Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
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 
914 
397 
18 
23 
84 
94 
178 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,437 
1,164 
2 
35 
89 
192 
321 
525 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,754 
967 
- 
54 
62 
191 
274 
386 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,774 
1,796 
8 
140 
168 
299 
524 
657 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,187 
1,666 
12 
148 
188 
414 
424 
480 
$50,000 or more 
5,623 
5,016 
35 
422 
673 
1,375 
1,446 
1,065 
Operators reporting net losses 
.... farms 
19,848 
9,394 
59 
383 
792 
1,856 
2,696 
3,608 
Average net loss 
...dollars 
25,413 
34,990 
19,492 
27,487 
52,163 
49,868 
32,339 
26,598 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,174 
457 
11 
24 
37 
59 
131 
195 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,050 
2,016 
12 
86 
136 
322 
546 
914 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,814 
2,056 
7 
58 
127 
376 
581 
907 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,108 
2,508 
16 
97 
240 
511 
717 
927 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,966 
1,186 
8 
64 
112 
252 
371 
379 
$50,000 or more 
1,736 
1,171 
5 
54 
140 
336 
350 
286 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
202 
188 
12 
17 
59 
64 
36 
$1,000 
27,154 
26,240 
- 
1,052 
3,193 
11,705 
6,610 
3,680 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
14,523 
9,256 
59 
604 
915 
2,113 
2,711 
2,854 
$1,000 
262,302 
195,871 
706 
10,515 
20,201 
53,683 
68,710 
42,056 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,323 
1,740 
18 
141 
218 
428 
510 
425 
$1,000 
35,414 
32,034 
281 
1,532 
4,721 
8,445 
11,957 
5,098 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
4,842 
2,432 
7 
58 
156 
437 
741 
1,033 
$1,000 
20,736 
12,900 
12 
157 
863 
2,036 
4,470 
5,362 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,626 
1,551 
5 
105 
121 
311 
449 
560 
$1,000 
18,234 
12,355 
62 
1,296 
531 
2,101 
4,531 
3,834 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
857 
567 
14 
42 
49 
136 
171 
155 
$1,000 
31,250 
20,187 
168 
1,010 
422 
7,122 
7,292 
4,173 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
3,914 
3,355 
20 
270 
419 
889 
974 
783 
$1,000 
28,579 
26,975 
20 
654 
2,010 
7,679 
10,516 
6,096 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
653 
531 
31 
42 
143 
176 
139 
$1,000 
23,897 
21,067 
- 
1,004 
1,073 
6,790 
9,137 
3,064 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
378 
286 
_ 
16 
32 
74 
102 
62 
$1,000 
3,149 
2,746 
- 
84 
367 
948 
906 
442 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,508 
2,311 
12 
179 
249 
540 
693 
638 
$1,000 
101,042 
67,607 
162 
4,778 
10,216 
18,562 
19,902 
13,986 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
29,273 
17,565 
103 
1,043 
1,689 
3,765 
4,932 
6,033 
acres 
4,217,041 
3,545,401 
10,610 
146,263 
356,816 
900,575 
1,147,331 
983,806 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
26,569 
16,511 
94 
1,002 
1,604 
3,535 
4,644 
5,632 
acres 
3,783,661 
3,274,189 
8,873 
131,499 
331,066 
845,633 
1,064,833 
892,285 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
13,805 
6,738 
35 
376 
552 
1,246 
1,869 
2,660 
50 to 99 acres 
4,523 
2,857 
30 
232 
260 
542 
752 
1,041 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
3,918 
3,018 
20 
214 
370 
704 
807 
903 
200 to 499 acres 
2,867 
2,516 
8 
135 
281 
663 
740 
689 
500 to 999 acres 
820 
761 
- 
32 
78 
205 
253 
193 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
423 
414 
1 
13 
47 
122 
138 
93 
2,000 acres or more 
213 
207 
- 
- 
16 
53 
85 
53 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,850 
2,512 
25 
243 
322 
592 
632 
698 
acres 
113,918 
85,395 
630 
6,863 
10,613 
19,792 
24,070 
23,427 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,298 
1,333 
5 
32 
93 
275 
421 
507 
acres 
55,109 
33,581 
95 
1,142 
2,574 
6,326 
10,091 
13,353 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,227 
3,274 
16 
137 
293 
628 
998 
1,202 
acres 
214,488 
115,461 
604 
3,505 
9,445 
18,180 
38,417 
45,310 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,386 
959 
14 
78 
87 
209 
286 
285 
acres 
49,865 
36,775 
408 
3,254 
3,118 
10,644 
9,920 
9,431 
Total woodland 
farms 
23,576 
13,817 
64 
675 
1,292 
2,957 
4,004 
4,825 
acres 
1,613,045 
1,062,418 
3,563 
34,353 
80,379 
225,098 
344,260 
374,765 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
5,286 
3,292 
16 
216 
341 
740 
930 
1,049 
acres 
146,995 
103,520 
349 
4,091 
9,069 
22,222 
33,909 
33,880 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
21,433 
12,549 
53 
582 
1,180 
2,684 
3,646 
4,404 
acres 
1,466,050 
958,898 
3,214 
30,262 
71,310 
202,876 
310,351 
340,885 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
198 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
