Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
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 
116 
52 
40 
141 
88 
43 
25 
$5,000 to $9,999 
78 
39 
23 
77 
85 
42 
21 
$10,000 to $24,999 
125 
59 
50 
176 
148 
96 
84 
$25,000 to $49,999 
127 
55 
53 
170 
126 
72 
121 
$50,000 or more 
903 
611 
493 
1,723 
1,501 
1,043 
1,261 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,137 
652 
518 
1,656 
1,255 
733 
918 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
99,828 
113,275 
183,751 
197,911 
318,024 
424,248 
607,586 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
24 
20 
18 
33 
18 
9 
4 
$1,000 to $4,999 
187 
65 
55 
203 
106 
59 
33 
$5,000 to $9,999 
179 
85 
45 
190 
105 
60 
46 
$10,000 to $24,999 
250 
168 
141 
353 
257 
100 
97 
$25,000 to $49,999 
140 
76 
74 
202 
187 
102 
125 
$50,000 or more 
357 
238 
185 
675 
582 
403 
613 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
33 
25 
26 
122 
116 
94 
56 
$1,000 
1,695 
1,470 
2,499 
15,087 
24,000 
33,800 
41,809 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
962 
647 
525 
1,788 
1,528 
1,001 
1,225 
$1,000 
76,007 
30,236 
32,892 
123,267 
146,008 
145,452 
232,501 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
196 
162 
139 
504 
481 
308 
323 
$1,000 
25,311 
10,403 
11,169 
46,623 
62,019 
60,532 
64,181 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
273 
172 
158 
549 
474 
336 
531 
$1,000 
9,618 
7,980 
4,495 
23,495 
31,976 
39,949 
72,683 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
55 
17 
18 
49 
49 
27 
40 
$1,000 
204 
113 
263 
842 
1,073 
1,924 
20,067 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
33 
40 
34 
65 
63 
66 
181 
$1,000 
337 
2,237 
1,923 
4,918 
5,295 
3,539 
8,893 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
390 
271 
218 
747 
681 
417 
396 
$1,000 
10,543 
5,865 
4,250 
22,038 
25,463 
24,029 
33,651 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
67 
45 
48 
105 
121 
84 
120 
$1,000 
3,581 
1,305 
2,717 
11,797 
6,853 
5,747 
12,580 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
14 
14 
10 
35 
22 
22 
21 
$1,000 
515 
234 
299 
885 
384 
736 
362 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
141 
76 
68 
271 
213 
124 
212 
$1,000 
25,899 
2,100 
7,778 
12,670 
12,945 
8,996 
20,084 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
1,977 
1,193 
957 
3,071 
2,500 
1,485 
1,583 
acres 
227,654 
177,028 
165,648 
856,506 
1,332,078 
1,476,314 
4,449,246 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
1,714 
1,085 
867 
2,829 
2,255 
1,389 
1,462 
acres 
188,404 
153,270 
145,206 
748,857 
1,152,032 
1,285,858 
3,568,086 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
372 
204 
143 
302 
159 
104 
112 
50 to 99 acres 
184 
83 
72 
184 
107 
75 
72 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,158 
515 
165 
271 
152 
64 
101 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
283 
487 
2,072 
417 
132 
147 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,420 
254 
106 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
760 
190 
2,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
734 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
110 
61 
59 
200 
152 
129 
178 
acres 
8,817 
4,886 
6,266 
27,947 
39,872 
79,993 
295,332 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
68 
43 
20 
117 
168 
90 
105 
acres 
3,691 
2,472 
1,829 
13,288 
30,442 
33,218 
99,067 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
297 
173 
120 
382 
367 
169 
280 
acres 
21,958 
14,043 
10,697 
53,580 
87,082 
50,550 
358,690 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
96 
34 
23 
141 
154 
111 
153 
acres 
4,784 
2,357 
1,650 
12,834 
22,650 
26,695 
128,071 
Total woodland 
...farms 
416 
208 
207 
587 
446 
310 
361 
acres 
37,123 
23,273 
28,789 
122,568 
177,860 
209,570 
876,208 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
200 
115 
107 
315 
249 
200 
260 
acres 
15,917 
10,033 
12,061 
56,861 
85,549 
116,577 
516,699 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
265 
132 
127 
359 
264 
156 
168 
acres 
21,206 
13,240 
16,728 
65,707 
92,311 
92,993 
359,509 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
902 
472 
413 
1,392 
1,230 
987 
1,586 
acres 
88,311 
60,594 
59,926 
333,726 
568,449 
960,995 
10,658,121 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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