Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
26 
25 
25 
1 
1 
24 
$1,000 to $4,999 
95 
91 
89 
4 
4 
46 
$5,000 to $9,999 
108 
97 
91 
11 
8 
39 
$10,000 to $24,999 
245 
231 
231 
14 
14 
51 
$25,000 to $49,999 
284 
270 
265 
14 
14 
42 
$50,000 or more 
1,683 
1,614 
1,552 
69 
56 
104 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
1,068 
951 
924 
117 
96 
309 
Average net loss 
dollars 
111,727 
110,484 
104,102 
121,829 
90,184 
74,531 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
27 
19 
17 
8 
6 
30 
$1,000 to $4,999 
145 
124 
122 
21 
20 
56 
$5,000 to $9,999 
125 
111 
111 
14 
11 
55 
$10,000 to $24,999 
231 
209 
209 
22 
18 
78 
$25,000 to $49,999 
160 
147 
147 
13 
11 
44 
$50,000 or more 
380 
341 
318 
39 
30 
46 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
79 
77 
75 
2 
1 
1 
$1,000 
7,366 
(D) 
6,340 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
2,200 
2,090 
2,018 
110 
88 
291 
$1,000 
82,012 
74,565 
68,115 
7,447 
3,751 
22,207 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
296 
280 
261 
16 
10 
9 
$1,000 
7,893 
6,450 
5,342 
1,444 
642 
10 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
784 
744 
723 
40 
30 
194 
$1,000 
21,875 
21,026 
19,962 
849 
479 
12,876 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
34 
23 
22 
11 
7 
5 
$1,000 
588 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
188 
175 
164 
13 
12 
28 
$1,000 
8,371 
7,500 
7,127 
871 
(D) 
1,681 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1,353 
1,303 
1,257 
50 
39 
88 
$1,000 
6,624 
6,226 
5,884 
398 
114 
162 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
619 
593 
564 
26 
19 
22 
$1,000 
28,475 
25,976 
22,660 
2,499 
373 
600 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
34 
33 
29 
1 
1 
10 
$1,000 
564 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
504 
483 
466 
21 
17 
40 
$1,000 
7,622 
6,479 
6,361 
1,143 
1,118 
336 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
2,998 
2,832 
2,739 
166 
143 
391 
acres 
5,584,199 
5,290,922 
4,857,392 
293,277 
158,993 
249,808 
Plarvested cropland 
farms 
2,641 
2,509 
2,421 
132 
111 
235 
acres 
3,294,752 
3,111,343 
2,814,550 
183,409 
86,347 
92,928 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
249 
225 
220 
24 
24 
85 
50 to 99 acres 
130 
121 
119 
9 
9 
24 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
222 
212 
205 
10 
10 
42 
200 to 499 acres 
447 
426 
420 
21 
19 
46 
500 to 999 acres 
501 
477 
463 
24 
20 
13 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
574 
553 
541 
21 
21 
14 
2,000 acres or more 
518 
495 
453 
23 
8 
11 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
256 
243 
231 
13 
10 
51 
acres 
194,087 
178,847 
166,944 
15,240 
(D) 
21,763 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
352 
338 
321 
14 
11 
49 
acres 
151,192 
143,941 
132,604 
7,251 
(D) 
12,630 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
1,130 
1,073 
1,047 
57 
44 
178 
acres 
870,882 
827,554 
797,789 
43,328 
30,222 
111,966 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,022 
987 
954 
35 
23 
38 
acres 
1,073,286 
1,029,237 
945,505 
44,049 
26,764 
10,521 
Total woodland 
farms 
461 
414 
396 
47 
41 
127 
acres 
508,328 
401,022 
364,500 
107,306 
79,302 
939,714 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
344 
311 
299 
33 
29 
85 
acres 
405,190 
320,770 
296,515 
84,420 
68,420 
678,400 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
174 
154 
147 
20 
14 
70 
acres 
103,138 
80,252 
67,985 
22,886 
10,882 
261,314 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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