Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
892 
126 
357 
113 
99 
94 
$5,000 to $9,999 
601 
45 
167 
86 
71 
93 
$10,000 to $24,999 
898 
67 
213 
91 
114 
113 
$25,000 to $49,999 
710 
43 
164 
47 
63 
89 
$50,000 or more 
1,894 
64 
230 
81 
79 
85 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
6,940 
1,090 
3,278 
667 
516 
465 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
25,861 
14,745 
17,112 
21,810 
24,752 
31,032 
Less than $1 ,000 
386 
64 
196 
47 
30 
13 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,678 
320 
844 
176 
127 
93 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,468 
289 
727 
149 
98 
91 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,912 
314 
929 
155 
145 
132 
$25,000 to $49,999 
801 
52 
404 
76 
67 
61 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
695 
51 
178 
64 
49 
75 
Total 
... farms 
49 
- 
6 
- 
1 
2 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
5,313 
13 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
5,152 
346 
1,465 
456 
481 
493 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
109,857 
4,336 
16,899 
6,265 
7,833 
7,455 
services 
... farms 
745 
22 
96 
29 
49 
70 
$1,000 
14,688 
355 
798 
58 
444 
624 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
1,835 
100 
649 
224 
218 
213 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
16,073 
474 
3,179 
1,091 
1,548 
2,601 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
268 
8 
60 
30 
38 
39 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
2,417 
19 
103 
156 
513 
443 
(see text) 
... farms 
307 
24 
66 
33 
27 
40 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
7,257 
(D) 
972 
939 
323 
317 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
1,664 
104 
308 
101 
134 
124 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
4,320 
82 
557 
166 
222 
181 
payments received 
... farms 
545 
4 
36 
11 
23 
27 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
21,120 
7 
329 
79 
251 
229 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
817 
4 
99 
44 
62 
57 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
9,244 
(D) 
387 
179 
751 
283 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
961 
124 
420 
89 
72 
72 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
34,739 
3,283 
10,573 
3,597 
3,782 
2,777 
Total cropland 
... farms 
9,278 
575 
3,042 
926 
855 
854 
acres 
1,396,144 
1,890 
43,989 
27,572 
37,240 
54,801 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
7,530 
479 
2,209 
694 
655 
691 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
1,280,965 
1,454 
28,300 
18,909 
27,324 
41,144 
1 to 49 acres 
4,292 
479 
2,209 
589 
406 
311 
50 to 99 acres 
968 
- 
- 
105 
249 
244 
100 to 199 acres 
855 
- 
- 
- 
- 
136 
200 to 499 acres 
743 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
390 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
198 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
84 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
766 
42 
312 
74 
65 
69 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
15,176 
(D) 
2,321 
1,149 
1,217 
1,415 
were abandoned 
... farms 
457 
15 
161 
56 
52 
38 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
8,611 
(D) 
1,237 
640 
1,043 
928 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
2,672 
80 
914 
304 
284 
271 
acres 
85,770 
272 
11,407 
6,438 
7,375 
10,338 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
275 
12 
100 
33 
23 
35 
acres 
5,622 
(D) 
724 
436 
281 
976 
Total woodland 
... farms 
6,946 
332 
2,361 
760 
705 
700 
acres 
348,482 
791 
23,389 
16,941 
23,337 
32,102 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
1,459 
120 
563 
120 
151 
141 
acres 
24,830 
218 
3,251 
1,194 
1,973 
2,814 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
6,229 
241 
2,027 
701 
643 
656 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
323,652 
573 
20,138 
15,747 
21,364 
29,288 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
6,315 
710 
2,549 
588 
505 
498 
acres 
161,243 
2,776 
28,891 
12,074 
12,298 
15,671 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
64 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
