Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,706 
369 
700 
148 
254 
160 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,749 
185 
314 
72 
137 
92 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,473 
124 
373 
74 
161 
135 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,980 
76 
148 
68 
72 
86 
$50,000 or more 
4,402 
76 
145 
32 
71 
81 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
21,550 
3,206 
7,845 
1,172 
1,764 
1,183 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
26,447 
11,602 
13,298 
14,702 
19,368 
18,666 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,698 
322 
658 
81 
144 
128 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,795 
1,105 
2,422 
352 
468 
305 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,304 
672 
1,781 
239 
386 
238 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,452 
746 
1,966 
321 
461 
291 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,461 
288 
704 
126 
196 
144 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
1,840 
73 
314 
53 
109 
77 
Total 
... farms 
85 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
8,015 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
13,710 
1,036 
2,595 
512 
799 
704 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
312,533 
5,669 
19,694 
4,709 
7,037 
7,232 
services 
... farms 
2,081 
109 
252 
66 
78 
86 
$1,000 
44,097 
672 
1,427 
762 
579 
893 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
5,533 
318 
1,060 
219 
328 
350 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
66,117 
1,194 
5,138 
1,039 
2,348 
2,853 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
351 
13 
95 
17 
45 
42 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
1,788 
13 
244 
24 
59 
77 
(see text) 
... farms 
864 
58 
131 
24 
48 
40 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
28,240 
237 
1,676 
492 
485 
1,224 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
4,887 
335 
582 
133 
213 
154 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
14,344 
34 
170 
91 
76 
111 
payments received 
... farms 
2,214 
9 
56 
10 
46 
59 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
118,611 
80 
690 
56 
701 
442 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
270 
5 
25 
- 
16 
14 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
2,031 
6 
15 
" 
30 
44 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
2,396 
297 
709 
127 
176 
103 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
37,306 
3,433 
10,333 
2,245 
2,758 
1,589 
Total cropland 
... farms 
24,009 
1,957 
5,981 
1,086 
1,686 
1,108 
acres 
10,649,747 
7,513 
112,281 
39,529 
87,510 
81,435 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
17,379 
1,750 
4,366 
784 
1,127 
759 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
5,182,628 
6,423 
65,286 
22,810 
46,399 
45,079 
1 to 49 acres 
8,912 
1,750 
4,366 
618 
678 
332 
50 to 99 acres 
2,046 
- 
- 
166 
449 
275 
100 to 199 acres 
1,793 
- 
- 
- 
- 
152 
200 to 499 acres 
2,030 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,174 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
882 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
542 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
2,546 
167 
686 
115 
196 
131 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
427,615 
462 
8,853 
2,948 
6,908 
5,731 
were abandoned 
... farms 
4,527 
79 
994 
227 
309 
197 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
718,201 
178 
17,821 
6,139 
10,906 
8,965 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
7,117 
155 
998 
197 
437 
272 
acres 
2,300,389 
399 
17,960 
6,592 
21,355 
17,289 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
3,563 
22 
167 
44 
81 
99 
acres 
2,020,914 
51 
2,361 
1,040 
1,942 
4,371 
Total woodland 
... farms 
4,315 
162 
1,146 
285 
474 
309 
acres 
1,355,119 
423 
16,452 
6,758 
15,963 
16,742 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
2,640 
86 
623 
159 
233 
204 
acres 
826,838 
217 
9,011 
3,513 
7,111 
9,569 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
2,080 
90 
608 
147 
275 
139 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
528,281 
206 
7,441 
3,245 
8,852 
7,173 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
22,186 
1,525 
5,704 
1,034 
1,646 
1,217 
acres 
19,223,470 
5,472 
112,370 
38,431 
83,560 
94,783 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
64 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
