Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,863 
15 
12 
34 
31 
74 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,722 
32 
36 
21 
39 
98 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,254 
113 
94 
115 
159 
311 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,448 
216 
194 
177 
279 
610 
$50,000 or more 
5,879 
2,728 
941 
820 
806 
340 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
28,725 
440 
245 
248 
506 
496 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,346 
382,018 
117,641 
112,558 
88,005 
47,819 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,978 
1 
5 
6 
11 
18 
$1,000 to $4,999 
9,854 
11 
24 
10 
32 
59 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,284 
11 
21 
10 
49 
52 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,640 
40 
43 
50 
57 
140 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,260 
50 
35 
54 
94 
96 
$50,000 or more 
1,709 
327 
117 
118 
263 
131 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
286 
100 
47 
50 
28 
21 
$1,000 
22,797 
15,045 
4,409 
2,265 
681 
158 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
16,809 
1,856 
774 
677 
827 
830 
$1,000 
217,404 
60,614 
20,649 
13,097 
14,765 
10,249 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,495 
367 
193 
150 
204 
195 
$1,000 
31,345 
12,766 
5,350 
2,583 
3,024 
1,797 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,073 
516 
147 
130 
210 
245 
$1,000 
28,536 
6,069 
912 
811 
1,965 
1,722 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,009 
106 
46 
38 
62 
96 
$1,000 
38,578 
5,531 
1,367 
1,168 
1,880 
2,339 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
1,135 
35 
36 
33 
71 
47 
$1,000 
17,625 
956 
1,116 
1,009 
1,851 
907 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,505 
1,038 
439 
343 
299 
235 
$1,000 
10,343 
5,864 
1,150 
615 
391 
533 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,294 
324 
180 
152 
171 
132 
$1,000 
43,684 
21,753 
9,360 
5,975 
3,469 
1,182 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
611 
64 
31 
27 
36 
32 
$1,000 
3,371 
1,278 
255 
277 
150 
237 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,394 
126 
38 
40 
58 
87 
$1,000 
43,922 
6,397 
1,138 
659 
2,035 
1,532 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
37,247 
2,898 
1,252 
1,254 
1,744 
1,770 
acres 
4,745,014 
2,454,288 
644,310 
396,528 
324,017 
164,166 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
32,802 
2,727 
1,197 
1,209 
1,725 
1,757 
acres 
4,378,097 
2,389,261 
619,682 
378,958 
297,280 
151,072 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
23,569 
665 
273 
243 
455 
702 
50 to 99 acres 
3,360 
251 
72 
119 
225 
376 
100 to 199 acres 
1,953 
280 
93 
129 
368 
514 
200 to 499 acres 
1,738 
297 
193 
413 
602 
165 
500 to 999 acres 
1,043 
328 
354 
285 
74 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
752 
527 
204 
20 
1 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
387 
379 
8 
" 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,161 
224 
49 
64 
81 
92 
acres 
95,603 
23,754 
5,582 
5,608 
8,797 
3,728 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,670 
97 
32 
35 
70 
87 
acres 
31,568 
6,943 
3,449 
1,779 
1,989 
1,500 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,846 
389 
169 
138 
221 
247 
acres 
197,573 
25,978 
12,696 
7,274 
10,553 
5,780 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,647 
81 
46 
57 
92 
82 
acres 
42,173 
8,352 
2,901 
2,909 
5,398 
2,086 
Total woodland 
farms 
31,295 
2,001 
837 
735 
923 
1,110 
acres 
2,145,710 
421,924 
149,250 
115,237 
119,133 
117,230 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
12,675 
476 
247 
222 
287 
422 
acres 
270,242 
25,168 
(D) 
14,346 
16,373 
17,810 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
24,918 
1,797 
733 
644 
810 
937 
acres 
1,875,468 
396,756 
(D) 
100,891 
102,760 
99,420 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
28,223 
1,255 
556 
501 
631 
882 
acres 
1,051,041 
131,578 
55,384 
43,147 
72,490 
73,340 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
90 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
