Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
38 
31 
30 
7 
7 
29 
$1,000 to $4,999 
112 
88 
84 
24 
22 
97 
$5,000 to $9,999 
95 
82 
81 
13 
13 
76 
$10,000 to $24,999 
193 
174 
169 
19 
16 
90 
$25,000 to $49,999 
183 
172 
170 
11 
11 
96 
$50,000 or more 
704 
642 
625 
62 
55 
119 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,197 
1,051 
1,035 
146 
129 
556 
Average net loss 
dollars 
105,554 
108,699 
108,552 
82,911 
48,491 
32,663 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
33 
27 
25 
6 
5 
37 
$1,000 to $4,999 
178 
155 
150 
23 
21 
113 
$5,000 to $9,999 
211 
186 
182 
25 
24 
118 
$10,000 to $24,999 
312 
275 
274 
37 
35 
127 
$25,000 to $49,999 
175 
156 
156 
19 
15 
80 
$50,000 or more 
288 
252 
248 
36 
29 
81 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
10 
10 
8 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,284 
1,159 
1,132 
125 
107 
449 
$1,000 
62,990 
57,209 
56,628 
5,781 
3,746 
9,897 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
219 
206 
203 
13 
12 
39 
$1,000 
12,071 
11,218 
(D) 
853 
(D) 
354 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
451 
388 
378 
63 
48 
275 
$1,000 
8,541 
7,275 
7,053 
1,266 
(D) 
5,080 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
32 
25 
24 
7 
7 
11 
$1,000 
291 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
155 
141 
135 
14 
13 
32 
$1,000 
10,122 
7,712 
(D) 
2,410 
(D) 
1,449 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
486 
460 
453 
26 
21 
116 
$1,000 
3,037 
(D) 
2,991 
(D) 
18 
122 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
264 
252 
248 
12 
12 
46 
$1,000 
17,330 
16,853 
16,702 
477 
477 
2,310 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
26 
23 
23 
3 
3 
18 
$1,000 
209 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
56 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
284 
262 
257 
22 
21 
52 
$1,000 
11,389 
10,661 
10,632 
728 
(D) 
517 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,757 
1,586 
1,548 
171 
157 
725 
acres 
1,272,871 
1,198,493 
1,160,204 
74,378 
65,830 
368,948 
Plarvested cropland 
farms 
1,435 
1,312 
1,283 
123 
112 
415 
acres 
738,770 
702,868 
679,129 
35,902 
30,134 
134,213 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
456 
401 
394 
55 
54 
192 
50 to 99 acres 
132 
117 
115 
15 
14 
70 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
155 
143 
141 
12 
11 
48 
200 to 499 acres 
277 
258 
247 
19 
16 
47 
500 to 999 acres 
179 
169 
167 
10 
7 
27 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
151 
141 
139 
10 
8 
22 
2,000 acres or more 
85 
83 
80 
2 
2 
9 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
199 
179 
178 
20 
17 
80 
acres 
57,756 
51,537 
(D) 
6,219 
(D) 
11,037 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
367 
340 
336 
27 
26 
100 
acres 
71,880 
67,168 
(D) 
4,712 
(D) 
15,857 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
525 
464 
453 
61 
57 
335 
acres 
186,067 
172,573 
166,756 
13,494 
12,182 
136,284 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
329 
311 
301 
18 
16 
87 
acres 
218,398 
204,347 
196,137 
14,051 
(D) 
71,557 
Total woodland 
farms 
347 
290 
287 
57 
49 
162 
acres 
175,158 
121,685 
121,555 
53,473 
6,939 
136,773 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
237 
201 
199 
36 
32 
93 
acres 
95,567 
83,223 
(D) 
12,344 
(D) 
21,610 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
146 
120 
119 
26 
21 
85 
acres 
79,591 
38,462 
(D) 
41,129 
(D) 
115,163 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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