Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
8,507 
1,634 
551 
6,654 
4,038 
$1,000 to $4,999 
21,621 
16,374 
3,984 
1,263 
13,549 
8,072 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1 1 ,932 
8,263 
2,898 
771 
7,654 
4,278 
$10,000 to $24,999 
13,306 
8,548 
3,779 
979 
8,315 
4,991 
$25,000 to $49,999 
7,518 
4,191 
2,698 
629 
4,658 
2,860 
$50,000 or more 
12,978 
5,141 
6,030 
1,807 
7,473 
5,505 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
170,762 
128,759 
33,274 
8,729 
93,037 
77,725 
Average net loss 
dollars 
19,606 
14,988 
33,169 
36,021 
18,196 
21,293 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
14,866 
12,261 
1,912 
693 
9,249 
5,617 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
53,810 
43,398 
7,858 
2,554 
30,775 
23,035 
$5,000 to $9,999 
39,125 
30,515 
6,892 
1,718 
20,542 
18,583 
$10,000 to $24,999 
38,643 
28,181 
8,616 
1,846 
19,837 
18,806 
$25,000 to $49,999 
13,867 
9,117 
3,926 
824 
7,111 
6,756 
$50,000 or more 
10,451 
5,287 
4,070 
1,094 
5,523 
4,928 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
346 
86 
189 
71 
202 
144 
$1,000 
41,146 
6,369 
21,534 
13,242 
13,323 
27,822 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
69,642 
45,155 
19,315 
5,172 
41,249 
28,393 
$1,000 
1,351,105 
497,627 
648,083 
205,396 
685,720 
665,385 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
11,109 
4,657 
5,271 
1,181 
6,742 
4,367 
$1,000 
201,203 
53,326 
117,568 
30,309 
116,348 
84,856 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
20,727 
15,958 
3,828 
941 
12,051 
8,676 
$1,000 
201,185 
140,231 
48,180 
12,775 
115,228 
85,958 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,700 
32,141 
2,039 
22,420 
615 
46 
1,502 
16,992 
1,198 
15,149 
$1,000 
9,304 
417 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
7,775 
5,214 
2,042 
519 
4,364 
3,411 
$1,000 
132,864 
88,153 
30,382 
14,330 
57,325 
75,539 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
21,801 
12,926 
6,978 
1,897 
12,925 
8,876 
$1,000 
76,866 
23,432 
39,336 
14,099 
38,804 
38,062 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
10,740 
4,192 
4,875 
1,673 
6,617 
4,123 
$1,000 
576,918 
85,107 
367,388 
124,423 
280,100 
296,818 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
1,041 
646 
315 
80 
622 
419 
$1,000 
8,100 
3,825 
3,219 
1,056 
4,827 
3,272 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
9,205 
6,695 
1,934 
576 
5,140 
4,065 
$1 ,000 
121,668 
81,126 
32,555 
7,987 
55,949 
65,720 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
138,929 
93,843 
37,024 
8,062 
80,480 
58,449 
acres 
29,147,537 
10,221,002 
14,894,151 
4,032,384 
15,830,556 
13,316,981 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
104,998 
66,696 
31,913 
6,389 
59,916 
45,082 
acres 
16,458,332 
4,402,358 
9,463,053 
2,592,921 
8,548,694 
7,909,638 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
65,643 
49,877 
13,585 
2,181 
36,630 
29,013 
50 to 99 acres 
15,920 
9,131 
5,872 
917 
9,287 
6,633 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
9,111 
4,170 
4,092 
849 
5,488 
3,623 
200 to 499 acres 
7,190 
2,376 
3,830 
984 
4,550 
2,640 
500 to 999 acres 
3,376 
633 
2,027 
716 
2,112 
1,264 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2,239 
293 
1,463 
483 
1,263 
976 
2,000 acres or more 
1,519 
216 
1,044 
259 
586 
933 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
19,124 
12,651 
5,379 
1,094 
10,188 
8,936 
acres 
2,845,326 
1,319,339 
1,242,129 
283,858 
1,514,095 
1,331,231 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
17,621 
9,857 
6,034 
1,730 
10,027 
7,594 
acres 
4,200,627 
903,717 
2,511,923 
784,987 
2,289,118 
1,911,509 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
25,894 
19,911 
4,871 
1,112 
16,130 
9,764 
acres 
4,694,923 
3,323,414 
1,114,229 
257,280 
2,964,330 
1 ,730,593 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
6,097 
3,008 
2,507 
582 
3,629 
2,468 
acres 
948,329 
272,174 
562,817 
113,338 
514,319 
434,010 
Total woodland 
farms 
66,928 
49,045 
15,633 
2,250 
34,981 
31,947 
acres 
7,951,154 
4,663,259 
2,694,596 
593,299 
4,298,867 
3,652,287 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
47,781 
33,190 
12,747 
1,844 
24,851 
22,930 
acres 
5,759,183 
3,038,595 
2,194,957 
525,631 
3,081,714 
2,677,469 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
25,209 
20,257 
4,412 
540 
13,141 
12,068 
acres 
2,191,971 
1,624,664 
499,639 
67,668 
1,217,153 
974,818 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
224 Texas 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
