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 
914 
688 
189 
37 
534 
380 
$1,000 to $4,999 
2,437 
1,804 
510 
123 
1,427 
1,010 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,754 
1,201 
456 
97 
1,018 
736 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,774 
1,783 
860 
131 
1,627 
1,147 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,187 
1,154 
902 
131 
1,135 
1,052 
$50,000 or more 
5,623 
1,853 
3,463 
307 
2,488 
3,135 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
19,848 
15,312 
3,883 
653 
9,848 
10,000 
Average net loss 
dollars 
25,413 
20,159 
43,856 
38,941 
20,517 
30,235 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
1,174 
947 
167 
60 
677 
497 
$1,000 to $4,999 
5,050 
4,200 
690 
160 
2,792 
2,258 
$5,000 to $9,999 
4,814 
3,879 
827 
108 
2,416 
2,398 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,108 
3,868 
1,076 
164 
2,309 
2,799 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,966 
1,378 
511 
77 
918 
1,048 
$50,000 or more 
1,736 
1,040 
612 
84 
736 
1,000 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
202 
24 
167 
11 
98 
104 
$1,000 
27,154 
2,000 
24,504 
651 
9,112 
18,042 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
14,523 
9,004 
5,017 
502 
7,271 
7,252 
$1,000 
262,302 
134,931 
106,952 
20,418 
95,521 
166,781 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,323 
836 
1,351 
136 
1,219 
1,104 
$1,000 
35,414 
6,905 
21,884 
6,624 
16,354 
19,060 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
4,842 
3,951 
814 
77 
2,583 
2,259 
$1,000 
20,736 
14,117 
5,523 
1,096 
10,850 
9,886 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,626 
1,760 
819 
47 
1,370 
1,256 
$1,000 
18,234 
10,174 
7,739 
321 
8,586 
9,648 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
857 
576 
231 
50 
359 
498 
$1,000 
31,250 
22,776 
6,838 
1,637 
8,408 
22,842 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
3,914 
1,423 
2,326 
165 
1,773 
2,141 
$1,000 
28,579 
4,248 
23,506 
825 
7,260 
21,320 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
653 
236 
391 
26 
295 
358 
$1,000 
23,897 
6,950 
16,296 
651 
8,391 
15,506 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
378 
171 
183 
24 
165 
213 
$1,000 
3,149 
796 
1,864 
489 
1,436 
1,713 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
3,508 
2,210 
1,142 
156 
1,593 
1,915 
$1,000 
101,042 
68,966 
23,301 
8,775 
34,236 
66,806 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
29,273 
18,398 
9,688 
1,187 
15,189 
14,084 
acres 
4,217,041 
1,060,562 
3,002,340 
154,139 
1,751,139 
2,465,902 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
26,569 
15,976 
9,492 
1,101 
13,752 
12,817 
acres 
3,783,661 
814,004 
2,831,418 
138,239 
1,528,117 
2,255,544 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
13,805 
11,238 
2,049 
518 
7,265 
6,540 
50 to 99 acres 
4,523 
2,582 
1,760 
181 
2,418 
2,105 
100 to 199 acres 
3,918 
1,538 
2,163 
217 
2,177 
1,741 
200 to 499 acres 
2,867 
506 
2,209 
152 
1,402 
1,465 
500 to 999 acres 
820 
66 
735 
19 
307 
513 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
423 
38 
377 
8 
137 
286 
2,000 acres or more 
213 
8 
199 
6 
46 
167 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
3,850 
2,271 
1,466 
113 
1,782 
2,068 
acres 
113,918 
51,446 
59,349 
3,123 
56,047 
57,871 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,298 
1,487 
732 
79 
1,136 
1,162 
acres 
55,109 
29,054 
21,997 
4,058 
26,710 
28,399 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
6,227 
4,547 
1,471 
209 
3,202 
3,025 
acres 
214,488 
148,100 
60,433 
5,955 
117,741 
96,747 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,386 
765 
562 
59 
713 
673 
acres 
49,865 
17,958 
29,143 
2,764 
22,524 
27,341 
Total woodland 
farms 
23,576 
15,721 
7,407 
448 
11,601 
11,975 
acres 
1,613,045 
913,049 
664,045 
35,951 
781,931 
831,114 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
5,286 
3,234 
1,940 
112 
2,478 
2,808 
acres 
146,995 
79,037 
65,050 
2,908 
74,577 
72,418 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
21,433 
14,335 
6,706 
392 
10,575 
10,858 
acres 
1,466,050 
834,012 
598,995 
33,043 
707,354 
758,696 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
220 New York 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
