Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
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 
79,409 
66 
84 
152 
535 
1,045 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
184,122 
174 
408 
673 
2,325 
4,703 
$5,000 to $9,999 
115,319 
268 
556 
997 
3,062 
6,542 
$10,000 to $24,999 
161,555 
915 
1,936 
3,414 
10,760 
24,543 
$25,000 to $49,999 
117,399 
1,979 
3,505 
6,308 
23,513 
40,264 
$50,000 or more 
306,242 
68,456 
60,349 
68,495 
71,689 
21,774 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,145,257 
9,802 
10,724 
15,614 
29,791 
35,117 
Average net loss 
dollars 
23,897 
577,201 
193,049 
130,630 
82,540 
49,416 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
97,521 
47 
89 
151 
565 
1,030 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
346,165 
173 
362 
617 
1,939 
3,753 
$5,000 to $9,999 
250,531 
193 
416 
784 
2,258 
3,918 
$10,000 to $24,999 
261,427 
618 
1,126 
1,970 
5,432 
8,637 
$25,000 to $49,999 
102,545 
785 
1,378 
2,473 
6,086 
7,914 
$50,000 or more 
87,068 
7,986 
7,353 
9,619 
13,511 
9,865 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
12,539 
3,983 
2,788 
2,251 
1,770 
785 
$1,000 
1,595,189 
1,084,683 
312,678 
131,142 
53,212 
10,143 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
810,955 
49,981 
51,479 
64,021 
85,984 
71,228 
$1,000 
18,522,606 
4,624,711 
2,665,781 
2,392,216 
2,177,552 
1,189,782 
Customw/ork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
121,756 
15,395 
15,045 
15,851 
16,768 
11,591 
$1,000 
2,301,667 
853,668 
423,834 
308,838 
250,003 
142,993 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
291,522 
9,779 
8,683 
1 1 ,325 
18,861 
20,842 
$1,000 
4,558,131 
534,193 
262,133 
310,873 
434,701 
367,957 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
51,931 
1,158 
1,063 
1,423 
2,639 
3,274 
$1,000 
687,084 
40,308 
26,385 
25,802 
49,428 
48,639 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
33,161 
897 
995 
1,564 
2,752 
2,655 
$1,000 
704,038 
66,970 
33,703 
59,476 
95,796 
72,116 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
332,054 
34,946 
36,788 
44,690 
53,388 
36,261 
$1,000 
1,160,550 
556,472 
213,049 
157,114 
106,708 
41,741 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
129,670 
16,957 
19,543 
22,448 
25,682 
16,081 
$1,000 
6,905,787 
2,171,051 
1,563,471 
1,374,393 
1 ,033,732 
372,844 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
28,100 
1,552 
1,701 
2,265 
3,216 
2,981 
$1,000 
150,233 
26,659 
20,540 
20,668 
20,389 
13,795 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
103,308 
5,812 
4,814 
6,268 
8,538 
6,636 
$1,000 
2,054,008 
374,762 
122,560 
134,843 
186,685 
129,698 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,551,654 
73,828 
72,788 
90,753 
132,727 
121,465 
acres 
389,690,414 
138,912,725 
72,281,835 
55,645,962 
43,366,822 
21,680,091 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1 ,288,875 
72,145 
71,529 
89,510 
130,234 
117,046 
acres 
314,964,600 
127,601,595 
63,596,551 
46,511,689 
34,096,043 
15,323,761 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
683,338 
4,838 
4,316 
5,473 
15,579 
25,741 
50 to 99 acres 
172,123 
2,421 
2,547 
4,595 
12,763 
28,255 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
136,341 
3,515 
3,851 
7,899 
33,053 
40,549 
200 to 499 acres 
136,252 
7,324 
10,398 
33,899 
53,022 
20,311 
500 to 999 acres 
78,343 
9,656 
25,087 
27,458 
13,532 
1,979 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
52,320 
20,575 
20,218 
9,118 
2,141 
199 
2,000 acres or more 
30,158 
23,816 
5,112 
1,068 
144 
12 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
141,537 
4,846 
4,917 
6,652 
1 1 ,093 
10,417 
acres 
12,802,847 
2,051,224 
1 ,549,573 
1 ,623,582 
1 ,721 ,863 
1,177,877 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
97,248 
4,214 
4,415 
6,344 
9,424 
8,110 
acres 
1 1 ,395,368 
1,759,020 
1 ,434,379 
1,799,167 
1 ,944,580 
1 ,077,853 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
381,453 
17,523 
16,306 
17,764 
24,043 
20,962 
acres 
36,382,032 
3,728,114 
2,660,721 
2,862,828 
3,460,128 
3,271,958 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
61,442 
4,585 
4,793 
6,333 
8,601 
6,369 
acres 
14,145,567 
3,772,772 
3,040,611 
2,848,696 
2,144,208 
828,642 
Total woodland 
farms 
840,399 
22,040 
21,611 
27,234 
46,056 
49,084 
acres 
77,012,907 
6,413,839 
4,219,256 
5,532,375 
7,308,083 
6,275,562 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
350,761 
6,472 
7,030 
9,176 
17,630 
21,218 
acres 
27,999,006 
2,128,439 
1,891,412 
2,579,062 
3,545,987 
2,625,190 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
606,279 
18,259 
17,544 
21,798 
35,508 
35,656 
acres 
49,013,901 
4,285,400 
2,327,844 
2,953,313 
3,762,096 
3,650,372 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
126 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
