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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
78 
306 
449 
386 
219 
91 
$1,000 to $4,999 
465 
1,350 
1,606 
673 
149 
180 
$5,000 to $9,999 
605 
1,703 
605 
42 
22 
123 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,940 
1,640 
99 
54 
27 
230 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,216 
133 
27 
26 
25 
142 
$50,000 or more 
130 
78 
36 
27 
26 
105 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
2,716 
5,055 
5,024 
4,696 
4,250 
13,758 
Average net loss 
dollars 
46,130 
31,187 
15,371 
13,788 
12,696 
24,372 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
94 
277 
473 
431 
311 
337 
$1,000 to $4,999 
341 
1,009 
1,471 
1,445 
1,451 
2,919 
$5,000 to $9,999 
389 
875 
1,098 
1,031 
1,001 
3,069 
$10,000 to $24,999 
736 
1,465 
1,200 
1,080 
991 
3,964 
$25,000 to $49,999 
526 
738 
522 
470 
334 
2,006 
$50,000 or more 
630 
691 
260 
239 
162 
1,463 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1 
4 
1 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,209 
2,793 
1,662 
1,146 
853 
3,274 
$1,000 
41,902 
40,044 
23,049 
17,305 
21,050 
94,262 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
532 
801 
215 
181 
85 
167 
$1,000 
7,945 
11,046 
10,276 
1,251 
500 
8,575 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
610 
665 
429 
301 
221 
922 
$1,000 
9,060 
9,305 
4,886 
6,224 
1,884 
20,592 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
90 
109 
145 
80 
55 
148 
$1,000 
618 
763 
(D) 
2,861 
11,925 
2,599 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
119 
217 
139 
115 
77 
433 
$1,000 
1,856 
3,745 
1,429 
2,766 
739 
9,947 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
550 
535 
317 
218 
202 
312 
$1,000 
1,840 
1,258 
746 
221 
192 
1,036 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
199 
103 
56 
36 
32 
126 
$1,000 
1,993 
557 
(D) 
(D) 
2,214 
762 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
45 
53 
16 
9 
4 
16 
$1,000 
109 
348 
(D) 
(D) 
68 
237 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
416 
594 
509 
329 
245 
1,502 
$1,000 
18,482 
13,023 
5,031 
3,646 
3,528 
50,515 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
6,067 
8,002 
6,044 
3,963 
2,605 
5,995 
acres 
195,553 
168,673 
78,417 
49,736 
36,575 
270,671 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,901 
7,703 
5,720 
3,586 
2,262 
3,436 
acres 
111,487 
78,475 
31,307 
16,367 
14,095 
61,097 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
5,424 
7,406 
5,638 
3,550 
2,233 
3,261 
50 to 99 acres 
310 
221 
55 
31 
17 
71 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
136 
66 
25 
5 
8 
53 
200 to 499 acres 
28 
8 
2 
- 
2 
25 
500 to 999 acres 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
24 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
2,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
225 
370 
315 
250 
221 
812 
acres 
41,251 
26,749 
24,589 
7,073 
5,378 
38,529 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
209 
298 
219 
129 
93 
782 
acres 
12,820 
10,431 
5,853 
5,350 
5,739 
26,581 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
565 
643 
560 
391 
367 
1,558 
acres 
23,768 
43,433 
15,404 
18,878 
10,932 
129,524 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
106 
170 
94 
92 
53 
243 
acres 
6,227 
9,585 
1,264 
2,068 
431 
14,940 
Total woodland 
farms 
710 
1,013 
887 
674 
586 
1,871 
acres 
157,658 
147,048 
88,888 
91,777 
64,146 
257,357 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
331 
464 
414 
349 
331 
1,015 
acres 
111,745 
79,498 
43,121 
29,088 
12,026 
103,329 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
479 
637 
555 
412 
321 
1,084 
acres 
45,913 
67,550 
45,767 
62,689 
52,120 
154,028 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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