Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
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 
7 
8 
62 
81 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,749 
i 
3 
13 
46 
99 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,473 
8 
22 
43 
194 
357 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,980 
7 
19 
104 
371 
603 
$50,000 or more 
4,402 
797 
714 
1,052 
1,160 
366 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
21,550 
117 
128 
256 
488 
576 
Average net loss 
dollars 
26,447 
1,081,059 
218,008 
124,070 
94,581 
54,486 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,698 
1 
2 
5 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,795 
2 
2 
7 
29 
49 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,304 
1 
4 
19 
38 
54 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,452 
3 
15 
32 
75 
145 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,461 
6 
14 
48 
107 
126 
$50,000 or more 
1,840 
105 
93 
149 
237 
197 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
85 
19 
14 
23 
8 
5 
$1,000 
8,015 
5,190 
1,110 
1,403 
160 
55 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
13,710 
599 
596 
990 
1,400 
1,042 
$1,000 
312,533 
66,309 
42,198 
42,067 
42,808 
21,585 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,081 
182 
198 
296 
326 
211 
$1,000 
44,097 
11,334 
9,510 
8,253 
4,930 
2,804 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
5,533 
133 
142 
263 
386 
346 
$1,000 
66,117 
5,105 
3,970 
5,768 
6,358 
5,301 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
351 
3 
1 
2 
12 
7 
$1,000 
1,788 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
29 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
864 
15 
31 
61 
123 
72 
$1,000 
28,240 
1,108 
1,823 
703 
6,225 
4,336 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,887 
413 
390 
583 
753 
466 
$1,000 
14,344 
6,692 
2,744 
1,978 
1,312 
437 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,214 
287 
279 
400 
453 
229 
$1,000 
118,611 
36,990 
22,041 
22,350 
20,233 
6,335 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
270 
16 
14 
10 
32 
17 
$1,000 
2,031 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
214 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,396 
92 
72 
165 
212 
111 
$1,000 
37,306 
4,124 
1,835 
2,920 
3,507 
2,079 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
24,009 
818 
828 
1,342 
2,032 
1,688 
acres 
10,649,747 
2,575,867 
1,608,481 
1,913,490 
1,553,048 
723,216 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
17,379 
783 
794 
1,276 
1,885 
1,516 
acres 
5,182,628 
1,671,259 
944,632 
995,256 
779,187 
324,779 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
8,912 
30 
26 
63 
130 
233 
50 to 99 acres 
2,046 
20 
9 
54 
129 
284 
100 to 199 acres 
1,793 
26 
46 
87 
428 
433 
200 to 499 acres 
2,030 
77 
152 
386 
660 
435 
500 to 999 acres 
1,174 
125 
247 
294 
364 
98 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
882 
231 
161 
301 
154 
29 
2,000 acres or more 
542 
274 
153 
91 
20 
4 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,546 
98 
72 
122 
193 
158 
acres 
427,615 
64,189 
55,939 
47,352 
59,247 
51,703 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
4,527 
165 
194 
332 
476 
385 
acres 
718,201 
86,359 
74,596 
145,714 
121,319 
65,027 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
7,117 
329 
305 
462 
577 
414 
acres 
2,300,389 
196,096 
175,657 
260,818 
247,908 
135,930 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
3,563 
348 
359 
582 
667 
448 
acres 
2,020,914 
557,964 
357,657 
464,350 
345,387 
145,777 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,315 
33 
37 
96 
199 
227 
acres 
1,355,119 
291,695 
201,991 
109,739 
156,208 
78,603 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,640 
21 
23 
71 
143 
143 
acres 
826,838 
44,097 
138,704 
96,416 
141,355 
47,792 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,080 
16 
17 
31 
75 
103 
acres 
528,281 
247,598 
63,287 
13,323 
14,853 
30,811 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
22,186 
487 
536 
913 
1,532 
1,418 
acres 
19,223,470 
3,000,667 
2,627,457 
3,452,452 
3,437,875 
1,664,623 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
90 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
