Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
FARM PRODUCTION EXPENSES - Con. 
Total farm production expenses 1 - Con. 
Rent and lease expenses for machinery, 
equipment, and farm share of vehicles 
farms 
91 
115 
137 
95 
111 
252 
$1,000 
503 
188 
173 
85 
92 
390 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
36 
75 
87 
63 
77 
150 
$1,000 to $4,999 
30 
28 
41 
30 
34 
83 
$5,000 to $24,999 
21 
12 
9 
2 
- 
19 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Interest expense 
farms 
505 
859 
825 
710 
631 
1,319 
$1,000 
3,220 
4,209 
4,060 
3,347 
3,015 
6,384 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
314 
599 
551 
469 
417 
934 
$5,000 to $24,999 
177 
234 
252 
228 
202 
354 
$25,000 to $99,999 
12 
25 
22 
13 
12 
31 
$100,000 or more 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Secured by real estate 
farms 
318 
616 
578 
518 
431 
908 
$1,000 
2,117 
3,448 
3,268 
2,741 
2,392 
4,918 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
41 
116 
96 
114 
103 
154 
$1,000 to $4,999 
141 
280 
258 
206 
159 
422 
$5,000 to $24,999 
123 
198 
205 
188 
159 
303 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
21 
19 
10 
10 
27 
$50,000 or more 
2 
1 
" 
- 
- 
2 
Not secured by real estate 
farms 
301 
463 
442 
386 
369 
740 
$1,000 
1,103 
762 
792 
606 
623 
1,466 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $999 
119 
223 
178 
152 
156 
258 
$1,000 to $4,999 
120 
209 
225 
213 
190 
451 
$5,000 to $24,999 
59 
30 
38 
21 
23 
31 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Property taxes paid 
farms 
1,599 
3,593 
3,583 
3,389 
3,307 
6,365 
$1,000 
1,861 
3,194 
2,743 
2,460 
2,104 
5,617 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
1,550 
3,528 
3,540 
3,359 
3,270 
6,228 
$5,000 to $9,999 
33 
52 
29 
22 
29 
97 
$10,000 to $24,999 
16 
11 
9 
3 
6 
25 
$25,000 or more 
2 
5 
5 
2 
15 
All other production 
expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,024 
1,843 
1,649 
1,332 
1,256 
2,914 
$1,000 
4,163 
3,947 
3,101 
1,984 
1,904 
5,426 
Farms with expenses of- 
$1 to $4,999 
804 
1,653 
1,512 
1,253 
1,177 
2,683 
$5,000 to $24,999 
203 
176 
126 
74 
75 
225 
$25,000 to $49,999 
10 
12 
6 
5 
4 
4 
$50,000 to $99,999 
5 
2 
5 
- 
- 
2 
$100,000 or more 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Production expenses paid by 
landlords 1 
farms 
17 
12 
15 
8 
14 
18 
$1,000 
37 
36 
29 
13 
7 
18 
Depreciation expenses claimed 
farms 
877 
1,509 
1,325 
1,146 
960 
1,890 
$1,000 
8,868 
11,329 
8,857 
6,744 
4,947 
13,421 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) 
Net cash farm income of operations 
farms 
1,795 
3,862 
3,832 
3,632 
3,549 
6,894 
$1,000 
6,468 
-3,089 
-18,472 
-16,502 
-20,309 
-69,494 
Average per farm 
dollars 
3,603 
-800 
-4,820 
-4,543 
-5,722 
-10,080 
Farms with net gains 2 
number 
1,124 
2,227 
1,708 
1,231 
792 
405 
Average net gain 
dollars 
23,599 
12,645 
6,219 
5,882 
4,959 
14,698 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
25 
93 
197 
305 
301 
150 
$1,000 to $4,999 
102 
495 
913 
779 
383 
98 
$5,000 to $9,999 
155 
691 
464 
60 
52 
32 
$10,000 to $24,999 
493 
818 
83 
44 
32 
51 
$25,000 to $49,999 
309 
73 
37 
15 
14 
43 
$50,000 or more 
40 
57 
14 
28 
10 
31 
Farms with net losses 
number 
671 
1,635 
2,124 
2,401 
2,757 
6,489 
Average net loss 
dollars 
29,892 
19,113 
13,698 
9,888 
8,791 
11,627 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
29 
94 
230 
261 
320 
450 
$1,000 to $4,999 
93 
351 
632 
788 
1,047 
2,109 
$5,000 to $9,999 
103 
344 
457 
598 
680 
1,719 
$10,000 to $24,999 
181 
471 
491 
527 
547 
1,569 
$25,000 to $49,999 
173 
246 
238 
194 
116 
423 
$50,000 or more 
92 
129 
76 
33 
47 
219 
Net cash farm income of operators 
farms 
1,795 
3,862 
3,832 
3,632 
3,549 
6,894 
$1,000 
6,111 
-3,245 
-18,525 
-16,534 
-20,309 
-69,480 
Average per farm 
dollars 
3,405 
-840 
-4,834 
-4,552 
-5,723 
-10,078 
Operators reporting net gains 2 
farms 
1,119 
2,218 
1,698 
1,229 
793 
407 
Average net gain 
dollars 
23,449 
12,661 
6,237 
5,896 
4,954 
14,629 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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