Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
11 
8 
8 
3 
2 
6 
$1,000 to $4,999 
47 
44 
42 
3 
3 
15 
$5,000 to $9,999 
47 
42 
41 
5 
5 
25 
$10,000 to $24,999 
65 
52 
50 
13 
12 
20 
$25,000 to $49,999 
60 
53 
52 
7 
7 
9 
$50,000 or more 
356 
329 
319 
27 
24 
15 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
389 
320 
308 
69 
67 
128 
Average net loss 
dollars 
72,515 
72,463 
73,159 
72,758 
(D) 
37,035 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
12 
7 
6 
5 
5 
3 
$1,000 to $4,999 
41 
32 
32 
9 
9 
23 
$5,000 to $9,999 
61 
55 
53 
6 
6 
23 
$10,000 to $24,999 
86 
70 
68 
16 
16 
34 
$25,000 to $49,999 
57 
52 
50 
5 
4 
19 
$50,000 or more 
132 
104 
99 
28 
27 
26 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
6 
6 
6 
1 
$1,000 
803 
803 
803 
- 
- 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
552 
493 
479 
59 
56 
84 
$1,000 
30,634 
24,791 
23,853 
5,843 
5,788 
2,120 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
88 
84 
82 
4 
4 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
3,854 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
176 
156 
149 
20 
19 
50 
$1,000 
2,659 
2,445 
(D) 
214 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
21 
21 
21 
6 
$1,000 
385 
385 
385 
- 
- 
28 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
62 
54 
51 
8 
7 
13 
$1,000 
2,830 
2,721 
2,571 
109 
(D) 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
188 
172 
166 
16 
14 
6 
$1,000 
(D) 
872 
812 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
89 
86 
85 
3 
3 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
5,306 
(D) 
(D) 
(□) 
(D) 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
101 
94 
93 
7 
6 
10 
$1,000 
1,951 
1,906 
(D) 
45 
(D) 
126 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
145 
124 
122 
21 
21 
9 
$1,000 
12,574 
7,301 
(D) 
5,272 
5,272 
236 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
751 
667 
648 
84 
78 
145 
acres 
264,657 
245,324 
237,836 
19,333 
(D) 
24,222 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
615 
556 
543 
59 
54 
78 
acres 
252,056 
234,295 
227,626 
17,761 
16,925 
18,840 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
243 
214 
211 
29 
26 
47 
50 to 99 acres 
54 
47 
47 
7 
6 
14 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
64 
55 
53 
9 
9 
7 
200 to 499 acres 
98 
92 
89 
6 
6 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
66 
62 
58 
4 
3 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
64 
63 
63 
1 
1 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
26 
23 
22 
3 
3 
2 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
63 
61 
59 
2 
2 
21 
acres 
2,150 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
719 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
37 
32 
31 
5 
5 
8 
acres 
989 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
124 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
234 
203 
195 
31 
29 
64 
acres 
9,120 
7,662 
(D) 
1,458 
(D) 
4,386 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
20 
20 
20 
- 
7 
acres 
342 
342 
342 
- 
- 
153 
Total woodland 
farms 
542 
480 
465 
62 
59 
133 
acres 
52,185 
48,181 
44,794 
4,004 
(D) 
16,280 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
70 
62 
61 
8 
8 
16 
acres 
3,305 
3,122 
(D) 
183 
183 
173 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
516 
462 
447 
54 
51 
126 
acres 
48,880 
45,059 
(D) 
3,821 
(D) 
16,107 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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