Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
74 
244 
364 
536 
640 
136 
$1,000 to $4,999 
386 
1,082 
1,728 
1,473 
742 
158 
$5,000 to $9,999 
588 
1,499 
1,050 
320 
400 
91 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,062 
1,939 
679 
660 
742 
188 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,226 
527 
477 
515 
601 
120 
$50,000 or more 
404 
470 
445 
447 
453 
76 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,761 
2,926 
3,158 
3,525 
4,333 
4,617 
Average net loss 
dollars 
26,081 
18,210 
11,483 
9,069 
7,993 
11,505 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
84 
215 
322 
435 
667 
300 
$1,000 to $4,999 
331 
740 
982 
1,245 
1,681 
1,482 
$5,000 to $9,999 
270 
589 
754 
845 
987 
1,159 
$10,000 to $24,999 
532 
790 
757 
778 
759 
1,188 
$25,000 to $49,999 
321 
375 
246 
177 
177 
392 
$50,000 or more 
223 
217 
97 
45 
62 
96 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
39 
26 
7 
6 
2 
$1,000 
189 
166 
(D) 
6 
(D) 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
3,833 
4,509 
3,920 
3,571 
3,867 
1,826 
$1,000 
77,758 
104,876 
89,720 
96,816 
104,710 
28,867 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
386 
329 
175 
106 
81 
89 
$1,000 
3,888 
2,118 
1,099 
1,072 
722 
444 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,808 
2,919 
2,924 
2,886 
3,305 
1,302 
$1,000 
56,452 
92,267 
83,381 
92,167 
99,616 
25,958 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
61 
91 
83 
57 
61 
31 
$1,000 
458 
595 
506 
442 
556 
280 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
47 
44 
25 
21 
17 
21 
$1,000 
269 
1,026 
147 
225 
213 
122 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,754 
1,470 
995 
747 
665 
426 
$1,000 
1,092 
862 
436 
331 
436 
177 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,019 
564 
219 
118 
76 
28 
$1,000 
14,044 
5,774 
2,169 
1,448 
1,388 
213 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
108 
81 
47 
68 
58 
24 
$1,000 
414 
255 
165 
149 
144 
47 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
215 
286 
214 
183 
186 
159 
$1,000 
1,101 
1,978 
1,817 
983 
1,636 
1,624 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
6,058 
7,646 
6,746 
6,318 
6,649 
3,536 
acres 
518,498 
455,932 
246,458 
153,818 
109,457 
84,288 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
5,390 
5,1 66 
3,158 
2,419 
1,945 
2,137 
acres 
321,985 
161,268 
53,518 
30,880 
17,581 
19,926 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
2,402 
4,297 
3,040 
2,365 
1,927 
2,114 
50 to 99 acres 
2,283 
751 
99 
41 
16 
22 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
658 
99 
18 
8 
2 
1 
200 to 499 acres 
47 
16 
1 
5 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
" 
- 
" 
- 
" 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
476 
562 
408 
364 
256 
336 
acres 
(D) 
18,112 
8,567 
(D) 
3,847 
5,694 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
205 
277 
153 
158 
142 
174 
acres 
4,150 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,792 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
2,017 
3,727 
4,130 
4,246 
4,923 
1,325 
acres 
175,480 
270,472 
182,168 
114,119 
86,237 
55,135 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1 
2 
1 
1 
- 
1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,946 
3,042 
2,687 
2,501 
2,518 
1,606 
acres 
120,767 
163,578 
118,805 
86,545 
79,272 
46,193 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
752 
1,025 
656 
567 
428 
598 
acres 
29,869 
36,414 
17,178 
10,945 
8,921 
11,799 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,418 
2,336 
2,213 
2,074 
2,225 
1,106 
acres 
90,898 
127,164 
101,627 
75,600 
70,351 
34,394 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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