Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
2,069 
1,708 
269 
92 
1,292 
777 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
5,175 
4,059 
776 
340 
3,324 
1,851 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,613 
2,606 
723 
284 
2,165 
1,448 
$10,000 to $24,999 
5,047 
3,038 
1,509 
500 
2,966 
2,081 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,885 
1,857 
1,455 
573 
2,197 
1,688 
$50,000 or more 
8,875 
2,884 
4,878 
1,113 
4,273 
4,602 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
30,645 
24,636 
4,725 
1,284 
16,415 
14,230 
Average net loss 
dollars 
17,147 
14,053 
28,745 
33,834 
15,165 
19,434 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,423 
2,062 
269 
92 
1,511 
912 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
9,396 
8,054 
1,046 
296 
5,494 
3,902 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,153 
5,968 
911 
274 
3,798 
3,355 
$10,000 to $24,999 
6,971 
5,423 
1,307 
241 
3,411 
3,560 
$25,000 to $49,999 
2,725 
1,972 
573 
180 
1,350 
1,375 
$50,000 or more 
1,977 
1,157 
619 
201 
851 
1,126 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
136 
20 
106 
10 
66 
70 
$1,000 
7,764 
85 
6,968 
712 
3,687 
4,077 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
21,979 
13,060 
7,215 
1,704 
1 1 ,822 
10,157 
$1,000 
309,738 
137,108 
139,740 
32,889 
119,188 
190,550 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
4,333 
1,325 
2,447 
561 
2,328 
2,005 
$1,000 
58,017 
13,462 
37,216 
7,340 
23,908 
34,109 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
6,788 
5,727 
895 
166 
3,914 
2,874 
$1,000 
30,453 
22,889 
6,282 
1,282 
17,730 
12,723 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
2,268 
1,549 
641 
78 
1,259 
1,009 
$1,000 
19,329 
11,214 
7,602 
513 
1 1 ,497 
7,831 
Agri -tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
729 
495 
189 
45 
298 
431 
$1,000 
24,677 
14,317 
8,058 
2,301 
8,455 
16,222 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
6,849 
2,564 
3,471 
814 
3,379 
3,470 
$1,000 
15,985 
4,710 
10,096 
1,180 
6,554 
9,431 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
1,416 
380 
908 
128 
739 
677 
$1,000 
29,691 
5,890 
21,453 
2,348 
13,122 
16,568 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
525 
315 
172 
38 
303 
222 
$1,000 
2,939 
1,435 
1,326 
179 
1,519 
1,420 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
6,204 
3,423 
2,253 
528 
2,954 
3,250 
$1,000 
128,634 
63,185 
47,703 
17,746 
36,402 
92,232 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
49,838 
32,451 
13,716 
3,671 
28,060 
21,778 
acres 
4,546,052 
1,371,312 
2,794,138 
380,602 
2,262,311 
2,283,741 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
42,981 
25,995 
13,470 
3,516 
23,663 
19,318 
acres 
3,957,000 
945,255 
2,653,659 
358,086 
1 ,906,945 
2,050,055 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
24,756 
19,692 
3,415 
1,649 
13,970 
10,786 
50 to 99 acres 
8,415 
4,362 
3,098 
955 
4,800 
3,615 
100 to 199 acres 
5,168 
1,522 
3,144 
502 
2,783 
2,385 
200 to 499 acres 
3,392 
372 
2,715 
305 
1,584 
1,808 
500 to 999 acres 
867 
41 
754 
72 
379 
488 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
298 
6 
266 
26 
119 
179 
2,000 acres or more 
85 
- 
78 
7 
28 
57 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
4,962 
3,129 
1,473 
360 
2,484 
2,478 
acres 
118,049 
63,261 
47,101 
7,687 
58,553 
59,496 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
2,560 
1,761 
687 
112 
1,376 
1,184 
acres 
45,692 
28,354 
15,632 
1,706 
24,870 
20,822 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
1 1 ,720 
9,572 
1,830 
318 
6,962 
4,758 
acres 
383,267 
312,586 
60,014 
10,667 
246,105 
137,162 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
1,972 
1,251 
570 
151 
1,162 
810 
acres 
42,044 
21,856 
17,732 
2,456 
25,838 
16,206 
Total woodland 
farms 
35,896 
25,887 
8,882 
1,127 
19,330 
16,566 
acres 
1,804,157 
1 ,267,990 
505,073 
31,094 
1,011,345 
792,812 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
8,420 
5,554 
2,472 
394 
4,240 
4,180 
acres 
134,964 
81,700 
49,688 
3,576 
71,837 
63,127 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
32,282 
23,416 
7,951 
915 
17,357 
14,925 
acres 
1,669,193 
1,186,290 
455,385 
27,518 
939,508 
729,685 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
218 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
