 
10,218 
23,882 
8,732 
2,735 
1,677 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
29,205 
21,452 
13,523 
31,845 
13,648 
4,728 
3,106 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
4,368 
11,391 
70,297 
32,579 
10,363 
7,254 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
52,528 
18,204 
7,611 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
38,089 
14,231 
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 
9,949 
6,745 
5,335 
16,470 
1 1 ,262 
6,472 
7,147 
acres 
430,605 
322,668 
290,891 
1,308,114 
1,533,214 
1,595,883 
6,037,663 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
6,054 
3,822 
3,069 
11,165 
9,968 
8,297 
11,411 
acres 
221 ,294 
142,088 
141,071 
746,259 
1,301,163 
1 ,992,880 
6,191,075 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
30,298 
16,935 
13,165 
42,587 
31,892 
22,146 
22,370 
acres 
2,116,300 
1,195,514 
1,098,218 
4,969,415 
5,389,655 
5,220,648 
11,112,793 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
3,601 
2,215 
1,773 
6,886 
7,076 
7,115 
12,404 
acres 
124,890 
79,433 
81,918 
474,001 
950,909 
1 ,897,785 
10,250,655 
Total woodland 
...farms 
65,908 
46,537 
33,787 
94,507 
53,192 
25,758 
15,901 
acres 
4,008,530 
3,523,117 
2,968,888 
11,501,961 
10,704,186 
8,654,460 
23,870,207 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
28,273 
20,558 
15,079 
43,098 
23,913 
10,981 
7,293 
acres 
1,134,055 
1 ,003,404 
847,321 
3,455,213 
3,411,259 
2,917,571 
11,990,662 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
48,281 
34,130 
24,857 
69,155 
39,087 
19,052 
10,902 
acres 
2,874,475 
2,519,713 
2,121,567 
8,046,748 
7,292,927 
5,736,889 
1 1 ,879,545 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
76,704 
52,752 
39,382 
121,039 
82,351 
51,086 
56,026 
acres 
5,648,682 
4,696,758 
4,097,724 
19,022,616 
25,408,792 
33,049,183 
306,187,098 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
United States 75 
