Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
1,583 
1,331 
1,297 
252 
238 
1,265 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
4,498 
3,870 
3,741 
628 
574 
3,437 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,700 
3,223 
3,145 
477 
441 
2,355 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,086 
6,272 
6,145 
814 
748 
3,542 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,995 
6,353 
6,222 
642 
596 
2,603 
$50,000 or more 
39,335 
36,292 
35,352 
3,043 
2,607 
4,869 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
43,519 
37,801 
36,932 
5,718 
5,234 
17,583 
Average net loss 
dollars 
105,949 
101,399 
97,677 
136,029 
108,156 
45,826 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,682 
1,448 
1,405 
234 
209 
1,466 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
6,570 
5,674 
5,551 
896 
820 
4,584 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,016 
5,193 
5,049 
823 
797 
3,292 
$10,000 to $24,999 
9,280 
8,065 
7,921 
1,215 
1,138 
3,766 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,583 
5,835 
5,768 
748 
694 
1,909 
$50,000 or more 
13,388 
11,586 
1 1 ,238 
1,802 
1,576 
2,566 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1,250 
1,175 
1,156 
75 
63 
101 
$1,000 
191,320 
180,051 
171,399 
1 1 ,268 
10,468 
13,286 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
53,923 
49,210 
48,042 
4,713 
4,282 
15,422 
$1,000 
3,227,510 
2,916,712 
2,772,531 
310,798 
255,824 
506,869 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
10,028 
9,341 
9,160 
687 
628 
1,110 
$1,000 
494,540 
447,677 
412,584 
46,863 
35,179 
23,053 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
16,966 
15,372 
14,818 
1,594 
1,397 
9,382 
$1,000 
591 ,526 
535,510 
492,513 
56,016 
37,371 
279,108 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,556 
2,299 
2,209 
257 
232 
833 
$1,000 
80,502 
72,595 
67,230 
7,907 
6,005 
34,885 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
4,006 
3,499 
3,374 
507 
452 
996 
$1,000 
271,482 
228,195 
216,138 
43,287 
33,786 
33,792 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
24,617 
23,144 
22,707 
1,473 
1,333 
4,053 
$1,000 
195,334 
183,933 
176,099 
11,401 
8,598 
26,766 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
11,494 
10,874 
10,672 
620 
558 
1,534 
$1,000 
1,004,722 
947,385 
918,813 
57,337 
51,226 
63,990 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,655 
1,517 
1,486 
138 
129 
527 
$1,000 
18,837 
17,313 
16,682 
1,524 
1,427 
2,762 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
9,145 
8,190 
8,019 
955 
891 
1,437 
$1,000 
570,466 
484,007 
472,374 
86,459 
82,228 
42,413 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
85,826 
77,410 
75,547 
8,416 
7,603 
26,936 
acres 
54,279,693 
50,361,473 
48,319,283 
3,918,220 
2,830,922 
6,058,532 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
75,384 
68,596 
67,062 
6,788 
6,174 
17,398 
acres 
44,585,426 
41,492,939 
39,901,618 
3,092,487 
2,267,494 
3,650,273 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
26,066 
22,693 
22,263 
3,373 
3,178 
9,486 
50 to 99 acres 
6,881 
6,160 
5,998 
721 
659 
2,349 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
7,079 
6,370 
6,218 
709 
628 
2,162 
200 to 499 acres 
10,880 
10,116 
9,893 
764 
694 
1,842 
500 to 999 acres 
9,581 
9,098 
8,901 
483 
399 
806 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
9,292 
8,876 
8,719 
416 
370 
445 
2,000 acres or more 
5,605 
5,283 
5,070 
322 
246 
308 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
6,549 
5,914 
5,764 
635 
581 
2,105 
acres 
1,472,218 
1 ,247,578 
1,183,993 
224,640 
119,813 
314,303 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
5,793 
5,242 
5,114 
551 
493 
1,673 
acres 
1 ,270,346 
1,184,482 
1,151,735 
85,864 
74,397 
184,589 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
22,892 
20,489 
19,929 
2,403 
2,101 
1 1 ,979 
acres 
4,023,209 
3,669,188 
3,453,309 
354,021 
259,692 
1 ,672,968 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
5,480 
5,090 
4,945 
390 
319 
1,120 
acres 
2,928,494 
2,767,286 
2,628,628 
161,208 
109,526 
236,399 
Total woodland 
farms 
35,246 
31,652 
30,848 
3,594 
3,296 
12,822 
acres 
8,679,089 
7,743,757 
7,044,160 
935,332 
666,419 
6,470,895 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
11,573 
10,576 
10,345 
997 
939 
3,838 
acres 
2,667,685 
2,442,540 
2,299,157 
225,145 
177,994 
3,278,816 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
28,118 
25,155 
24,503 
2,963 
2,689 
10,325 
acres 
6,011,404 
5,301,217 
4,745,003 
710,187 
488,425 
3,192,079 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - UNITED STATES DATA 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
United States 155 
