Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
289 
15 
15 
$1,000 to $4,999 
892 
774 
56 
41 
$5,000 to $9,999 
601 
482 
47 
36 
$10,000 to $24,999 
898 
745 
68 
54 
$25,000 to $49,999 
710 
570 
71 
54 
$50,000 or more 
1,894 
1,253 
270 
224 
Operators reporting net losses farms 
6,940 
6,019 
404 
328 
Average net loss dollars 
25,861 
20,250 
60,987 
64,067 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
386 
359 
12 
9 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,678 
1,535 
79 
65 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,468 
1,336 
48 
39 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,912 
1,687 
105 
81 
$25,000 to $49,999 
801 
656 
69 
55 
$50,000 or more 
695 
446 
91 
79 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total farms 
49 
29 
13 
11 
$1,000 
5,313 
(D) 
1,945 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) farms 
5,152 
4,009 
507 
420 
$1,000 
109,857 
60,363 
16,740 
14,618 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services farms 
745 
573 
78 
70 
$1,000 
14,688 
8,275 
2,276 
2,234 
Gross cash rent or share payments farms 
1,835 
1,421 
188 
150 
$1,000 
16,073 
11,203 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products farms 
268 
220 
21 
21 
$1,000 
2,417 
1,714 
290 
290 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) farms 
307 
204 
28 
26 
$1,000 
7,257 
2,959 
(D) 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives farms 
1,664 
1,286 
184 
148 
$1,000 
4,320 
2,438 
972 
912 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received farms 
545 
391 
61 
51 
$1,000 
21,120 
12,655 
3,073 
2,926 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments farms 
817 
604 
102 
88 
$1,000 
9,244 
5,240 
1,928 
1,754 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) farms 
961 
725 
82 
70 
$1,000 
34,739 
15,879 
6,050 
4,509 
LAND USE 
Total cropland farms 
9,278 
7,614 
768 
619 
acres 
1,396,144 
875,073 
232,192 
201,520 
Harvested cropland farms 
7,530 
6,191 
646 
528 
acres 
1,280,965 
793,073 
216,996 
188,116 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,292 
3,771 
231 
193 
50 to 99 acres 
968 
813 
87 
73 
100 to 199 acres 
855 
681 
103 
78 
200 to 499 acres 
743 
529 
109 
86 
500 to 999 acres 
390 
261 
63 
50 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
198 
97 
36 
32 
2,000 acres or more 
84 
39 
17 
16 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
766 
642 
40 
31 
acres 
15,176 
10,962 
1,345 
1,154 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned farms 
457 
374 
38 
35 
acres 
8,611 
6,508 
990 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) farms 
2,672 
2,139 
235 
189 
acres 
85,770 
61,071 
11,193 
9,837 
In cultivated summer fallow farms 
275 
220 
28 
26 
acres 
5,622 
3,459 
1,668 
(D) 
Total woodland farms 
6,946 
5,702 
569 
464 
acres 
348,482 
234,402 
45,615 
39,312 
Woodland pastured farms 
1,459 
1,276 
97 
75 
acres 
24,830 
19,327 
2,025 
1,308 
Woodland not pastured farms 
6,229 
5,049 
538 
443 
acres 
323,652 
215,075 
43,590 
38,004 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
142 Maryland 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
