Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
144 
310 
381 
240 
119 
470 
$5,000 to $9,999 
197 
197 
18 
28 
362 
$10,000 to $24,999 
514 
66 
17 
14 
515 
$25,000 to $49,999 
291 
16 
3 
5 
266 
$50,000 or more 
60 
20 
11 
8 
7 
169 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
828 
1,326 
1,211 
1,314 
1,618 
6,269 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
38,642 
25,030 
14,062 
12,840 
10,457 
15,387 
Less than $1 ,000 
20 
71 
108 
158 
205 
407 
$1,000 to $4,999 
114 
269 
349 
422 
649 
1,855 
$5,000 to $9,999 
119 
224 
236 
274 
343 
1,600 
$10,000 to $24,999 
252 
415 
345 
302 
312 
1,590 
$25,000 to $49,999 
144 
201 
111 
102 
79 
601 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
179 
146 
62 
56 
30 
216 
Total 
farms 
9 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
50 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
959 
962 
622 
431 
459 
2,625 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
12,177 
7,478 
5,729 
3,292 
5,346 
44,709 
services 
farms 
118 
130 
70 
34 
33 
80 
$1,000 
1,515 
957 
326 
48 
53 
414 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
382 
432 
298 
193 
201 
1,631 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
4,162 
3,725 
2,332 
1,109 
1,996 
27,757 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
14 
27 
19 
19 
20 
91 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
142 
158 
108 
(D) 
46 
6,941 
(see text) 
farms 
53 
38 
16 
18 
21 
206 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
579 
615 
1,570 
1,242 
2,863 
5,759 
from cooperatives 
farms 
468 
392 
202 
132 
135 
684 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
369 
180 
56 
34 
57 
411 
payments received 
farms 
108 
75 
34 
16 
11 
71 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
2,115 
832 
420 
201 
40 
1,400 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
10 
14 
4 
6 
3 
55 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
96 
44 
1 
(D) 
1 
415 
sources (see text) 
farms 
134 
130 
81 
89 
85 
197 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
3,200 
966 
915 
585 
291 
1,613 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,526 
1,733 
1,275 
1,083 
1,203 
4,428 
acres 
471,519 
321,641 
134,625 
56,959 
52,018 
1,334,884 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,389 
1,571 
1,177 
989 
1,112 
1,383 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
211,697 
125,956 
54,858 
28,262 
21,087 
22,293 
1 to 49 acres 
248 
730 
827 
844 
1,038 
1,317 
50 to 99 acres 
347 
403 
220 
93 
63 
50 
100 to 199 acres 
397 
307 
93 
46 
11 
13 
200 to 499 acres 
357 
115 
31 
6 
- 
2 
500 to 999 acres 
38 
16 
6 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
146 
166 
129 
104 
110 
381 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
34,656 
32,737 
12,519 
5,991 
9,177 
78,571 
were abandoned 
farms 
207 
185 
101 
77 
71 
459 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
40,162 
21,571 
8,705 
7,735 
4,689 
49,167 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
319 
343 
176 
120 
150 
2,491 
acres 
137,396 
118,184 
54,726 
12,042 
16,369 
1,120,112 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
253 
192 
44 
45 
18 
212 
acres 
47,608 
23,193 
3,817 
2,929 
696 
64,741 
Total woodland 
farms 
251 
388 
352 
332 
393 
1,277 
acres 
70,124 
79,942 
49,847 
30,523 
184,324 
816,366 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
193 
270 
234 
209 
209 
801 
acres 
58,374 
45,959 
30,293 
15,175 
166,999 
466,639 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
89 
176 
156 
166 
231 
641 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodlancf 
acres 
11,750 
33,983 
19,554 
15,348 
17,325 
349,727 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
1,511 
1,752 
1,282 
1,100 
1,214 
5,126 
acres 
1,376,786 
948,482 
359,970 
212,913 
869,591 
3,588,808 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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