Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
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 
433 
142 
3 
1 
9 
23 
33 
73 
$1,000 to $4,999 
703 
294 
- 
5 
7 
58 
73 
151 
$5,000 to $9,999 
344 
167 
- 
4 
5 
27 
52 
79 
$10,000 to $24,999 
556 
293 
- 
12 
21 
44 
89 
127 
$25,000 to $49,999 
502 
318 
1 
3 
17 
65 
105 
127 
$50,000 or more 
879 
696 
21 
68 
179 
247 
181 
Operators reporting net losses 
.... farms 
5,654 
2,583 
1 
62 
191 
490 
753 
1,086 
Average net loss 
...dollars 
26,939 
36,577 
(D) 
(D) 
32,912 
45,812 
46,554 
26,272 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
552 
185 
4 
36 
36 
109 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,185 
495 
- 
3 
32 
90 
136 
234 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,162 
522 
- 
14 
40 
95 
145 
228 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,560 
684 
1 
8 
54 
103 
218 
300 
$25,000 to $49,999 
591 
306 
- 
15 
26 
71 
97 
97 
$50,000 or more 
604 
391 
- 
22 
35 
95 
121 
118 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
19 
19 
1 
7 
7 
4 
$1,000 
922 
922 
- 
- 
(D) 
472 
272 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
3,531 
1,839 
46 
131 
410 
562 
690 
$1,000 
76,000 
51,311 
- 
755 
2,881 
16,208 
19,748 
11,719 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
335 
221 
11 
25 
36 
63 
86 
$1,000 
3,300 
2,710 
- 
109 
617 
902 
630 
451 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
716 
330 
- 
9 
24 
73 
96 
128 
$1,000 
3,035 
1,597 
- 
109 
75 
421 
420 
572 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,216 
460 
6 
21 
92 
126 
215 
$1,000 
1,691 
935 
- 
6 
(D) 
205 
323 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
347 
222 
4 
14 
55 
76 
73 
$1,000 
18,416 
12,566 
- 
36 
273 
3,281 
6,630 
2,346 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
304 
247 
. 
15 
24 
55 
81 
72 
$1,000 
2,588 
2,294 
- 
46 
133 
537 
1,012 
565 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
143 
107 
4 
11 
18 
41 
33 
$1,000 
4,212 
2,718 
- 
43 
191 
1,085 
982 
416 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
36 
23 
_ 
_ 
3 
8 
7 
5 
$1,000 
204 
130 
- 
- 
(D) 
28 
27 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,050 
607 
14 
48 
149 
182 
214 
$1,000 
42,552 
28,360 
- 
405 
1,518 
9,749 
9,724 
6,964 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
7,107 
3,544 
4 
85 
222 
671 
1,071 
1,491 
acres 
456,751 
360,225 
107 
14,414 
32,042 
74,820 
127,242 
111,600 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
6,575 
3,301 
4 
77 
206 
621 
1,008 
1,385 
acres 
408,993 
328,821 
86 
13,916 
29,715 
68,627 
114,647 
101,830 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
5,223 
2,270 
4 
45 
136 
413 
686 
986 
50 to 99 acres 
507 
322 
- 
5 
19 
53 
82 
163 
100 to 199 acres 
369 
284 
- 
7 
16 
62 
90 
109 
200 to 499 acres 
292 
254 
- 
14 
18 
55 
87 
80 
500 to 999 acres 
124 
117 
- 
4 
10 
26 
40 
37 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
50 
46 
- 
1 
5 
10 
20 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
10 
8 
- 
1 
2 
2 
3 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
805 
420 
7 
22 
86 
113 
192 
acres 
16,926 
10,006 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,965 
4,161 
3,602 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
426 
234 
3 
10 
15 
45 
88 
73 
acres 
5,122 
3,404 
21 
309 
247 
969 
1,199 
659 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
925 
525 
14 
43 
105 
174 
189 
acres 
21,321 
14,766 
- 
159 
1,539 
2,469 
5,980 
4,619 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
237 
147 
- 
1 
7 
32 
45 
62 
acres 
4,389 
3,228 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
790 
1,255 
890 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,512 
2,167 
1 
35 
132 
408 
635 
956 
acres 
132,940 
82,576 
(D) 
(D) 
2,950 
(D) 
33,863 
27,484 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
942 
443 
1 
6 
37 
66 
143 
190 
acres 
10,923 
6,491 
(D) 
(D) 
332 
(D) 
2,699 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
3,885 
1,870 
30 
104 
365 
542 
829 
acres 
122,017 
76,085 
- 
(D) 
2,618 
15,414 
31,164 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
194 New Jersey 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
