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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
12 
42 
67 
90 
73 
27 
$1,000 to $4,999 
73 
201 
277 
173 
89 
38 
$5,000 to $9,999 
126 
199 
124 
32 
33 
26 
$10,000 to $24,999 
289 
222 
57 
31 
33 
37 
$25,000 to $49,999 
149 
30 
10 
6 
13 
47 
$50,000 or more 
23 
16 
11 
12 
5 
30 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
359 
619 
873 
996 
1,212 
2,358 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
37,985 
27,803 
16,946 
13,112 
10,919 
18,531 
Less than $1 ,000 
12 
36 
48 
114 
107 
54 
$1,000 to $4,999 
54 
110 
267 
298 
423 
501 
$5,000 to $9,999 
48 
128 
193 
217 
306 
532 
$10,000 to $24,999 
96 
189 
224 
233 
260 
830 
$25,000 to $49,999 
78 
84 
78 
95 
82 
296 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
71 
72 
63 
39 
34 
145 
Total 
farms 
2 
2 
6 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
468 
538 
525 
486 
458 
773 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
8,293 
5,774 
5,061 
4,218 
3,915 
20,020 
services 
farms 
87 
64 
46 
26 
24 
23 
$1,000 
670 
323 
176 
153 
151 
48 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
140 
226 
264 
281 
278 
298 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
2,435 
1,980 
2,293 
2,023 
1,826 
1,519 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
27 
31 
40 
38 
30 
27 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
149 
190 
305 
229 
190 
307 
(see text) 
farms 
35 
28 
31 
33 
21 
43 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
958 
658 
114 
120 
114 
1,608 
from cooperatives 
farms 
133 
135 
118 
82 
66 
144 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
163 
169 
161 
98 
59 
141 
payments received 
farms 
57 
29 
15 
7 
5 
2 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
602 
462 
135 
17 
(D) 
(D) 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
102 
54 
17 
32 
33 
24 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
337 
335 
82 
86 
(D) 
(D) 
sources (see text) 
farms 
75 
100 
103 
67 
89 
341 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
2,979 
1,656 
1,794 
1,492 
1,486 
16,326 
Total cropland 
farms 
972 
1,183 
1,162 
960 
978 
1,243 
acres 
72,977 
56,234 
34,853 
20,631 
15,804 
22,411 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
947 
1,058 
953 
643 
545 
726 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
63,400 
39,396 
20,178 
9,638 
5,925 
9,029 
1 to 49 acres 
395 
758 
874 
620 
542 
702 
50 to 99 acres 
352 
233 
71 
20 
3 
23 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
191 
65 
7 
3 
- 
1 
200 to 499 acres 
8 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
1 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
75 
98 
75 
70 
81 
188 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
1,780 
2,277 
875 
703 
887 
2,422 
were abandoned 
farms 
44 
72 
68 
54 
37 
88 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
509 
1,239 
709 
631 
514 
1,525 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
198 
310 
322 
375 
472 
392 
acres 
7,009 
12,018 
12,296 
9,400 
8,088 
8,858 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
24 
43 
46 
28 
28 
50 
acres 
279 
1,304 
795 
259 
390 
577 
Total woodland 
farms 
577 
833 
884 
805 
752 
1,402 
acres 
32,477 
41,241 
37,044 
32,644 
26,755 
29,964 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
139 
179 
191 
172 
154 
405 
acres 
2,935 
2,968 
3,144 
2,507 
1,631 
3,585 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
527 
757 
793 
719 
660 
1,167 
acres 
29,542 
38,273 
33,900 
30,137 
25,124 
26,379 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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