Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,823 
1,147 
764 
2,209 
1,104 
448 
220 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,023 
760 
596 
2,070 
1,160 
469 
297 
$10,000 to $24,999 
885 
850 
591 
2,760 
2,103 
1,152 
642 
$25,000 to $49,999 
405 
336 
264 
1,348 
1,550 
1,085 
835 
$50,000 or more 
357 
310 
287 
1,413 
2,355 
2,753 
3,864 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
9,691 
6,641 
4,494 
13,729 
8,738 
5,091 
4,903 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
13,411 
1 6,778 
17,742 
23,167 
42,118 
72,111 
159,433 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
820 
495 
308 
787 
369 
142 
72 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,781 
1,908 
1,148 
2,905 
1,361 
543 
253 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,317 
1,486 
951 
2,731 
1,509 
577 
336 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,563 
1,709 
1,277 
4,127 
2,272 
1,170 
808 
$25,000 to $49,999 
795 
687 
518 
1,902 
1,539 
963 
846 
$50,000 or more 
415 
356 
292 
1,277 
1,688 
1,696 
2,588 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
12 
6 
12 
29 
67 
85 
115 
$1,000 
(D) 
208 
172 
617 
1,769 
7,823 
29,927 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
4,077 
3,022 
2,315 
8,744 
7,680 
5,861 
5,935 
$1,000 
39,129 
28,406 
19,299 
108,415 
173,433 
257,998 
540,541 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
650 
497 
453 
1,605 
1,569 
1,194 
1,129 
$1,000 
7,821 
5,447 
5,088 
22,929 
34,423 
33,767 
58,665 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
1,410 
1,007 
695 
2,895 
2,201 
1,493 
1,498 
$1,000 
11,164 
9,327 
5,010 
26,836 
28,019 
27,832 
54,424 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
161 
145 
99 
320 
202 
95 
63 
$1,000 
3,932 
1,512 
913 
5,938 
5,332 
2,939 
2,822 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
360 
304 
239 
970 
1,111 
1,015 
1,585 
$1,000 
2,520 
2,394 
1,519 
8,757 
13,880 
19,182 
68,118 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
1,249 
948 
674 
2,608 
2,572 
2,270 
2,133 
$1,000 
1,580 
1,222 
888 
8,432 
9,845 
17,543 
28,422 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
489 
317 
302 
1,467 
1,961 
2,067 
2,404 
$1,000 
5,705 
3,262 
2,916 
25,130 
71,408 
146,817 
311,271 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
96 
60 
48 
159 
145 
137 
113 
$1,000 
319 
277 
153 
1,158 
1,372 
1,673 
2,408 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
362 
270 
214 
666 
562 
374 
383 
$1,000 
6,088 
4,965 
2,811 
9,235 
9,154 
8,233 
14,264 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
9,418 
6,612 
4,886 
16,605 
12,283 
8,206 
7,264 
acres 
727,824 
534,957 
486,081 
2,520,655 
3,851,102 
5,439,442 
13,562,203 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
6,399 
4,955 
3,701 
11,986 
9,197 
6,498 
5,941 
acres 
335,982 
295,146 
258,354 
1,216,797 
1 ,964,288 
3,144,223 
7,952,512 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
3,824 
2,647 
1,797 
4,442 
1,885 
714 
331 
50 to 99 acres 
1,545 
1,387 
1,038 
3,311 
1,969 
769 
394 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,030 
773 
549 
2,286 
1,938 
1,078 
646 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
148 
317 
1,947 
2,086 
1,503 
1,189 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,319 
1,246 
811 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,188 
1,051 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,519 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
1,218 
859 
648 
2,278 
1,642 
966 
1,245 
acres 
78,403 
61,670 
51,866 
281,812 
358,401 
364,106 
1,409,241 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
1,077 
676 
572 
2,263 
2,341 
2,121 
2,292 
acres 
56,783 
34,906 
39,564 
235,657 
496,186 
916,282 
2,286,182 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
2,438 
1,274 
1,014 
3,965 
3,108 
2,036 
2,046 
acres 
240,977 
132,273 
126,994 
719,902 
908,493 
835,769 
1 ,397,334 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
372 
260 
186 
868 
1,006 
838 
1,021 
acres 
15,679 
10,962 
9,303 
66,487 
123,734 
179,062 
516,934 
T otal woodland 
...farms 
4,930 
3,802 
2,578 
7,897 
4,543 
2,231 
1,445 
acres 
301 ,788 
296,645 
240,290 
1,100,384 
1,202,851 
1,150,866 
2,759,205 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
3,582 
2,861 
1,964 
6,096 
3,549 
1,761 
1,141 
acres 
203,242 
206,992 
168,633 
780,560 
861,618 
840,912 
2,109,541 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
1,869 
1,304 
917 
2,682 
1,524 
714 
488 
acres 
98,546 
89,653 
71,657 
319,824 
341,233 
309,954 
649,664 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
11,251 
8,496 
5,766 
19,566 
13,803 
8,735 
9,249 
acres 
1,207,022 
1,159,245 
938,556 
4,705,521 
6,534,814 
8,343,747 
63,844,491 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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