Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, 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 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,513 
5 
101 
148 
380 
456 
423 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,294 
17 
248 
399 
966 
1,190 
1,474 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,911 
9 
156 
305 
616 
805 
1,020 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,673 
17 
229 
390 
759 
1,071 
1,207 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,839 
10 
116 
189 
408 
554 
562 
$50,000 or more 
1,877 
3 
136 
207 
449 
557 
525 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
15,809 
72 
1,187 
2,092 
4,302 
4,456 
3,700 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
16,888 
13,160 
16,716 
17,224 
16,843 
18,629 
14,780 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,482 
- 
74 
207 
368 
398 
435 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,966 
36 
353 
596 
1,374 
1,461 
1,146 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,495 
15 
253 
454 
1,024 
974 
775 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,700 
7 
297 
530 
980 
1,037 
849 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,336 
7 
145 
198 
334 
345 
307 
$50,000 or more 
830 
7 
65 
107 
222 
241 
188 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
55 
- 
7 
3 
11 
19 
15 
$1,000 
751 
- 
228 
4 
11 
377 
132 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
15,163 
47 
949 
1,580 
3,426 
4,381 
4,780 
$1,000 
171,327 
439 
11,025 
19,842 
39,777 
44,107 
56,138 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,235 
7 
200 
186 
354 
292 
196 
$1,000 
12,407 
41 
2,004 
1,566 
3,057 
3,305 
2,433 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
8,980 
12 
303 
732 
1,800 
2,680 
3,453 
$1,000 
67,790 
20 
1,103 
5,851 
11,049 
18,160 
31,608 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
158 
_ 
12 
15 
44 
54 
33 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
16 
9 
(D) 
293 
258 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
500 
- 
21 
41 
111 
149 
178 
$1,000 
3,047 
- 
36 
204 
1,135 
847 
825 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
5,446 
20 
390 
602 
1,347 
1,643 
1,444 
$1,000 
6,132 
11 
505 
605 
1,458 
2,043 
1,510 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
3,276 
15 
319 
429 
815 
908 
790 
$1,000 
74,520 
368 
6,973 
10,808 
21,365 
17,490 
17,516 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
439 
- 
36 
37 
96 
104 
166 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
63 
27 
(D) 
258 
586 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
750 
- 
59 
108 
191 
233 
159 
$1,000 
5,580 
- 
325 
771 
1,370 
1,710 
1,403 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
25,599 
77 
1,551 
2,733 
6,168 
7,496 
7,574 
acres 
4,706,621 
10,122 
262,282 
472,089 
1,077,286 
1,364,011 
1,520,831 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
17,636 
55 
1,384 
2,190 
4,734 
5,368 
3,905 
acres 
2,640,949 
6,771 
193,949 
320,399 
709,044 
805,612 
605,174 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
8,286 
11 
556 
1,016 
2,311 
2,548 
1,844 
50 to 99 acres 
3,349 
21 
295 
486 
812 
998 
737 
100 to 199 acres 
2,767 
18 
263 
297 
744 
802 
643 
200 to 499 acres 
2,135 
3 
205 
252 
571 
674 
430 
500 to 999 acres 
690 
1 
42 
85 
185 
226 
151 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
300 
1 
21 
38 
82 
93 
65 
2,000 acres or more 
109 
- 
2 
16 
29 
27 
35 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,512 
5 
98 
174 
407 
455 
373 
acres 
130,901 
194 
6,022 
11,786 
23,791 
37,721 
51,387 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,753 
9 
117 
200 
480 
496 
451 
acres 
161,210 
700 
7,552 
19,901 
49,488 
46,825 
36,744 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
10,852 
22 
279 
820 
2,102 
3,098 
4,531 
acres 
1,402,525 
1,481 
28,932 
87,138 
215,278 
358,730 
710,966 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
2,123 
11 
146 
210 
498 
654 
604 
acres 
371,036 
976 
25,827 
32,865 
79,685 
115,123 
116,560 
Total woodland 
farms 
7,194 
9 
384 
786 
1,980 
2,247 
1,788 
acres 
311,039 
39 
13,719 
30,018 
84,336 
96,825 
86,102 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,991 
3 
185 
323 
837 
952 
691 
acres 
121,044 
15 
7,085 
11,045 
34,357 
38,647 
29,895 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
4,866 
6 
225 
519 
1,327 
1,511 
1,278 
acres 
189,995 
24 
6,634 
18,973 
49,979 
58,178 
56,207 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Kansas 197 
