Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,320 
i 
1 
3 
8 
23 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,706 
- 
7 
11 
62 
91 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,749 
i 
3 
14 
53 
110 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,473 
8 
22 
49 
220 
383 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,980 
7 
19 
122 
410 
639 
$50,000 or more 
4,402 
821 
741 
1,094 
1,174 
352 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
21,550 
121 
132 
270 
507 
613 
Average net loss 
dollars 
26,447 
1,050,276 
217,034 
127,214 
88,313 
55,680 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,698 
1 
2 
5 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,795 
3 
1 
7 
35 
49 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,304 
1 
4 
19 
41 
61 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,452 
4 
14 
35 
83 
149 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,461 
6 
20 
43 
111 
137 
$50,000 or more 
1,840 
107 
93 
165 
235 
212 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
85 
22 
14 
20 
9 
4 
$1,000 
8,015 
5,401 
1,028 
1,273 
180 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
13,710 
622 
618 
1,058 
1,437 
1,115 
$1,000 
312,533 
71,646 
39,289 
46,840 
40,247 
23,225 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,081 
194 
206 
296 
333 
208 
$1,000 
44,097 
14,118 
7,501 
7,835 
5,133 
2,923 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
5,533 
134 
150 
284 
418 
392 
$1,000 
66,117 
5,120 
4,130 
6,568 
7,244 
6,646 
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 
16 
31 
72 
118 
81 
$1,000 
28,240 
1,113 
1,836 
1,050 
5,911 
4,401 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,887 
431 
399 
628 
759 
481 
$1,000 
14,344 
6,844 
2,779 
1,959 
1,280 
409 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,214 
304 
287 
436 
447 
242 
$1,000 
118,611 
38,053 
22,140 
25,774 
17,475 
6,372 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
270 
17 
14 
12 
32 
22 
$1,000 
2,031 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
241 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,396 
96 
82 
169 
208 
112 
$1,000 
37,306 
5,441 
611 
3,573 
2,936 
2,131 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
24,009 
845 
859 
1,421 
2,127 
1,783 
acres 
10,649,747 
2,733,042 
1,599,428 
2,056,393 
1,575,924 
769,051 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
17,379 
810 
818 
1,354 
1,933 
1,522 
acres 
5,182,628 
1,745,507 
945,369 
1,036,081 
736,403 
290,645 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
8,912 
30 
26 
65 
132 
248 
50 to 99 acres 
2,046 
20 
9 
59 
138 
317 
100 to 199 acres 
1,793 
26 
46 
100 
448 
447 
200 to 499 acres 
2,030 
79 
156 
410 
710 
411 
500 to 999 acres 
1,174 
128 
256 
310 
368 
78 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
882 
239 
172 
324 
125 
18 
2,000 acres or more 
542 
288 
153 
86 
12 
3 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,546 
100 
73 
132 
194 
170 
acres 
427,615 
66,839 
54,051 
63,717 
56,001 
42,383 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
4,527 
169 
205 
365 
501 
378 
acres 
718,201 
88,299 
75,252 
163,206 
119,449 
63,746 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
7,117 
344 
335 
495 
648 
507 
acres 
2,300,389 
224,064 
188,474 
296,502 
329,620 
258,973 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
3,563 
372 
363 
634 
708 
413 
acres 
2,020,914 
608,333 
336,282 
496,887 
334,451 
113,304 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,315 
33 
37 
102 
204 
242 
acres 
1,355,119 
291,695 
201,991 
123,707 
148,657 
81,440 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,640 
21 
23 
73 
148 
153 
acres 
826,838 
44,097 
138,704 
108,416 
131,600 
52,950 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,080 
16 
17 
35 
77 
108 
acres 
528,281 
247,598 
63,287 
15,291 
17,057 
28,490 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Colorado 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
