Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
67 
54 
6 
7 
39 
28 
$1,000 to $4,999 
143 
121 
15 
7 
102 
41 
$5,000 to $9,999 
122 
87 
28 
7 
74 
48 
$10,000 to $24,999 
229 
146 
64 
19 
121 
108 
$25,000 to $49,999 
242 
169 
49 
24 
158 
84 
$50,000 or more 
670 
287 
315 
68 
380 
290 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
978 
802 
112 
64 
472 
506 
Average net loss 
dollars 
48,610 
38,607 
120,366 
48,389 
30,852 
65,176 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
65 
51 
7 
7 
49 
16 
$1,000 to $4,999 
186 
157 
18 
11 
107 
79 
$5,000 to $9,999 
193 
172 
20 
1 
69 
124 
$10,000 to $24,999 
230 
195 
25 
10 
126 
104 
$25,000 to $49,999 
169 
125 
15 
29 
72 
97 
$50,000 or more 
135 
102 
27 
6 
49 
86 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
6 
1 
5 
_ 
3 
3 
$1,000 
484 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
141 
343 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,132 
682 
356 
94 
626 
506 
$1,000 
18,805 
6,633 
9,280 
2,891 
8,336 
10,468 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
142 
35 
86 
21 
70 
72 
$1,000 
1,765 
328 
984 
453 
451 
1,314 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
349 
293 
44 
12 
194 
155 
$1,000 
3,145 
2,564 
560 
20 
1,801 
1,344 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
53 
42 
11 
_ 
24 
29 
$1,000 
257 
226 
31 
- 
116 
142 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
43 
33 
8 
2 
15 
28 
$1,000 
453 
252 
(D) 
(D) 
201 
252 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
524 
263 
229 
32 
280 
244 
$1,000 
1,168 
386 
648 
135 
421 
747 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
246 
51 
151 
44 
150 
96 
$1,000 
6,691 
333 
5,337 
1,022 
3,564 
3,127 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
99 
29 
60 
10 
51 
48 
$1,000 
614 
155 
(D) 
(D) 
211 
403 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
175 
123 
33 
19 
90 
85 
$1,000 
4,712 
2,391 
1,164 
1,158 
1,572 
3,141 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,658 
935 
570 
153 
946 
712 
acres 
439,157 
68,658 
301,358 
69,141 
192,528 
246,629 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,448 
742 
565 
141 
848 
600 
acres 
421,321 
57,386 
295,274 
68,661 
183,184 
238,137 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
719 
554 
122 
43 
403 
316 
50 to 99 acres 
156 
82 
64 
10 
105 
51 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
165 
59 
73 
33 
112 
53 
200 to 499 acres 
188 
24 
139 
25 
141 
47 
500 to 999 acres 
85 
11 
71 
3 
37 
48 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
78 
8 
56 
14 
35 
43 
2,000 acres or more 
57 
4 
40 
13 
15 
42 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
193 
144 
34 
15 
83 
110 
acres 
6,658 
3,729 
(D) 
(D) 
3,614 
3,044 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
30 
17 
13 
- 
22 
8 
acres 
576 
361 
215 
- 
496 
80 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
268 
200 
59 
9 
149 
119 
acres 
9,981 
6,783 
2,905 
293 
4,832 
5,149 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
34 
22 
11 
1 
23 
11 
acres 
621 
399 
(D) 
(D) 
402 
219 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,073 
744 
314 
15 
545 
528 
acres 
42,184 
24,294 
17,573 
317 
21,695 
20,489 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
169 
131 
32 
6 
63 
106 
acres 
2,219 
1,522 
637 
60 
950 
1,269 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
969 
665 
295 
9 
504 
465 
acres 
39,965 
22,772 
16,936 
257 
20,745 
19,220 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Delaware 213 
