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 2 - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1,000 to $4,999 
151 
68 
54 
246 
161 
98 
78 
$5,000 to $9,999 
95 
36 
50 
270 
191 
127 
118 
$10,000 to $24,999 
106 
67 
72 
343 
466 
309 
368 
$25,000 to $49,999 
43 
34 
45 
222 
327 
430 
552 
$50,000 or more 
51 
36 
32 
250 
425 
903 
3,809 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
866 
419 
283 
1,219 
950 
878 
1,534 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
17,235 
16,931 
20,391 
22,211 
45,523 
54,423 
154,700 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
77 
31 
15 
93 
46 
28 
25 
$1,000 to $4,999 
228 
111 
57 
241 
168 
117 
93 
$5,000 to $9,999 
178 
80 
86 
238 
154 
121 
92 
$10,000 to $24,999 
246 
128 
66 
342 
252 
232 
315 
$25,000 to $49,999 
81 
43 
35 
189 
167 
163 
246 
$50,000 or more 
56 
26 
24 
116 
163 
217 
763 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
1 
1 
7 
16 
36 
159 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
398 
1,345 
14,718 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
453 
264 
264 
1,139 
1,309 
1,608 
4,222 
$1,000 
5,404 
3,526 
2,714 
13,570 
17,155 
29,333 
150,377 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
28 
34 
25 
104 
131 
193 
613 
$1,000 
202 
599 
361 
1,152 
2,123 
4,036 
15,190 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
219 
138 
124 
592 
623 
658 
1,241 
$1,000 
3,342 
1,382 
880 
6,921 
8,988 
9,468 
41,454 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
18 
7 
13 
29 
30 
14 
50 
$1,000 
(D) 
31 
81 
218 
249 
167 
7,726 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
20 
12 
7 
37 
46 
79 
350 
$1,000 
556 
681 
(D) 
2,407 
1,308 
3,559 
7,018 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
171 
105 
90 
464 
669 
914 
2,806 
$1,000 
82 
129 
282 
597 
1,218 
2,197 
12,646 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
40 
10 
25 
69 
176 
382 
1,357 
$1,000 
244 
99 
247 
781 
2,570 
8,490 
60,291 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
11 
4 
4 
22 
30 
26 
96 
$1,000 
(D) 
5 
(D) 
94 
214 
298 
1,413 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
44 
31 
34 
115 
164 
230 
1,002 
$1,000 
911 
600 
495 
1,400 
485 
1,117 
4,639 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
894 
443 
391 
1,981 
2,100 
2,339 
5,809 
acres 
94,626 
48,621 
56,016 
450,622 
944,070 
1,955,677 
13,313,499 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
537 
331 
285 
1,250 
1,455 
1,811 
5,313 
acres 
42,400 
27,193 
32,777 
197,726 
436,784 
937,001 
7,753,220 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
170 
119 
58 
249 
133 
87 
86 
50 to 99 acres 
173 
102 
73 
226 
199 
149 
175 
100 to 199 acres 
194 
90 
95 
341 
278 
275 
385 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
20 
59 
434 
541 
501 
1,063 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
304 
544 
1,019 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
255 
1,303 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
1,282 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
69 
45 
25 
196 
189 
221 
632 
acres 
4,641 
3,359 
2,565 
22,344 
39,702 
73,549 
752,439 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
79 
48 
32 
208 
201 
318 
1,116 
acres 
5,535 
2,897 
2,738 
17,747 
30,385 
63,336 
491,870 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
329 
124 
113 
798 
868 
937 
2,052 
acres 
38,027 
13,093 
16,233 
192,765 
362,167 
655,717 
1,907,000 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
56 
32 
21 
198 
366 
625 
2,305 
acres 
4,023 
2,079 
1,703 
20,040 
75,032 
226,074 
2,408,970 
Total woodland 
...farms 
264 
141 
114 
441 
367 
312 
726 
acres 
19,233 
12,184 
11,649 
61,740 
100,760 
130,410 
2,237,106 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
176 
90 
75 
306 
276 
242 
585 
acres 
12,536 
6,532 
6,585 
37,178 
69,250 
85,599 
1,724,944 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
129 
70 
54 
194 
136 
123 
225 
acres 
6,697 
5,652 
5,064 
24,562 
31,510 
44,811 
512,162 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodlancf 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
841 
525 
392 
1,748 
1,778 
2,035 
5,521 
acres 
90,018 
65,535 
57,661 
384,074 
749,258 
1,735,130 
36,033,096 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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