Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
2,138 
78 
47 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
4,630 
4,336 
169 
108 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,480 
2,280 
124 
67 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,916 
2,626 
170 
99 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,713 
1,470 
137 
89 
$50,000 or more 
3,348 
2,542 
414 
336 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,861 
24,025 
1,015 
630 
Average net loss 
dollars 
15,446 
13,537 
38,275 
47,269 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,529 
2,381 
101 
61 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
8,589 
8,139 
260 
157 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,692 
5,388 
174 
107 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,683 
5,273 
210 
120 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,181 
1,941 
119 
74 
$50,000 or more 
1,187 
903 
151 
111 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
183 
130 
38 
27 
$1,000 
28,657 
16,816 
10,833 
7,582 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,971 
11,388 
886 
606 
$1,000 
143,390 
101,596 
21,651 
17,386 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,495 
1,335 
106 
76 
$1,000 
15,889 
12,435 
1,908 
1,362 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,877 
3,355 
292 
188 
$1,000 
22,442 
16,928 
2,768 
1,817 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,121 
1,820 
167 
105 
$1,000 
51,732 
37,523 
7,006 
5,727 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
787 
613 
89 
71 
$1,000 
9,669 
4,453 
1,534 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,784 
4,184 
342 
238 
$1,000 
7,362 
4,542 
2,081 
1,736 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
792 
613 
120 
84 
$1,000 
18,606 
11,263 
5,218 
4,510 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
262 
235 
15 
14 
$1,000 
1,245 
1,120 
75 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,309 
1,187 
67 
49 
$1,000 
16,445 
13,331 
1,060 
(D) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
26,707 
23,997 
1,573 
1,023 
acres 
2,758,521 
1,871,932 
636,880 
516,607 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,283 
19,150 
1,279 
818 
acres 
2,158,026 
1 ,406,779 
553,750 
460,598 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
14,475 
13,474 
567 
300 
50 to 99 acres 
3,099 
2,773 
193 
126 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,717 
1,517 
140 
93 
200 to 499 acres 
1,126 
877 
138 
101 
500 to 999 acres 
418 
298 
61 
48 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
301 
169 
88 
70 
2,000 acres or more 
147 
42 
92 
80 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,792 
2,506 
192 
131 
acres 
157,488 
120,770 
26,148 
22,088 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,172 
1,034 
62 
37 
acres 
33,039 
24,120 
4,418 
3,172 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,137 
5,406 
388 
271 
acres 
377,759 
296,198 
48,218 
29,092 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
864 
751 
69 
31 
acres 
32,209 
24,065 
4,346 
1,657 
Total woodland 
farms 
25,493 
23,191 
1,291 
843 
acres 
3,333,046 
2,360,470 
503,758 
391,271 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
11,999 
11,128 
536 
309 
acres 
496,015 
415,796 
48,172 
33,157 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,860 
16,065 
983 
671 
acres 
2,837,031 
1,944,674 
455,586 
358,114 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
140 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
