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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
2,560 
9,029 
14,741 
19,043 
22,988 
9,166 
$1,000 to $4,999 
11,313 
39,009 
56,791 
43,313 
18,524 
6,889 
$5,000 to $9,999 
15,985 
48,272 
26,835 
5,238 
3,988 
3,576 
$10,000 to $24,999 
49,617 
48,268 
7,567 
5,199 
4,854 
4,482 
$25,000 to $49,999 
25,299 
5,698 
3,000 
2,715 
2,579 
2,539 
$50,000 or more 
3,899 
3,325 
2,363 
1,950 
1,930 
2,012 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
53,266 
117,910 
137,319 
153,930 
181,638 
400,146 
Average net loss 
dollars 
31,910 
19,526 
12,017 
9,700 
8,291 
1 1 ,883 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,282 
8,250 
13,764 
18,147 
24,485 
28,711 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
8,368 
27,475 
43,155 
55,185 
71 ,239 
133,899 
$5,000 to $9,999 
8,502 
24,060 
31,693 
36,377 
41,980 
100,350 
$10,000 to $24,999 
15,276 
33,563 
32,772 
32,151 
33,591 
96,291 
$25,000 to $49,999 
10,258 
15,891 
1 1 ,776 
9,185 
7,838 
28,961 
$50,000 or more 
8,580 
8,671 
4,159 
2,885 
2,505 
1 1 ,934 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
403 
300 
128 
74 
38 
19 
$1,000 
2,170 
952 
145 
44 
17 
2 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
74,182 
102,626 
78,687 
67,333 
65,542 
99,892 
$1,000 
989,165 
1,146,126 
810,630 
673,045 
656,343 
1,197,254 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
11,435 
14,563 
6,820 
5,136 
4,022 
5,130 
$1,000 
109,404 
103,019 
42,154 
20,170 
16,387 
31,198 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
27,054 
43,576 
38,640 
35,036 
35,870 
41,856 
$1,000 
402,899 
564,028 
486,561 
434,690 
429,570 
330,527 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
4,626 
8,082 
6,967 
6,431 
6,534 
9,734 
$1,000 
67,456 
110,016 
80,218 
69,877 
78,288 
90,668 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
3,181 
4,666 
3,501 
2,967 
2,923 
7,060 
$1,000 
57,879 
74,120 
41,664 
34,334 
27,949 
140,032 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
29,772 
31,575 
19,872 
14,255 
1 1 ,892 
18,615 
$1,000 
23,273 
20,021 
1 1 ,758 
8,015 
6,849 
15,550 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
10,635 
8,088 
3,735 
2,459 
1,796 
2,246 
$1,000 
174,684 
109,579 
39,639 
21,012 
16,200 
29,182 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
3,312 
4,280 
2,764 
2,199 
1,967 
1,863 
$1,000 
11,916 
14,659 
7,858 
5,715 
3,771 
4,263 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
7,498 
1 1 ,475 
9,926 
8,932 
9,260 
24,149 
$1,000 
141,610 
150,678 
100,778 
79,232 
77,329 
555,834 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
139,955 
217,872 
184,343 
157,451 
149,271 
211,201 
acres 
16,380,232 
16,010,014 
8,832,443 
5,536,827 
3,819,186 
7,224,277 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
130,269 
190,012 
147,066 
114,097 
98,001 
128,966 
acres 
9,808,542 
8,284,203 
3,959,072 
2,287,975 
1,539,972 
1,955,197 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
52,841 
128,384 
125,077 
104,525 
93,386 
123,178 
50 to 99 acres 
43,803 
44,051 
17,615 
7,811 
3,838 
4,424 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
25,931 
14,613 
3,744 
1,513 
646 
1,027 
200 to 499 acres 
7,262 
2,807 
594 
243 
111 
281 
500 to 999 acres 
391 
137 
34 
5 
18 
46 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
39 
18 
2 
- 
2 
8 
2,000 acres or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
12,461 
19,543 
15,993 
14,111 
13,852 
27,652 
acres 
998,280 
1 ,080,948 
652,851 
450,619 
376,407 
1,119,623 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
8,543 
11,659 
9,144 
7,370 
6,904 
21,121 
acres 
837,728 
786,339 
441,561 
284,337 
221,633 
808,771 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
25,742 
46,566 
48,100 
48,916 
53,183 
62,348 
acres 
4,278,429 
5,494,665 
3,581,685 
2,392,864 
1,596,340 
3,054,300 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
5,918 
7,211 
4,727 
3,473 
3,030 
6,402 
acres 
457,253 
363,859 
197,274 
121,032 
84,834 
286,386 
Total woodland 
farms 
67,912 
122,029 
111,612 
102,315 
103,412 
167,094 
acres 
7,224,209 
10,334,487 
7,415,817 
6,060,912 
5,305,194 
10,923,173 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
32,279 
58,361 
49,447 
40,929 
36,263 
71,956 
acres 
2,750,241 
3,552,557 
2,036,198 
1 ,441 ,495 
1,119,522 
4,328,903 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
47,014 
83,569 
78,372 
74,255 
78,567 
115,737 
acres 
4,473,968 
6,781,930 
5,379,619 
4,619,417 
4,185,672 
6,594,270 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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