Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,774 
2,607 
1,322 
120 
138 
82 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,610 
1,723 
1,220 
113 
109 
80 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,758 
1,907 
2,446 
235 
254 
178 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,811 
950 
2,404 
289 
244 
200 
$50,000 or more 
15,494 
796 
3,789 
1,106 
1,164 
1,104 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
41,805 
15,736 
14,223 
1,790 
1,648 
1,539 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
70,779 
17,850 
31,643 
57,036 
68,401 
87,710 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,006 
1,101 
598 
53 
84 
44 
$1,000 to $4,999 
8,944 
4,556 
2,919 
316 
228 
217 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,798 
3,548 
2,801 
260 
253 
226 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10,315 
3,738 
3,962 
479 
412 
358 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,518 
1,756 
2,048 
285 
283 
240 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
7,224 
1,037 
1,895 
397 
388 
454 
Total 
... farms 
521 
3 
11 
- 
9 
26 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
122,036 
(D) 
(D) 
312 
1,172 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
23,685 
5,208 
6,905 
1,328 
1,292 
1,276 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
1,204,560 
85,195 
161,666 
57,910 
49,020 
64,406 
services 
... farms 
5,255 
1,075 
1,303 
282 
244 
238 
$1,000 
383,434 
13,079 
42,242 
12,231 
15,493 
20,152 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
6,000 
870 
1,495 
385 
395 
362 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
256,997 
9,025 
25,164 
9,306 
1 1 ,470 
1 1 ,837 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
862 
194 
267 
46 
49 
51 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
27,613 
366 
783 
313 
74 
1,591 
(see text) 
... farms 
1,699 
543 
443 
66 
100 
65 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
64,520 
7,907 
11,767 
6,193 
2,183 
9,328 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
7,469 
918 
1,978 
445 
494 
514 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
171,066 
1,585 
13,714 
7,096 
10,881 
11,952 
payments received 
... farms 
1,568 
227 
478 
78 
97 
98 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
62,457 
1,573 
9,021 
2,148 
3,453 
1,682 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
343 
54 
102 
20 
15 
14 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
4,218 
56 
487 
27 
157 
77 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
5,192 
1,821 
1,644 
283 
146 
193 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
234,255 
51,606 
58,488 
20,596 
5,309 
7,786 
Total cropland 
... farms 
57,731 
17,374 
19,300 
2,925 
2,864 
2,502 
acres 
9,591,783 
51,900 
336,597 
125,450 
181,647 
211,715 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
53,372 
16,772 
17,517 
2,659 
2,576 
2,247 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
8,007,461 
47,435 
279,832 
106,190 
153,014 
179,277 
1 to 49 acres 
38,391 
16,772 
17,517 
1,353 
748 
605 
50 to 99 acres 
4,412 
- 
- 
1,306 
1,828 
501 
100 to 199 acres 
3,567 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,141 
200 to 499 acres 
3,538 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,780 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
950 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
734 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
2,879 
537 
999 
169 
134 
151 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
492,270 
1,559 
9,938 
3,449 
5,984 
8,227 
were abandoned 
... farms 
2,425 
369 
1,068 
161 
126 
90 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
207,072 
719 
12,048 
2,795 
4,047 
3,456 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
6,204 
732 
2,466 
461 
391 
366 
acres 
674,022 
1,865 
31,282 
12,050 
15,407 
16,818 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
1,477 
117 
398 
64 
105 
81 
acres 
210,958 
322 
3,497 
966 
3,195 
3,937 
Total woodland 
... farms 
7,345 
762 
2,609 
508 
451 
480 
acres 
1,575,520 
2,018 
32,292 
13,398 
21,470 
30,951 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
3,519 
303 
1,107 
185 
209 
269 
acres 
855,116 
903 
11,654 
5,310 
8,230 
15,322 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
4,610 
491 
1,730 
350 
293 
275 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
720,404 
1,115 
20,638 
8,088 
13,240 
15,629 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
21,886 
4,283 
7,331 
1,133 
1,076 
1,081 
acres 
13,036,448 
15,207 
111,845 
42,115 
54,520 
82,639 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
74 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
