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 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$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 
321 
i 
1 
1 
3 
4 
$1,000 to $4,999 
892 
- 
2 
6 
13 
20 
$5,000 to $9,999 
601 
2 
9 
4 
15 
31 
$10,000 to $24,999 
898 
6 
17 
29 
74 
103 
$25,000 to $49,999 
710 
15 
68 
48 
155 
169 
$50,000 or more 
1,894 
516 
483 
349 
367 
82 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
6,940 
39 
68 
112 
151 
153 
Average net loss 
dollars 
25,861 
407,100 
151,681 
130,891 
90,155 
61,309 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
386 
1 
9 
5 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,678 
1 
2 
2 
11 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,468 
2 
8 
6 
14 
14 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,912 
5 
6 
18 
25 
26 
$25,000 to $49,999 
801 
4 
11 
8 
22 
43 
$50,000 or more 
695 
27 
41 
77 
70 
56 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
49 
19 
11 
5 
4 
$1,000 
5,313 
4,014 
1,193 
68 
19 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
5,152 
366 
418 
362 
473 
285 
$1,000 
109,857 
22,254 
11,280 
11,422 
11,739 
5,881 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
745 
93 
106 
107 
123 
46 
$1,000 
14,688 
4,760 
3,320 
2,024 
2,358 
707 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,835 
95 
73 
45 
63 
72 
$1,000 
16,073 
1,062 
1,074 
420 
611 
829 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
268 
9 
7 
12 
25 
22 
$1,000 
2,417 
179 
36 
361 
285 
185 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
307 
14 
22 
28 
26 
26 
$1,000 
7,257 
501 
213 
383 
941 
1,647 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,664 
201 
265 
215 
196 
109 
$1,000 
4,320 
1,800 
763 
494 
318 
153 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
545 
103 
94 
90 
105 
38 
$1,000 
21,120 
8,464 
3,490 
4,636 
2,936 
334 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
817 
112 
119 
114 
146 
64 
$1,000 
9,244 
4,105 
1,620 
1,204 
1,106 
254 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
961 
32 
34 
45 
39 
36 
$1,000 
34,739 
1,382 
764 
1,901 
3,186 
1,772 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
9,278 
450 
551 
501 
748 
530 
acres 
1,396,144 
521,947 
234,405 
197,066 
160,390 
59,426 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
7,530 
418 
491 
493 
734 
522 
acres 
1,280,965 
512,592 
228,346 
190,374 
150,605 
51,482 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,292 
43 
92 
36 
85 
145 
50 to 99 acres 
968 
15 
25 
23 
70 
133 
100 to 199 acres 
855 
14 
52 
75 
238 
209 
200 to 499 acres 
743 
64 
131 
198 
306 
33 
500 to 999 acres 
390 
73 
130 
151 
35 
1 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
198 
127 
60 
10 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
84 
82 
1 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
766 
10 
42 
33 
57 
37 
acres 
15,176 
156 
1,532 
944 
1,915 
1,685 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
457 
15 
15 
22 
24 
18 
acres 
8,611 
1,021 
529 
611 
1,119 
204 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
2,672 
109 
125 
92 
163 
114 
acres 
85,770 
7,658 
3,915 
4,648 
6,280 
5,600 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
275 
9 
4 
16 
11 
16 
acres 
5,622 
520 
83 
489 
471 
455 
Total woodland 
farms 
6,946 
287 
356 
274 
427 
349 
acres 
348,482 
(D) 
(D) 
23,706 
35,354 
25,332 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,459 
20 
17 
39 
75 
68 
acres 
24,830 
(D) 
(D) 
986 
2,195 
2,507 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
6,229 
280 
350 
256 
402 
318 
acres 
323,652 
(D) 
(D) 
22,720 
33,159 
22,825 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
