Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural Products 
Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$10,000 to 
$5,000 to 
$2,500 to 
$1 ,000 to 
Less than 
$49,999 
$24,999 
$9,999 
$4,999 
$2,499 
$1,000 
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 
27 
100 
113 
125 
135 
85 
$1,000 to $4,999 
167 
321 
472 
396 
157 
98 
$5,000 to $9,999 
193 
469 
319 
142 
92 
60 
$10,000 to $24,999 
643 
838 
236 
189 
146 
106 
$25,000 to $49,999 
445 
286 
177 
122 
79 
52 
$50,000 or more 
137 
192 
103 
62 
90 
48 
Operators reporting net losses 
farms 
906 
1,330 
1,223 
1,146 
1,232 
2,389 
Average net loss 
dollars 
28,208 
21,844 
15,431 
10,892 
10,409 
14,444 
Loss of- 
Less than $1 ,000 
27 
76 
100 
104 
145 
151 
$1,000 to $4,999 
123 
272 
322 
370 
410 
654 
$5,000 to $9,999 
139 
269 
236 
238 
256 
548 
$10,000 to $24,999 
276 
383 
323 
333 
316 
673 
$25,000 to $49,999 
192 
196 
181 
79 
87 
271 
$50,000 or more 
149 
134 
61 
22 
18 
92 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
LOANS (SEE TEXT) 
Total 
farms 
7 
5 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
26 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES 
Total income from farm-related sources, gross 
before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
1,554 
2,098 
1,422 
1,162 
946 
1,138 
$1,000 
36,257 
46,203 
30,396 
19,655 
18,924 
27,627 
Customwork and other agricultural 
services 
farms 
134 
96 
47 
60 
31 
25 
$1,000 
1,553 
625 
214 
169 
127 
338 
Gross cash rent or share payments 
farms 
817 
1,372 
1,030 
878 
769 
726 
$1,000 
19,068 
33,739 
28,186 
17,489 
17,351 
24,529 
Sales of forest products, excluding 
Christmas trees, short rotation woody 
crops, and maple products 
farms 
3 
8 
2 
2 
5 
16 
$1,000 
69 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
15 
Agri-tourism and recreational services 
(see text) 
farms 
39 
58 
59 
21 
19 
66 
$1,000 
1,653 
1,317 
425 
45 
150 
1,153 
Patronage dividends and refunds 
from cooperatives 
farms 
836 
854 
482 
341 
224 
364 
$1,000 
437 
508 
195 
226 
123 
167 
Crop and livestock insurance 
payments received 
farms 
420 
296 
90 
46 
38 
41 
$1,000 
12,620 
9,505 
1,120 
1,385 
751 
643 
Amount from state and local government 
agricultural program payments 
farms 
29 
45 
31 
30 
15 
7 
$1,000 
173 
132 
(D) 
(D) 
241 
5 
Other farm-related income 
sources (see text) 
farms 
85 
87 
71 
57 
31 
100 
$1,000 
683 
373 
141 
287 
179 
778 
LAND USE 
Total cropland 
farms 
1,941 
2,563 
2,108 
1,663 
1,371 
1,503 
acres 
378,548 
341,848 
177,412 
101,811 
55,191 
94,525 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,699 
1,660 
1,162 
736 
585 
681 
acres 
204,650 
117,154 
47,339 
20,763 
11,198 
13,616 
Farms by acres harvested: 
1 to 49 acres 
368 
794 
840 
629 
542 
636 
50 to 99 acres 
468 
502 
223 
64 
25 
27 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
577 
282 
79 
41 
18 
12 
200 to 499 acres 
273 
73 
20 
2 
- 
6 
500 to 999 acres 
11 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
2 
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 
187 
162 
137 
91 
65 
110 
acres 
27,298 
10,933 
6,667 
3,752 
2,070 
6,969 
On which all crops failed or 
were abandoned 
farms 
231 
172 
97 
104 
64 
310 
acres 
43,052 
22,349 
7,139 
9,759 
10,436 
28,939 
Idle or used for cover crops or soil 
improvement, but not harvested and not 
pastured or grazed (see text) 
farms 
624 
1,299 
1,171 
1,003 
822 
540 
acres 
97,138 
185,789 
114,767 
67,069 
29,655 
38,348 
In cultivated summer fallow 
farms 
48 
79 
35 
10 
29 
65 
acres 
6,410 
5,623 
1,500 
468 
1,832 
6,653 
Total woodland 
farms 
307 
447 
393 
407 
380 
506 
acres 
14,111 
25,371 
12,399 
9,891 
8,429 
38,513 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
107 
151 
108 
113 
110 
188 
acres 
8,351 
17,061 
7,360 
2,935 
3,053 
15,727 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
220 
324 
308 
305 
290 
349 
acres 
5,760 
8,310 
5,039 
6,956 
5,376 
22,786 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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