Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
916 
- 
21 
92 
180 
288 
335 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,559 
9 
115 
200 
545 
815 
875 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,878 
28 
49 
162 
450 
584 
605 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,573 
6 
80 
220 
585 
771 
911 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,003 
6 
109 
182 
438 
621 
647 
$50,000 or more 
3,643 
2 
173 
307 
801 
1,064 
1,296 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
21,816 
51 
758 
1,975 
5,289 
6,806 
6,937 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
37,014 
25,095 
29,616 
45,656 
34,078 
32,181 
42,429 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,130 
3 
26 
121 
246 
347 
387 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,267 
14 
204 
379 
1,201 
1,740 
1,729 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,594 
3 
149 
456 
1,168 
1,374 
1,444 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,498 
16 
193 
567 
1,383 
1,721 
1,618 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,671 
12 
96 
217 
665 
849 
832 
$50,000 or more 
2,656 
3 
90 
235 
626 
775 
927 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
73 
- 
8 
7 
23 
18 
17 
$1,000 
9,055 
- 
1,032 
516 
2,274 
2,188 
3,046 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
8,517 
37 
297 
721 
1,833 
2,583 
3,046 
$1,000 
247,812 
286 
7,000 
16,249 
46,148 
94,483 
83,647 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,461 
4 
103 
156 
322 
419 
457 
$1,000 
42,579 
24 
2,901 
4,221 
9,135 
16,126 
10,173 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,311 
5 
55 
161 
416 
696 
978 
$1,000 
63,662 
74 
2,157 
4,297 
9,813 
15,099 
32,223 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
398 
_ 
10 
30 
79 
121 
158 
$1,000 
4,455 
- 
8 
68 
415 
2,025 
1,939 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
667 
2 
31 
52 
125 
230 
227 
$1,000 
27,088 
(D) 
691 
(D) 
3,507 
16,372 
5,856 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
2,183 
17 
52 
154 
503 
660 
797 
$1,000 
27,462 
1 
412 
1,180 
9,997 
6,784 
9,087 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
525 
- 
15 
54 
106 
166 
184 
$1,000 
12,658 
- 
170 
1,044 
2,483 
4,249 
4,711 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
98 
3 
- 
21 
13 
36 
25 
$1,000 
696 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
40 
270 
144 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,965 
6 
73 
174 
471 
597 
644 
$1,000 
69,213 
183 
662 
4,538 
10,757 
33,558 
19,514 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
24,912 
57 
914 
2,234 
5,616 
7,726 
8,365 
acres 
1,672,763 
583 
46,559 
180,552 
331,339 
419,219 
694,511 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
22,459 
52 
839 
1,995 
5,067 
6,983 
7,523 
acres 
1,256,168 
(D) 
(D) 
117,802 
266,145 
290,261 
543,427 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
19,381 
52 
672 
1,688 
4,389 
6,082 
6,498 
50 to 99 acres 
1,277 
- 
72 
159 
279 
405 
362 
100 to 199 acres 
891 
- 
52 
73 
211 
267 
288 
200 to 499 acres 
526 
- 
32 
46 
101 
135 
212 
500 to 999 acres 
206 
- 
11 
13 
47 
56 
79 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
93 
- 
- 
8 
19 
22 
44 
2,000 acres or more 
85 
- 
- 
8 
21 
16 
40 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,358 
2 
62 
181 
351 
413 
349 
acres 
115,655 
(D) 
(D) 
10,016 
18,472 
33,312 
51,973 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,064 
- 
44 
82 
239 
349 
350 
acres 
43,773 
- 
2,749 
2,142 
7,701 
20,162 
11,019 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
2,854 
3 
108 
251 
629 
868 
995 
acres 
212,519 
(D) 
(D) 
38,459 
34,582 
64,102 
72,998 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
459 
35 
57 
92 
144 
131 
acres 
44,648 
- 
1,600 
12,133 
4,439 
1 1 ,382 
15,094 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,734 
7 
75 
314 
799 
1,200 
1,339 
acres 
637,015 
1,280 
31,735 
47,901 
124,725 
209,412 
221,962 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,729 
7 
43 
160 
385 
518 
616 
acres 
284,291 
1,280 
18,053 
16,515 
69,511 
72,253 
106,679 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,376 
- 
39 
198 
500 
784 
855 
acres 
352,724 
- 
13,682 
31,386 
55,214 
137,159 
115,283 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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