Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
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 
761 
8 
25 
74 
175 
243 
236 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,856 
9 
80 
197 
412 
560 
598 
$5,000 to $9,999 
942 
2 
46 
73 
229 
310 
282 
$10,000 to $24,999 
974 
- 
52 
87 
197 
320 
318 
$25,000 to $49,999 
458 
3 
16 
64 
99 
143 
133 
$50,000 or more 
488 
7 
27 
67 
99 
141 
147 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
10,478 
34 
543 
1,420 
2,680 
3,180 
2,621 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
13,601 
9,168 
14,187 
13,755 
12,720 
13,562 
14,402 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
941 
8 
49 
94 
208 
312 
270 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,359 
6 
148 
447 
882 
1,033 
843 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,506 
9 
155 
344 
656 
722 
620 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,392 
7 
109 
369 
647 
727 
533 
$25,000 to $49,999 
885 
4 
66 
118 
197 
254 
246 
$50,000 or more 
395 
- 
16 
48 
90 
132 
109 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
11 
2 
5 
2 
2 
$1,000 
723 
(D) 
572 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
3,424 
8 
154 
404 
686 
1,131 
1,041 
$1,000 
51,746 
167 
2,095 
10,542 
7,777 
14,371 
16,793 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
339 
3 
42 
44 
83 
99 
68 
$1,000 
3,440 
41 
751 
580 
375 
1,062 
632 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,245 
- 
24 
83 
210 
404 
524 
$1,000 
23,567 
- 
307 
3,092 
4,744 
5,611 
9,813 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
364 
12 
28 
57 
144 
123 
$1,000 
7,467 
- 
276 
249 
794 
2,951 
3,198 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
217 
36 
39 
77 
65 
$1,000 
6,775 
- 
- 
3,934 
219 
2,128 
495 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
629 
3 
30 
92 
139 
207 
158 
$1,000 
1,690 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
440 
185 
909 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
183 
23 
43 
28 
51 
38 
$1,000 
1,011 
- 
394 
136 
56 
383 
42 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
79 
_ 
2 
12 
15 
25 
25 
$1,000 
331 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
72 
54 
153 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
677 
2 
32 
115 
157 
225 
146 
$1,000 
7,464 
(D) 
(D) 
2,441 
1,077 
1,996 
1,551 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
8,514 
28 
410 
938 
1,942 
2,693 
2,503 
acres 
679,766 
1,289 
33,448 
100,804 
155,515 
200,412 
188,298 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,822 
26 
349 
709 
1,430 
1,836 
1,472 
acres 
372,682 
1,167 
28,320 
50,850 
98,084 
117,803 
76,458 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,294 
16 
236 
511 
1,028 
1,348 
1,155 
50 to 99 acres 
793 
5 
52 
82 
216 
281 
157 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
389 
5 
34 
58 
99 
108 
85 
200 to 499 acres 
237 
- 
17 
34 
63 
66 
57 
500 to 999 acres 
60 
- 
6 
18 
9 
19 
8 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
29 
- 
2 
5 
6 
8 
8 
2,000 acres or more 
20 
“ 
2 
1 
9 
6 
2 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
919 
29 
153 
248 
259 
230 
acres 
72,712 
- 
971 
29,532 
14,111 
15,024 
13,074 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
257 
3 
7 
28 
61 
77 
81 
acres 
10,248 
6 
338 
1,067 
3,426 
2,837 
2,574 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
2,610 
7 
64 
205 
480 
836 
1,018 
acres 
205,286 
116 
3,145 
16,274 
35,164 
61,315 
89,272 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
221 
- 
6 
30 
45 
56 
84 
acres 
18,838 
- 
674 
3,081 
4,730 
3,433 
6,920 
Total woodland 
farms 
6,287 
8 
205 
707 
1,447 
2,069 
1,851 
acres 
671,416 
136 
19,100 
46,503 
135,611 
237,394 
232,672 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,347 
4 
106 
303 
570 
772 
592 
acres 
98,594 
124 
2,511 
13,192 
22,002 
32,795 
27,970 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,578 
4 
125 
495 
1,020 
1,523 
1,411 
acres 
572,822 
12 
16,589 
33,311 
113,609 
204,599 
204,702 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Louisiana 197 
