Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
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 
249 
89 
72 
291 
171 
118 
85 
$5,000 to $9,999 
171 
76 
63 
262 
183 
107 
87 
$10,000 to $24,999 
177 
90 
60 
394 
392 
257 
236 
$25,000 to $49,999 
134 
49 
34 
262 
348 
325 
378 
$50,000 or more 
113 
74 
70 
473 
646 
717 
1,904 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,225 
527 
370 
1,510 
1,131 
716 
901 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
24,959 
71,314 
19,447 
31,833 
53,407 
72,695 
132,146 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
110 
56 
27 
90 
52 
20 
10 
$1,000 to $4,999 
306 
111 
86 
301 
192 
107 
40 
$5,000 to $9,999 
246 
90 
68 
262 
181 
66 
75 
$10,000 to $24,999 
356 
133 
108 
434 
310 
132 
194 
$25,000 to $49,999 
131 
80 
48 
212 
201 
172 
159 
$50,000 or more 
76 
57 
33 
211 
195 
219 
423 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
1 
1 
4 
14 
18 
43 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
201 
834 
1,195 
5,766 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
769 
370 
317 
1,573 
1,540 
1,278 
2,217 
$1,000 
7,506 
3,711 
6,299 
27,332 
34,991 
45,179 
143,173 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
84 
48 
51 
286 
280 
259 
482 
$1,000 
923 
357 
602 
4,844 
6,473 
7,026 
19,539 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
366 
162 
167 
671 
620 
500 
772 
$1,000 
3,455 
1,437 
3,026 
9,910 
8,283 
9,509 
17,926 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
28 
11 
8 
36 
24 
13 
19 
$1,000 
19 
20 
13 
113 
230 
24 
952 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
36 
17 
13 
69 
113 
100 
215 
$1,000 
681 
198 
681 
1,781 
3,547 
5,264 
11,974 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
239 
122 
87 
612 
618 
617 
1,175 
$1,000 
439 
93 
151 
1,005 
1,745 
2,689 
7,739 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
59 
34 
33 
245 
370 
379 
914 
$1,000 
652 
748 
966 
5,504 
12,518 
18,275 
77,978 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
27 
10 
5 
37 
46 
32 
53 
$1,000 
286 
117 
8 
209 
249 
320 
746 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
101 
52 
35 
198 
145 
164 
289 
$1,000 
1,051 
742 
853 
3,966 
1,945 
2,072 
6,319 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
1,478 
644 
500 
2,529 
2,286 
1,820 
2,934 
acres 
164,395 
77,214 
73,657 
604,426 
1,043,263 
1,497,033 
6,861,491 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
845 
457 
303 
1,559 
1,549 
1,414 
2,466 
acres 
66,956 
41,544 
34,239 
264,032 
474,231 
723,732 
3,391,897 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
260 
157 
73 
282 
189 
108 
99 
50 to 99 acres 
271 
105 
66 
267 
169 
146 
132 
100 to 199 acres 
314 
159 
106 
381 
276 
175 
230 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
36 
58 
629 
559 
355 
393 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
356 
420 
398 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
210 
672 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
542 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
119 
73 
55 
260 
249 
157 
338 
acres 
8,103 
4,486 
5,661 
26,864 
48,040 
42,104 
267,455 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
216 
116 
81 
500 
487 
432 
889 
acres 
11,719 
6,472 
6,410 
47,669 
72,145 
91,579 
438,198 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
629 
172 
158 
1,018 
947 
754 
1,380 
acres 
69,521 
21,371 
22,276 
230,398 
353,918 
409,978 
1,129,332 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
150 
58 
53 
366 
501 
630 
1,392 
acres 
8,096 
3,341 
5,071 
35,463 
94,929 
229,640 
1,634,609 
Total woodland 
...farms 
312 
162 
120 
478 
366 
205 
296 
acres 
21,387 
13,867 
1 1 ,979 
63,899 
100,170 
101,019 
986,460 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
199 
112 
69 
323 
256 
150 
226 
acres 
12,598 
8,516 
6,041 
39,770 
62,187 
64,696 
603,609 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
148 
69 
63 
207 
155 
83 
96 
acres 
8,789 
5,351 
5,938 
24,129 
37,983 
36,323 
382,851 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
1,309 
630 
474 
2,054 
1,949 
1,655 
2,989 
acres 
134,049 
82,824 
70,427 
459,608 
866,354 
1,473,048 
15,802,544 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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