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 
368 
180 
142 
190 
31 
6 
$5,000 to $9,999 
325 
197 
123 
208 
39 
3 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
468 
349 
223 
419 
117 
22 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
360 
304 
206 
438 
122 
19 
1 
$50,000 or more 
659 
556 
549 
1,803 
1,104 
386 
107 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
1,611 
990 
574 
1,117 
349 
76 
25 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
18,203 
20,964 
27,278 
38,515 
66,771 
161,603 
177,048 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
120 
58 
36 
48 
11 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
496 
216 
143 
212 
53 
4 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
320 
208 
102 
219 
47 
8 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
412 
296 
149 
258 
71 
13 
3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
151 
127 
67 
177 
39 
6 
3 
$50,000 or more 
112 
85 
77 
203 
128 
45 
16 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
4 
5 
3 
30 
33 
33 
17 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
20 
413 
1,199 
3,049 
2,962 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
1,658 
1,183 
919 
2,413 
1,141 
341 
87 
$1,000 
13,924 
10,924 
10,415 
47,573 
26,767 
30,238 
24,055 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
365 
333 
241 
737 
444 
165 
37 
$1,000 
4,171 
2,700 
3,647 
10,437 
10,108 
5,003 
2,921 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
446 
252 
171 
398 
159 
38 
12 
$1,000 
1,895 
1,564 
1,223 
2,711 
1,530 
415 
158 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
219 
177 
113 
290 
137 
33 
19 
$1,000 
1,751 
1,959 
972 
2,923 
2,289 
568 
2,758 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
52 
22 
30 
64 
52 
18 
2 
$1,000 
692 
333 
526 
4,754 
1,451 
1,094 
(D) 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
642 
453 
419 
1,211 
591 
180 
42 
$1,000 
1,109 
716 
928 
2,857 
2,185 
1,804 
1,264 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
112 
113 
102 
295 
206 
100 
24 
$1,000 
1,517 
1,190 
919 
5,410 
6,193 
8,989 
2,093 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
58 
30 
36 
84 
37 
9 
2 
$1,000 
267 
130 
307 
478 
383 
83 
(D) 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
417 
288 
239 
682 
330 
110 
23 
$1,000 
2,520 
2,333 
1,894 
18,003 
2,628 
12,276 
14,700 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
3,725 
2,535 
1,824 
4,105 
1,734 
509 
135 
acres 
322,576 
292,676 
256,948 
895,772 
767,775 
511,739 
336,558 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
3,210 
2,289 
1,660 
3,840 
1,660 
494 
125 
acres 
260,755 
244,728 
223,156 
806,636 
722,374 
483,934 
318,288 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
899 
437 
253 
320 
75 
7 
2 
50 to 99 acres 
1,084 
603 
290 
398 
67 
8 
2 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,227 
1,122 
704 
983 
142 
13 
- 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
127 
413 
2,139 
670 
39 
4 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
706 
156 
5 
1,000 to 1,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
271 
27 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
85 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
424 
292 
204 
457 
199 
64 
22 
acres 
10,487 
9,694 
6,955 
18,779 
12,771 
9,083 
6,965 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
231 
166 
82 
256 
98 
22 
10 
acres 
4,697 
4,154 
1,898 
7,578 
5,320 
1,797 
1,387 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
992 
589 
402 
946 
350 
132 
40 
acres 
42,176 
30,869 
22,153 
55,109 
24,557 
14,686 
9,455 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
178 
108 
77 
169 
57 
26 
6 
acres 
4,461 
3,231 
2,786 
7,670 
2,753 
2,239 
463 
T otal woodland 
...farms 
2,998 
2,037 
1,418 
3,298 
1,362 
368 
104 
acres 
164,674 
134,081 
110,125 
341,119 
255,039 
121,323 
163,559 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
662 
514 
336 
802 
306 
55 
10 
acres 
12,991 
12,521 
8,455 
27,221 
12,934 
7,784 
735 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
2,807 
1,875 
1,335 
3,062 
1,307 
356 
102 
acres 
151,683 
121,560 
101,670 
313,898 
242,105 
113,539 
162,824 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
2,554 
1,824 
1,258 
2,930 
1,160 
274 
54 
acres 
74,323 
64,154 
46,232 
140,150 
84,631 
28,686 
8,732 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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