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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1 ,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
53 
190 
436 
535 
745 
297 
$1,000 to $4,999 
201 
952 
1,499 
1,208 
505 
137 
$5,000 to $9,999 
295 
1,042 
706 
88 
69 
109 
$10,000 to $24,999 
796 
1,023 
127 
101 
84 
119 
$25,000 to $49,999 
385 
118 
50 
42 
54 
67 
$50,000 or more 
73 
49 
35 
20 
29 
32 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,030 
2,718 
3,458 
3,702 
4,329 
9,195 
Average net loss 
dollars 
28,873 
17,685 
1 1 ,022 
9,078 
7,629 
9,643 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
43 
203 
339 
450 
697 
759 
$1,000 to $4,999 
139 
586 
1,131 
1,433 
1,651 
3,534 
$5,000 to $9,999 
199 
596 
793 
834 
955 
2,181 
$10,000 to $24,999 
298 
777 
775 
702 
823 
2,037 
$25,000 to $49,999 
195 
377 
355 
217 
160 
537 
$50,000 or more 
156 
179 
65 
66 
43 
147 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
10 
9 
3 
2 
1 
$1,000 
39 
14 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,165 
2,047 
1,702 
1,537 
1,446 
2,144 
$1,000 
16,044 
18,451 
12,196 
9,459 
10,680 
18,142 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
195 
308 
141 
131 
99 
131 
$1,000 
2,023 
1,632 
601 
478 
208 
425 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
334 
618 
603 
542 
511 
666 
$1,000 
2,212 
3,702 
3,620 
2,881 
1,848 
2,338 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
187 
349 
332 
310 
356 
339 
$1,000 
7,699 
9,842 
6,320 
4,855 
7,680 
5,888 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
71 
137 
115 
96 
125 
136 
$1,000 
2,019 
1,559 
583 
482 
373 
1,261 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
509 
755 
530 
441 
355 
548 
$1,000 
323 
298 
225 
232 
139 
319 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
83 
72 
49 
23 
24 
28 
$1,000 
608 
414 
165 
84 
28 
255 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
18 
36 
47 
43 
37 
26 
$1,000 
65 
109 
131 
116 
69 
18 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
77 
155 
149 
157 
132 
457 
$1,000 
1,095 
895 
552 
331 
334 
7,638 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
2,332 
4,571 
4,129 
3,170 
2,715 
4,399 
acres 
211,494 
249,323 
156,531 
102,486 
73,623 
149,601 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
2,244 
4,244 
3,585 
2,380 
1,621 
2,207 
acres 
155,014 
170,649 
93,893 
46,819 
25,529 
36,457 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
954 
3,042 
3,125 
2,211 
1,546 
2,075 
50 to 99 acres 
795 
873 
360 
143 
69 
100 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
374 
268 
76 
22 
4 
27 
200 to 499 acres 
118 
61 
24 
4 
2 
5 
500 to 999 acres 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
225 
406 
370 
341 
352 
580 
acres 
15,101 
19,524 
14,068 
9,089 
9,390 
17,235 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
85 
160 
136 
117 
114 
369 
acres 
2,154 
2,695 
2,352 
1,843 
2,012 
8,615 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
279 
630 
721 
819 
1,027 
1,800 
acres 
35,705 
52,926 
44,184 
41,982 
35,418 
82,754 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
66 
146 
121 
94 
91 
160 
acres 
3,520 
3,529 
2,034 
2,753 
1,274 
4,540 
T otal woodland 
farms 
1,837 
3,871 
3,866 
3,507 
3,474 
5,247 
acres 
395,304 
570,824 
434,079 
350,813 
318,386 
410,866 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,063 
2,093 
1,843 
1,529 
1,262 
2,490 
acres 
66,656 
91,245 
59,950 
38,676 
28,778 
64,617 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,189 
2,612 
2,665 
2,482 
2,649 
3,577 
acres 
328,648 
479,579 
374,129 
312,137 
289,608 
346,249 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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