Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
1,868 
300 
107 
1,501 
774 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
4,630 
3,610 
824 
196 
2,948 
1,682 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,480 
1,701 
635 
144 
1,642 
838 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,916 
1,919 
822 
175 
1,816 
1,100 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,713 
1,101 
526 
86 
991 
722 
$50,000 or more 
3,348 
1,663 
1,474 
211 
1,903 
1,445 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
25,861 
19,047 
5,599 
1,215 
14,911 
10,950 
Average net loss 
dollars 
15,446 
1 1 ,972 
26,439 
19,237 
14,695 
16,468 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,529 
2,063 
352 
114 
1,589 
940 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
8,589 
6,875 
1,358 
356 
5,032 
3,557 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,692 
4,261 
1,158 
273 
3,235 
2,457 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,683 
3,940 
1,469 
274 
3,098 
2,585 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,181 
1,346 
707 
128 
1,311 
870 
$50,000 or more 
1,187 
562 
555 
70 
646 
541 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
183 
24 
131 
28 
119 
64 
$1,000 
28,657 
1,700 
23,337 
3,620 
1 1 ,237 
17,420 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,971 
8,887 
3,566 
518 
7,949 
5,022 
$1,000 
143,390 
88,596 
47,615 
7,180 
81 ,733 
61,657 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,495 
673 
723 
99 
923 
572 
$1,000 
15,889 
4,993 
9,489 
1,407 
10,554 
5,335 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,877 
3,294 
516 
67 
2,347 
1,530 
$1,000 
22,442 
18,680 
3,404 
358 
12,903 
9,539 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,121 
1,660 
436 
25 
1,320 
801 
$1,000 
51,732 
41,087 
10,378 
267 
31,402 
20,331 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
787 
607 
152 
28 
462 
325 
$1,000 
9,669 
6,001 
3,027 
641 
3,874 
5,796 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,784 
2,772 
1,793 
219 
2,958 
1,826 
$1,000 
7,362 
3,080 
3,988 
294 
3,494 
3,868 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
792 
216 
496 
80 
492 
300 
$1,000 
18,606 
1,991 
13,393 
3,222 
10,763 
7,843 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
262 
175 
70 
17 
165 
97 
$1,000 
1,245 
447 
411 
387 
904 
341 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,309 
968 
281 
60 
720 
589 
$1,000 
16,445 
12,317 
3,525 
602 
7,840 
8,605 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
26,707 
17,353 
8,067 
1,287 
16,130 
10,577 
acres 
2,758,521 
851,037 
1,636,536 
270,948 
1,536,779 
1 ,221 ,742 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,283 
12,581 
7,570 
1,132 
12,756 
8,527 
acres 
2,158,026 
464,327 
1,444,355 
249,344 
1,152,364 
1,005,662 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
14,475 
10,424 
3,453 
598 
8,586 
5,889 
50 to 99 acres 
3,099 
1,369 
1,564 
166 
1,901 
1,198 
100 to 199 acres 
1,717 
493 
1,096 
128 
1,079 
638 
200 to 499 acres 
1,126 
222 
793 
111 
705 
421 
500 to 999 acres 
418 
44 
296 
78 
279 
139 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
301 
16 
255 
30 
164 
137 
2,000 acres or more 
147 
13 
113 
21 
42 
105 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,792 
1,771 
887 
134 
1,584 
1,208 
acres 
157,488 
75,076 
76,010 
6,402 
93,285 
64,203 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,172 
749 
349 
74 
674 
498 
acres 
33,039 
14,025 
17,400 
1,614 
19,599 
13,440 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,137 
5,123 
908 
106 
3,861 
2,276 
acres 
377,759 
282,854 
84,526 
10,379 
251,230 
126,529 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
864 
568 
266 
30 
528 
336 
acres 
32,209 
14,755 
14,245 
3,209 
20,301 
1 1 ,908 
Total woodland 
farms 
25,493 
18,973 
5,911 
609 
15,091 
10,402 
acres 
3,333,046 
2,509,002 
774,714 
49,330 
2,000,396 
1,332,650 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1 1 ,999 
8,003 
3,574 
422 
6,892 
5,107 
acres 
496,015 
276,396 
199,778 
19,841 
298,054 
197,961 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
17,860 
13,955 
3,646 
259 
10,675 
7,185 
acres 
2,837,031 
2,232,606 
574,936 
29,489 
1 ,702,342 
1,134,689 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
218 Alabama 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
