Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
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 
4,630 
279 
1,393 
482 
614 
570 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,480 
156 
527 
233 
305 
293 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,916 
124 
527 
207 
307 
311 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,713 
63 
291 
133 
104 
161 
$50,000 or more 
3,348 
60 
488 
164 
204 
217 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
25,861 
2,053 
9,131 
2,736 
2,797 
2,586 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
15,446 
8,649 
9,065 
10,724 
1 1 ,726 
12,126 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,529 
266 
984 
268 
314 
272 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
8,589 
880 
3,649 
946 
893 
793 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,692 
470 
2,158 
617 
605 
622 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,683 
315 
1,753 
665 
642 
582 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,181 
87 
472 
182 
270 
244 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
1,187 
35 
115 
58 
73 
73 
Total 
... farms 
183 
1 
9 
5 
1 
5 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
28,657 
(D) 
(D) 
16 
(D) 
95 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
12,971 
587 
2,712 
1,124 
1,321 
1,302 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
143,390 
2,646 
13,190 
5,478 
5,907 
7,582 
services 
... farms 
1,495 
61 
312 
111 
138 
151 
$1,000 
15,889 
293 
1,798 
910 
902 
912 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
3,877 
119 
755 
352 
406 
402 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
22,442 
281 
1,970 
1,028 
1,564 
1,444 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
2,121 
23 
262 
124 
212 
233 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
51,732 
31 
1,011 
826 
1,632 
2,751 
(see text) 
... farms 
787 
48 
133 
51 
42 
37 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
9,669 
148 
1,040 
172 
98 
485 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
4,784 
186 
934 
418 
503 
470 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
7,362 
137 
747 
320 
411 
377 
payments received 
... farms 
792 
15 
55 
32 
50 
23 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
18,606 
76 
255 
219 
216 
153 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
262 
3 
49 
22 
33 
30 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
1,245 
1 
126 
61 
98 
81 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
1,309 
175 
485 
137 
105 
106 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
16,445 
1,679 
6,243 
1,944 
985 
1,379 
Total cropland 
... farms 
26,707 
1,025 
6,466 
2,558 
2,938 
2,980 
acres 
2,758,521 
3,458 
99,879 
72,686 
97,106 
124,795 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
21,283 
861 
4,879 
1,900 
2,313 
2,333 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
2,158,026 
2,607 
64,793 
45,288 
63,221 
83,054 
1 to 49 acres 
14,475 
861 
4,879 
1,655 
1,958 
1,759 
50 to 99 acres 
3,099 
- 
- 
245 
355 
438 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,717 
- 
- 
- 
- 
136 
200 to 499 acres 
1,126 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
418 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
301 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
147 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
2,792 
110 
673 
296 
312 
293 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
157,488 
361 
7,809 
6,250 
7,737 
10,582 
were abandoned 
... farms 
1,172 
65 
327 
142 
117 
109 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
33,039 
166 
2,969 
2,006 
2,016 
2,165 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
6,137 
93 
1,473 
671 
681 
683 
acres 
377,759 
263 
23,231 
17,834 
22,442 
25,851 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
864 
23 
150 
88 
110 
114 
acres 
32,209 
61 
1,077 
1,308 
1,690 
3,143 
Total woodland 
... farms 
25,493 
407 
5,728 
2,522 
3,105 
3,110 
acres 
3,333,046 
1,085 
68,394 
60,363 
114,117 
161,301 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
11,999 
239 
3,009 
1,197 
1,503 
1,479 
acres 
496,015 
539 
25,821 
18,724 
32,625 
43,471 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
17,860 
206 
3,342 
1,685 
2,113 
2,155 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
2,837,031 
546 
42,573 
41,639 
81,492 
117,830 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
28,422 
1,335 
8,608 
2,812 
3,171 
3,083 
acres 
2,269,315 
5,801 
149,446 
91,375 
132,390 
174,078 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
62 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
