Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,605 
9 
5 
9 
22 
31 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,774 
9 
9 
34 
105 
194 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,610 
23 
22 
52 
149 
264 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,758 
37 
56 
133 
469 
1,073 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,811 
66 
76 
253 
982 
1,865 
$50,000 or more 
15,494 
5,099 
2,424 
2,743 
3,402 
1,424 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
41,805 
1,124 
605 
908 
1,822 
1,847 
Average net loss 
dollars 
70,779 
1,262,744 
304,102 
215,290 
119,103 
69,797 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,006 
- 
5 
6 
33 
39 
$1,000 to $4,999 
8,944 
6 
10 
42 
92 
158 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,798 
6 
10 
30 
118 
171 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10,315 
37 
49 
76 
315 
402 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,518 
49 
56 
120 
321 
376 
$50,000 or more 
7,224 
1,026 
475 
634 
943 
701 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
521 
192 
115 
115 
87 
4 
$1,000 
122,036 
84,739 
21,005 
12,044 
4,165 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
23,685 
3,460 
1,552 
1,804 
2,686 
2,246 
$1,000 
1,204,560 
579,759 
125,392 
101,439 
96,589 
63,770 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,255 
1,119 
519 
492 
637 
507 
$1,000 
383,434 
229,194 
47,921 
27,191 
27,065 
12,470 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,000 
866 
340 
413 
636 
597 
$1,000 
256,997 
127,728 
24,201 
19,379 
19,126 
14,612 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
862 
33 
19 
52 
43 
88 
$1,000 
27,613 
948 
(D) 
580 
3,665 
2,154 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
1,699 
104 
80 
120 
167 
128 
$1,000 
64,520 
12,406 
5,862 
15,708 
3,812 
6,250 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
7,469 
1,903 
747 
775 
1,146 
764 
$1,000 
171,066 
117,700 
18,145 
14,471 
10,658 
4,800 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,568 
293 
173 
152 
235 
163 
$1,000 
62,457 
28,847 
8,506 
8,399 
6,600 
4,089 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
343 
64 
29 
23 
46 
38 
$1,000 
4,218 
1,590 
(D) 
496 
610 
261 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
5,192 
548 
201 
170 
341 
337 
$1,000 
234,255 
61,346 
19,283 
15,214 
25,054 
19,134 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
57,731 
5,863 
3,022 
3,798 
6,341 
6,031 
acres 
9,591,783 
6,541,234 
848,922 
598,683 
551,512 
251,807 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,372 
5,791 
2,992 
3,768 
6,252 
5,961 
acres 
8,007,461 
5,898,258 
727,927 
501,051 
385,923 
181,474 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
38,391 
354 
344 
1,113 
3,975 
5,093 
50 to 99 acres 
4,412 
241 
555 
1,068 
1,295 
548 
100 to 199 acres 
3,567 
705 
858 
812 
651 
248 
200 to 499 acres 
3,538 
1,631 
858 
651 
276 
57 
500 to 999 acres 
1,780 
1,258 
328 
103 
48 
15 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
950 
878 
41 
19 
7 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
734 
724 
8 
2 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,879 
206 
65 
80 
186 
149 
acres 
492,270 
158,155 
42,277 
51,426 
61,993 
34,850 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,425 
155 
69 
88 
188 
195 
acres 
207,072 
74,754 
19,079 
9,230 
28,945 
8,290 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,204 
616 
259 
309 
478 
458 
acres 
674,022 
306,948 
38,149 
25,857 
39,933 
21,196 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,477 
258 
91 
116 
146 
108 
acres 
210,958 
103,119 
21,490 
11,119 
34,718 
5,997 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,345 
218 
140 
236 
459 
551 
acres 
1,575,520 
126,767 
57,222 
145,388 
277,073 
162,196 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
3,519 
94 
52 
96 
175 
198 
acres 
855,116 
68,007 
37,250 
92,471 
187,892 
90,689 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,610 
139 
96 
162 
322 
403 
acres 
720,404 
58,760 
19,972 
52,917 
89,181 
71,507 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
126 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
