Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other occupations 
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 
1,499 
4 
63 
145 
310 
480 
497 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,905 
14 
109 
310 
629 
909 
934 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,426 
10 
37 
149 
323 
455 
452 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,435 
11 
83 
146 
330 
456 
409 
$25,000 to $49,999 
909 
3 
44 
100 
216 
310 
236 
$50,000 or more 
885 
- 
56 
110 
250 
285 
184 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
16,585 
60 
761 
2,036 
4,080 
5,270 
4,378 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
11,779 
10,499 
12,357 
11,396 
11,723 
11,911 
11,768 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,972 
- 
72 
245 
408 
654 
593 
$1,000 to $4,999 
6,096 
31 
248 
728 
1,520 
1,986 
1,583 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,765 
12 
184 
445 
974 
1,176 
974 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,172 
14 
171 
416 
810 
947 
814 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,035 
- 
54 
133 
265 
328 
255 
$50,000 or more 
545 
3 
32 
69 
103 
179 
159 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
37 
- 
1 
9 
15 
8 
4 
$1,000 
1,557 
- 
(D) 
118 
977 
249 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
7,574 
41 
312 
764 
1,737 
2,327 
2,393 
$1,000 
57,334 
131 
1,459 
6,281 
14,173 
17,353 
17,937 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
896 
14 
75 
113 
241 
274 
179 
$1,000 
5,030 
69 
235 
1,310 
1,577 
883 
956 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
3,147 
- 
48 
207 
635 
989 
1,268 
$1,000 
12,756 
- 
115 
482 
2,114 
5,049 
4,996 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,013 
12 
27 
93 
232 
278 
371 
$1,000 
14,166 
(D) 
(D) 
859 
2,496 
4,805 
5,931 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
543 
1 
29 
59 
124 
149 
181 
$1,000 
7,248 
(D) 
(D) 
1,270 
1,882 
1,477 
1,884 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,540 
11 
133 
225 
368 
485 
318 
$1,000 
2,136 
2 
146 
500 
520 
596 
372 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
257 
- 
20 
37 
61 
94 
45 
$1,000 
2,071 
- 
72 
229 
815 
735 
220 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
257 
- 
- 
23 
53 
90 
91 
$1,000 
990 
- 
- 
94 
406 
193 
298 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,155 
4 
46 
130 
306 
374 
295 
$1,000 
12,937 
24 
118 
1,539 
4,363 
3,615 
3,279 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
17,830 
68 
822 
1,956 
4,271 
5,730 
4,983 
acres 
701,746 
3,586 
35,761 
77,251 
160,484 
234,300 
190,364 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
14,991 
52 
724 
1,702 
3,708 
4,822 
3,983 
acres 
550,192 
2,888 
29,354 
65,935 
134,461 
184,129 
133,425 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
12,756 
39 
580 
1,427 
3,129 
4,114 
3,467 
50 to 99 acres 
1,326 
11 
85 
158 
333 
430 
309 
100 to 199 acres 
555 
- 
37 
75 
157 
161 
125 
200 to 499 acres 
246 
- 
18 
29 
59 
86 
54 
500 to 999 acres 
63 
2 
- 
8 
17 
21 
15 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
30 
- 
4 
2 
8 
6 
10 
2,000 acres or more 
15 
- 
- 
3 
5 
4 
3 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,649 
6 
97 
185 
453 
489 
419 
acres 
34,166 
82 
1,497 
3,995 
7,969 
10,795 
9,828 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
817 
- 
36 
100 
205 
291 
185 
acres 
9,167 
- 
469 
948 
1,996 
3,172 
2,582 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
3,661 
10 
124 
300 
755 
1,200 
1,272 
acres 
96,134 
384 
3,633 
5,702 
14,132 
33,084 
39,199 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
697 
7 
27 
54 
153 
201 
255 
acres 
12,087 
232 
808 
671 
1,926 
3,120 
5,330 
Total woodland 
farms 
16,318 
45 
596 
1,616 
3,877 
5,403 
4,781 
acres 
861,765 
758 
16,456 
54,563 
161,427 
290,327 
338,234 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
6,526 
20 
269 
744 
1,686 
2,113 
1,694 
acres 
107,799 
228 
3,183 
9,904 
24,651 
35,155 
34,678 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
12,901 
30 
414 
1,217 
2,990 
4,336 
3,914 
acres 
753,966 
530 
13,273 
44,659 
136,776 
255,172 
303,556 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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