Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
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 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,602 
517 
23 
24 
47 
110 
313 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,287 
1,337 
5 
42 
51 
127 
301 
811 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,840 
812 
10 
22 
42 
98 
180 
460 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,762 
1,413 
5 
66 
63 
202 
339 
738 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,928 
1,198 
2 
59 
83 
199 
329 
526 
$50,000 or more 
5,184 
4,275 
25 
270 
551 
1,106 
1,241 
1,082 
Operators reporting net losses 
.... farms 
25,654 
10,306 
37 
299 
668 
1,349 
2,765 
5,188 
Average net loss 
...dollars 
20,480 
31,132 
15,039 
54,474 
55,181 
51,234 
20,818 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,080 
682 
4 
14 
27 
66 
141 
430 
$1,000 to $4,999 
7,739 
2,603 
19 
64 
117 
301 
648 
1,454 
$5,000 to $9,999 
5,597 
2,142 
4 
48 
120 
300 
572 
1,098 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,972 
2,524 
6 
65 
177 
331 
682 
1,263 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,568 
1,242 
- 
37 
84 
164 
388 
569 
$50,000 or more 
1,698 
1,113 
4 
71 
143 
187 
334 
374 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
653 
547 
6 
33 
62 
131 
171 
144 
$1,000 
117,078 
105,888 
1 
3,042 
12,403 
33,809 
35,512 
21,120 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,069 
6,353 
31 
274 
548 
1,051 
1,734 
2,715 
$1,000 
219,910 
144,411 
517 
7,776 
10,955 
33,708 
44,521 
46,935 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,782 
1,229 
25 
99 
138 
234 
361 
372 
$1,000 
29,982 
25,816 
366 
3,269 
2,475 
6,010 
6,821 
6,876 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
4,369 
1,959 
5 
35 
107 
255 
492 
1,065 
$1,000 
45,143 
23,002 
89 
321 
965 
3,910 
5,805 
11,913 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,233 
1,032 
4 
11 
69 
155 
285 
508 
$1,000 
60,466 
30,067 
(D) 
(D) 
1,799 
5,378 
8,566 
14,058 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
944 
471 
19 
25 
83 
139 
205 
$1,000 
26,044 
17,017 
- 
1,103 
979 
5,098 
8,107 
1,730 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
2,356 
1,557 
6 
66 
175 
345 
467 
498 
$1,000 
8,719 
7,159 
(D) 
(D) 
901 
1,789 
2,436 
1,817 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
956 
697 
41 
101 
108 
216 
231 
$1,000 
25,613 
23,708 
- 
830 
2,055 
6,060 
8,918 
5,845 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
325 
168 
_ 
8 
8 
20 
44 
88 
$1,000 
1,900 
1,567 
- 
123 
48 
275 
355 
766 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,439 
720 
5 
43 
67 
127 
203 
275 
$1,000 
22,042 
16,075 
9 
1,701 
1,732 
5,188 
3,513 
3,931 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
28,360 
14,288 
53 
606 
1,018 
2,251 
3,818 
6,542 
acres 
4,190,918 
3,420,582 
7,944 
172,531 
374,005 
861,081 
1,038,300 
966,721 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
22,347 
12,214 
51 
536 
887 
1,990 
3,249 
5,501 
acres 
3,609,788 
3,128,287 
7,551 
162,272 
346,855 
811,987 
958,761 
840,861 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
14,754 
6,605 
20 
182 
358 
808 
1,682 
3,555 
50 to 99 acres 
2,512 
1,439 
6 
71 
87 
218 
353 
704 
100 to 199 acres 
1,637 
1,117 
11 
85 
65 
187 
299 
470 
200 to 499 acres 
1,263 
1,023 
12 
74 
135 
207 
280 
315 
500 to 999 acres 
1,275 
1,175 
2 
86 
142 
341 
360 
244 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
620 
581 
- 
28 
65 
158 
183 
147 
2,000 acres or more 
286 
274 
- 
10 
35 
71 
92 
66 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,704 
1,308 
2 
50 
131 
224 
304 
597 
acres 
130,564 
87,232 
(D) 
(D) 
9,263 
14,059 
24,635 
36,878 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,258 
595 
1 
22 
27 
85 
180 
280 
acres 
40,490 
25,042 
(D) 
(D) 
4,941 
3,157 
5,871 
10,275 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,867 
2,744 
6 
93 
161 
389 
730 
1,365 
acres 
359,889 
145,369 
208 
5,546 
7,972 
27,491 
39,651 
64,501 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,121 
601 
7 
16 
46 
94 
148 
290 
acres 
50,187 
34,652 
118 
1,585 
4,974 
4,387 
9,382 
14,206 
Total woodland 
farms 
26,154 
12,129 
45 
318 
777 
1,711 
3,276 
6,002 
acres 
3,475,854 
1,773,336 
3,820 
25,448 
118,699 
306,430 
513,392 
805,547 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
10,336 
5,299 
30 
167 
306 
695 
1,319 
2,782 
acres 
370,185 
221,041 
522 
3,705 
11,306 
30,875 
63,364 
111,269 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
19,886 
8,917 
23 
190 
588 
1,301 
2,499 
4,316 
acres 
3,105,669 
1,552,295 
3,298 
21,743 
107,393 
275,555 
450,028 
694,278 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
196 Georgia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
