Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
$500,000 to 
$250,000 to 
$100,000 to 
$50,000 to 
more 
$999,999 
$499,999 
$249,999 
$99,999 
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 
2 
1 
19 
38 
78 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,912 
3 
6 
16 
49 
77 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,508 
12 
29 
71 
149 
347 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,535 
15 
29 
100 
347 
608 
$50,000 or more 
11,705 
2,987 
2,644 
2,658 
2,199 
533 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
8,175 
164 
204 
291 
516 
417 
Average net loss 
dollars 
33,495 
422,195 
176,977 
105,561 
72,358 
43,881 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
691 
- 
1 
3 
9 
11 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,934 
3 
4 
16 
45 
41 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,633 
2 
6 
16 
26 
43 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,129 
4 
11 
33 
110 
100 
$25,000 to $49,999 
730 
11 
28 
50 
84 
94 
$50,000 or more 
1,058 
144 
154 
173 
242 
128 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
272 
98 
85 
53 
26 
8 
$1,000 
32,954 
20,278 
9,228 
2,410 
969 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
20,393 
2,102 
2,205 
2,518 
2,597 
1,539 
$1,000 
518,967 
149,880 
82,532 
62,046 
49,089 
24,083 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,152 
584 
417 
426 
306 
103 
$1,000 
52,342 
22,015 
11,712 
9,386 
4,212 
1,476 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
10,608 
546 
520 
659 
951 
735 
$1,000 
211,202 
13,956 
9,325 
14,539 
21,474 
14,805 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
22 
_ 
_ 
2 
_ 
3 
$1,000 
114 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
9 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
167 
10 
11 
11 
21 
19 
$1,000 
1,110 
111 
48 
(D) 
292 
124 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1 1 ,938 
1,710 
1,889 
2,144 
1,995 
1,065 
$1,000 
66,853 
31,138 
17,704 
9,651 
4,644 
1,262 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
4,268 
919 
946 
965 
747 
302 
$1,000 
151,617 
71,084 
36,120 
24,133 
13,130 
3,327 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
427 
34 
46 
54 
66 
27 
$1,000 
3,242 
564 
780 
590 
371 
71 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,775 
238 
210 
297 
329 
156 
$1,000 
32,486 
11,012 
6,842 
3,674 
4,967 
3,007 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
27,440 
3,154 
2,887 
3,123 
3,160 
1,892 
acres 
27,147,240 
12,802,982 
5,761,320 
3,605,916 
2,017,113 
623,091 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
19,391 
3,153 
2,882 
3,102 
3,127 
1,849 
acres 
23,469,816 
12,206,098 
5,356,509 
3,249,446 
1,721,626 
479,567 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
2,481 
2 
1 
7 
36 
53 
50 to 99 acres 
1,410 
2 
1 
2 
52 
155 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,991 
7 
14 
21 
224 
580 
200 to 499 acres 
3,072 
9 
29 
281 
1,330 
902 
500 to 999 acres 
2,942 
33 
256 
1,277 
1,201 
143 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,451 
321 
1,471 
1,386 
257 
16 
2,000 acres or more 
4,044 
2,779 
1,110 
128 
27 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,549 
101 
159 
215 
228 
147 
acres 
321,936 
51,123 
68,271 
64,198 
54,498 
19,108 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,823 
356 
299 
297 
300 
164 
acres 
377,660 
144,538 
68,851 
54,561 
48,146 
18,126 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
13,494 
1,156 
932 
893 
892 
455 
acres 
2,665,385 
300,157 
202,655 
192,268 
153,345 
91 ,209 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,603 
287 
239 
219 
300 
149 
acres 
312,443 
101,066 
65,034 
45,443 
39,498 
15,081 
Total woodland 
farms 
2,851 
213 
213 
239 
260 
169 
acres 
271,799 
23,639 
30,066 
24,194 
30,862 
17,551 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,088 
61 
74 
79 
120 
88 
acres 
125,002 
6,916 
17,879 
14,544 
19,301 
10,113 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,017 
146,797 
166 
153 
195 
169 
102 
acres 
16,723 
12,187 
9,650 
11,561 
7,438 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
14,750 
1,198 
1,272 
1,667 
2,090 
1,358 
acres 
10,247,184 
1,728,289 
1,758,408 
1,868,977 
1 ,986,847 
731,641 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
88 North Dakota 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
