Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Partnership 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
73,337 
3,224 
2,031 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
184,122 
167,363 
8,824 
5,580 
$5,000 to $9,999 
115,319 
102,523 
6,741 
4,454 
$10,000 to $24,999 
161,555 
139,921 
11,006 
7,472 
$25,000 to $49,999 
117,399 
98,637 
9,164 
6,467 
$50,000 or more 
306,242 
221,907 
40,131 
31,758 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,145,257 
1,025,258 
58,897 
41,149 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
23,897 
17,739 
63,910 
77,194 
Less than $1 ,000 
97,521 
90,636 
3,737 
2,289 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
346,165 
322,255 
12,756 
7,989 
$5,000 to $9,999 
250,531 
231,103 
10,120 
6,595 
$10,000 to $24,999 
261,427 
234,824 
13,557 
9,357 
$25,000 to $49,999 
102,545 
86,705 
7,348 
5,457 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
87,068 
59,735 
1 1 ,379 
9,462 
Total 
farms 
12,539 
9,068 
2,120 
1,724 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
1,595,189 
844,216 
546,367 
478,011 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
810,955 
675,562 
66,048 
48,659 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
18,522,606 
11,869,017 
2,919,209 
2,440,506 
services 
farms 
121,756 
99,084 
1 1 ,534 
8,801 
$1,000 
2,301,667 
1 ,392,863 
391,211 
338,323 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
291,522 
242,871 
22,303 
16,421 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
4,558,131 
3,126,443 
561 ,055 
457,646 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
51,931 
44,767 
3,775 
2,717 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
687,084 
461,151 
110,546 
92,410 
(see text) 
farms 
33,161 
24,156 
4,003 
3,234 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
704,038 
252,982 
145,782 
127,794 
from cooperatives 
farms 
332,054 
274,745 
28,639 
21,289 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
1,160,550 
682,684 
255,765 
222,729 
payments received 
farms 
129,670 
103,989 
12,653 
9,499 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
6,905,787 
4,743,557 
1,093,518 
893,692 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
28,100 
23,444 
2,474 
1,764 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
150,233 
106,267 
22,368 
17,519 
sources (see text) 
farms 
103,308 
84,169 
8,557 
6,499 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
2,054,008 
1,102,668 
338,461 
289,889 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,551,654 
1 ,327,683 
1 1 1 ,209 
80,254 
acres 
389,690,414 
258,268,748 
71,083,441 
57,371 ,072 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,288,875 
1,102,252 
93,841 
68,145 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
314,964,600 
208,057,036 
58,671,865 
47,338,249 
1 to 49 acres 
683,338 
615,659 
32,127 
22,025 
50 to 99 acres 
172,123 
151,386 
11,507 
7,828 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
136,341 
115,972 
11,128 
7,616 
200 to 499 acres 
136,252 
110,059 
13,471 
10,134 
500 to 999 acres 
78,343 
59,089 
8,867 
6,969 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
52,320 
34,650 
7,933 
6,341 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
30,158 
15,437 
8,808 
7,232 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
141,537 
123,028 
9,855 
7,028 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
12,802,847 
8,959,144 
2,057,182 
1,595,384 
were abandoned 
farms 
97,248 
82,100 
7,682 
5,671 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
11,395,368 
7,909,536 
2,030,897 
1,612,470 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
381,453 
316,957 
29,625 
21,372 
acres 
36,382,032 
25,366,403 
5,319,452 
4,226,805 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
61,442 
48,656 
6,186 
4,700 
acres 
14,145,567 
7,976,629 
3,004,045 
2,598,164 
Total woodland 
farms 
840,399 
740,531 
51,800 
36,048 
acres 
77,012,907 
52,172,171 
9,690,752 
7,798,427 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
350,761 
314,943 
20,407 
13,420 
acres 
27,999,006 
18,318,879 
3,733,626 
3,088,501 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
606,279 
528,974 
38,862 
27,678 
acres 
49,013,901 
33,853,292 
5,957,126 
4,709,926 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
154 United States 2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
