Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
NET CASH FARM INCOME (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Net cash farm income of operators - Con. 
Operators reporting net gains ^ - Con. 
Gain of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
692 
1 
9 
15 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
2,434 
2 
7 
16 
39 
86 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,912 
3 
6 
19 
46 
90 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,508 
12 
32 
71 
161 
383 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,535 
15 
35 
95 
377 
663 
$50,000 or more 
1 1 ,705 
3,141 
2,702 
2,660 
2,101 
540 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
8,175 
171 
222 
285 
527 
439 
Average net loss 
dollars 
33,495 
407,450 
175,217 
104,821 
68,872 
41,925 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
691 
1 
4 
8 
13 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
1,934 
3 
5 
15 
47 
49 
$5,000 to $9,999 
1,633 
2 
6 
16 
27 
49 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,129 
5 
10 
33 
119 
109 
$25,000 to $49,999 
730 
11 
34 
50 
86 
91 
$50,000 or more 
1,058 
150 
166 
167 
240 
128 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
272 
98 
85 
60 
19 
8 
$1,000 
32,954 
20,278 
9,228 
2,732 
647 
(D) 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
20,393 
2,233 
2,279 
2,518 
2,555 
1,639 
$1,000 
518,967 
156,874 
83,192 
60,992 
46,500 
26,640 
Custom\work and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
2,152 
617 
425 
418 
283 
106 
$1,000 
52,342 
23,693 
1 1 ,823 
8,639 
3,213 
1,497 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
10,608 
580 
541 
681 
970 
791 
$1,000 
211,202 
14,259 
10,681 
15,170 
21,848 
17,605 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
22 
2 
6 
$1,000 
114 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
13 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
167 
10 
11 
18 
15 
20 
$1,000 
1,110 
111 
48 
(D) 
210 
123 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
1 1 ,938 
1,828 
1,935 
2,140 
1,951 
1,107 
$1,000 
66,853 
32,230 
17,421 
9,523 
4,158 
1,285 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
4,268 
982 
954 
961 
706 
332 
$1,000 
151,617 
74,002 
36,068 
23,603 
1 1 ,239 
3,512 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
427 
35 
55 
51 
60 
39 
$1,000 
3,242 
565 
918 
532 
314 
88 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
1,775 
246 
231 
291 
331 
159 
$1,000 
32,486 
12,014 
6,234 
3,367 
5,516 
2,518 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
27,440 
3,315 
2,978 
3,110 
3,112 
2,033 
acres 
27,147,240 
13,226,241 
5,708,697 
3,463,055 
1,891,376 
664,831 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
19,391 
3,314 
2,971 
3,091 
3,075 
1,955 
acres 
23,469,816 
12,604,824 
5,291,396 
3,098,130 
1,599,400 
473,034 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
2,481 
2 
1 
8 
35 
86 
50 to 99 acres 
1,410 
2 
1 
3 
60 
190 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,991 
7 
19 
22 
262 
647 
200 to 499 acres 
3,072 
9 
36 
325 
1,385 
896 
500 to 999 acres 
2,942 
38 
312 
1,359 
1,083 
123 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
3,451 
359 
1,590 
1,260 
229 
13 
2,000 acres or more 
4,044 
2,897 
1,012 
114 
21 
- 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
1,549 
114 
162 
214 
225 
155 
acres 
321,936 
54,269 
70,385 
63,479 
51,062 
20,820 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
1,823 
370 
299 
312 
292 
174 
acres 
377,660 
145,927 
71,342 
56,337 
44,092 
20,792 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
13,494 
1,213 
966 
903 
875 
549 
acres 
2,665,385 
316,062 
211,991 
199,841 
157,121 
134,754 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,603 
298 
251 
217 
301 
149 
acres 
312,443 
105,159 
63,583 
45,268 
39,701 
15,431 
Total woodland 
farms 
2,851 
222 
219 
238 
275 
176 
acres 
271,799 
25,815 
28,692 
24,710 
31,000 
19,704 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,088 
69 
69 
84 
131 
87 
acres 
125,002 
8,650 
16,453 
15,240 
19,175 
1 1 ,783 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,017 
168 
164 
189 
177 
107 
acres 
146,797 
17,165 
12,239 
9,470 
1 1 ,825 
7,921 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
114 North Dakota 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
