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 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
44 
179 
455 
648 
740 
212 
$1,000 to $4,999 
202 
886 
1,703 
1,255 
500 
148 
$5,000 to $9,999 
305 
1,203 
709 
114 
67 
85 
$10,000 to $24,999 
973 
1,091 
118 
91 
76 
87 
$25,000 to $49,999 
579 
80 
53 
42 
51 
112 
$50,000 or more 
40 
41 
27 
30 
29 
53 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
842 
2,360 
3,622 
4,426 
5,280 
10,227 
Average net loss 
dollars 
34,110 
17,633 
11,059 
8,815 
7,153 
10,086 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
39 
192 
406 
613 
842 
844 
$1,000 to $4,999 
127 
581 
1,249 
1,716 
2,281 
3,763 
$5,000 to $9,999 
141 
463 
848 
998 
1,105 
2,569 
$10,000 to $24,999 
203 
660 
687 
746 
796 
2,212 
$25,000 to $49,999 
177 
302 
326 
287 
196 
639 
$50,000 or more 
155 
162 
106 
66 
60 
200 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
15 
14 
5 
2 
$1,000 
100 
131 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,133 
1,957 
1,997 
1,846 
1,950 
2,897 
$1,000 
11,501 
17,069 
12,669 
14,508 
12,872 
28,194 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
236 
368 
239 
159 
158 
221 
$1,000 
1,601 
1,627 
581 
409 
513 
1,086 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
407 
734 
811 
813 
943 
1,094 
$1,000 
2,002 
3,054 
2,563 
2,598 
3,192 
3,153 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
117 
277 
348 
285 
286 
338 
$1,000 
3,158 
5,152 
4,372 
5,052 
4,696 
3,620 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
111 
158 
125 
144 
123 
247 
$1,000 
1,593 
2,318 
765 
2,227 
955 
3,916 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
244 
398 
329 
314 
327 
524 
$1,000 
185 
314 
194 
201 
285 
555 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
81 
77 
51 
30 
26 
64 
$1,000 
660 
166 
231 
400 
37 
287 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
29 
72 
70 
71 
90 
83 
$1,000 
108 
312 
206 
221 
122 
155 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
137 
250 
319 
291 
284 
747 
$1,000 
2,193 
4,125 
3,758 
3,400 
3,072 
15,422 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
2,672 
4,935 
5,367 
4,722 
4,262 
6,219 
acres 
153,370 
171,375 
130,052 
93,884 
72,633 
124,342 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
2,631 
4,764 
5,022 
4,106 
3,310 
4,210 
acres 
133,157 
143,018 
101,020 
63,618 
40,248 
50,134 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
1,470 
3,810 
4,606 
3,937 
3,245 
4,118 
50 to 99 acres 
819 
795 
369 
136 
52 
76 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
289 
150 
46 
32 
12 
16 
200 to 499 acres 
53 
8 
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 
168 
349 
486 
472 
392 
772 
acres 
5,895 
8,332 
7,616 
6,611 
5,800 
13,571 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
121 
213 
234 
180 
166 
434 
acres 
2,145 
3,165 
2,224 
1,210 
1,273 
5,850 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
337 
698 
815 
890 
1,167 
1,752 
acres 
9,062 
13,320 
15,733 
20,061 
22,756 
49,545 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
137 
265 
254 
200 
175 
247 
acres 
3,111 
3,540 
3,459 
2,384 
2,556 
5,242 
Total woodland 
farms 
1,818 
3,834 
4,624 
4,505 
4,501 
6,311 
acres 
148,712 
223,158 
218,730 
219,372 
190,368 
208,184 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
762 
1,758 
2,169 
2,056 
1,631 
2,600 
acres 
28,068 
40,740 
35,635 
27,146 
18,594 
31,356 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,452 
2,953 
3,575 
3,424 
3,630 
4,889 
acres 
120,644 
182,418 
183,095 
192,226 
171,774 
176,828 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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