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 
42 
31 
31 
11 
9 
46 
$1,000 to $4,999 
125 
106 
106 
19 
18 
89 
$5,000 to $9,999 
91 
83 
81 
8 
8 
49 
$10,000 to $24,999 
146 
126 
123 
20 
20 
69 
$25,000 to $49,999 
144 
125 
123 
19 
19 
52 
$50,000 or more 
948 
894 
885 
54 
51 
90 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,166 
77,785 
987 
982 
179 
165 
493 
Average net loss 
dollars 
81,478 
(D) 
57,419 
50,831 
28,863 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
34 
27 
27 
7 
7 
44 
$1,000 to $4,999 
190 
157 
155 
33 
29 
164 
$5,000 to $9,999 
183 
145 
145 
38 
38 
94 
$10,000 to $24,999 
259 
223 
223 
36 
34 
93 
$25,000 to $49,999 
185 
169 
169 
16 
14 
38 
$50,000 or more 
315 
266 
263 
49 
43 
60 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
39 
37 
37 
2 
2 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
6,362 
6,362 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,324 
1,200 
1,188 
124 
120 
338 
$1,000 
78,318 
71,006 
70,306 
7,311 
(D) 
5,165 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
247 
231 
230 
16 
16 
36 
$1,000 
9,789 
9,428 
(D) 
362 
362 
273 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
405 
368 
361 
37 
36 
206 
$1,000 
12,708 
11,604 
11,317 
1,104 
(D) 
2,635 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
102 
88 
88 
14 
13 
37 
$1,000 
922 
783 
783 
139 
(D) 
359 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
112 
97 
96 
15 
13 
17 
$1,000 
9,964 
(D) 
7,936 
(D) 
(D) 
220 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
530 
508 
501 
22 
21 
51 
$1,000 
6,509 
(D) 
6,164 
(D) 
123 
153 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
187 
180 
177 
7 
7 
32 
$1,000 
17,749 
17,604 
17,582 
146 
146 
640 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
23 
21 
21 
2 
2 
10 
$1,000 
318 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
15 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
291 
253 
251 
38 
37 
39 
$1,000 
20,358 
(D) 
16,793 
(D) 
(D) 
807 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
2,281 
2,050 
2,030 
231 
214 
734 
acres 
983,487 
(D) 
928,046 
(D) 
40,902 
94,141 
Plarvested cropland 
farms 
2,062 
1,889 
1,871 
173 
164 
488 
acres 
944,548 
904,842 
894,817 
39,706 
37,239 
75,724 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
937 
824 
819 
113 
108 
286 
50 to 99 acres 
179 
167 
164 
12 
10 
65 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
163 
147 
145 
16 
16 
57 
200 to 499 acres 
238 
226 
225 
12 
11 
39 
500 to 999 acres 
234 
223 
219 
11 
11 
22 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
204 
199 
197 
5 
4 
17 
2,000 acres or more 
107 
103 
102 
4 
4 
2 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
129 
119 
118 
10 
7 
40 
acres 
4,605 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
164 
1,358 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
170 
157 
153 
13 
12 
55 
acres 
7,611 
7,113 
(D) 
498 
(D) 
2,133 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
580 
504 
498 
76 
67 
343 
acres 
24,958 
20,970 
20,670 
3,988 
2,831 
14,493 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
91 
80 
80 
11 
9 
23 
acres 
1,765 
1,535 
1,535 
230 
(D) 
433 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,216 
1,088 
1,079 
128 
119 
500 
acres 
98,712 
87,906 
86,085 
10,806 
7,676 
53,903 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
141 
124 
122 
17 
16 
70 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,091 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,150 
1,033 
1,024 
117 
108 
457 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
8,715 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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