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 
234 
57 
54 
159 
107 
40 
42 
$5,000 to $9,999 
204 
80 
68 
179 
95 
53 
39 
$10,000 to $24,999 
333 
129 
167 
492 
320 
224 
162 
$25,000 to $49,999 
249 
120 
135 
589 
454 
290 
287 
$50,000 or more 
209 
122 
146 
1,080 
2,164 
2,560 
4,001 
Operators reporting net losses 
...farms 
760 
356 
282 
1,067 
1,062 
890 
1,105 
Average net loss 
. dollars 
19,527 
20,457 
34,586 
44,084 
57,440 
93,544 
163,060 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
41 
16 
15 
38 
23 
20 
14 
$1,000 to $4,999 
145 
83 
48 
142 
59 
62 
62 
$5,000 to $9,999 
157 
64 
45 
150 
117 
43 
58 
$10,000 to $24,999 
247 
103 
77 
293 
270 
123 
152 
$25,000 to $49,999 
108 
60 
60 
206 
220 
184 
150 
$50,000 or more 
62 
30 
37 
238 
373 
458 
669 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
...farms 
3 
6 
14 
57 
65 
151 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
161 
573 
2,437 
4,097 
27,321 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
...farms 
1,125 
598 
587 
2,611 
3,268 
3,063 
3,648 
$1,000 
22,040 
13,169 
13,307 
76,598 
173,253 
218,732 
325,396 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
...farms 
57 
66 
49 
295 
536 
676 
792 
$1,000 
543 
775 
490 
4,280 
7,075 
16,042 
23,645 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
...farms 
657 
366 
335 
1,192 
1,091 
839 
1,035 
$1,000 
16,421 
7,959 
7,824 
31,535 
24,781 
21,608 
55,451 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
...farms 
3 
2 
13 
1 
5 
4 
$1,000 
24 
- 
(D) 
76 
(D) 
17 
91 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
...farms 
29 
24 
18 
46 
82 
84 
208 
$1,000 
156 
302 
392 
1,077 
1,980 
3,748 
4,123 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
...farms 
518 
280 
302 
1,643 
2,389 
2,324 
2,762 
$1,000 
486 
201 
342 
2,402 
5,314 
8,063 
17,729 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
...farms 
215 
131 
119 
838 
1,504 
1,469 
1,776 
$1,000 
4,062 
3,563 
3,988 
35,796 
131,209 
166,494 
216,108 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
...farms 
18 
15 
16 
65 
43 
78 
113 
$1,000 
117 
23 
(D) 
320 
(D) 
553 
1,412 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
...farms 
52 
36 
18 
107 
159 
171 
247 
$1,000 
229 
346 
103 
1,111 
2,715 
2,208 
6,462 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
...farms 
1,763 
727 
766 
3,240 
3,962 
3,816 
5,163 
acres 
203,398 
98,749 
131,106 
838,535 
2,017,479 
3,589,871 
1 1 ,987,350 
Harvested cropland 
...farms 
1,147 
520 
574 
2,628 
3,664 
3,646 
4,878 
acres 
108,636 
61,131 
84,720 
613,679 
1,761,560 
3,240,958 
10,388,498 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
259 
96 
67 
166 
91 
46 
60 
50 to 99 acres 
296 
95 
93 
285 
132 
58 
92 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
592 
274 
226 
564 
339 
119 
200 
200 to 499 acres 
- 
55 
188 
1,613 
1,228 
529 
509 
500 to 999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,874 
1,323 
729 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,571 
1,283 
2,000 acres or more 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,005 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) farms 
94 
42 
60 
214 
250 
261 
509 
acres 
4,568 
1,767 
4,655 
15,578 
31,038 
47,121 
405,290 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
...farms 
129 
62 
68 
305 
445 
517 
1,255 
acres 
6,393 
3,854 
4,579 
23,966 
51,720 
100,097 
579,207 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
...farms 
856 
304 
326 
1,244 
1,201 
1,277 
1,751 
acres 
82,639 
31,164 
35,322 
178,509 
160,240 
166,513 
407,271 
In cultivated summer fallow 
...farms 
30 
25 
24 
101 
140 
189 
494 
acres 
1,162 
833 
1,830 
6,803 
12,921 
35,182 
207,084 
T otal woodland 
...farms 
298 
120 
114 
469 
435 
361 
474 
acres 
10,078 
5,164 
5,764 
19,628 
27,528 
30,389 
178,354 
Woodland pastured 
...farms 
76 
36 
30 
158 
152 
85 
143 
acres 
3,731 
1,715 
2,360 
10,020 
14,983 
1 7,349 
123,873 
Woodland not pastured 
...farms 
245 
87 
90 
355 
313 
291 
364 
acres 
6,347 
3,449 
3,404 
9,608 
12,545 
13,040 
54,481 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
pastured (see text) 
...farms 
959 
518 
468 
2,233 
2,827 
2,978 
4,698 
acres 
79,152 
54,876 
52,644 
370,402 
840,789 
1,878,317 
19,117,032 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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