Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
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 
192 
818 
1,593 
1,032 
266 
796 
$5,000 to $9,999 
289 
1,118 
617 
98 
60 
314 
$10,000 to $24,999 
913 
1,054 
101 
64 
36 
294 
$25,000 to $49,999 
580 
88 
51 
33 
23 
197 
$50,000 or more 
46 
42 
20 
14 
20 
102 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
806 
2,296 
3,491 
4,091 
4,543 
11,563 
Average net loss 
dollars 
35,008 
17,591 
11,020 
8,773 
7,079 
10,052 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
37 
188 
388 
552 
644 
1,128 
$1,000 to $4,999 
114 
554 
1,183 
1,586 
2,013 
4,268 
$5,000 to $9,999 
149 
452 
838 
904 
996 
2,802 
$10,000 to $24,999 
184 
659 
653 
717 
662 
2,435 
$25,000 to $49,999 
171 
287 
331 
273 
182 
687 
$50,000 or more 
151 
156 
98 
59 
46 
243 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
16 
15 
7 
2 
- 
- 
$1,000 
104 
132 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,060 
1,848 
1,767 
1,539 
1,400 
4,231 
$1,000 
10,557 
15,468 
10,387 
10,165 
8,145 
43,308 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
225 
376 
231 
156 
146 
252 
$1,000 
1,573 
1,627 
561 
421 
393 
1,251 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
372 
626 
637 
576 
525 
2,089 
$1,000 
1,841 
2,131 
1,411 
1,069 
1,050 
9,553 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
101 
256 
303 
235 
224 
542 
$1,000 
2,463 
4,175 
3,465 
2,420 
3,082 
10,687 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
100 
157 
117 
112 
89 
338 
$1,000 
1,302 
2,544 
726 
2,070 
363 
4,782 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
224 
400 
312 
296 
289 
630 
$1,000 
217 
294 
170 
183 
273 
652 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
74 
81 
56 
30 
28 
66 
$1,000 
739 
223 
232 
422 
40 
290 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
30 
68 
46 
56 
33 
188 
$1,000 
129 
309 
155 
165 
70 
346 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
141 
245 
308 
282 
266 
803 
$1,000 
2,293 
4,165 
3,665 
3,415 
2,874 
15,748 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
2,581 
4,780 
5,164 
4,363 
3,619 
7,822 
acres 
149,279 
170,939 
122,707 
80,771 
54,600 
183,409 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
2,545 
4,671 
5,005 
4,127 
3,317 
4,522 
acres 
133,002 
146,267 
102,579 
65,136 
39,988 
54,872 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,391 
3,644 
4,579 
3,953 
3,250 
4,414 
50 to 99 acres 
803 
850 
381 
140 
55 
88 
100 to 199 acres 
294 
167 
44 
33 
12 
19 
200 to 499 acres 
57 
9 
1 
1 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
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 
163 
334 
462 
447 
363 
882 
acres 
5,655 
8,200 
7,363 
6,177 
4,599 
16,140 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
109 
200 
226 
162 
148 
504 
acres 
1,886 
2,673 
2,358 
1,129 
1,099 
6,763 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
311 
611 
639 
552 
579 
2,990 
acres 
5,838 
10,323 
7,859 
6,734 
7,961 
96,577 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
132 
262 
230 
183 
114 
368 
acres 
2,898 
3,476 
2,548 
1,595 
953 
9,057 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,723 
3,627 
4,301 
3,943 
3,509 
8,586 
acres 
128,606 
186,270 
161,180 
127,475 
100,085 
519,320 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
728 
1,710 
2,112 
2,042 
1,549 
2,880 
acres 
25,597 
41,046 
33,406 
25,887 
(D) 
38,904 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,354 
2,772 
3,281 
2,882 
2,661 
7,047 
acres 
103,009 
145,224 
127,774 
101,588 
(D) 
480,416 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
1,475 
3,371 
4,142 
4,033 
3,422 
7,955 
acres 
111,727 
157,137 
118,063 
86,069 
54,843 
147,263 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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