Table 6. Income From Farm-Related Sources: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Delaware 
Kent 
New Castle 
Sussex 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms, 2012 
1,132 
344 
150 
638 
2007 
1,063 
312 
108 
643 
$1,000, 2012 
18,805 
7,231 
2,742 
8,832 
2007 
22,499 
6,842 
2,036 
13,621 
Average per farm 
....dollars, 2012 
16,612 
21,019 
18,280 
13,843 
2007 
21,165 
21,930 
18,854 
21,183 
Customwork and other agricultural services 
farms, 2012 
142 
43 
15 
84 
2007 
123 
36 
16 
71 
$1,000, 2012 
1,765 
398 
231 
1,136 
2007 
2,481 
652 
194 
1,636 
Gross cash rent or share payments (see text) ... 
farms, 2012 
349 
109 
42 
198 
2007 
367 
115 
37 
215 
$1,000, 2012 
3,145 
748 
409 
1,988 
2007 
2,896 
811 
354 
1,731 
Sales of forest products, excluding Christmas 
trees, short rotation woody crops, and 
maple products 
farms, 2012 
53 
16 
19 
18 
2007 
38 
14 
12 
12 
$1,000, 2012 
257 
(D) 
(D) 
137 
2007 
157 
(D) 
19 
(D) 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
farms, 2012 
43 
12 
13 
18 
2007 
24 
5 
11 
8 
$1,000, 2012 
453 
(D) 
(D) 
57 
2007 
445 
(D) 
224 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms, 2012 
524 
177 
39 
308 
2007 
450 
118 
12 
320 
$1,000, 2012 
1,168 
451 
47 
670 
2007 
1,147 
410 
17 
721 
Crop and livestock insurance payments 
farms, 2012 
246 
104 
13 
129 
2007 
220 
78 
10 
132 
$1,000, 2012 
6,691 
3,312 
95 
3,284 
2007 
8,746 
3,436 
49 
5,261 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms, 2012 
99 
26 
20 
53 
2007 
97 
17 
6 
74 
$1,000, 2012 
614 
167 
136 
310 
2007 
588 
212 
25 
351 
Average per farm 
....dollars, 2012 
6,202 
6,428 
6,823 
5,856 
2007 
6,062 
12,477 
4,144 
4,744 
Other farm-related income sources (see text) ... 
farms, 2012 
175 
66 
40 
69 
2007 
139 
50 
32 
57 
$1,000, 2012 
4,712 
1,952 
1,509 
1,251 
2007 
6,038 
1,182 
1,154 
3,701 
228 Delaware 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
