Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
1,466 
9 
54 
150 
343 
429 
481 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,831 
7 
120 
277 
582 
882 
963 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,407 
5 
91 
124 
277 
462 
448 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,414 
7 
59 
139 
325 
427 
457 
$25,000 to $49,999 
701 
8 
30 
66 
150 
227 
220 
$50,000 or more 
666 
- 
48 
94 
161 
184 
179 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
15,624 
101 
820 
2,010 
3,982 
4,741 
3,970 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
1 1 ,883 
8,874 
10,260 
11,380 
10,869 
12,941 
12,303 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,716 
29 
66 
192 
371 
523 
535 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,482 
26 
309 
701 
1,394 
1,690 
1,362 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,542 
18 
168 
471 
1,007 
1,054 
824 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,273 
20 
194 
471 
810 
956 
822 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,130 
3 
65 
115 
292 
358 
297 
$50,000 or more 
481 
5 
18 
60 
108 
160 
130 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
20 
_ 
_ 
3 
6 
9 
2 
$1,000 
828 
- 
- 
(D) 
155 
598 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
6,673 
20 
265 
735 
1,512 
2,022 
2,119 
$1,000 
59,839 
123 
1,293 
5,268 
1 1 ,644 
18,333 
23,178 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
606 
5 
44 
87 
178 
192 
100 
$1,000 
3,337 
15 
357 
598 
852 
803 
711 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,237 
2 
49 
132 
362 
673 
1,019 
$1,000 
11,717 
(D) 
(D) 
610 
1,962 
3,167 
5,879 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,287 
8 
21 
102 
249 
427 
480 
$1,000 
29,342 
83 
211 
1,398 
5,935 
9,880 
1 1 ,835 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
448 
- 
3 
47 
101 
132 
165 
$1,000 
5,013 
- 
83 
534 
567 
1,102 
2,727 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
2,056 
8 
122 
322 
548 
612 
444 
$1,000 
1,501 
1 
147 
255 
374 
446 
278 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
216 
2 
17 
38 
57 
63 
39 
$1,000 
2,061 
(D) 
(D) 
684 
330 
688 
265 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
142 
- 
8 
8 
33 
25 
68 
$1,000 
338 
- 
16 
5 
95 
63 
158 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
667 
6 
27 
93 
191 
201 
149 
$1,000 
6,529 
14 
293 
1,184 
1,529 
2,184 
1,325 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
13,776 
58 
658 
1,520 
3,203 
4,250 
4,087 
acres 
761,154 
2,843 
41,540 
81,789 
164,457 
223,779 
246,746 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
10,146 
50 
564 
1,230 
2,540 
3,190 
2,572 
acres 
457,901 
1,813 
35,107 
57,437 
114,004 
139,906 
109,634 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,821 
33 
423 
931 
1,934 
2,467 
2,033 
50 to 99 acres 
1,364 
12 
63 
157 
349 
441 
342 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
591 
5 
39 
88 
153 
181 
125 
200 to 499 acres 
294 
- 
27 
49 
89 
73 
56 
500 to 999 acres 
49 
- 
6 
3 
10 
21 
9 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
19 
- 
6 
2 
2 
5 
4 
2,000 acres or more 
8 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
3 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,483 
8 
68 
220 
391 
410 
386 
acres 
58,197 
(D) 
(D) 
8,878 
14,148 
15,434 
17,031 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
611 
2 
20 
71 
155 
201 
162 
acres 
13,329 
(D) 
(D) 
1,138 
2,220 
4,871 
4,905 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
3,724 
6 
81 
237 
670 
1,136 
1,594 
acres 
218,725 
579 
3,735 
11,586 
32,138 
60,669 
110,018 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
404 
- 
13 
53 
81 
100 
157 
acres 
13,002 
- 
248 
2,750 
1,947 
2,899 
5,158 
Total woodland 
farms 
14,489 
67 
532 
1,503 
3,368 
4,640 
4,379 
acres 
1,916,293 
2,579 
39,408 
130,530 
366,270 
578,848 
798,658 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
6,412 
38 
299 
742 
1,596 
2,101 
1,636 
acres 
234,364 
1,287 
7,064 
23,356 
52,240 
80,404 
70,013 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
10,421 
31 
316 
984 
2,385 
3,314 
3,391 
acres 
1,681,929 
1,292 
32,344 
107,174 
314,030 
498,444 
728,645 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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