Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
49 
3 
1 
13 
21 
11 
$1,000 to $4,999 
79 
- 
9 
4 
9 
44 
13 
$5,000 to $9,999 
49 
- 
2 
2 
14 
17 
14 
$10,000 to $24,999 
75 
1 
- 
3 
27 
26 
18 
$25,000 to $49,999 
93 
- 
7 
10 
17 
20 
39 
$50,000 or more 
95 
- 
12 
10 
15 
39 
19 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
446 
- 
23 
63 
114 
138 
108 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
21,875 
- 
15,212 
22,804 
16,158 
29,605 
18,909 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
28 
2 
7 
15 
4 
$1,000 to $4,999 
96 
- 
1 
10 
23 
34 
28 
$5,000 to $9,999 
93 
- 
8 
14 
26 
19 
26 
$10,000 to $24,999 
115 
- 
12 
18 
31 
30 
24 
$25,000 to $49,999 
76 
- 
1 
11 
24 
27 
13 
$50,000 or more 
38 
- 
1 
8 
3 
13 
13 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
320 
1 
14 
40 
71 
Ill 
83 
$1,000 
3,772 
(D) 
(D) 
666 
957 
953 
1,120 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
21 
2 
1 
5 
8 
5 
$1,000 
99 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
12 
(D) 
37 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
136 
- 
2 
13 
17 
67 
37 
$1,000 
1,272 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
295 
529 
343 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
30 
8 
9 
11 
2 
$1,000 
160 
- 
- 
(D) 
44 
79 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
23 
6 
7 
2 
6 
2 
$1,000 
232 
- 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
110 
1 
2 
18 
23 
31 
35 
$1,000 
130 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
45 
37 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
33 
. 
2 
8 
8 
8 
7 
$1,000 
367 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
60 
46 
150 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
21 
_ 
3 
1 
6 
5 
6 
$1,000 
136 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
63 
22 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
66 
1 
20 
20 
10 
15 
$1,000 
1,376 
- 
(D) 
374 
(D) 
111 
487 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
542 
1 
22 
54 
128 
180 
157 
acres 
37,736 
(D) 
(D) 
4,294 
6,322 
14,709 
1 1 ,338 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
444 
1 
19 
50 
102 
156 
116 
acres 
31,599 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
5,017 
13,333 
8,650 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
321 
12 
43 
79 
107 
80 
50 to 99 acres 
52 
1 
5 
4 
11 
17 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
39 
- 
1 
- 
7 
20 
11 
200 to 499 acres 
21 
- 
1 
1 
3 
8 
8 
500 to 999 acres 
5 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
2 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
5 
- 
- 
2 
- 
2 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
81 
3 
3 
24 
25 
26 
acres 
1,820 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
614 
(D) 
929 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
9 
2 
6 
1 
acres 
195 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
102 
2 
7 
35 
23 
35 
acres 
3,956 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
655 
(D) 
(D) 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
9 
- 
- 
- 
2 
7 
- 
acres 
166 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Total woodland 
farms 
409 
_ 
19 
41 
110 
132 
107 
acres 
(D) 
- 
373 
999 
(D) 
3,690 
4,782 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
74 
- 
1 
13 
13 
33 
14 
acres 
829 
- 
(D) 
196 
(D) 
319 
253 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
366 
- 
19 
30 
103 
119 
95 
acres 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
803 
(D) 
3,371 
4,529 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
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