Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbois, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,925 
2 
117 
231 
468 
569 
538 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
5,011 
28 
296 
519 
1,181 
1,445 
1,542 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,001 
14 
180 
351 
632 
827 
997 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,020 
21 
259 
412 
912 
1,125 
1,291 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,961 
27 
215 
326 
663 
826 
904 
$50,000 or more 
4,100 
9 
298 
451 
1,031 
1,180 
1,131 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
16,234 
116 
1,136 
2,282 
4,441 
4,578 
3,681 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
15,189 
9,180 
13,161 
13,898 
16,038 
16,063 
14,693 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,756 
13 
116 
190 
461 
501 
475 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,264 
37 
358 
764 
1,340 
1,530 
1,235 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,497 
24 
239 
519 
996 
931 
788 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,554 
34 
254 
496 
1,035 
1,000 
735 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,283 
8 
114 
190 
347 
366 
258 
$50,000 or more 
880 
- 
55 
123 
262 
250 
190 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
98 
_ 
10 
17 
24 
31 
16 
$1,000 
10,402 
- 
157 
321 
(D) 
893 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
16,910 
64 
1,111 
1,852 
3,990 
4,764 
5,129 
$1,000 
372,808 
990 
26,380 
31,546 
80,524 
104,958 
128,409 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,239 
18 
164 
228 
332 
307 
190 
$1,000 
9,642 
35 
877 
1,944 
2,787 
2,222 
1,776 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
9,430 
8 
278 
738 
2,021 
2,752 
3,633 
$1,000 
227,631 
75 
6,176 
10,498 
40,336 
65,755 
104,790 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
387 
3 
21 
27 
94 
123 
119 
$1,000 
3,486 
24 
112 
89 
415 
1,343 
1,502 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
411 
- 
12 
44 
85 
118 
152 
$1,000 
4,292 
- 
215 
289 
1,271 
1,456 
1,061 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
5,430 
21 
474 
700 
1,393 
1,561 
1,281 
$1,000 
4,352 
7 
324 
618 
1,165 
1,257 
982 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,998 
30 
435 
470 
775 
746 
542 
$1,000 
106,915 
844 
18,284 
16,529 
29,845 
27,570 
13,842 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
457 
3 
24 
66 
119 
87 
158 
$1,000 
1,550 
3 
28 
148 
434 
416 
521 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,044 
7 
64 
124 
266 
332 
251 
$1,000 
14,940 
1 
365 
1,432 
4,270 
4,938 
3,935 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
32,214 
166 
2,156 
3,862 
8,074 
9,097 
8,859 
acres 
3,181,528 
9,376 
249,902 
412,704 
846,173 
879,176 
784,197 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
21,343 
144 
1,901 
3,034 
5,656 
6,163 
4,445 
acres 
2,527,720 
8,209 
231,893 
361,886 
709,525 
699,134 
517,073 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
12,154 
80 
923 
1,726 
3,150 
3,634 
2,641 
50 to 99 acres 
2,826 
42 
309 
415 
706 
746 
608 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,729 
16 
330 
362 
718 
741 
562 
200 to 499 acres 
2,583 
6 
255 
379 
751 
736 
456 
500 to 999 acres 
795 
- 
60 
111 
261 
247 
116 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
200 
- 
17 
36 
51 
53 
43 
2,000 acres or more 
56 
- 
7 
5 
19 
6 
19 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,461 
4 
104 
202 
403 
375 
373 
acres 
33,598 
278 
1,876 
4,279 
7,671 
6,922 
12,572 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,274 
6 
75 
210 
315 
366 
302 
acres 
42,276 
117 
2,406 
6,138 
10,051 
13,130 
10,434 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
14,603 
27 
432 
1,227 
3,423 
4,156 
5,338 
acres 
562,636 
732 
13,571 
39,994 
116,437 
155,438 
236,464 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
432 
5 
7 
36 
90 
133 
161 
acres 
15,298 
40 
156 
407 
2,489 
4,552 
7,654 
T otal woodland 
farms 
15,782 
48 
708 
1,717 
4,001 
4,836 
4,472 
acres 
686,038 
871 
19,980 
61,510 
168,344 
220,667 
214,666 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
3,025 
16 
164 
404 
844 
901 
696 
acres 
69,362 
85 
2,864 
7,243 
18,219 
22,441 
18,510 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
13,952 
35 
603 
1,461 
3,506 
4,298 
4,049 
acres 
616,676 
786 
17,116 
54,267 
150,125 
198,226 
196,156 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
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