Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
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 
599 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,804 
1,534 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,363 
1,136 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,190 
1,712 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,863 
1,339 
$50,000 or more 
5,706 
3,154 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
14,396 
12,090 
Average net loss 
dollars 
34,102 
23,317 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,002 
895 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,762 
3,379 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,935 
2,604 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,530 
2,987 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,549 
1,228 
$50,000 or more 
1,618 
997 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
227 
122 
$1,000 
16,590 
6,303 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,101 
8,384 
$1,000 
248,531 
108,510 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,408 
959 
$1,000 
25,332 
13,090 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
4,767 
3,296 
$1,000 
81,321 
37,084 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
239 
175 
$1,000 
9,004 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
726 
417 
$1,000 
20,310 
7,231 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,121 
4,096 
$1,000 
17,525 
7,841 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,113 
1,235 
$1,000 
72,850 
30,405 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
217 
151 
$1,000 
2,100 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,071 
1,305 
$1,000 
20,089 
10,252 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
19,888 
14,705 
acres 
17,022,177 
8,338,027 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
15,894 
11,551 
acres 
9,533,929 
4,585,538 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
5,260 
4,669 
50 to 99 acres 
1,559 
1,291 
100 to 199 acres 
1,750 
1,332 
200 to 499 acres 
2,618 
1,824 
500 to 999 acres 
1,867 
1,144 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,558 
784 
2,000 acres or more 
1,282 
507 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,916 
1,442 
acres 
910,532 
516,325 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,409 
1,766 
acres 
624,016 
367,442 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,021 
4,078 
acres 
3,213,004 
1,740,565 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
3,739 
2,252 
acres 
2,740,696 
1,128,157 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,987 
3,010 
acres 
2,609,922 
815,251 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,681 
1,966 
acres 
1,962,724 
600,890 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,790 
1,381 
acres 
647,198 
214,361 
Partnership 
37 
129 
80 
182 
198 
765 
929 
71,770 
50 
182 
151 
234 
117 
195 
25 
(D) 
1,226 
35,801 
144 
4,338 
493 
9,488 
25 
578 
93 
3,028 
584 
2,898 
237 
13,369 
22 
225 
222 
1,878 
1,794 
2,850,143 
1,467 
1,560,711 
257 
114 
154 
301 
209 
186 
246 
167 
178,357 
242 
92,752 
635 
489,591 
427 
528,732 
389 
346,629 
286 
278,244 
165 
68,385 
Registered 
under 
state law 
27 
102 
62 
144 
160 
634 
738 
71,765 
40 
143 
112 
181 
93 
169 
15 
1,627 
998 
30,837 
117 
3,732 
399 
7,788 
20 
547 
78 
2,857 
474 
2,469 
193 
11,499 
18 
221 
183 
1,723 
1,467 
2,370,799 
1,194 
1,289,210 
196 
97 
122 
248 
170 
145 
216 
129 
117,397 
211 
83,655 
533 
416,144 
353 
464,393 
324 
288,859 
233 
223,215 
137 
65,644 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
140 Montana 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
