Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
1,340 
87 
178 
1,023 
582 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,774 
4,093 
236 
445 
2,652 
2,122 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,610 
3,019 
209 
382 
2,051 
1,559 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,758 
4,663 
487 
608 
3,315 
2,443 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,811 
3,749 
512 
550 
2,776 
2,035 
$50,000 or more 
15,494 
9,548 
3,651 
2,295 
7,868 
7,626 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
41,805 
34,080 
4,308 
3,417 
20,512 
21,293 
Average net loss 
dollars 
70,779 
42,555 
224,892 
157,972 
60,301 
80,871 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,006 
1,735 
107 
164 
1,138 
868 
$1,000 to $4,999 
8,944 
7,871 
502 
571 
4,738 
4,206 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,798 
6,712 
577 
509 
3,706 
4,092 
$10,000 to $24,999 
10,315 
8,594 
998 
723 
5,017 
5,298 
$25,000 to $49,999 
5,518 
4,525 
540 
453 
2,565 
2,953 
$50,000 or more 
7,224 
4,643 
1,584 
997 
3,348 
3,876 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
521 
128 
193 
200 
219 
302 
$1,000 
122,036 
23,164 
53,316 
45,557 
33,379 
88,657 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
23,685 
16,909 
4,133 
2,643 
12,409 
11,276 
$1,000 
1,204,560 
600,195 
395,502 
208,862 
497,827 
706,732 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
5,255 
2,946 
1,414 
895 
2,818 
2,437 
$1,000 
383,434 
119,363 
178,115 
85,957 
157,400 
226,034 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,000 
4,545 
994 
461 
2,917 
3,083 
$1,000 
256,997 
143,582 
81,389 
32,025 
106,959 
150,037 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
862 
715 
110 
37 
402 
460 
$1,000 
27,613 
25,356 
1,628 
628 
8,492 
19,121 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
1,699 
1,219 
254 
226 
798 
901 
$1,000 
64,520 
44,921 
9,252 
10,348 
22,023 
42,497 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
7,469 
4,919 
1,672 
878 
3,983 
3,486 
$1,000 
171,066 
89,000 
62,177 
19,888 
75,530 
95,535 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,568 
1,081 
330 
157 
840 
728 
$1,000 
62,457 
32,340 
19,468 
10,649 
25,577 
36,880 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
343 
224 
71 
48 
155 
188 
$1,000 
4,218 
1,691 
1,969 
558 
2,138 
2,079 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
5,192 
3,882 
714 
596 
2,584 
2,608 
$1,000 
234,255 
143,942 
41,504 
48,810 
99,706 
134,549 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
57,731 
44,758 
7,138 
5,835 
30,992 
26,739 
acres 
9,591,783 
3,908,377 
3,959,479 
1,723,927 
3,825,190 
5,766,593 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,372 
41,179 
6,716 
5,477 
28,792 
24,580 
acres 
8,007,461 
3,191,573 
3,405,764 
1,410,124 
3,173,992 
4,833,469 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
38,391 
33,346 
1,946 
3,099 
21,382 
17,009 
50 to 99 acres 
4,412 
3,016 
874 
522 
2,464 
1,948 
100 to 199 acres 
3,567 
2,082 
991 
494 
1,924 
1,643 
200 to 499 acres 
3,538 
1,601 
1,267 
670 
1,726 
1,812 
500 to 999 acres 
1,780 
662 
771 
347 
702 
1,078 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
950 
278 
476 
196 
347 
603 
2,000 acres or more 
734 
194 
391 
149 
247 
487 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,879 
2,134 
488 
257 
1,252 
1,627 
acres 
492,270 
202,276 
209,901 
80,093 
219,004 
273,266 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,425 
1,834 
339 
252 
1,205 
1,220 
acres 
207,072 
72,899 
64,915 
69,258 
79,872 
127,200 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,204 
4,962 
782 
460 
3,067 
3,137 
acres 
674,022 
359,068 
194,283 
120,671 
272,247 
401,775 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,477 
877 
391 
209 
728 
749 
acres 
210,958 
82,561 
84,616 
43,781 
80,075 
130,883 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,345 
6,151 
919 
275 
3,102 
4,243 
acres 
1,575,520 
958,402 
475,215 
141,903 
709,836 
865,684 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
3,519 
2,691 
644 
184 
1,488 
2,031 
acres 
855,116 
385,167 
381,425 
88,524 
393,985 
461,131 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,610 
4,103 
377 
130 
1,935 
2,675 
acres 
720,404 
573,235 
93,790 
53,379 
315,851 
404,553 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
230 California 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
