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 
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- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,327 
6 
3 
5 
19 
16 
$1,000 to $4,999 
4,863 
16 
11 
34 
31 
77 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,722 
32 
37 
20 
46 
104 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,254 
113 
94 
116 
165 
330 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,448 
217 
196 
178 
292 
648 
$50,000 or more 
5,879 
2,750 
941 
846 
807 
315 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
28,725 
443 
245 
260 
502 
518 
Average net loss 
dollars 
20,346 
382,138 
114,292 
110,015 
87,383 
46,996 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,978 
1 
5 
6 
11 
19 
$1,000 to $4,999 
9,854 
11 
24 
11 
31 
60 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,284 
11 
21 
14 
47 
67 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,640 
40 
43 
51 
61 
141 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,260 
50 
35 
57 
92 
99 
$50,000 or more 
1,709 
330 
117 
121 
260 
132 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
286 
101 
49 
49 
29 
22 
$1,000 
22,797 
15,062 
4,697 
2,068 
597 
139 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
16,809 
1,868 
780 
694 
848 
839 
$1,000 
217,404 
61,083 
20,946 
12,918 
15,845 
9,798 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,495 
371 
196 
153 
203 
191 
$1,000 
31,345 
12,954 
5,544 
2,260 
3,146 
1,624 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,073 
517 
149 
133 
222 
250 
$1,000 
28,536 
6,072 
951 
838 
2,446 
1,666 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,009 
108 
46 
36 
69 
99 
$1,000 
38,578 
5,583 
1,381 
1,102 
2,027 
2,435 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
1,135 
35 
37 
34 
73 
48 
$1,000 
17,625 
956 
1,117 
1,008 
2,221 
549 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
4,505 
1,045 
435 
355 
298 
236 
$1,000 
10,343 
5,897 
1,145 
623 
373 
570 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,294 
326 
185 
161 
169 
124 
$1,000 
43,684 
21,947 
9,390 
6,085 
3,445 
1,036 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
611 
64 
32 
26 
39 
35 
$1,000 
3,371 
1,278 
279 
253 
167 
269 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,394 
126 
38 
42 
61 
99 
$1,000 
43,922 
6,397 
1,138 
749 
2,020 
1,648 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
37,247 
2,925 
1,252 
1,295 
1,768 
1,830 
acres 
4,745,014 
2,485,321 
631,098 
402,896 
315,040 
165,003 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
32,802 
2,754 
1,197 
1,248 
1,750 
1,810 
acres 
4,378,097 
2,420,246 
606,449 
384,293 
284,210 
151,704 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
23,569 
665 
273 
244 
481 
720 
50 to 99 acres 
3,360 
251 
72 
121 
238 
431 
100 to 199 acres 
1,953 
280 
96 
132 
399 
501 
200 to 499 acres 
1,738 
300 
193 
455 
569 
158 
500 to 999 acres 
1,043 
331 
370 
278 
62 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
752 
547 
186 
18 
1 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
387 
380 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,161 
224 
49 
64 
93 
92 
acres 
95,603 
23,754 
5,582 
5,608 
8,969 
3,865 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,670 
98 
31 
36 
71 
86 
acres 
31,568 
6,988 
3,404 
1,789 
1,983 
1,537 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,846 
390 
171 
152 
218 
256 
acres 
197,573 
25,981 
12,762 
8,167 
14,347 
5,839 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,647 
81 
46 
61 
94 
87 
acres 
42,173 
8,352 
2,901 
3,039 
5,531 
2,058 
Total woodland 
farms 
31,295 
2,016 
835 
753 
945 
1,153 
acres 
2,145,710 
425,231 
150,286 
115,468 
127,875 
118,326 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
12,675 
481 
242 
228 
294 
454 
acres 
270,242 
25,434 
13,912 
15,748 
15,493 
18,116 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
24,918 
1,809 
734 
658 
831 
963 
acres 
1,875,468 
399,797 
136,374 
99,720 
112,382 
100,210 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
116 North Carolina 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
