Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
583 
70 
33 
379 
307 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,804 
1,420 
250 
134 
1,016 
788 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,363 
999 
255 
109 
748 
615 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,190 
1,427 
555 
208 
1,232 
958 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,863 
991 
696 
176 
914 
949 
$50,000 or more 
5,706 
1,971 
3,196 
539 
2,564 
3,142 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
14,396 
10,752 
2,642 
1,002 
7,176 
7,220 
Average net loss 
dollars 
34,102 
19,939 
83,721 
55,243 
31,174 
37,012 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,002 
835 
120 
47 
547 
455 
$1,000 to $4,999 
3,762 
3,224 
366 
172 
1,956 
1,806 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,935 
2,391 
362 
182 
1,434 
1,501 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,530 
2,650 
621 
259 
1,750 
1,780 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,549 
1,000 
412 
137 
709 
840 
$50,000 or more 
1,618 
652 
761 
205 
780 
838 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
227 
41 
155 
31 
119 
108 
$1,000 
16,590 
1,709 
12,349 
2,533 
7,452 
9,138 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
12,101 
6,473 
4,598 
1,030 
5,868 
6,233 
$1,000 
248,531 
97,176 
127,817 
23,539 
105,165 
143,366 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
1,408 
426 
748 
234 
655 
753 
$1,000 
25,332 
4,466 
16,246 
4,620 
9,595 
15,737 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
4,767 
3,196 
1,356 
215 
2,410 
2,357 
$1,000 
81,321 
49,594 
27,861 
3,867 
41,408 
39,913 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
239 
183 
49 
7 
99 
140 
$1,000 
9,004 
7,760 
1,193 
51 
2,918 
6,085 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
726 
411 
264 
51 
290 
436 
$1,000 
20,310 
9,342 
8,879 
2,089 
6,227 
14,083 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,121 
2,509 
3,031 
581 
2,777 
3,344 
$1,000 
17,525 
2,860 
12,626 
2,039 
6,733 
10,791 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
2,113 
534 
1,305 
274 
943 
1,170 
$1,000 
72,850 
9,731 
54,520 
8,599 
30,565 
42,285 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
217 
104 
102 
11 
119 
98 
$1,000 
2,100 
670 
1,242 
189 
1,220 
880 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
2,071 
971 
949 
151 
822 
1,249 
$1,000 
20,089 
12,754 
5,250 
2,085 
6,499 
13,590 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
19,888 
11,647 
6,670 
1,571 
10,033 
9,855 
acres 
17,022,177 
4,767,006 
10,523,399 
1,731,772 
7,430,734 
9,591,443 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
15,894 
8,493 
6,051 
1,350 
7,613 
8,281 
acres 
9,533,929 
2,255,992 
6,199,108 
1,078,829 
3,975,536 
5,558,393 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
5,260 
4,444 
642 
174 
2,591 
2,669 
50 to 99 acres 
1,559 
962 
486 
111 
785 
774 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,750 
897 
660 
193 
883 
867 
200 to 499 acres 
2,618 
1,104 
1,192 
322 
1,232 
1,386 
500 to 999 acres 
1,867 
570 
1,101 
196 
918 
949 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
1,558 
321 
1,048 
189 
705 
853 
2,000 acres or more 
1,282 
195 
922 
165 
499 
783 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,916 
1,069 
724 
123 
819 
1,097 
acres 
910,532 
267,496 
608,387 
34,649 
409,902 
500,630 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,409 
1,127 
1,094 
188 
1,098 
1,311 
acres 
624,016 
196,680 
382,843 
44,493 
251,813 
372,203 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,021 
3,590 
2,048 
383 
3,309 
2,712 
acres 
3,213,004 
1,455,281 
1,508,074 
249,649 
1,663,615 
1,549,389 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
3,739 
1,215 
2,095 
429 
1,852 
1,887 
acres 
2,740,696 
591,557 
1,824,987 
324,152 
1,129,868 
1,610,828 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,987 
2,927 
927 
133 
1,769 
2,218 
acres 
2,609,922 
1,441,143 
916,782 
251,997 
1,560,251 
1,049,671 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
2,681 
1,828 
750 
103 
1,142 
1,539 
acres 
1,962,724 
1,042,956 
737,226 
182,542 
1,180,248 
782,476 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
1,790 
1,444 
299 
47 
836 
954 
acres 
647,198 
398,187 
179,556 
69,455 
380,003 
267,195 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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