Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
859 
153 
79 
746 
345 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,815 
2,149 
464 
202 
1,843 
972 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,551 
1,137 
311 
103 
1,005 
546 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,826 
1,215 
488 
123 
1,230 
596 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,040 
566 
326 
148 
700 
340 
$50,000 or more 
2,790 
844 
1,218 
728 
1,607 
1,183 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
16,980 
12,070 
3,661 
1,249 
9,689 
7,291 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,302 
14,309 
28,021 
55,597 
19,142 
21,844 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,435 
1,113 
242 
80 
920 
515 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,057 
3,898 
841 
318 
3,092 
1,965 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,975 
2,914 
799 
262 
2,242 
1,733 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,933 
2,657 
994 
282 
2,020 
1,913 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,552 
980 
430 
142 
870 
682 
$50,000 or more 
1,028 
508 
355 
165 
545 
483 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
120 
16 
56 
48 
73 
47 
$1,000 
18,335 
1,942 
8,379 
8,014 
7,411 
10,924 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
6,962 
4,270 
1,929 
763 
4,336 
2,626 
$1,000 
133,307 
77,542 
30,933 
24,831 
71,556 
61,751 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
919 
383 
387 
149 
530 
389 
$1,000 
18,080 
3,366 
8,602 
6,112 
10,314 
7,766 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,209 
1,696 
395 
118 
1,429 
780 
$1,000 
47,821 
36,093 
7,637 
4,091 
29,791 
18,030 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
622 
490 
124 
8 
397 
225 
$1,000 
13,900 
11,947 
1,940 
13 
8,031 
5,869 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
361 
268 
70 
23 
205 
156 
$1,000 
8,996 
6,297 
753 
1,946 
3,468 
5,528 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,788 
756 
717 
315 
1,094 
694 
$1,000 
9,956 
1,185 
4,216 
4,555 
4,485 
5,470 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
510 
178 
189 
143 
330 
180 
$1,000 
10,417 
590 
3,701 
6,126 
5,679 
4,737 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
184 
104 
66 
14 
120 
64 
$1,000 
1,293 
491 
698 
104 
745 
548 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,273 
839 
314 
120 
765 
508 
$1,000 
22,844 
17,574 
3,386 
1,884 
9,043 
13,802 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
16,597 
10,020 
4,879 
1,698 
9,994 
6,603 
acres 
4,275,637 
856,560 
2,058,051 
1,361,026 
2,160,078 
2,115,559 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
12,918 
6,959 
4,423 
1,536 
7,551 
5,367 
acres 
3,447,617 
479,131 
1,744,570 
1,223,916 
1,688,050 
1,759,567 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
7,643 
5,475 
1,742 
426 
4,502 
3,141 
50 to 99 acres 
1,652 
775 
711 
166 
979 
673 
100 to 199 acres 
1,013 
342 
539 
132 
615 
398 
200 to 499 acres 
882 
199 
509 
174 
546 
336 
500 to 999 acres 
563 
74 
295 
194 
348 
215 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
726 
52 
411 
263 
388 
338 
2,000 acres or more 
439 
42 
216 
181 
173 
266 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,775 
1,067 
594 
114 
1,053 
722 
acres 
217,145 
99,796 
95,317 
22,032 
131,572 
85,573 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
519 
293 
163 
63 
310 
209 
acres 
37,225 
8,639 
14,309 
14,277 
22,523 
14,702 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
4,022 
3,063 
727 
232 
2,598 
1,424 
acres 
443,430 
249,670 
144,114 
49,646 
256,511 
186,919 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
696 
287 
254 
155 
420 
276 
acres 
130,220 
19,324 
59,741 
51,155 
61,422 
68,798 
Total woodland 
farms 
10,486 
7,785 
2,320 
381 
6,070 
4,416 
acres 
1,255,635 
899,539 
309,365 
46,731 
661,047 
594,588 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
4,337 
2,837 
1,265 
235 
2,397 
1,940 
acres 
225,654 
107,023 
98,728 
19,903 
116,072 
109,582 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
7,372 
5,791 
1,411 
170 
4,362 
3,010 
acres 
1,029,981 
792,516 
210,637 
26,828 
544,975 
485,006 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 Louisiana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
