Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
27 
27 
27 
- 
- 
43 
$1,000 to $4,999 
111 
92 
89 
19 
16 
163 
$5,000 to $9,999 
145 
129 
119 
16 
16 
111 
$10,000 to $24,999 
338 
276 
268 
62 
57 
198 
$25,000 to $49,999 
325 
288 
271 
37 
37 
187 
$50,000 or more 
2,775 
2,353 
2,214 
422 
331 
593 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
2,640 
2,180 
2,093 
460 
388 
1,485 
Average net loss 
dollars 
330,775 
317,385 
298,618 
394,229 
391,572 
69,993 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
45 
39 
39 
6 
4 
56 
$1,000 to $4,999 
209 
166 
161 
43 
37 
298 
$5,000 to $9,999 
196 
166 
153 
30 
30 
269 
$10,000 to $24,999 
402 
328 
320 
74 
61 
317 
$25,000 to $49,999 
397 
340 
339 
57 
49 
194 
$50,000 or more 
1,391 
1,141 
1,081 
250 
207 
351 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
62 
60 
57 
2 
2 
15 
$1,000 
(D) 
15,326 
9,515 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,527 
2,162 
2,046 
365 
296 
920 
$1,000 
379,400 
323,738 
290,404 
55,662 
34,022 
52,101 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
655 
572 
547 
83 
67 
146 
$1,000 
150,261 
128,676 
116,348 
21,586 
1 1 ,635 
8,215 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
723 
630 
568 
93 
64 
391 
$1,000 
83,416 
68,002 
55,789 
15,414 
5,833 
12,912 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
64 
56 
48 
8 
8 
20 
$1,000 
1,807 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
542 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
272 
228 
219 
44 
37 
59 
$1,000 
32,579 
30,443 
26,691 
2,136 
(D) 
821 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
850 
750 
715 
100 
81 
281 
$1,000 
27,635 
24,134 
21,033 
3,501 
2,165 
16,550 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
188 
161 
153 
27 
19 
59 
$1,000 
10,008 
7,621 
7,259 
2,388 
1,929 
1,442 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
42 
39 
39 
3 
2 
9 
$1,000 
1,031 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
520 
435 
415 
85 
76 
150 
$1,000 
72,663 
62,473 
61,050 
10,190 
10,157 
11,615 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
5,443 
4,614 
4,387 
829 
675 
2,131 
acres 
2,708,097 
2,078,866 
1,849,364 
629,231 
320,509 
365,567 
Plarvested cropland 
farms 
5,203 
4,435 
4,221 
768 
637 
1,905 
acres 
2,393,329 
1,848,376 
1,666,099 
544,953 
277,553 
272,859 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
2,331 
1,985 
1,927 
346 
324 
1,339 
50 to 99 acres 
524 
444 
422 
80 
64 
172 
100 to 199 acres 
600 
522 
494 
78 
58 
155 
200 to 499 acres 
783 
672 
633 
111 
94 
125 
500 to 999 acres 
434 
379 
350 
55 
39 
62 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
264 
220 
208 
44 
29 
28 
2,000 acres or more 
267 
213 
187 
54 
29 
24 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
235 
199 
194 
36 
29 
93 
acres 
113,226 
87,191 
83,427 
26,035 
17,587 
27,388 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
202 
159 
149 
43 
25 
101 
acres 
22,450 
19,079 
17,078 
3,371 
2,719 
13,277 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
702 
558 
509 
144 
97 
365 
acres 
137,692 
102,605 
64,280 
35,087 
15,051 
47,995 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
167 
120 
116 
47 
22 
73 
acres 
41,400 
21,615 
18,480 
19,785 
7,599 
4,048 
Total woodland 
farms 
528 
455 
421 
73 
59 
341 
acres 
266,576 
237,531 
198,017 
29,045 
25,866 
109,540 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
189 
171 
158 
18 
12 
159 
acres 
108,086 
102,278 
95,816 
5,808 
4,551 
75,771 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
407 
341 
313 
66 
54 
211 
acres 
158,490 
135,253 
102,201 
23,237 
21,315 
33,769 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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