Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
297 
139 
95 
180 
65 
25 
7 
$5,000 to $9,999 
345 
159 
137 
232 
94 
29 
6 
$10,000 to $24,999 
637 
415 
313 
679 
322 
83 
26 
$25,000 to $49,999 
699 
489 
387 
1,043 
470 
152 
38 
$50,000 or more 
832 
797 
854 
4,227 
5,242 
4,048 
1,928 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,034 
741 
546 
1,678 
1,410 
928 
463 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
24,309 
28,410 
32,111 
53,825 
95,645 
154,489 
368,861 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
59 
35 
27 
56 
11 
7 
1 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
202 
145 
67 
154 
72 
22 
9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
197 
118 
65 
171 
72 
29 
10 
$10,000 to $24,999 
267 
186 
162 
403 
188 
94 
25 
$25,000 to $49,999 
171 
133 
119 
358 
299 
112 
35 
$50,000 or more 
138 
124 
106 
536 
768 
664 
383 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
19 
17 
15 
83 
154 
135 
79 
$1,000 
376 
59 
403 
3,888 
8,694 
15,142 
35,505 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
2,274 
1,683 
1,499 
5,585 
5,631 
4,072 
1,663 
$1,000 
48,910 
38,804 
33,997 
175,217 
288,648 
369,491 
379,027 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
218 
213 
190 
927 
1,436 
1,287 
623 
$1,000 
2,003 
2,193 
1,406 
10,124 
20,351 
24,732 
26,549 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
981 
639 
463 
1,393 
862 
494 
239 
$1,000 
27,880 
19,395 
17,039 
51,766 
35,081 
22,063 
26,135 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
46 
31 
26 
96 
73 
31 
26 
$1,000 
268 
523 
357 
1,223 
1,045 
388 
269 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
60 
34 
31 
107 
78 
51 
32 
$1,000 
874 
232 
371 
876 
4,040 
519 
521 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
1,065 
849 
843 
3,634 
4,154 
3,051 
1,190 
$1,000 
980 
1,166 
864 
6,079 
10,366 
14,330 
1 1 ,542 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
597 
472 
482 
2,054 
2,533 
2,124 
988 
$1,000 
13,775 
14,135 
12,830 
99,555 
208,384 
299,038 
307,577 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
53 
44 
44 
123 
105 
67 
21 
$1,000 
201 
188 
371 
735 
1,160 
1,105 
410 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
142 
103 
65 
303 
370 
289 
159 
$1,000 
2,929 
972 
758 
4,859 
8,221 
7,317 
6,024 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
3,733 
2,691 
2,293 
7,955 
7,584 
5,258 
2,457 
acres 
431,285 
408,788 
432,554 
2,465,554 
4,851,921 
6,712,447 
7,259,483 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
3,016 
2,269 
2,028 
7,419 
7,427 
5,216 
2,441 
acres 
343,804 
340,150 
374,741 
2,268,656 
4,663,294 
6,547,425 
7,076,868 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
460 
226 
142 
199 
32 
7 
4 
50 to 99 acres 
493 
219 
149 
223 
46 
7 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,063 
1,375 
520 
637 
87 
11 
4 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
449 
1,217 
6,360 
1,236 
58 
7 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,026 
738 
15 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,395 
328 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,081 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
180 
119 
113 
346 
289 
187 
87 
acres 
4,210 
4,565 
3,649 
11,072 
13,638 
14,509 
13,233 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
133 
99 
114 
349 
342 
248 
109 
acres 
3,969 
3,513 
4,653 
21,880 
40,937 
53,1 77 
48,287 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
1,428 
939 
741 
2,308 
2,162 
1,692 
863 
acres 
76,026 
57,345 
48,044 
152,855 
124,541 
91,400 
117,405 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
93 
58 
35 
163 
120 
47 
18 
acres 
3,276 
3,215 
1,467 
11,091 
9,511 
5,936 
3,690 
Total woodland 
...farms 
1,802 
1,182 
919 
2,816 
2,183 
1,418 
651 
acres 
99,946 
75,615 
65,812 
228,719 
205,269 
190,590 
176,248 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
399 
271 
217 
790 
598 
411 
175 
acres 
11,128 
9,646 
8,541 
39,844 
33,127 
33,945 
21,547 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
1,573 
1,034 
811 
2,396 
1,892 
1,209 
571 
acres 
88,818 
65,969 
57,271 
188,875 
172,142 
156,645 
154,701 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
1,109 
754 
627 
2,124 
1,896 
1,207 
533 
acres 
45,517 
33,104 
32,169 
129,929 
150,529 
129,735 
148,171 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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