Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
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 
152 
255 
281 
213 
68 
655 
$5,000 to $9,999 
171 
310 
181 
101 
46 
481 
$10,000 to $24,999 
555 
482 
166 
101 
48 
845 
$25,000 to $49,999 
392 
158 
76 
52 
22 
543 
$50,000 or more 
133 
78 
30 
30 
21 
480 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
854 
1,164 
959 
899 
850 
3,575 
Average net loss 
Loss of- 
dollars 
33,081 
22,039 
17,936 
11,751 
9,741 
14,239 
Less than $1 ,000 
21 
64 
73 
64 
94 
289 
$1,000 to $4,999 
122 
220 
252 
287 
325 
955 
$5,000 to $9,999 
131 
230 
187 
199 
177 
769 
$10,000 to $24,999 
253 
338 
241 
249 
196 
1,037 
$25,000 to $49,999 
173 
193 
129 
75 
50 
399 
$50,000 or more 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
154 
119 
77 
25 
8 
126 
Total 
farms 
8 
2 
3 
1 
_ 
_ 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
$1,000 
29 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,420 
1,399 
845 
725 
413 
3,795 
Customwork and other agricultural 
$1,000 
33,431 
25,343 
12,926 
7,632 
5,617 
106,994 
services 
farms 
132 
103 
31 
55 
27 
62 
$1,000 
1,508 
774 
199 
126 
71 
588 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
693 
725 
500 
446 
284 
3,106 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
$1,000 
15,390 
12,358 
10,104 
6,228 
4,944 
96,741 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
3 
6 
2 
3 
- 
22 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
$1,000 
69 
5 
(D) 
(Z) 
■ 
21 
(see text) 
farms 
25 
34 
26 
27 
9 
160 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
$1,000 
1,432 
682 
959 
135 
41 
2,355 
from cooperatives 
farms 
823 
725 
381 
277 
169 
871 
Crop and livestock insurance 
$1,000 
439 
385 
109 
91 
54 
699 
payments received 
farms 
417 
273 
100 
45 
20 
149 
Amount from state and local government 
$1,000 
13,861 
10,749 
1,388 
780 
318 
5,105 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
19 
21 
17 
15 
10 
83 
Other farm-related income 
$1,000 
66 
108 
(D) 
26 
14 
514 
sources (see text) 
farms 
79 
71 
58 
62 
31 
137 
LAND USE 
$1,000 
665 
283 
118 
247 
176 
972 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,718 
1,628 
1,294 
1,039 
710 
5,098 
acres 
306,941 
192,228 
105,082 
63,209 
28,419 
617,054 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,608 
1,518 
1,183 
945 
660 
844 
Farms by acres harvested: 
acres 
218,723 
123,380 
57,343 
30,771 
13,096 
17,555 
1 to 49 acres 
280 
636 
752 
771 
610 
783 
50 to 99 acres 
418 
474 
280 
107 
36 
35 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
575 
300 
124 
67 
14 
18 
200 to 499 acres 
309 
99 
27 
- 
- 
8 
500 to 999 acres 
22 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
4 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
Cropland- 
Other pasture and grazing land that could 
have been used for crops without additional 
improvements (see text) 
farms 
163 
125 
125 
74 
51 
235 
On which all crops failed or 
acres 
19,932 
8,597 
6,718 
2,247 
1,241 
26,340 
were abandoned 
farms 
201 
164 
97 
87 
34 
454 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
acres 
24,421 
20,401 
9,554 
6,373 
2,580 
85,868 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
401 
434 
365 
306 
170 
3,988 
acres 
38,266 
36,843 
30,378 
22,261 
1 1 ,325 
473,490 
In cultivated summer tallow 
farms 
53 
57 
30 
18 
7 
121 
acres 
5,599 
3,007 
1,089 
1,557 
177 
13,801 
Total woodland 
farms 
269 
317 
296 
329 
275 
995 
acres 
13,008 
22,514 
10,584 
5,219 
4,807 
56,743 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
99 
114 
116 
110 
106 
242 
acres 
9,785 
16,171 
7,585 
2,134 
2,874 
18,319 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
187 
227 
207 
229 
186 
796 
Permanent pasture and rangeland, 
other than cropland and woodland 
acres 
3,223 
6,343 
2,999 
3,085 
1,933 
38,424 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
1,547 
1,701 
1,065 
843 
636 
2,767 
acres 
869,234 
505,126 
338,449 
102,857 
40,143 
2,778,914 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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