Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
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 
368 
214 
151 
397 
128 
24 
10 
$5,000 to $9,999 
233 
156 
135 
281 
127 
26 
8 
$10,000 to $24,999 
250 
220 
132 
502 
252 
59 
25 
$25,000 to $49,999 
135 
95 
105 
288 
220 
86 
32 
$50,000 or more 
206 
141 
134 
461 
560 
364 
349 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,578 
1,137 
680 
1,760 
911 
338 
154 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
17,896 
18,465 
18,033 
24,545 
42,236 
82,600 
222,912 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
112 
89 
55 
115 
40 
12 
2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
411 
313 
172 
365 
125 
34 
8 
$5,000 to $9,999 
358 
195 
155 
343 
130 
30 
9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
412 
340 
158 
464 
241 
85 
26 
$25,000 to $49,999 
189 
133 
91 
261 
170 
57 
25 
$50,000 or more 
96 
67 
49 
212 
205 
120 
84 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
6 
7 
8 
23 
40 
47 
31 
$1,000 
26 
201 
174 
1,282 
4,823 
1 1 ,023 
11,002 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
976 
705 
506 
1,581 
1,155 
597 
405 
$1,000 
6,840 
4,697 
4,502 
18,546 
20,506 
20,355 
33,141 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
105 
94 
68 
196 
132 
63 
64 
$1,000 
803 
685 
625 
2,014 
1,983 
2,884 
2,080 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
324 
206 
156 
487 
373 
182 
115 
$1,000 
1,528 
948 
892 
3,376 
3,800 
2,727 
2,884 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
166 
122 
103 
358 
262 
118 
138 
$1,000 
2,966 
1,822 
1,796 
9,041 
9,556 
6,203 
14,097 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
40 
58 
21 
93 
109 
81 
74 
$1,000 
425 
136 
261 
616 
898 
2,117 
3,273 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
362 
257 
193 
577 
427 
267 
190 
$1,000 
407 
339 
(D) 
749 
891 
818 
(D) 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
36 
40 
35 
138 
145 
119 
104 
$1,000 
176 
317 
344 
1,777 
2,500 
4,706 
7,867 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
28 
23 
10 
29 
25 
8 
2 
$1,000 
81 
50 
(D) 
97 
76 
506 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
56 
49 
28 
68 
47 
33 
20 
$1,000 
454 
400 
(D) 
875 
801 
395 
(D) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
2,112 
1,506 
1,058 
2,957 
1,842 
770 
495 
acres 
114,170 
104,656 
88,448 
351,630 
482,301 
455,218 
764,174 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
1,688 
1,256 
881 
2,487 
1,565 
671 
449 
acres 
78,334 
74,796 
62,581 
261,975 
372,959 
387,991 
660,427 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,053 
695 
408 
852 
259 
71 
25 
50 to 99 acres 
431 
294 
251 
702 
282 
71 
30 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
204 
232 
158 
493 
371 
96 
27 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
35 
64 
440 
361 
144 
82 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
292 
80 
46 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
209 
92 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
147 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
191 
148 
118 
301 
214 
78 
58 
acres 
7,290 
7,490 
6,510 
20,237 
32,978 
21,759 
28,485 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
72 
29 
40 
118 
85 
31 
37 
acres 
1,565 
875 
1,027 
5,509 
5,426 
2,467 
6,848 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
523 
330 
243 
690 
432 
174 
144 
acres 
26,084 
19,953 
1 7,726 
58,544 
61,417 
39,685 
64,729 
In cultivated summer tallow 
...farms 
49 
44 
27 
117 
94 
32 
16 
acres 
897 
1,542 
604 
5,365 
9,521 
3,316 
3,685 
Total woodland 
...farms 
2,173 
1,571 
1,092 
3,029 
1,666 
660 
430 
acres 
157,174 
145,449 
122,801 
525,416 
586,786 
457,803 
932,357 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
1,005 
753 
508 
1,326 
626 
232 
122 
acres 
36,069 
35,860 
26,111 
97,328 
77,628 
54,838 
47,001 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
1,596 
1,144 
835 
2,395 
1,424 
582 
383 
acres 
121,105 
109,589 
96,690 
428,088 
509,158 
402,965 
885,356 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
2,051 
1,424 
969 
2,636 
1,431 
555 
347 
acres 
150,233 
125,750 
97,582 
377,500 
369,018 
246,985 
349,157 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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