Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
6,937 
27 
223 
650 
1,842 
1,991 
2,204 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
13,462 
37 
582 
1,283 
3,296 
3,881 
4,383 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,928 
21 
300 
614 
1,585 
2,040 
2,368 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,661 
19 
267 
548 
1,460 
1,976 
2,391 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,295 
4 
163 
297 
790 
903 
1,138 
$50,000 or more 
2,926 
8 
123 
311 
693 
853 
938 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
103,831 
264 
4,156 
1 1 ,469 
28,331 
31,666 
27,945 
Average net loss 
....dollars 
13,872 
8,877 
15,023 
13,678 
13,124 
13,833 
14,630 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
10,072 
39 
448 
939 
2,565 
3,003 
3,078 
$1,000 to $4,999 
35,164 
115 
1,297 
3,834 
9,590 
10,670 
9,658 
$5,000 to $9,999 
24,327 
59 
1,016 
2,813 
6,880 
7,472 
6,087 
$10,000 to $24,999 
22,698 
38 
952 
2,653 
6,348 
6,920 
5,787 
$25,000 to $49,999 
7,502 
5 
304 
801 
1,962 
2,369 
2,061 
$50,000 or more 
4,068 
8 
139 
429 
986 
1,232 
1,274 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
53 
2 
4 
17 
14 
16 
$1,000 
5,113 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
536 
(D) 
420 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
35,635 
90 
1,481 
3,681 
8,967 
10,447 
10,969 
$1,000 
327,877 
810 
13,264 
27,123 
77,223 
95,844 
113,614 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
4,387 
30 
290 
648 
1,278 
1,245 
896 
$1,000 
40,294 
486 
2,434 
5,434 
10,449 
1 1 ,003 
10,487 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
11,513 
15 
217 
716 
2,233 
3,439 
4,893 
$1,000 
84,466 
32 
791 
5,003 
16,103 
22,263 
40,274 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
1,515 
67 
146 
339 
499 
464 
$1,000 
16,418 
- 
355 
895 
2,789 
4,803 
7,575 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
3,988 
10 
149 
371 
897 
1,221 
1,340 
$1,000 
56,659 
49 
1,218 
3,227 
12,483 
20,698 
18,984 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
10,558 
21 
507 
1,228 
2,952 
3,094 
2,756 
$1,000 
16,347 
6 
739 
1,650 
4,436 
5,186 
4,330 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
3,601 
14 
236 
333 
851 
1,091 
1,076 
$1,000 
64,694 
136 
6,148 
5,075 
14,503 
20,885 
17,947 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
463 
_ 
4 
69 
112 
104 
174 
$1,000 
2,456 
- 
2 
350 
548 
654 
901 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
4,910 
5 
255 
662 
1,505 
1,358 
1,125 
$1,000 
46,507 
100 
1,547 
5,489 
15,912 
10,352 
13,108 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
75,382 
193 
2,890 
7,448 
18,976 
22,776 
23,099 
acres 
7,621,385 
22,598 
305,416 
681,113 
1,601,836 
2,180,336 
2,830,086 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
53,542 
136 
2,169 
5,441 
13,948 
16,760 
15,088 
acres 
3,205,267 
13,608 
139,551 
329,724 
771,841 
1,018,638 
931,905 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
39,088 
87 
1,509 
4,008 
10,432 
12,149 
10,903 
50 to 99 acres 
7,865 
38 
329 
733 
1,925 
2,561 
2,279 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
3,737 
2 
185 
382 
864 
1,220 
1,084 
200 to 499 acres 
2,062 
5 
105 
241 
544 
589 
578 
500 to 999 acres 
495 
- 
32 
35 
117 
147 
164 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
201 
2 
7 
29 
50 
57 
56 
2,000 acres or more 
94 
2 
2 
13 
16 
37 
24 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
10,574 
48 
519 
1,368 
3,124 
3,005 
2,510 
acres 
1,097,987 
6,144 
63,509 
94,292 
286,817 
293,106 
354,119 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
7,925 
8 
266 
793 
2,089 
2,474 
2,295 
acres 
716,427 
245 
43,718 
66,548 
152,684 
210,159 
243,073 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
15,353 
30 
401 
1,097 
3,014 
4,212 
6,599 
acres 
2,412,142 
2,601 
52,597 
176,423 
350,144 
597,559 
1,232,818 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
2,322 
- 
72 
181 
564 
726 
779 
acres 
189,562 
- 
6,041 
14,126 
40,350 
60,874 
68,171 
Total woodland 
farms 
38,790 
67 
1,239 
3,786 
10,463 
12,370 
10,865 
acres 
4,076,336 
5,269 
106,761 
323,112 
898,681 
1 ,332,228 
1,410,285 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
27,085 
44 
887 
2,643 
7,269 
8,688 
7,554 
acres 
2,857,973 
4,449 
87,065 
239,458 
590,355 
907,069 
1,029,577 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
15,078 
29 
435 
1,480 
4,123 
4,767 
4,244 
acres 
1,218,363 
820 
19,696 
83,654 
308,326 
425,159 
380,708 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Texas 203 
