Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
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 
1,804 
2 
16 
41 
81 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,363 
- 
5 
20 
58 
107 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,190 
8 
21 
53 
216 
386 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,863 
13 
37 
111 
459 
598 
$50,000 or more 
5,706 
619 
1,173 
1,708 
1,565 
366 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
14,396 
88 
153 
368 
596 
625 
Average net loss 
dollars 
34,102 
743,336 
241,571 
189,005 
107,381 
68,050 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,002 
1 
3 
10 
19 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,762 
- 
- 
16 
33 
55 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,935 
2 
- 
18 
55 
64 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,530 
3 
9 
50 
106 
146 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,549 
6 
19 
57 
90 
139 
$50,000 or more 
1,618 
76 
125 
224 
302 
202 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
227 
33 
69 
54 
49 
8 
$1,000 
16,590 
6,176 
5,311 
3,370 
1,554 
130 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,101 
478 
946 
1,613 
1,827 
1,179 
$1,000 
248,531 
39,683 
39,283 
42,378 
32,850 
15,605 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,408 
108 
169 
272 
245 
149 
$1,000 
25,332 
5,556 
4,276 
6,290 
4,083 
1,816 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
4,767 
123 
201 
369 
521 
416 
$1,000 
81,321 
7,008 
7,927 
6,671 
11,600 
7,036 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
239 
8 
3 
18 
11 
9 
$1,000 
9,004 
315 
(D) 
875 
238 
66 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
726 
33 
66 
119 
105 
51 
$1,000 
20,310 
1,132 
1,288 
2,990 
1,550 
722 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,121 
354 
741 
1,170 
1,195 
648 
$1,000 
17,525 
5,406 
4,453 
4,104 
1,861 
595 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,113 
182 
356 
515 
533 
212 
$1,000 
72,850 
18,224 
18,830 
16,500 
11,039 
3,249 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
217 
12 
17 
40 
36 
20 
$1,000 
2,100 
344 
(D) 
572 
258 
99 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,071 
136 
253 
377 
371 
218 
$1,000 
20,089 
1,698 
2,199 
4,377 
2,222 
2,024 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
19,888 
688 
1,338 
2,157 
2,679 
1,778 
acres 
17,022,177 
3,580,783 
3,858,992 
3,798,361 
2,561,711 
850,684 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
15,894 
684 
1,315 
2,097 
2,550 
1,627 
acres 
9,533,929 
2,529,031 
2,554,327 
2,170,279 
1,378,886 
437,253 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
5,260 
5 
12 
33 
85 
121 
50 to 99 acres 
1,559 
6 
10 
34 
121 
212 
100 to 199 acres 
1,750 
8 
20 
89 
317 
449 
200 to 499 acres 
2,618 
39 
131 
441 
871 
625 
500 to 999 acres 
1,867 
67 
207 
524 
815 
194 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,558 
116 
335 
764 
314 
26 
2,000 acres or more 
1,282 
443 
600 
212 
27 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,916 
84 
142 
191 
266 
197 
acres 
910,532 
116,355 
195,201 
233,230 
138,210 
53,885 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,409 
96 
167 
320 
467 
259 
acres 
624,016 
75,054 
77,899 
152,544 
130,288 
56,202 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,021 
232 
457 
661 
679 
393 
acres 
3,213,004 
280,612 
365,540 
495,842 
432,815 
179,366 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
3,739 
247 
501 
904 
907 
416 
acres 
2,740,696 
579,731 
666,025 
746,466 
481,512 
123,978 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,987 
71 
131 
234 
306 
252 
acres 
2,609,922 
267,961 
205,922 
333,336 
438,282 
133,295 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,681 
55 
96 
191 
236 
187 
acres 
1,962,724 
247,043 
173,460 
288,926 
395,544 
74,312 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,790 
21 
45 
70 
94 
101 
acres 
647,198 
20,918 
32,462 
44,410 
42,738 
58,983 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
19,233 
567 
1,043 
1,742 
2,234 
1,662 
acres 
39,293,812 
8,232,938 
6,839,170 
7,739,859 
6,306,964 
2,818,331 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
88 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
