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 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
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 
1,091 
- 
- 
- 
5 
16 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,815 
3 
5 
1 
14 
36 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,551 
2 
8 
6 
18 
62 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,826 
14 
15 
27 
67 
177 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,040 
18 
35 
39 
134 
337 
$50,000 or more 
2,790 
1,168 
493 
370 
386 
193 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
16,980 
93 
77 
127 
226 
357 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,302 
727,465 
172,056 
169,209 
90,132 
50,271 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,435 
- 
- 
3 
5 
27 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,057 
7 
- 
- 
8 
29 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,975 
2 
1 
4 
21 
35 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,933 
6 
10 
20 
39 
70 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,552 
2 
7 
16 
47 
89 
$50,000 or more 
1,028 
76 
59 
84 
106 
107 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
120 
43 
25 
16 
21 
5 
$1,000 
18,335 
12,084 
4,045 
1,403 
668 
102 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
6,962 
568 
283 
240 
391 
429 
$1,000 
133,307 
31,886 
16,548 
12,739 
8,641 
7,326 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
919 
148 
57 
40 
74 
59 
$1,000 
18,080 
6,704 
3,195 
1,607 
1,563 
897 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,209 
97 
55 
85 
116 
152 
$1,000 
47,821 
7,981 
4,362 
3,665 
3,772 
3,861 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
622 
_ 
3 
2 
8 
41 
$1,000 
13,900 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
108 
1,559 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
361 
12 
9 
14 
25 
28 
$1,000 
8,996 
2,504 
1,849 
199 
507 
446 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,788 
327 
124 
92 
169 
170 
$1,000 
9,956 
6,714 
539 
550 
915 
259 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
510 
126 
83 
29 
27 
16 
$1,000 
10,417 
5,800 
2,642 
923 
580 
76 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
184 
19 
6 
12 
13 
14 
$1,000 
1,293 
473 
(D) 
(D) 
130 
29 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,273 
62 
19 
21 
19 
21 
$1,000 
22,844 
1,710 
1,958 
5,531 
1,066 
199 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
16,597 
1,197 
593 
515 
761 
1,022 
acres 
4,275,637 
2,437,112 
577,623 
263,902 
202,942 
155,030 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
12,918 
1,183 
588 
512 
746 
971 
acres 
3,447,617 
2,245,799 
471,932 
205,188 
141,364 
96,386 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,643 
63 
25 
41 
101 
272 
50 to 99 acres 
1,652 
28 
3 
15 
93 
299 
100 to 199 acres 
1,013 
26 
14 
35 
227 
264 
200 to 499 acres 
882 
23 
64 
265 
283 
132 
500 to 999 acres 
563 
68 
301 
147 
42 
4 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
726 
538 
179 
9 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
439 
437 
2 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,775 
46 
50 
36 
78 
87 
acres 
217,145 
28,936 
46,048 
16,744 
29,937 
23,734 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
519 
35 
23 
16 
26 
29 
acres 
37,225 
6,019 
3,611 
2,074 
5,273 
2,106 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,022 
229 
109 
72 
100 
139 
acres 
443,430 
86,389 
40,092 
29,433 
20,449 
29,525 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
696 
187 
56 
41 
53 
45 
acres 
130,220 
69,969 
15,940 
10,463 
5,919 
3,279 
Total woodland 
farms 
10,486 
305 
154 
172 
270 
424 
acres 
1,255,635 
101,282 
48,297 
51,655 
57,207 
180,584 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
4,337 
69 
40 
55 
99 
194 
acres 
225,654 
24,545 
8,092 
14,781 
13,410 
15,594 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
7,372 
265 
135 
145 
210 
288 
acres 
1,029,981 
76,737 
40,205 
36,874 
43,797 
164,990 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
