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 
1,612 
1,364 
178 
70 
1,012 
600 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,390 
2,912 
348 
130 
2,016 
1,374 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,107 
1,749 
229 
129 
1,220 
887 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,002 
2,548 
301 
153 
1,772 
1,230 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,995 
1,603 
290 
102 
1,144 
851 
$50,000 or more 
4,040 
2,706 
967 
367 
2,117 
1,923 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
31,594 
26,290 
4,224 
1,080 
16,477 
15,117 
Average net loss 
dollars 
25,614 
20,916 
45,937 
60,472 
22,728 
28,759 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,506 
2,180 
245 
81 
1,536 
970 
$1,000 to $4,999 
9,685 
8,427 
984 
274 
5,422 
4,263 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,755 
5,734 
840 
181 
3,471 
3,284 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,794 
5,543 
1,023 
228 
3,374 
3,420 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,112 
2,448 
547 
117 
1,445 
1,667 
$50,000 or more 
2,742 
1,958 
585 
199 
1,229 
1,513 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
139 
15 
112 
12 
96 
43 
$1,000 
21,830 
3,606 
17,724 
499 
11,192 
10,638 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
10,253 
8,221 
1,574 
458 
5,432 
4,821 
$1,000 
241,016 
173,784 
50,301 
16,931 
106,534 
134,482 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,648 
1,085 
467 
96 
911 
737 
$1,000 
35,509 
16,447 
16,667 
2,395 
17,533 
17,976 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,566 
2,098 
372 
96 
1,417 
1,149 
$1,000 
35,187 
22,467 
10,606 
2,114 
17,178 
18,009 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
959 
839 
100 
20 
509 
450 
$1,000 
22,897 
19,551 
3,160 
187 
9,528 
13,370 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
724 
615 
87 
22 
326 
398 
$1,000 
15,770 
12,444 
2,776 
550 
2,926 
12,845 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,231 
900 
278 
53 
665 
566 
$1,000 
6,945 
3,826 
2,530 
588 
3,270 
3,674 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
549 
361 
131 
57 
288 
261 
$1,000 
16,975 
9,621 
3,587 
3,768 
4,833 
12,142 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
156 
102 
45 
9 
64 
92 
$1,000 
2,074 
1,028 
933 
113 
568 
1,506 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,460 
2,944 
383 
133 
1,725 
1,735 
$1,000 
105,655 
88,401 
10,042 
7,212 
50,695 
54,960 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
24,544 
19,820 
3,628 
1,096 
13,683 
10,861 
acres 
2,744,064 
1,486,255 
1,078,893 
178,916 
1,282,011 
1,462,053 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,011 
16,804 
3,220 
987 
11,676 
9,335 
acres 
2,184,485 
1,129,748 
902,758 
151,979 
992,322 
1,192,163 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
16,877 
14,664 
1,556 
657 
9,506 
7,371 
50 to 99 acres 
1,514 
977 
455 
82 
827 
687 
100 to 199 acres 
971 
510 
381 
80 
512 
459 
200 to 499 acres 
917 
390 
432 
95 
499 
418 
500 to 999 acres 
389 
123 
227 
39 
183 
206 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
193 
68 
98 
27 
81 
112 
2,000 acres or more 
150 
72 
71 
7 
68 
82 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
2,611 
2,015 
526 
70 
1,287 
1,324 
acres 
277,911 
162,984 
104,260 
10,667 
173,260 
104,651 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,232 
989 
189 
54 
682 
550 
acres 
45,700 
28,330 
14,502 
2,868 
18,883 
26,817 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
2,972 
2,512 
351 
109 
1,675 
1,297 
acres 
188,691 
142,010 
34,224 
12,457 
85,126 
103,565 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
519 
396 
109 
14 
278 
241 
acres 
47,277 
23,183 
23,149 
945 
12,420 
34,857 
Total woodland 
farms 
14,649 
11,700 
2,601 
348 
7,584 
7,065 
acres 
2,398,545 
1,479,704 
796,363 
122,478 
1,244,691 
1,153,854 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
7,933 
5,863 
1,814 
256 
3,970 
3,963 
acres 
1,368,171 
706,523 
555,956 
105,692 
698,145 
670,026 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
8,572 
7,253 
1,198 
121 
4,459 
4,113 
acres 
1,030,374 
773,181 
240,407 
16,786 
546,546 
483,828 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Florida 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
