Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
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 
547 
92 
119 
363 
188 
50 
29 
$5,000 to $9,999 
275 
125 
123 
549 
224 
54 
30 
$10,000 to $24,999 
393 
213 
172 
821 
659 
243 
111 
$25,000 to $49,999 
276 
149 
99 
525 
591 
342 
143 
$50,000 or more 
163 
111 
83 
711 
1,707 
3,113 
5,436 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
884 
233 
235 
1,037 
830 
614 
687 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
15,762 
13,782 
19,635 
19,926 
37,341 
61,606 
174,257 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
90 
28 
14 
87 
41 
26 
6 
$1,000 to $4,999 
262 
71 
60 
254 
119 
63 
35 
$5,000 to $9,999 
183 
36 
56 
220 
127 
65 
25 
$10,000 to $24,999 
247 
68 
65 
284 
271 
141 
86 
$25,000 to $49,999 
53 
19 
22 
98 
117 
101 
107 
$50,000 or more 
49 
11 
18 
94 
155 
218 
428 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
2 
5 
31 
77 
155 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
162 
922 
5,386 
26,475 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
1,357 
685 
577 
2,729 
3,168 
3,558 
4,495 
$1,000 
23,348 
12,409 
9,061 
40,894 
59,392 
85,068 
218,163 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
51 
32 
32 
132 
282 
549 
923 
$1,000 
355 
478 
445 
1,612 
5,524 
13,287 
28,818 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
924 
561 
450 
1,817 
1,603 
1,130 
1,239 
$1,000 
20,204 
1 1 ,032 
7,700 
33,462 
35,660 
26,167 
25,660 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
2 
2 
3 
3 
2 
4 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
55 
24 
(D) 
10 
(D) 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
12 
_ 
1 
31 
26 
9 
43 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
78 
(D) 
85 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
504 
228 
217 
1,258 
2,064 
2,819 
3,733 
$1,000 
838 
152 
180 
1,476 
4,204 
14,173 
45,106 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
66 
33 
24 
232 
629 
1,173 
1,999 
$1,000 
567 
445 
556 
2,435 
10,986 
27,469 
108,323 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
37 
11 
14 
65 
82 
82 
86 
$1,000 
98 
(D) 
(D) 
343 
697 
707 
1,208 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
102 
36 
23 
165 
276 
403 
486 
$1,000 
1,229 
247 
85 
1,463 
2,081 
3,170 
8,630 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
2,397 
820 
781 
3,740 
3,998 
4,269 
6,334 
acres 
302,564 
120,373 
137,258 
977,865 
1,971,167 
4,500,189 
18,877,268 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
937 
381 
374 
2,065 
3,137 
4,028 
6,271 
acres 
86,911 
41,131 
49,163 
415,266 
1,345,211 
3,973,029 
17,481,942 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
219 
118 
74 
277 
154 
16 
14 
50 to 99 acres 
281 
60 
74 
302 
185 
54 
22 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
437 
149 
115 
508 
396 
156 
73 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
54 
111 
978 
1,076 
588 
265 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,326 
1,086 
530 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,128 
1,323 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,044 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
95 
30 
38 
174 
288 
253 
427 
acres 
4,628 
2,838 
3,338 
18,018 
39,110 
48,208 
200,346 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
73 
25 
20 
162 
267 
397 
777 
acres 
2,410 
912 
449 
12,446 
26,002 
62,798 
270,018 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
1,677 
517 
516 
2,263 
1,769 
1,375 
2,286 
acres 
206,118 
74,535 
81,535 
519,884 
534,528 
365,771 
709,098 
In cultivated summer tallow 
...farms 
47 
23 
37 
162 
252 
357 
653 
acres 
2,497 
957 
2,773 
12,251 
26,316 
50,383 
215,864 
T otal woodland 
...farms 
217 
136 
101 
430 
435 
353 
434 
acres 
7,859 
7,196 
7,405 
39,645 
46,558 
51,349 
98,352 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
54 
41 
35 
169 
171 
137 
171 
acres 
2,135 
3,417 
2,691 
16,818 
20,466 
30,758 
43,586 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
173 
107 
74 
305 
319 
253 
304 
acres 
5,724 
3,779 
4,714 
22,827 
26,092 
20,591 
54,766 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
811 
399 
333 
1,943 
2,443 
2,472 
3,665 
acres 
70,527 
45,945 
40,235 
358,193 
786,635 
1 ,474,486 
7,367,964 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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