Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains 2 - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
686 
- 
1 
2 
9 
15 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,804 
- 
2 
18 
43 
82 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,363 
- 
5 
27 
54 
119 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,190 
ii 
22 
58 
226 
421 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,863 
16 
37 
132 
482 
662 
$50,000 or more 
5,706 
671 
1,242 
1,746 
1,486 
378 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
14,396 
89 
170 
403 
582 
656 
Average net loss 
dollars 
34,102 
738,234 
245,604 
173,443 
108,316 
63,979 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,002 
1 
- 
4 
11 
19 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,762 
- 
- 
22 
31 
57 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,935 
2 
- 
24 
53 
65 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,530 
3 
9 
55 
103 
169 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,549 
6 
22 
57 
93 
144 
$50,000 or more 
1,618 
77 
139 
241 
291 
202 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
227 
36 
72 
52 
46 
9 
$1,000 
16,590 
6,581 
5,472 
2,995 
1,375 
138 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,101 
524 
1,009 
1,674 
1,784 
1,289 
$1,000 
248,531 
41,722 
41,431 
41,681 
34,002 
19,246 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,408 
121 
183 
269 
241 
145 
$1,000 
25,332 
5,872 
4,675 
5,833 
4,106 
1,746 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
4,767 
132 
215 
394 
519 
512 
$1,000 
81,321 
7,488 
7,815 
7,226 
14,103 
9,936 
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 
34 
70 
117 
104 
66 
$1,000 
20,310 
1,135 
1,300 
2,993 
1,544 
775 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,121 
390 
788 
1,202 
1,170 
664 
$1,000 
17,525 
5,636 
4,783 
3,713 
1,806 
558 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,113 
196 
394 
533 
496 
215 
$1,000 
72,850 
19,145 
20,061 
16,364 
9,670 
3,901 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
217 
12 
21 
37 
39 
21 
$1,000 
2,100 
344 
(D) 
378 
282 
184 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,071 
144 
287 
380 
349 
219 
$1,000 
20,089 
1,786 
2,291 
4,298 
2,252 
2,081 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
19,888 
747 
1,425 
2,263 
2,612 
1,922 
acres 
17,022,177 
3,898,082 
4,085,376 
3,757,059 
2,293,269 
1,042,139 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
15,894 
743 
1,401 
2,198 
2,457 
1,673 
acres 
9,533,929 
2,737,707 
2,602,035 
2,153,330 
1,198,017 
434,193 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
5,260 
5 
13 
33 
91 
123 
50 to 99 acres 
1,559 
6 
10 
35 
123 
232 
100 to 199 acres 
1,750 
8 
20 
98 
331 
473 
200 to 499 acres 
2,618 
41 
132 
463 
920 
648 
500 to 999 acres 
1,867 
69 
216 
622 
748 
173 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,558 
118 
421 
768 
226 
24 
2,000 acres or more 
1,282 
496 
589 
179 
18 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,916 
90 
152 
189 
272 
200 
acres 
910,532 
141,153 
225,246 
189,396 
136,635 
65,817 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,409 
101 
179 
342 
464 
265 
acres 
624,016 
79,127 
88,058 
159,370 
116,422 
61,511 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,021 
267 
507 
698 
663 
539 
acres 
3,213,004 
323,067 
417,479 
537,324 
426,953 
365,271 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
3,739 
271 
576 
933 
844 
418 
acres 
2,740,696 
617,028 
752,558 
717,639 
415,242 
115,347 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,987 
76 
131 
248 
307 
255 
acres 
2,609,922 
284,316 
225,267 
314,073 
436,067 
150,494 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,681 
59 
97 
202 
233 
192 
acres 
1,962,724 
262,998 
193,205 
266,617 
394,322 
82,734 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,790 
22 
44 
73 
99 
103 
acres 
647,198 
21,318 
32,062 
47,456 
41,745 
67,760 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
114 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
