Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
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 
10,692 
10,029 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
21,621 
19,817 
$5,000 to $9,999 
11,932 
10,677 
$10,000 to $24,999 
13,306 
11,521 
$25,000 to $49,999 
7,518 
6,217 
$50,000 or more 
12,978 
9,075 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
170,762 
155,244 
Average net loss 
dollars 
19,606 
15,535 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
14,866 
13,971 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
53,810 
50,417 
$5,000 to $9,999 
39,125 
36,419 
$10,000 to $24,999 
38,643 
35,122 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13,867 
1 1 ,922 
$50,000 or more 
10,451 
7,393 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
346 
252 
$1,000 
41,146 
14,832 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
69,642 
59,369 
$1,000 
1,351,105 
871 ,985 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
11,109 
9,613 
$1,000 
201,203 
150,214 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
20,727 
17,236 
$1,000 
201,185 
131,196 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,700 
2,431 
$1,000 
32,141 
26,364 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
7,775 
6,038 
$1,000 
132,864 
62,423 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
21,801 
18,687 
$1,000 
76,866 
52,168 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
10,740 
8,370 
$1,000 
576,918 
361,768 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,041 
834 
$1,000 
8,100 
5,503 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
9,205 
8,033 
$1,000 
121,668 
82,313 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
138,929 
121,982 
acres 
29,147,537 
19,683,545 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
104,998 
92,461 
acres 
16,458,332 
10,815,831 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
65,643 
60,613 
50 to 99 acres 
15,920 
14,068 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
9,111 
7,499 
200 to 499 acres 
7,190 
5,647 
500 to 999 acres 
3,376 
2,436 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,239 
1,455 
2,000 acres or more 
1,519 
743 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
19,124 
16,876 
acres 
2,845,326 
1,992,769 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
17,621 
14,990 
acres 
4,200,627 
2,898,474 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
25,894 
21,424 
acres 
4,694,923 
3,333,475 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
6,097 
5,020 
acres 
948,329 
642,996 
Total woodland 
farms 
66,928 
60,381 
acres 
7,951,154 
5,871,786 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
47,781 
43,136 
acres 
5,759,183 
4,278,336 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
25,209 
22,582 
acres 
2,191,971 
1,593,450 
Partnership 
435 
1,224 
797 
1,198 
781 
2,440 
9,785 
53,147 
614 
2,257 
1,737 
2,242 
1,138 
1,797 
74 
25,025 
6,693 
311,477 
1,044 
35,755 
2,193 
45,710 
175 
2,935 
1,160 
42,334 
2,060 
17,052 
1,560 
150,014 
143 
1,838 
677 
15,715 
10,712 
6,655,779 
8,047 
4,138,531 
3,170 
1,201 
1,006 
968 
562 
494 
646 
1,438 
560,822 
1,658 
909,018 
2,671 
831,541 
713 
215,867 
4,121 
1,438,111 
3,021 
1,064,849 
1,550 
373,262 
Registered 
under 
state law 
255 
759 
550 
829 
573 
1,919 
6,851 
63,755 
387 
1,408 
1,139 
1,521 
894 
1,502 
66 
22,969 
4,844 
248,608 
711 
28,834 
1,663 
38,765 
130 
2,124 
909 
33,890 
1,490 
14,107 
1,175 
116,774 
93 
1,351 
454 
12,639 
7,606 
5,155,523 
5,724 
3,201,321 
2,025 
854 
746 
764 
435 
393 
507 
1,047 
426,451 
1,219 
701,785 
1,939 
653,082 
537 
172,884 
2,908 
1,263,700 
2,072 
926,514 
1,161 
337,186 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
146 Texas 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
