Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- - Con. 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
2,434 
62 
300 
184 
282 
218 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,912 
38 
132 
81 
148 
133 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,508 
41 
289 
147 
202 
217 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,535 
40 
109 
47 
81 
133 
$50,000 or more 
11,705 
68 
76 
59 
71 
107 
Operators reporting net losses 
... farms 
8,175 
404 
1,630 
492 
591 
538 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
..dollars 
33,495 
17,084 
1 1 ,738 
9,347 
12,161 
9,374 
Less than $1 ,000 
691 
34 
147 
55 
85 
78 
$1,000 to $4,999 
1,934 
104 
496 
154 
175 
141 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,633 
110 
401 
104 
160 
146 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,129 
108 
470 
150 
106 
133 
$25,000 to $49,999 
730 
25 
85 
27 
40 
36 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
1,058 
23 
31 
2 
25 
4 
Total 
... farms 
272 
_ 
- 
2 
_ 
_ 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
32,954 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
... farms 
20,393 
251 
1,243 
581 
791 
958 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
518,967 
12,232 
19,143 
9,629 
12,855 
16,771 
services 
... farms 
2,152 
28 
48 
15 
12 
48 
$1,000 
52,342 
162 
691 
90 
285 
596 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
... farms 
10,608 
84 
849 
509 
650 
792 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
211,202 
1,637 
13,282 
9,251 
11,911 
15,238 
crops, and maple products 
... farms 
22 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
114 
■ 
(D) 
■ 
■ 
(Z) 
(see text) 
... farms 
167 
4 
17 
13 
6 
5 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
1,110 
(D) 
67 
124 
40 
(D) 
from cooperatives 
... farms 
11,938 
104 
390 
142 
195 
284 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
66,853 
95 
322 
37 
131 
140 
payments received 
... farms 
4,268 
6 
20 
7 
26 
53 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
151,617 
29 
230 
12 
231 
333 
agricultural program payments 
... farms 
427 
1 
17 
6 
10 
16 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
3,242 
(D) 
(D) 
10 
33 
(D) 
sources (see text) 
... farms 
1,775 
72 
90 
25 
43 
54 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
32,486 
10,307 
4,527 
105 
225 
415 
Total cropland 
... farms 
27,440 
130 
1,697 
851 
1,243 
1,180 
acres 
27,147,240 
461 
39,602 
37,287 
79,283 
103,923 
Harvested cropland 
... farms 
19,391 
99 
823 
334 
452 
490 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
23,469,816 
336 
13,758 
10,336 
20,416 
32,317 
1 to 49 acres 
2,481 
99 
823 
239 
252 
196 
50 to 99 acres 
1,410 
- 
- 
95 
200 
137 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,991 
- 
- 
- 
- 
157 
200 to 499 acres 
3,072 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,942 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,451 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
4,044 
improvements (see text) 
... farms 
1,549 
5 
100 
44 
39 
56 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
321,936 
26 
1,215 
1,220 
846 
2,143 
were abandoned 
... farms 
1,823 
4 
38 
14 
25 
21 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
377,660 
4 
511 
240 
881 
989 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
... farms 
13,494 
30 
881 
530 
865 
785 
acres 
2,665,385 
92 
23,894 
25,330 
56,949 
67,651 
In cultivated summer fallow 
... farms 
1,603 
3 
33 
10 
6 
20 
acres 
312,443 
3 
224 
161 
191 
823 
Total woodland 
... farms 
2,851 
37 
351 
123 
111 
123 
acres 
271,799 
98 
3,147 
2,130 
2,974 
5,086 
Woodland pastured 
... farms 
1,088 
20 
171 
43 
39 
37 
acres 
125,002 
52 
1,761 
753 
980 
1,585 
Woodland not pastured 
... farms 
2,017 
17 
207 
84 
76 
98 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
146,797 
46 
1,386 
1,377 
1,994 
3,501 
pastured (see text) 
... farms 
14,750 
129 
1,156 
390 
475 
534 
acres 
10,247,184 
585 
22,537 
15,220 
25,149 
39,708 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
62 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
