Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative. 
Total 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
1 0 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 to $4,999 
27 
20 
20 
7 
6 
92 
$5,000 to $9,999 
14 
11 
11 
3 
3 
61 
$10,000 to $24,999 
27 
20 
20 
7 
7 
93 
$25,000 to $49,999 
27 
24 
24 
3 
3 
66 
$50,000 or more 
499 
480 
470 
19 
17 
93 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
108 
102 
102 
6 
6 
144 
Average net loss 
dollars 
131,787 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
32,309 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
21 
$1,000 to $4,999 
16 
13 
13 
3 
3 
41 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6 
5 
5 
1 
1 
16 
$10,000 to $24,999 
22 
22 
22 
- 
- 
44 
$25,000 to $49,999 
20 
20 
20 
- 
- 
8 
$50,000 or more 
42 
40 
40 
2 
2 
14 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
7 
7 
7 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
1,008 
1,008 
1,008 
- 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
493 
466 
458 
27 
25 
341 
$1,000 
29,779 
28,908 
(D) 
871 
(D) 
8,187 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
107 
103 
102 
4 
4 
5 
$1,000 
3,910 
3,724 
(D) 
186 
186 
99 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
177 
163 
162 
14 
13 
269 
$1,000 
5,372 
5,192 
(D) 
181 
(D) 
7,190 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
7 
7 
7 
- 
- 
6 
$1,000 
66 
66 
66 
- 
- 
29 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
348 
337 
330 
11 
11 
95 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
3,049 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
141 
135 
134 
6 
5 
15 
$1,000 
8,643 
8,411 
(D) 
232 
(D) 
242 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
11 
8 
4 
3 
3 
7 
$1,000 
19 
10 
10 
9 
9 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
69 
68 
64 
1 
1 
8 
$1,000 
8,551 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
657 
619 
609 
38 
35 
488 
acres 
1,329,197 
1,271,387 
(D) 
57,810 
(D) 
229,994 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
585 
563 
558 
22 
144 
acres 
1,235,605 
1,183,533 
1,166,016 
52,072 
(D) 
133,645 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
35 
33 
33 
2 
2 
30 
50 to 99 acres 
14 
11 
11 
3 
3 
22 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
26 
25 
25 
1 
1 
21 
200 to 499 acres 
35 
34 
34 
1 
1 
28 
500 to 999 acres 
65 
63 
63 
2 
1 
8 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
126 
121 
120 
5 
5 
16 
2,000 acres or more 
284 
276 
272 
8 
7 
19 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
28 
24 
24 
4 
4 
9 
acres 
(D) 
6,466 
6,466 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
55 
49 
49 
6 
6 
19 
acres 
(D) 
11,324 
1 1 ,324 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
250 
227 
221 
23 
22 
411 
acres 
68,299 
64,050 
(D) 
4,249 
(D) 
92,083 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
42 
42 
42 
- 
8 
acres 
6,014 
6,014 
6,014 
- 
- 
1,354 
Total woodland 
farms 
74 
73 
73 
1 
1 
56 
acres 
(D) 
10,934 
10,934 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
23 
23 
23 
20 
acres 
6,437 
6,437 
6,437 
- 
- 
1,688 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
54 
53 
53 
1 
1 
42 
acres 
(D) 
4,497 
4,497 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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