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 
60 
56 
56 
4 
4 
31 
$1,000 to $4,999 
208 
176 
168 
32 
29 
142 
$5,000 to $9,999 
159 
139 
136 
20 
18 
121 
$10,000 to $24,999 
377 
354 
347 
23 
21 
303 
$25,000 to $49,999 
486 
450 
446 
36 
33 
263 
$50,000 or more 
4,651 
4,438 
4,386 
213 
191 
478 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,248 
1,126 
1,086 
122 
111 
451 
Average net loss 
dollars 
121,823 
125,875 
122,696 
84,434 
(D) 
61,704 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
72 
57 
54 
15 
14 
39 
$1,000 to $4,999 
184 
150 
147 
34 
30 
136 
$5,000 to $9,999 
172 
152 
147 
20 
17 
77 
$10,000 to $24,999 
208 
186 
181 
22 
21 
108 
$25,000 to $49,999 
145 
134 
129 
11 
11 
39 
$50,000 or more 
467 
447 
428 
20 
18 
52 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
215 
204 
204 
11 
5 
16 
$1,000 
29,548 
28,354 
28,354 
1,194 
(D) 
1,768 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
5,192 
4,913 
4,831 
279 
253 
1,147 
$1,000 
291,001 
275,169 
265,779 
15,832 
13,667 
42,551 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,324 
1,263 
1,255 
61 
55 
49 
$1,000 
41,423 
37,702 
37,209 
3,721 
3,688 
773 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
1,589 
1,471 
1,428 
118 
109 
864 
$1,000 
82,383 
76,447 
73,298 
5,937 
5,122 
33,846 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
30 
23 
22 
7 
4 
15 
$1,000 
686 
298 
(D) 
389 
(D) 
269 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
40 
35 
33 
5 
3 
14 
$1,000 
1,401 
1,394 
(D) 
7 
(D) 
206 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
3,314 
3,179 
3,141 
135 
122 
312 
$1,000 
17,518 
17,073 
16,706 
445 
409 
390 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,720 
1,658 
1,641 
62 
50 
145 
$1,000 
136,365 
132,491 
127,491 
3,874 
(D) 
6,252 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
136 
130 
130 
6 
6 
22 
$1,000 
1,603 
1,577 
1,577 
26 
26 
151 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
417 
399 
390 
18 
16 
45 
$1,000 
9,610 
8,175 
7,841 
1,434 
(D) 
664 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
6,733 
6,350 
6,250 
383 
348 
1,668 
acres 
4,575,048 
4,434,992 
4,358,902 
140,056 
122,649 
248,509 
Plarvested cropland 
farms 
5,708 
5,449 
5,381 
259 
238 
762 
acres 
4,413,839 
4,287,754 
4,216,725 
126,085 
110,773 
182,421 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
507 
441 
424 
66 
59 
261 
50 to 99 acres 
230 
208 
206 
22 
22 
103 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
433 
389 
383 
44 
43 
161 
200 to 499 acres 
1,188 
1,143 
1,134 
45 
42 
148 
500 to 999 acres 
1,677 
1,633 
1,617 
44 
36 
50 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,380 
1,353 
1,339 
27 
26 
32 
2,000 acres or more 
293 
282 
278 
11 
10 
7 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
331 
318 
316 
13 
12 
99 
acres 
18,179 
17,257 
(D) 
922 
(D) 
2,877 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
103 
95 
95 
8 
8 
29 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
233 
233 
570 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
2,837 
2,656 
2,604 
181 
161 
1,172 
acres 
137,924 
125,108 
(D) 
12,816 
(D) 
62,641 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
" 
- 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,393 
1,280 
1,256 
113 
97 
486 
acres 
115,217 
94,300 
90,615 
20,917 
7,449 
48,392 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
360 
349 
345 
11 
11 
101 
acres 
22,764 
22,464 
21,611 
300 
300 
6,440 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,164 
1,057 
1,034 
107 
91 
429 
acres 
92,453 
71,836 
69,004 
20,617 
7,149 
41,952 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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