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 ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
143 
41 
50 
22 
8 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
122 
33 
48 
8 
14 
7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
229 
39 
72 
21 
26 
19 
$25,000 to $49,999 
242 
39 
87 
16 
14 
39 
$50,000 or more 
670 
48 
126 
16 
34 
28 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
978 
239 
511 
56 
59 
45 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
48,610 
17,524 
46,608 
43,128 
31,343 
84,912 
Less than $1 ,000 
65 
20 
36 
6 
1 
- 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
186 
67 
92 
6 
13 
1 
$5,000 to $9,999 
193 
37 
106 
12 
15 
9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
230 
62 
115 
14 
13 
19 
$25,000 to $49,999 
169 
38 
102 
5 
3 
4 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
135 
15 
60 
13 
14 
12 
Total 
... farms 
6 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
484 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
1,132 
163 
344 
80 
85 
72 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
18,805 
1,177 
2,599 
625 
964 
835 
services 
... farms 
142 
3 
23 
11 
2 
7 
$1,000 
1,765 
(D) 
121 
68 
(D) 
93 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
349 
52 
132 
46 
30 
35 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
3,145 
249 
728 
431 
215 
344 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
53 
3 
23 
2 
8 
10 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
257 
(D) 
60 
(D) 
(D) 
81 
(see text) 
... farms 
43 
7 
13 
1 
8 
2 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
453 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
524 
55 
133 
30 
42 
30 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
1,168 
70 
171 
(D) 
48 
72 
payments received 
... farms 
246 
12 
11 
6 
14 
15 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
6,691 
34 
35 
54 
58 
141 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
99 
4 
16 
7 
7 
2 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
614 
1 
112 
6 
7 
(D) 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
175 
51 
69 
6 
17 
3 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
4,712 
719 
1,367 
34 
590 
(D) 
Total cropland 
... farms 
1,658 
130 
520 
122 
140 
144 
acres 
439,157 
392 
7,351 
4,751 
7,187 
11,907 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
1,448 
100 
421 
105 
124 
125 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
421,321 
274 
5,809 
3,913 
6,091 
9,865 
1 to 49 acres 
719 
100 
421 
80 
66 
28 
50 to 99 acres 
156 
- 
- 
25 
58 
42 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
165 
- 
- 
- 
- 
55 
200 to 499 acres 
188 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
85 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
78 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
57 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
193 
26 
75 
10 
13 
21 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
6,658 
66 
657 
336 
431 
1,218 
were abandoned 
... farms 
30 
2 
8 
1 
4 
3 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
576 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
83 
(D) 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
268 
10 
101 
29 
19 
17 
acres 
9,981 
(D) 
834 
473 
505 
526 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
34 
1 
2 
3 
8 
7 
acres 
621 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
77 
(D) 
Total woodland 
... farms 
1,073 
29 
420 
93 
117 
100 
acres 
42,184 
(D) 
4,038 
1,814 
3,713 
3,957 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
169 
20 
64 
13 
26 
14 
acres 
2,219 
(D) 
350 
96 
374 
342 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
969 
12 
388 
80 
100 
91 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
39,965 
23 
3,688 
1,718 
3,339 
3,615 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
853 
163 
468 
54 
61 
28 
acres 
8,154 
(D) 
4,015 
828 
971 
413 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
60 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
