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 
$25,000 to 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
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 
24 
63 
135 
164 
177 
96 
$1,000 to $4,999 
160 
381 
503 
363 
164 
88 
$5,000 to $9,999 
231 
497 
314 
23 
34 
59 
$10,000 to $24,999 
673 
552 
106 
36 
20 
65 
$25,000 to $49,999 
382 
80 
21 
13 
8 
30 
$50,000 or more 
64 
37 
30 
7 
7 
38 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
908 
1,428 
1,348 
1,506 
1,791 
5,515 
Average net loss 
dollars 
37,326 
26,365 
16,250 
12,176 
9,549 
14,447 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
30 
78 
119 
169 
229 
342 
$1,000 to $4,999 
130 
291 
391 
487 
700 
1,653 
$5,000 to $9,999 
128 
247 
256 
320 
368 
1,472 
$10,000 to $24,999 
281 
439 
382 
347 
357 
1,385 
$25,000 to $49,999 
154 
212 
117 
131 
96 
517 
$50,000 or more 
185 
161 
83 
52 
41 
146 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
7 
3 
_ 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
28 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,131 
1,210 
818 
569 
564 
1,529 
$1,000 
15,048 
13,072 
9,718 
4,646 
4,809 
23,157 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
112 
135 
68 
34 
37 
63 
$1,000 
1,341 
1,045 
311 
167 
62 
172 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
518 
622 
467 
310 
279 
799 
$1,000 
6,872 
6,997 
6,112 
2,508 
3,274 
8,990 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
16 
25 
23 
18 
23 
85 
$1,000 
151 
150 
111 
63 
(D) 
6,936 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
48 
47 
24 
20 
21 
175 
$1,000 
573 
2,860 
1,622 
1,226 
944 
5,336 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
542 
456 
231 
165 
150 
363 
$1,000 
477 
249 
84 
41 
46 
132 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
112 
70 
34 
16 
18 
29 
$1,000 
2,284 
745 
373 
51 
91 
167 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
10 
25 
8 
10 
11 
23 
$1,000 
154 
110 
57 
30 
(D) 
87 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
145 
138 
85 
92 
86 
146 
$1,000 
3,195 
915 
1,049 
559 
326 
1,336 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,892 
2,219 
1,699 
1,362 
1,404 
2,343 
acres 
807,379 
546,236 
212,417 
113,786 
62,893 
203,541 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,426 
1,506 
1,165 
956 
1,073 
1,296 
acres 
194,564 
105,978 
46,422 
24,372 
19,514 
17,797 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
272 
766 
859 
843 
1,009 
1,246 
50 to 99 acres 
383 
380 
215 
78 
57 
40 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
433 
257 
80 
33 
7 
10 
200 to 499 acres 
308 
95 
9 
2 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
30 
8 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
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 
161 
180 
143 
112 
118 
299 
acres 
38,661 
31,583 
13,497 
9,365 
10,470 
48,709 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
212 
208 
108 
94 
96 
340 
acres 
41,583 
28,185 
10,126 
11,475 
6,793 
21,366 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
673 
827 
587 
374 
304 
582 
acres 
480,568 
359,932 
136,402 
51,563 
23,455 
90,990 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
275 
175 
54 
65 
26 
102 
acres 
52,003 
20,558 
5,970 
17,011 
2,661 
24,679 
Total woodland 
farms 
259 
411 
381 
357 
405 
1,157 
acres 
95,011 
89,098 
72,019 
34,772 
179,119 
729,686 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
191 
283 
245 
228 
204 
747 
acres 
(D) 
55,676 
47,576 
17,918 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
97 
186 
182 
174 
248 
562 
acres 
(D) 
33,422 
24,443 
16,854 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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