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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
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 
2,275 
1 
1 
2 
- 
15 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
4,630 
10 
40 
10 
11 
57 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,480 
8 
37 
35 
18 
73 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,916 
43 
178 
100 
88 
257 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,713 
109 
252 
107 
139 
390 
$50,000 or more 
3,348 
1,165 
974 
308 
409 
254 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,861 
150 
274 
136 
326 
543 
Average net loss 
dollars 
15,446 
272,134 
89,838 
93,507 
65,967 
52,599 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,529 
1 
20 
1 
4 
12 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
8,589 
4 
10 
10 
28 
63 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,692 
10 
30 
5 
28 
61 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,683 
23 
46 
26 
60 
116 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,181 
20 
73 
20 
81 
146 
$50,000 or more 
1,187 
92 
95 
74 
125 
145 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
183 
44 
51 
19 
30 
14 
$1,000 
28,657 
15,248 
9,582 
1,602 
1,760 
402 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,971 
739 
727 
291 
485 
688 
$1,000 
143,390 
20,881 
14,144 
5,729 
7,705 
9,959 
Custom\work and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,495 
107 
137 
47 
88 
111 
$1,000 
15,889 
2,619 
4,786 
979 
1,113 
1,026 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,877 
114 
145 
46 
104 
194 
$1,000 
22,442 
1,205 
1,009 
417 
1,626 
1,581 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,121 
45 
36 
21 
52 
94 
$1,000 
51,732 
2,016 
923 
818 
1,358 
4,334 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
787 
17 
11 
9 
32 
38 
$1,000 
9,669 
907 
142 
197 
754 
1,393 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,784 
494 
420 
182 
240 
310 
$1,000 
7,362 
3,330 
1,427 
(D) 
(D) 
317 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
792 
119 
112 
65 
119 
98 
$1,000 
18,606 
7,941 
4,619 
1,651 
2,134 
706 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
262 
10 
22 
2 
3 
18 
$1,000 
1,245 
175 
428 
(D) 
(D) 
28 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,309 
74 
47 
15 
15 
31 
$1,000 
16,445 
2,688 
810 
1,153 
374 
575 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
26,707 
1,080 
1,395 
583 
908 
1,425 
acres 
2,758,521 
803,480 
413,156 
183,621 
221,513 
193,693 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,283 
1,009 
1,198 
525 
875 
1,395 
acres 
2,158,026 
751,351 
385,971 
158,684 
184,902 
148,757 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
14,475 
316 
545 
153 
143 
365 
50 to 99 acres 
3,099 
150 
158 
34 
86 
331 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,717 
123 
58 
43 
212 
510 
200 to 499 acres 
1,126 
96 
84 
161 
385 
186 
500 to 999 acres 
418 
43 
200 
126 
44 
2 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
301 
136 
152 
7 
5 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
147 
145 
1 
1 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,792 
118 
119 
63 
79 
139 
acres 
1 57,488 
20,713 
9,157 
10,020 
14,949 
18,242 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,172 
45 
15 
31 
38 
62 
acres 
33,039 
4,542 
1,799 
2,194 
1,778 
3,055 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,137 
160 
250 
104 
140 
207 
acres 
377,759 
24,064 
12,959 
10,451 
15,883 
21,433 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
864 
28 
39 
20 
46 
53 
acres 
32,209 
2,810 
3,270 
2,272 
4,001 
2,206 
Total woodland 
farms 
25,493 
859 
938 
333 
565 
996 
acres 
3,333,046 
156,759 
104,140 
89,629 
182,331 
319,915 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1 1 ,999 
399 
385 
140 
260 
535 
acres 
496,015 
33,779 
19,626 
14,428 
35,129 
43,131 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,860 
627 
693 
242 
421 
703 
acres 
2,837,031 
122,980 
84,514 
75,201 
147,202 
276,784 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
114 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
