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 
$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 ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
269 
1,218 
2,154 
2,611 
3,131 
1,170 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,133 
4,899 
7,271 
5,040 
2,026 
749 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,555 
5,502 
3,101 
441 
208 
327 
$10,000 to $24,999 
4,421 
5,040 
594 
280 
198 
380 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,337 
488 
206 
110 
80 
229 
$50,000 or more 
377 
295 
111 
43 
54 
189 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
6,660 
16,941 
21,673 
23,679 
28,696 
64,527 
Average net loss 
dollars 
37,868 
22,123 
12,143 
9,707 
8,259 
10,753 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
257 
1,138 
2,036 
2,600 
3,658 
5,075 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
885 
3,599 
6,523 
8,266 
11,371 
22,716 
$5,000 to $9,999 
938 
3,424 
4,939 
5,872 
6,745 
16,667 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1,851 
4,856 
5,630 
5,217 
5,350 
14,394 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,391 
2,421 
1,839 
1,292 
1,218 
4,097 
$50,000 or more 
1,338 
1,503 
706 
432 
354 
1,578 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
20 
15 
7 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
121 
109 
7 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
6,936 
11,301 
8,914 
7,134 
6,840 
13,281 
$1,000 
107,333 
121,698 
65,416 
38,607 
29,478 
105,024 
Customw/ork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,678 
2,524 
978 
762 
574 
672 
$1,000 
20,389 
22,317 
5,853 
3,483 
2,138 
3,603 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
2,014 
3,606 
3,155 
2,315 
2,106 
3,915 
$1,000 
24,997 
28,817 
18,499 
12,892 
9,416 
18,953 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
215 
445 
382 
327 
347 
784 
$1,000 
3,209 
6,342 
6,652 
1,803 
1,720 
6,515 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
865 
1,254 
904 
675 
670 
1,877 
$1,000 
14,365 
15,774 
8,464 
5,515 
4,412 
25,978 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
2,049 
2,962 
2,578 
2,134 
1,934 
3,871 
$1,000 
3,362 
4,428 
2,817 
2,070 
1,936 
5,259 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,205 
1,346 
798 
544 
392 
559 
$1,000 
29,040 
30,587 
13,027 
5,340 
3,803 
14,834 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
120 
158 
152 
114 
90 
89 
$1,000 
862 
792 
919 
374 
195 
333 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
557 
1,082 
1,132 
1,069 
1,318 
2,661 
$1,000 
11,105 
12,634 
9,185 
7,131 
5,858 
29,549 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
12,852 
23,880 
21,605 
16,948 
16,060 
23,656 
acres 
2,274,759 
2,594,917 
1,491,340 
846,007 
567,647 
1,200,316 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
11,031 
19,411 
16,310 
12,364 
1 1 ,443 
12,246 
acres 
931,738 
952,508 
512,108 
301,206 
218,588 
203,938 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
4,171 
12,231 
13,370 
11,027 
10,712 
1 1 ,659 
50 to 99 acres 
3,501 
4,979 
2,349 
1,128 
606 
458 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
2,401 
1,770 
499 
167 
110 
92 
200 to 499 acres 
899 
417 
88 
41 
15 
36 
500 to 999 acres 
55 
11 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
4 
3 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,566 
2,841 
2,615 
2,296 
2,302 
4,710 
acres 
249,881 
331,920 
187,694 
122,174 
102,670 
313,024 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,574 
2,341 
1,969 
1,449 
1,386 
3,910 
acres 
350,728 
366,628 
211,906 
1 1 1 ,988 
82,447 
254,818 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
1,981 
3,907 
4,019 
3,191 
2,884 
5,291 
acres 
672,110 
879,221 
540,094 
288,758 
149,405 
385,749 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
604 
876 
622 
448 
378 
807 
acres 
70,302 
64,640 
39,538 
21,881 
14,537 
42,787 
Total woodland 
farms 
4,936 
10,360 
10,187 
8,942 
9,066 
17,937 
acres 
914,226 
1,227,688 
784,002 
526,955 
403,869 
1,406,376 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
3,741 
7,723 
7,410 
6,331 
6,054 
12,413 
acres 
704,583 
889,274 
543,400 
338,681 
239,577 
966,079 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,707 
3,613 
3,644 
3,401 
3,751 
7,118 
acres 
209,643 
338,414 
240,602 
188,274 
164,292 
440,297 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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